Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.

Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
The halt to weeks of fighting is being celebrated in Lebanon, but it will be difficult to ensure it lasts.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
The UK government blocked the rapper from entering the country over his history of making pro-Nazi and racist statements.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Kinahan, in his 40s, was arrested in Dubai on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts.

Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Hezbollah politicians affirmed a “cautious commitment” to the 10-day cease-fire, which appeared to be holding on its first day. A truce could remove an obstacle in U.S.-Iran peace talks.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration’s push to upend America’s postwar relationship with Europe.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Authorities are using drones, troops and A.I. to crack down on cocaine smuggling. But gangs are finding new ways to move record amounts of drugs across the world.
Posted on Friday April 17, 2026
Stuck in standstill traffic, Lebanese people who had been displaced by fighting expressed a mix of excitement and uncertainty about a pause in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah.