Archives for April, 2026

The vessel belongs to CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company

Container ship declaring French ownership passes through Hormuz strait

Agence France-Presse

Sacks of harvested wheat are seen at a grain market in Gaggarpur village, in the northern state of Haryana, India, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts, FAO says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Afghan men walk next to debris lying at the site of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/ File Photo

China says peace talks advance between Afghanistan, Pakistan

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, of the French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI), attend a political rally by the alliance of left-wing parties, called the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front) in Montreuil, near Paris, on the first day of official campaigning for the upcoming French parliamentary elections, France, June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

French far-left MEP Rima Hassan to be tried in July over post on X

Reuters

The B1 bridge, southwest of Tehran, is shown on April 3, 2026, a day after it was struck

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Iran's former top diplomat urges deal with US to end war

Agence France-Presse

Cars queue to cross Anzac Bridge during peak hour in Sydney, Australia, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Australians cancel Easter travel as worries mount over fuel crisis

Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron waves to media as he leave Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, April 2, 2026. Yonhap via REUTERS

South Korea, France agree to deepen defence cooperation amid Middle East conflict

Reuters

Iranian women hold portraits of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R) and Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) while gathering in front of Tehran's Mellat park on April 2, 2026

Iran hunts crew member of crashed US jet after one reported rescued

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Analysis-Trump's anger over Iran thrusts NATO into fresh crisis

Reuters

Smoke rises following a reported strike, as burning debris litters the surrounding area, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Baharestan, Isfahan province, Iran in this screengrab taken from a social media video released on April 1, 2026. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS/File Photo

US vows to target more Iranian infrastructure as nations seek to open Hormuz

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump threatens to strike Iran's bridges and electric power plants

Reuters

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

UN to vote on Hormuz resolution as China opposes authorization of force

Reuters

A view of the Strait of Hormuz from the United Arab Emirates

UN Security Council delays vote on authorizing force to protect Hormuz

Agence France-Presse

Israeli director Nadav Lapid says he wants his new film 'Yes' to give people a jolt

Israeli director Nadav Lapid wants new satire to 'shake souls'

Agence France-Presse

A man looks at a residential building damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

US experts say American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes

Reuters