Mon 20 April 2026: US President Donald Trump will “consider advice” of Pakistani army chief Gen. Asim Munir over the Strait of Hormuz, currently blocked by American forces, which remains a “hurdle” in a possible second round of talks with Iran, Pakistani sources told Anadolu on Monday. The two discussed the ongoing mediation by Pakistan […]
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Mon 20 April 2026: Images show Israel building permanent military bases in Gaza as US-backed reconstruction plans stall. The United States has proposed plans to rebuild Rafah, a city in southern Gaza that was flattened by two years of Israeli bombardment. It has been touted as the centrepiece of a US-Israeli vision for a post-war […]
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Mon 20 April 2026: Brent crude rises more than 7 percent as Washington and Tehran offer conflicting accounts on ceasefire negotiations. Oil prices have risen sharply following attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and conflicting messages about the prospect of renewed negotiations between the United States and Iran. Brent crude futures, the […]
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Mon 20 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ R500,000 of taxpayer money used to send the Finance Minister’s wife to Davos and Paris: This question comes after several high-profile incidents involving ministers having their partners accompany them on trips outside of South Africa for state business. The most high-profile case […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: Israel, along with its ally the US, is preparing for a possible collapse of the ceasefire with Iran, with energy facilities could be potential targets, local media reported on Sunday. “There is close coordination between the two sides, and if fighting resumes, the targets will also include Iranian energy facilities,” the […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: Silence, in international politics, is rarely neutral. In Sudan, it has become lethal. Three years into a civil war that has displaced more people than any other conflict on earth, the scale of devastation sits in jarring contrast with its absence from global consciousness. Since fighting erupted on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed […]
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Image is for illustration purpose Sun 19 April 2026: Police suspect the grim discovery in the city of Cumuto may be a case of ‘unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses’. Law enforcement officials in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago have launched an investigation after 56 bodies, mostly of children, were found abandoned at a […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: The three countries pledged more aid to Cuba and said Cubans must decide their own future amid an ongoing US pressure campaign. The leaders of Mexico, Brazil and Spain have pledged more aid to Cuba, while appealing for the island nation’s sovereignty to be respected amid an ongoing pressure campaign from United States […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Top Foreign Office official takes fall for fiasco and resigns; Starmer promises to deliver ‘relevant facts’ on Monday. Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” that he was not informed that Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting before being appointed UK envoy to Washington, as the United Kingdom prime minister faced renewed calls […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia The United Nations refugee agency has revealed that nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported dead or missing in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea in 2025. This was the deadliest […]
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