Archives for April, 2026

Strait of Hormuz map is seen in this illustration taken April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

How the US could clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz

Reuters

Palestinian students gather near a fence installed by Israeli settlers in their way to school, near Umm al-Khair village in Masafer Yatta, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 14, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Yosri Aljamal

Settlers block Palestinian pupils' path to West Bank school with barbed wire

Reuters

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a briefing on the Iran war, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

US forces ready to restart combat if Iran doesn't agree a deal, says Hegseth

Reuters

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) arrives to attend a cabinet session to discuss an army plan to disarm the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, on September 5, 2025. In August, under heavy US pressure and fearing Israel would intensify its strikes, Lebanon's government ordered the army to draw up a plan for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump, Rubio speak to Lebanon's president amid push for Aoun-Netanyahu call

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received a phone call from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday amid reports that Aoun is to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Across the West Bank, there is little enthusiasm about the upcoming Palestinian local elections which are to be held on April 25

Little enthusiasm as Palestinians gear up for local polls

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for the 10th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Bogota, Colombia, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

Brazil's Lula assails Trump threats, says leaders should seek respect

Reuters

Relatives of the victims of a school shooting wait in front of a hospital morgue, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Ensar Ozdemir

Turkish school shooter used image referencing 2014 U.S. mass killer, police say

Reuters

Cloudy and dusty weather in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Raghed Waked

Israeli strike severs last bridge linking southern Lebanon to rest of country, Lebanese security official says

Reuters

Iranians enjoy a sunny day, amid a two-week ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Thaier Al Sudani

Turkey urges "constructive" U.S.-Iran talks to end war

Reuters

Mariam Zein (R) brings her son to a mobile health clinic run by charity Caritas Lebanon

In Lebanon shelters, women care for tiny babies, face pregnancy

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner walk with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for peace talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Iran, US narrow differences after Pakistani mediation but splits remain, senior Iranian official says

Reuters

US President Donald Trump said he had invited the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House

Trump says Israel, Lebanon agree to ceasefire

Agence France-Presse

Israeli soldiers walk near artillery vehicles, near the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Pakistan says no dates set for second round of US-Iran talks

Reuters

Palestinian amputee Omar Abu Ali, 34, who was injured in an Israeli strike, undergoes a therapy session assisted by a medical worker at Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Hospital, in Gaza City, March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Gaza's war amputees short of prostheses under Israeli restrictions

Reuters

The Strait of Hormuz, vital for world energy supplies, has become a key point of the US-Iranian negotiations

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Smoke rises following an airstrike in Lebanon, as seen from Israeli side of the border, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Trump says Lebanese-Israeli leaders to speak for first time in decades

Reuters