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A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters Hopes rose for renewed talks between the United States and Iran on Wednesday (April 15, 2026), as the U.S. military said its blockade of Iranian ports was in full effect and Tehran threatened to retaliate by striking targets…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday deleted a social media image apparently depicting him as Jesus after an outcry from religious leaders that he was being blasphemous. The image posted on Mr. Trump’s Truth Social platform showed him in flowing red and white robes, touching the forehead of what appeared to be a sick man…
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The Israeli military said on Monday (April 13, 2026) its troops had completely surrounded a key town in southern Lebanon after killing more than 100 Hezbollah fighters there over the past week. The announcement marks a significant advance in Israel’s ongoing invasion of southern Lebanon. “The forces of the 98th Division have completed the encirclement…
U.S. President Donald Trump forcefully criticized Pope Leo late on Sunday in an unusual, direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church that drew immediate rebuke from believers. The President, in an apparent response to the pope’s growing criticisms of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies, said…
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Jet fuel prices more than doubled to ₹2.07 lakh/kl, commercial LPG up ₹195.50 in India The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, was more than doubled to a record ₹2.07 lakh per kilolitre on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), while commercial LPG rates were raised by ₹195.50 per cylinder, mirroring the surge in…
Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated: report Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign,…
Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church The Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism from the United States…
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