Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in the war with the U.S. and Israel, creating an oil supply crunch and sending global energy prices soaring.

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif's comments came as Islamabad positions itself as a major player in ceasefire talks between the US, Israel, and Iran.

The United States has asked European partners to present detailed plans within days on how they intend to help secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz once fighting stops.

China News: China has banned civil aviation from a large airspace off Shanghai for 40 days without specifying a reason, according to a notice to aviators (NOTAM) .

Imam expelled in Brescia after statements about child marriage. The man was sent to Pakistan for posing a social danger.

Trump has given priority to Afrikaners, a white minority group he says is being persecuted. South Africa has objected to his characterisation.

Pakistan demanded an immediate halt to Israeli strikes on Lebanon as part of the ceasefire terms, as Iran's president said stopping the Lebanon war is a core condition for the truce. Wednesday's Israeli strikes killed 254 and wounded 1,165 in Lebanon.

Imam expelled in Brescia after statements about child marriage. The man was sent to Pakistan for posing a social danger.

Planned statue symbolising the women forced by Japan into sexual slavery during the second world war has raised the ire of Tokyo’s embassy

Taiwan is the chief culprit in undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, President ‌Xi Jinping told the island's opposition leader, calling for efforts to advance "reunification".

Amid a shaky truce and possible Iran-US negotiations likely in Islamabad, Khawaja Asif raked up a storm after he called Israel "evil and a curse for humanity". | World News

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The first well-observed "civil war" in wild chimpanzees reveals that shifting social ties alone can fracture a group, igniting deadly conflict between former friends.

Putin's approval rating dropped to 67.8% in early April, its lowest since Feb 2022. Trust ratings also plummeted to 29.5%.

Speaking to journalists at a closed-door briefing on April 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that such requests were made at "various levels," from the political to the military leadership.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked to postpone giving testimony in his long-running corruption trial that ​was set to resume next week, citing the ongoing security ‌situation in the region, Netanyahu's lawyer said in a court filing on Friday.

Banning kids from social media won’t work, as they “will find very quickly the ways to go around and to still use social media,” Estonian Education Minister Kristina Kallas said.

Brazil's tax revenue secretary ​Robinson Barreirinhas said ‌on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons ​were seized ​over the past 12 ⁠months arriving from ​the United States, ​and that in the first quarter alone authorities ​have seized more ​than 1.5 tons of…

Travel across parts of the Republic of Ireland was affected for the fourth day in a row as vehicles, including tractors, blocked roads.

A 40dB. survey reveals deep pessimism about the planet’s future and sharp divisions over military spending