Friday, April 17, 2026

World Affairs

Will the ceasefire in Lebanon hold? | Israel attacks Lebanon

Lebanon and Israel are holding first direct talks in decades.Israel agreed to the 10-day pause in attacks against Lebanon but has refused to withdraw its troops from the...

Oil prices plunge as Iran says Strait 'open'

Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships...

Fifteen South American people deported from the US arrive in DR Congo | Migration News

The deportees from South America are the first to be sent to the DRC in a deal...

Widow, 86, back in France after being held by ICE

Marie-Thérèse had moved to the US after reuniting with her long-lost love, an American man who died...

Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea last year, UNHCR says | Refugees News

The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in...
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India’s Modi tells Israel’s Knesset: ‘No cause justifies killing civilians’ | Narendra Modi News

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, saying it stands by the country “with full...

Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat by Cuban border guard

The identity of those on board the vessel remains unclear.

What El Mencho’s death means for Mexico’s cartels | News

Mexico kills cartel leader El Mencho. Violence erupts nationwide. What changes now?Mexico says it killed El Mencho, leader of the powerful Jalisco New...

Zimbabwe rejects US health deal over sensitive data concerns

"Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any...

Moment a sinkhole in Omaha traps cars and drivers

A sinkhole opened up at a busy Omaha intersection on 24 February, swallowing two vehicles, CCTV footage shared by the Omaha police department...

Displaced Sudanese women caught up in war suffer wretched Ramadan | Sudan war News

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoAfter fleeing the inferno of war in el-Fasher in North Darfur State and travelling more than 1,600km (9,995 miles)...
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