Mon 13 April 2026: Leo, who last year became the first US-born pope, has emerged as an outspoken critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran. United States President Donald Trump has unleashed a storm of criticism at Pope Leo XIV, calling him “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy”. Trump delivered the unusual criticism […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Asian stocks fall as naval blockade threat injects new turmoil into financial markets. Oil prices have risen sharply following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a naval blockade of Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose more than 8 percent on Sunday to top $103 a barrel. It was the first […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: The first round of talks between the US and Iran opened in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday to seek a permanent ceasefire following a two-week temporary truce between the two warring sides, official sources told Anadolu. The two delegations are holding separate meetings with Pakistani officials at a five-star hotel […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: US intelligence suggests China may supply Iran with new air defense systems in the coming weeks, even as a delicate ceasefire with Washington remains in place, CNN reported on Saturday citing sources familiar with recent assessments. The report claimed that Iran may be taking advantage of the ceasefire to restock certain […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: 2-week ceasefire calms markets for now but backlog of ships in Strait of Hormuz continue to bottleneck global supply chains, while shipping industry moves to security-focused model, leading to massive freight, insurance costs, expert says The structural damage on global supply chains threatens to fuel inflation worldwide for years to come, […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: Russian casualties are mounting, its recruitment is falling and its territorial acquisitions are dwindling, recently released figures suggest. The casualty rate for Russian soldiers in Ukraine increased to a new monthly high in March, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. They say drone production enabled a record number of strikes. Ukraine tallied Russian casualties […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Workers in SA could get paid for reporting their employer: Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has gazetted the Protected Disclosures Bill for public comment, which proposes rewarding whistleblowers. Kubayi said that there have been several instances where whistleblowers have suffered occupational […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Cuba’s Diaz-Canel vows to resist US pressure to resign as Trump escalates threats, tightens oil blockade on the island. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says he will not bow to pressure by the United States to resign. “Stepping down is not part of our vocabulary,” he said in an interview with US […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Iran targeted seven Arab countries, most of them in the Gulf, with at least 6,413 missiles and drones, in addition to an attack involving two fighter jets, over the past 41 days, including the first and second days of a Washington-Tehran ceasefire, according to an Anadolu tally. The attacks continued through […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that the attacks carried out in recent weeks by Iran against the kingdom’s energy infrastructure killed one person and impacted its oil production capacity. The attacks have targeted “infrastructure for oil and gas production, transport and refining, as well as petrochemical plants and power facilities in Riyadh, […]
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