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A ceasefire between the US and Iran has been in place since April 8. Both sides are yet to agree on a peace deal. The Iranian navy fires a missile at an unknown location, in this still image taken from a video [Pool via WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters] The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefire between the warring nations could collapse. The flare-up in fighting on Thursday came as Washin

Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli forces during a military raid in the West Bank. Photograph: Majdi Mohammed/AP The Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments. The remarks by Maj Gen Avi

Lebanon's health ministry says 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the past four days. Credit: BBC Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 17 people on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry says - marking one of the deadliest few days there since a ceasefire began just over two weeks ago. It brings the number of those killed since Thursday to 110 , according to the ministry. Israel says it is targeting the armed Shia Islamist group Hezbollah. The Lebanese casualty

Hillel International posted a map that says everything they won't say out loud. Hillel International’s Yom Ha’atzmaut map depicting Israel as stretching from the river to the sea. Credit: Hillel International/Facebook Last week, Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, celebrated Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) by posting an illustrated map of Israel—which is not, in itself, unusual. What was unusual was the map they chose: one tha

Credit: Times of India Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Kristian Berg Harpviken on Thursday said that over 287 candidates are shortlisted this year for the 1016 Nobel Peace Prize. US President Donald Trump is also likely among the nominees. Harpviken said 208 of the nominees are individuals and 79 are organisations, with several new names added this year. "Since I am new in the job, one of the things that has to some extent surprised me is how much renewal there is

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila, who were among 175 activists detained by Israel on Gaza-bound aid flotilla, are the only ones still held. People gather in front of the European Commission office in Barcelona in support of activists Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila, members of the Global Sumud Flotilla detained by Israel [Bruna Casas/Reuters] Two activists from a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla have been presented before an Israeli court days afte

Strikes on Saturday killed at least 10 people, raising the death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2 to 2,659, with 8,183 others injured. Smoke rises in Habboush following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon [Stringer/Reuters] Israel has launched multiple strikes across southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people in further violations of the “ceasefire” declared two weeks ago. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said the latest wave of attacks on Saturday

A recap of recent developments US President Donald Trump says he will “soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us” but does not think he can make a deal. The comments come after Iran sent a 14-point plan to the US, calling for guarantees of non-aggression, the lifting of a naval blockade and an end to the war “on all fronts," including in Lebanon. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it is on standby for a return to war with the US, saying a resumptio

Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in 2025. Credit: PA Media The government has defended its ban on Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation, two months after the High Court ruled it was unlawful. A rare five-judge panel at the Court of Appeal is considering whether February's decision to reject Palestine Action's proscription should stand. Opening a three-day defence of the home secretary's proscription of the group, barristers told the Cour

Ukrainian forces have hammered one of Russia’s largest sites in Tuapse, causing oil spills and black rain. Ukrainian drone attacks have caused fires at an oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia, raising fears of environmental damage, April 28, 2026 [Handout/Governor of Krasnodar via Reuters] When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour hung in the air and everything was coated in a layer of black grime. “I saw t