BBC: The detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country’s state media has reported. The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been held in detention – probably in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw – since she was removed from office in a military coup in […]
Al Jazeera: Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have killed at least 14 people, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA), despite a temporary United States-mediated “ceasefire”. In the municipality of Jebchit, three people were killed and seven wounded in an attack that destroyed a residential building. A seperate attacked killed four members of one […]
BBC: Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said the target in Perm was an Lukoil-owned oil refinery – one of the largest in Russia. Dramatic images shared on social media showed huge columns of black […]
BBC: Pro-Palestinian activists say at least 22 boats from a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza have been intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters near the Greek island of Crete. The organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) denounced it as “piracy”. They said those on board the vessels had been seized unlawfully 965km (600 […]
BBC: “I never imagined the World Cup coming to my city,” says Héctor Solorio, who has lived in Kansas City for 26 years and supports the local Major League Soccer team, Sporting Kansas City. Hector is thrilled to welcome the world to Kansas City and prove that it’s a football city of global renown – […]
BBC: More than five weeks after a humpback whale became stranded in shallow waters on the German coast, a barge has ferried the animal out of German waters, en route to the North Sea. The final operation to save the whale is being closely followed across Germany, after the failure of earlier attempts to lure […]
(Reuters) OSLO, April 30 – Some 287 candidates will be considered for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, opens new tab, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday, with U.S. President Donald Trump likely to be among the nominees. Of this year’s nominations, 208 are individuals and 79 are organisations, said Kristian Berg Harpviken, […]
BBC: Oil prices have jumped to their highest since 2022after a report that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war. US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of “short and powerful” strikes on Iran to try to break the […]
(Reuters) BENGHAZI, April 30 – At least 17 migrants died and nine are missing after their boat broke down and drifted for eight days in the Mediterranean Sea, Libya’s Red Crescent and Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. The Red Crescent said in a statement that the volunteers in cooperation with naval forces and coast […]
(Reuters) April 29 – The United States is asking other countries to join a new international coalition that would enable ships to navigate the Strait of Hormuz after traffic through the waterway stalled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The proposed coalition, dubbed the “Maritime Freedom Construct”, would share information, coordinate diplomatically and help […]
