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Ukraine aid crisis deepens as battlefield gains fail to ease mass displacement
Ukraine has slowed Russian advances, but 10 million remain displaced as falling aid threatens medical, housing and mental-health support.
Anti-G7 protest in Geneva turns violent as Tesla burns and UN site is targeted before Évian summit
Geneva’s anti-G7 protest turned violent before Évian. A burning Tesla and UN damage exposed the summit’s deeper legitimacy problem.
Hostilities have terminated: Donald Trump tells Congress Iran war ended on April 7 ceasefire as War Powers Resolution deadline passes
Donald Trump says Iran hostilities have terminated. The naval blockade continues, fifty thousand troops remain, and the Constitution still asks who authorises this war.
Strait of Hormuz declared open as Israel-Lebanon truce holds; Trump says Iran deal ‘very close’
Iran's foreign minister declares the Strait of Hormuz fully open for commercial vessels during the ceasefire, as a 10-day Israel-Lebanon truce takes effect on 17 April 2026.
Lebanon records deadliest day of 2026 war as Israel strikes Beirut, Bekaa Valley and south in mass coordinated assault
Israel killed 254 in Lebanon on 8 April 2026, its deadliest strikes of the war, sparking a dispute over ceasefire scope and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Every bridge, every power plant: Trump expands threat as ceasefire talks collapse
Iran rejected a 45-day ceasefire and demanded a permanent end to the US-Israel war as Trump threatened to destroy all power plants and bridges by Tuesday night.
Trump warns Israel against repeat energy strikes on Iran as Gulf states burn and global markets reel
Trump warned Israel to halt Iran energy strikes after South Pars attack. Iran retaliated across the Gulf, halting Qatar LNG output and spiking global oil and gas prices.
Open war: Afghanistan shoots at Pakistani aircraft over Kabul as regional crisis deepens
Afghanistan fired on Pakistani jets over Kabul on 1 March 2026 as Operation Ghazab Lil Haq escalates the deadliest Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict in years.
Trump says Khamenei is dead after joint US-Israel strike on Tehran; Iran denies and threatens response
US and Israel strike Iran's leadership; Trump confirms Khamenei killed. Iran denies, threatens retaliation. Succession crisis opens with no clear successor.
UK links Russia’s drone and missile strikes in Ukraine to international humanitarian law breaches
United Kingdom tells the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe that Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians violate international humanitarian law.