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Syria takes control of all bases where US forces were deployed 

16 April 2026

News|Military Syria has taken full control of all military sites where US forces had previously been deployed, completin...

Hegseth says US blockade to continue, ready for new attacks on Iran energy 

16 April 2026

United States Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has said the military blockade of Iran’s ports will continue “as long as i...

After three years of war, Sudan army and RSF locked in military impasse 

16 April 2026

Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year, but there is little indication the conflict will end any time soon, as the ar...

India plans more seats for women in parliament, links it to ‘delimitation’ 

16 April 2026

The Indian government is seeking to expedite the implementation of a 2023 law that reserves 33 percent of seats in parli...

Pope Leo decries world ruled by ‘tyrants’ after Trump attacks 

16 April 2026

Pope Leo XIV has blasted the “handful of tyrants” who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a...

Ceasefire in Lebanon ‘as important’ as in Iran, says Ghalibaf 

16 April 2026

News|Israel attacks Lebanon Iran’s speaker of parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has told his Lebanese counterpart ...

Who is Roelf Meyer, South Africa’s new ambassador to the US? 

16 April 2026

South Africa has appointed Roelf Meyer, a former minister and negotiator in the apartheid government, as the new ambassa...

Can historic Israel-Lebanon talks lead to ceasefire? 

16 April 2026

United States President Donald Trump has announced that leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak to each other for the f...

Sudan power crisis: Studying using candles, counting gas station trips 

16 April 2026

Khartoum, Sudan – Before Husna Mohamed’s five children leave for school and her husband heads to his workshop, the 3...

Israeli army says soldiers accused of abusing Palestinian to return to duty 

16 April 2026

News|Israel-Palestine conflict Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir has authorised five soldiers accused of sexually assaul...