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Civilians or Hezbollah: Who did Israel hit on Lebanon’s ‘Black Wednesday’?
30 April 2026Beirut, Lebanon – On April 8, Ahmad Hamdi, 22, was sitting on his couch at home in Beirut’s Tallet el Khayat neighbo...
Pakistan opens up road trade routes into Iran amid Hormuz blockade
30 April 2026Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has opened six overland transit routes for goods destined for Iran, formalising a road...
Press freedom worldwide falls to its lowest level in 25 years
30 April 2026Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading...
Environmental disaster fears grip Russia as Ukraine targets oil refineries
30 April 2026When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour ...
Myanmar’s blanket prison term reduction trims Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence
30 April 2026News|Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measu...
Could the US-Iran war become a protracted ‘frozen’ conflict?
30 April 2026Two months since the US and Israel launched a joint surprise attack on Iran, negotiations appear deadlocked, as competin...
Iran war: What’s happening on day 62 as Trump asks Iran to ‘give up’?
30 April 2026EXPLAINER News|US-Israel war on Iran United States President Donald Trump says Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports ...
New Zealand court denies bid by mosque mass shooter to appeal conviction
30 April 2026News|Islamophobia Australian white supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction and ...
Can the EU’s Article 42.7 offer Europe NATO-like collective defence?
30 April 2026European leaders are seeking to clarify a little-used mutual defence clause in the European Union treaty as questions gr...
Oil prices soar on fears of long supply disruption, US siege of Iran ports
30 April 2026Oil prices soared more than 6 percent on worries about prolonged supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fears of ...