Archives for April, 2026

FILE PHOTO: A giant screen shows a news report on China's "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing, China December 30, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Taiwan sees only warships and warplanes as China talks peace with opposition

Reuters

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shakes hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa as they meet in Damascus, Syria, April 5, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Ukraine in talks with Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain on security cooperation, Zelenskiy says

Reuters

Iranian cartoonist Sanaz Bagheri

Exiled cartoonists give voice to Iran's silenced millions

Agence France-Presse

Military pallbearers carry the coffin of fallen compatriot and UN peacekeeper Farizal Rhomadhon during his funeral at the Giripeni Heroes' Cemetery in Yogyakarta on April 5

Indonesia urges 'thorough' probe on Lebanon peacekeeper deaths

Agence France-Presse

Heavy machinery operates at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026. REUTERS/Raghed Waked

US-Iran ceasefire deal shows strain ahead of talks with oil flows squeezed

Reuters

Vance said he was involved in a flurry of last-minute calls before the Iran ceasefire

'High risk': US VP Vance tasked by Trump to lead Iran talks

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump warned Iran not to impose tolls on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

Trump says Iran doing 'poor job' of letting oil through Hormuz

Agence France-Presse

An Israeli anti-missile system operates for an interception, over the Israeli border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, April 9, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli military says Hezbollah launched missile at Israel, triggering sirens

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump says Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through Strait of Hormuz

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: World Bank President Ajay Banga gives remarks during a forum held at the Atlantic Council building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo

World Bank could mobilize at least $20 billion in post-war support, Bloomberg news reports

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles move along a road as smoke billows from Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery after a reported Iranian drone strike, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Attacks cut Saudi oil output and East-West pipeline flow, state news agency says

Reuters

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following their meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, Britain, September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Starmer, Trump discussed opening Strait of Hormuz, Downing Street says

Reuters

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva urged 'restrictive, targeted, temporary actions' by governments

IMF chief urges nations to 'do no harm' in fiscal response to Iran war

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. Rebecca Blackwell/Pool via REUTERS

US summons Iraqi ambassador over drone strike on diplomatic facility in Baghdad

Reuters

Some 800 ships remain stuck in Gulf waters

Shipping toll for Hormuz passage sharply divides nations

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

US Republicans block bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers

Reuters