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Cuba confirmed it held talks with U.S. Officials in Havana last week, marking the first such diplomatic engagement since 2016. The Cuban Foreign Ministry said the … Read more
On April 8, the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs via social media, then hours later struck targets in the city’s … Read more
The first tsunami wave reached 80 centimeters at Kuji Port in Iwate prefecture shortly after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on April 20, … Read more
Iranian authorities seized a vessel in the Gulf of Oman on April 19, 2026, and accused the United States of piracy, according to Al Jazeera. Iran … Read more
Pope Leo XIV addressed tens of thousands of faithful in Kilamba, Angola, on April 19, 2026, urging the nation to overcome divisions rooted in its civil … Read more
Ben Roberts-Smith walked free on bail on Friday after being charged with war crime murder for the deaths of five unarmed Afghan civilians during his service … Read more
At a polling station in Sofia’s Lozenets district, a retired teacher handed her ballot to a volunteer and whispered, “Maybe this time it sticks.” Bulgarians voted … Read more
Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired on two Indian-flagged merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on April 18, forcing them to turn back amid a sudden … Read more
Tehran said on April 19, 2026 that no date has been set for talks with the United States and that the Strait of Hormuz will remain … Read more
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Sunday, marking its seventh launch this year and the fourth in April. … Read more
Bulgarians head to the polls on Sunday for their eighth parliamentary election in five years, a vote that could either break the cycle of political instability … Read more
Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko declared his region a frontline on April 15, acknowledging Ukrainian drone strikes had turned a historically sheltered Russian rear into a … Read more