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Iraq’s ruling Shia bloc races to choose PM as US, Iran watch 

20 April 2026

Baghdad, Iraq – It’s been more than five months since Iraq’s parliamentary elections, but the Coordination Framewo...

A match made in opposition: Venezuela’s Machado courts Spain’s right wing 

20 April 2026

Madrid, Spain – Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is aligned with Spain’s main right-wing party o...

Russia claims Ukraine-linked bomb plot foiled, German woman arrested 

20 April 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russian authorities say they have thwarted a Ukraine-linked bomb plot against security services ...

US captures Iranian ship Touska amid mediation efforts: All we know 

20 April 2026

The United States military seized an Iranian container ship near the Gulf in the early hours of Monday, sending tensions...

‘Technofascism’: Critics accuse Palantir of pushing AI war doctrine 

20 April 2026

A book coauthored by a cofounder of Palantir, a leading defence and intelligence software firm in the United States, has...

Inside war-hit Sudan’s only functioning hospital curing tropical diseases 

20 April 2026

Khartoum, Sudan – Omar Othman, a gold miner in northern Sudan’s Abu Hamad town, had hoped for a fresh start to life ...

Ukraine claims attack on Russian warships in occupied Crimea 

20 April 2026

Ukraine and Russia have attacked each other overnight, with Ukrainian drones striking Russian assets in Black Sea ports ...

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan; tsunami warning issued 

20 April 2026

News|Tsunami A strong magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck off northern Japan, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami w...

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students 

20 April 2026

London, United Kingdom – Twelve British universities paid a private firm run by former military intelligence officials...

Iran war: What is happening on day 52 of the US-Israeli conflict? 

20 April 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran Donald Trump announced on Sunday that a second round of US-Iran talks is to be held in Pakist...