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Trump slams Germany’s Merz again as rift over Iran war widens
30 April 2026President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States...
US falls to ‘historic low’ in press freedom tracker: RSF
30 April 2026The United States has fallen to a “historic low” in the Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Border...
US military equipment worth billions of dollars destroyed in Iran war
30 April 2026Speaking at a televised Cabinet meeting on March 26, the US secretary of defense boasted of US military successes agains...
‘Act of piracy’: World reacts to Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla
30 April 2026Israel has intercepted 22 out of the 58 aid ships travelling through international waters and bound for the besieged Gaz...
World’s top media outlets urge Israel to allow independent access to Gaza
30 April 2026A 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 2026United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has clashed with American lawmakers over the cost of war on Iran in his fir...
Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about?
30 April 2026Armed 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 2026The 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 2026The 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 2026The trial of four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who had campaigned against t...
