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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...

Environmental disaster fears grip Russia as Ukraine targets oil refineries 

30 April 2026

When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour ...

Civilians or Hezbollah: Who did Israel hit on Lebanon’s ‘Black Wednesday’? 

30 April 2026

Beirut, Lebanon – On April 8, Ahmad Hamdi, 22, was sitting on his couch at home in Beirut’s Tallet el Khayat neighbo...

Myanmar’s blanket prison term reduction trims Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence 

30 April 2026

News|Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measu...

Pakistan opens up road trade routes into Iran amid Hormuz blockade 

30 April 2026

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has opened six overland transit routes for goods destined for Iran, formalising a road...

Press freedom worldwide falls to its lowest level in 25 years 

30 April 2026

Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading...

Iran war: What’s happening on day 62 as Trump asks Iran to ‘give up’? 

30 April 2026

EXPLAINER News|US-Israel war on Iran United States President Donald Trump says Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports ...

Could the US-Iran war become a protracted ‘frozen’ conflict? 

30 April 2026

Two months since the US and Israel launched a joint surprise attack on Iran, negotiations appear deadlocked, as competin...