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UK police arrest 3 after attempted arson at Persian-language media centre
16 April 2026News|Police UK police have arrested three people after an attempted arson attack on the offices of a Persian-language me...
Israel says it’s West’s defender, but cares little for European critics
16 April 2026Europe continues to turn away from Israel, frustrated by a state that has doubled down on attacking its neighbours, with...
Jet fuel shortage: Why Iran war could ground flights in Europe
16 April 2026Seven weeks after the US-Israel war on Iran closed down airspaces and plunged the aviation industry into chaos, airlines...
Trump says Israel and Lebanon agree to temporary ceasefire
16 April 2026Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, United States President Donald Trump says. The truce will take eff...
Syria takes control of all bases where US forces were deployed
16 April 2026News|Military Syria has taken full control of all military sites where US forces had previously been deployed, completin...
Hegseth says US blockade to continue, ready for new attacks on Iran energy
16 April 2026United States Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has said the military blockade of Iran’s ports will continue “as long as i...
After three years of war, Sudan army and RSF locked in military impasse
16 April 2026Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year, but there is little indication the conflict will end any time soon, as the ar...
Pope Leo decries world ruled by ‘tyrants’ after Trump attacks
16 April 2026Pope Leo XIV has blasted the “handful of tyrants” who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a...
Ceasefire in Lebanon ‘as important’ as in Iran, says Ghalibaf
16 April 2026News|Israel attacks Lebanon Iran’s speaker of parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has told his Lebanese counterpart ...
Who is Roelf Meyer, South Africa’s new ambassador to the US?
16 April 2026South Africa has appointed Roelf Meyer, a former minister and negotiator in the apartheid government, as the new ambassa...
