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‘Act of piracy’: World reacts to Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla 

30 April 2026

Israel has intercepted 22 out of the 58 aid ships travelling through international waters and bound for the besieged Gaz...

Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about? 

30 April 2026

Armed violence has intensified in Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists atta...

Hormuz effect? How US, China are ramping up tensions over the Panama Canal 

30 April 2026

The Panama Canal has emerged as the latest maritime flashpoint, with the United States and China exchanging barbs in rec...

Has the US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act 

30 April 2026

The United States Supreme Court has voided a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by ruling that the electoral m...

Indonesian soldiers accused of acid attack. What happened and why? 

30 April 2026

The trial of four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who had campaigned against t...

US military equipment worth billions of dollars destroyed in Iran war 

30 April 2026

Speaking at a televised Cabinet meeting on March 26, the US secretary of defense boasted of US military successes agains...

Israel kills nine people in southern Lebanon despite ‘ceasefire’ 

30 April 2026

Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon have killed at least nine people, according to the country’s National News Agen...

Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi rushed to hospital 

30 April 2026

Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been urgently transferred to a hospital after a sharp deteriorat...

World’s top media outlets urge Israel to allow independent access to Gaza 

30 April 2026

A joint letter by the executives of the world’s top media organisations has called on Israel to allow foreign journali...

$25bn or $1 trillion: How much has Iran war really cost the US? 

30 April 2026

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has clashed with American lawmakers over the cost of war on Iran in his fir...