Trump says Israel banned from bombing Lebanon

'Enough is enough!!!' — Trump in social media post
17 April 2026, 20:41 PM
17 April 2026, 20:05 PM

Strait of Hormuz open: Iran's foreign minister

Trump welcomes Iranian announcement
17 April 2026, 19:26 PM

Average of 47 women and girls killed daily during Gaza war, UN says

Around one million women and girls are displaced in Gaza, UN Women says
17 April 2026, 18:48 PM

First loaded Iranian oil tankers exit Gulf since US blockade: Kpler

Two sanctioned Iranian container ships exited the Gulf via the strait earlier this week
17 April 2026, 18:36 PM

Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi to discuss ways to end Iran war, source says

Ministers from the four countries held two meetings in March
17 April 2026, 17:06 PM

Myanmar cuts ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence, frees former president

Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since the end of her marathon trials
17 April 2026, 16:59 PM

Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead, missing in shipwrecks in 2025: UN

Rohingyas undertake perilous sea journeys every year in search of better living conditions
17 April 2026, 16:44 PM

Mamdani destroying New York: Trump

“It will only get WORSE. The TAX, TAX, TAX Policies are SO WRONG,” Trump further said
17 April 2026, 10:52 AM

Israel and Lebanon begin ceasefire, Trump says Iran may meet US over weekend

If the Lebanon ceasefire clears the way for a broader peace deal with ​Iran, it would be a significant win for the Trump administration
17 April 2026, 10:23 AM

Trump characterises Iran war as a 'little diversion'

Only 36% of voters approve of how Trump was handling the situation with Iran, poll shows
17 April 2026, 10:01 AM

Trump says Iran deal 'very close,' may go to Pakistan to sign

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump added that Tehran had agreed to hand over its store of enriched uranium, as the two countries mull further talks in Islamabad
17 April 2026, 01:52 AM

Lebanon commits to stopping Hezbollah attacks in Israel ceasefire deal: US

The US State Department said that the ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday entails a committment by Beirut to prevent any Hezbollah attacks.
17 April 2026, 01:48 AM

US Navy loses $240m MQ-4C Triton drone in war

The US Navy has confirmed the loss of an expensive spy drone amid the Iran war, its first known loss of this particular uncrewed aircraft.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM

Nepal panel to probe property, assets

Nepal’s new government, led by rapper-turned politician Balendra Shah, has set up a panel to investigate the property and assets of past and present politicians and officials, a move aimed at controlling corruption in the Himalayan nation.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM

Settlers block Palestinian pupils’ path with barbed wire

Dozens of Palestinian children have been unable to go to school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this week because of barbed wire erected by Jewish settlers across the path they normally use.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM

Iran ready for ‘every possible scenario’

Iran’s nuclear ambitions were among the biggest sticking points in the negotiations between both sides in Islamabad last weekend.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM

US allies avoid fight, but not fallout

It’s not their war. But it’s becoming their political and economic nightmare. World leaders who opposed the US-Israeli attack on Iran are being torn between Donald Trump’s ire at their failure to join the conflict and electorates who are deeply hostile to the war and America’s president.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM

World being ravaged by a ‘handful of tyrants’: pope

Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants”, in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon yesterday, days after US President Donald Trump attacked him on social media.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM

Hope rises as Trump claims Lebanon truce

US President Donald Trump yesterday announced that Lebanon and Israel had agreed on a 10-day ceasefire and said the next meeting between the United States and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding to optimism that the Iran war may be nearing an end.
17 April 2026, 00:00 AM