Threats, fines, and vetoes defined the relationship between Viktor Orban, Hungary’s now-outgoing prime minister, and the European Union for years. That seems to be about to change. On Sunday, Peter Magyar of the Tisza party won parliamentary elections by a landslide – and a mandate to access money from theRead More →
The United States military command that oversees the Middle East (CENTCOM) has said that two of its ships have travelled through the Strait of Hormuz, a claim swiftly denied by Iran. On Saturday, the command said that the two destroyers, the USS Frank E Peterson and USS Michael Murphy, hadRead More →
The United States fertility rate has now been in decline for two decades, dropping nearly 23 percent since 2007. Published On 9 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to an all-time low, continuing a trend that has seen births in the country dropRead More →
Israeli forces have launched an intense bombardment across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people, hours after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the United States-Iran war. Lebanon’s Civil Defence said at least 254 people were killed and 1,165 others were wounded in air strikes that targeted areas in Beirut, the BekaaRead More →
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s state-imposed near-total internet shutdown is now the longest nationwide blackout on record in any country, according to a global monitor. Connectivity to the global internet has been at around one percent of pre-war levels since shortly after the United States and Israel launched their war onRead More →
Tehran, Iran – Inside the sprawling Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, a research centre lies in ruins after warplanes bombed it. The attack on Friday on the Laser and Plasma Research Institute of the elite higher education facility is part of a growing pattern of civilian sites targeted byRead More →
Rights groups have raised concerns about Trump’s efforts to change election administration before November’s midterms. About two dozen Democrat-led states have filed a lawsuit against the administration of United States President Donald Trump to block an executive order setting new limits on mail-in ballots. Friday’s lawsuit comes as voting rightsRead More →
Jassim al-Budaiwi calls on UN Security Council to guarantee ‘uninterrupted navigation through all strategic waterways’. Published On 2 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called on the United Nations to act to immediately halt Iranian attacks across the region, condemning the strikes asRead More →
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party had called for the strike, with Palestinian shops and public institutions closing their doors to protest the law. Palestinian shops and public institutions, including universities, across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem were closed as people took to the streets to protestRead More →
Iran’s top diplomat Araghchi has told Al Jazeera that, despite contacts, Iran is not in negotiations with the US. Published On 31 Mar 202631 Mar 2026 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that messages had been exchanged with the United States, either directly or through countries in the region,Read More →
