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Indonesian soldiers accused of acid attack. What happened and why?
30 April 2026The trial of four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who had campaigned against t...
Israel kills nine people in southern Lebanon despite ‘ceasefire’
30 April 2026Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon have killed at least nine people, according to the country’s National News Agen...
Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi rushed to hospital
30 April 2026Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been urgently transferred to a hospital after a sharp deteriorat...
Civilians or Hezbollah: Who did Israel hit on Lebanon’s ‘Black Wednesday’?
30 April 2026Beirut, Lebanon – On April 8, Ahmad Hamdi, 22, was sitting on his couch at home in Beirut’s Tallet el Khayat neighbo...
Press freedom worldwide falls to its lowest level in 25 years
30 April 2026Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading...
Environmental disaster fears grip Russia as Ukraine targets oil refineries
30 April 2026When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour ...
Myanmar’s blanket prison term reduction trims Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence
30 April 2026News|Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth, a blanket measu...
Pakistan opens up road trade routes into Iran amid Hormuz blockade
30 April 2026Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has opened six overland transit routes for goods destined for Iran, formalising a road...
Could the US-Iran war become a protracted ‘frozen’ conflict?
30 April 2026Two months since the US and Israel launched a joint surprise attack on Iran, negotiations appear deadlocked, as competin...
Iran war: What’s happening on day 62 as Trump asks Iran to ‘give up’?
30 April 2026EXPLAINER News|US-Israel war on Iran United States President Donald Trump says Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports ...
