Archives for April, 2026

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/Pool/File Photo

UK and France to co-host talks this week on possible defensive naval mission for Hormuz

Reuters

A mourner reacts during the funeral of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, April 13, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israeli fire kills three in Gaza following new ceasefire talks

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during his new year press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

South Korean president's Holocaust remarks spark outcry from Israel and controversy at home

Reuters

Israelis take part in an anti-government protest calling for an end to the conflict with Lebanon, amid a two-week ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, Israel April 11, 2026 REUTERS/Tom Bateman

Israelis oppose Iran ceasefire, divided over whether to respect it, poll says

Reuters

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun takes a question from a journalist at a press conference in Beijing, China, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo

China urges restraint over US blockade of Strait of Hormuz, backs talks

Reuters

A woman walks past an anti-US mural depicting Iran-US talks near the former US embassy in Tehran

Lebanon, Israel to hold direct talks as Trump blockades Iran

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting to discuss the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran and the impact on the Strait of Hormuz, in London, Britain, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/Pool/File Photo

UK will not back blockade of Strait of Hormuz, PM Starmer says

Reuters

A demonstrator in Paris wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" prior to a silent march denouncing the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic

Iran executed at least 1,639 in 2025, more hangings feared: NGOs

Agence France-Presse

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. REUTERS

US to blockade Iran after talks fail to yield a deal

Reuters

Lafarge is accused of paying millions of dollars in 2013 and 2014 to jihadist groups and intermediaries to keep its plant operating in northern Syria

French court jails Lafarge ex-CEO for funding IS in Syria

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump watches a match during the UFC 327 event at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, U.S., April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

US blockade of Iran will be major military endeavor, experts say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and a 3D printed oil pipeline are seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo

Oil tankers steer clear of Hormuz ahead of US blockade

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV leaves after presiding over a Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace, in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Trump attacks Pope Leo, calling him 'weak' on crime and 'terrible'

Reuters

First responders at the site of an April 10, 2026 Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese State Security Center in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh

Lebanon PM says working to get Israeli troop withdrawal

Agence France-Presse

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/File Photo

US military says it will start blockade of all ships going to and from Iran on Monday

Reuters

Israel's Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Roman Gofman waits before a joint press conference of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Israel approves appointment of new intelligence agency chief

Reuters