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Five empty Iranian tankers were sighted in Iranian ports loading millions of barrels of oil amid the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Pope Leo XIV is set to arrive in Angola on the third leg of a landmark African tour that has unfolded alongside an escalating war of words with United States President Donald Trump over the Middle East conflict.
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The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they are
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday issued a month-long sanctions waiver allowing the sale of Russian oil and petroleum products that are at sea, extending an earlier move to soften surging energy prices.
A pair of hikers in Washington state discovered the skeletal remains of a missing mother of three who was last known to be picking mushrooms with a strange man before Thanksgiving in 2024.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday there had been some "pretty good news" regarding Iran, adding that the US and Iran's temporary ceasefire may end unless a long-term deal to end the war is agreed upon by Wednesday.
Iranian parliamentary speaker also says passage through waterway will depend on Iranian authorisation and accuses Donald Trump of multiple falsehoods
President Donald Trump has a complicated relationship with the Bible. He has often called it his favourite book, has posed with it for photographers outside a church and has sold his own edition for $US60.
President Donald Trump said there had been "some pretty good news" about Iran, suggesting optimism about peace talks to end the war in the Middle East, but he said a ceasefire in the conflict may not be extended without a deal by Wednesday.
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The two centres of this crisis are the 24-mile Strait of Hormuz south of Iran and 7,000 miles away in the White House.
The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn’t finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from running again, he may feel he has nothing to lose
Policymakers around the world are closely watching developments in the Middle East as they gauge the most prudent response to the economic fallout of the war.
A year ago, the U.K. was negotiating a trade deal with Washington and President Donald Trump's fondness for the country, his mother's birthplace, suggested a positive outlook for the two countries' unusually close diplomatic ties.
Iran said Friday it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but President Donald Trump said the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S., including on its nuclear program. The narrow, bending waterway has been the subject of…
The three-judge panel set a June hearing to review a Washington judge’s earlier order halting the project
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers were caught off guard and “stunned” when President Donald Trump said he would not allow Israel to carry out further strikes in Lebanon, Axios reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers were caught off guard and “stunned” when US President Donald Trump said he would not allow Israel to conduct further strikes in Lebanon, Axios reports, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV on Friday that the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium would not be transferred “anywhere”, denying an earlier claim by US President Donald Trump that the Islamic Republic had agreed to hand it over.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer co-hosts a multinational virtual summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, not pictured, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, Friday April 17, 2026 (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)
Iran’s parliamentary speaker says strait could close again if US blockade continues, but Trump says it will remain in place until ‘transaction’ with Tehran is complete
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration’s review of UFO-related material uncovered a number of “interesting” documents, adding that an initial tranche of records is expected to be released soon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, following a chaotic, post-midnight scramble in the House to keep the authority from expiring in a matter of days.
US President Donald Trump said “things seem to be going very well with Iran” after receiving what he described as “pretty good news twenty minutes ago,” adding he “maybe won’t extend the ceasefire if no deal by Wednesday, but will keep the US blockade of Iranian ports.”
El secretario del Tesoro de EEUU, Scott Bessent, habla con periodistas en la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el miércoles 15 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
NEW YORK — Donald Trump's war of words with Pope Leo has angered some American Catholics, a key voting bloc, who say the US president has gone too far in his criticism of the pontiff.
The bombs have stopped, the strait is notionally open and the price of oil is down. Donald Trump called it “a great and brilliant day for the world”.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a roundtable event with President Donald Trump about no tax on tips, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Lucas Peltier)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday issued a month-long sanctions waiver allowing the sale of Russian oil and petroleum products that are at sea, extending an earlier move to soften surging energy prices.
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Personas asisten a la celebración del 65 aniversario de la proclamación de la Revolución Cubana, el jueves 16 de abril de 2026, en La Habana. (AP Foto/Ramón Espinosa)
Heliot Ramos, de los Gigantes de San Francisco, celebra después de batear un cuadrangular durante la segunda entrada del juego de béisbol de Grandes Ligas contra los Nacionales de Washington, el viernes 17 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
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Iran said Friday that it reopened the crucial Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels in line with a temporary Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, but US President Donald Trump said a US naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain "in full force" until a peace deal is signed.
San Francisco Giants’ Heliot Ramos celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
People attend a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
US President Donald Trump has said he expects the United States and Iran to reach a peace deal "in the next day or two," noting that a new round of negotiations between the two sides may take place this weekend, according to a report.
From drones for Ukraine to warships for Australia, ‘peace-loving’ Japan is fast pivoting towards arming the world
Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned it would will shut the strait again if the US blockade continues, which Trump said would remain in place until the conflict was fully concluded – key US politics stories from 17 April at a glance
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica on Friday received a second group of migrants deported from the United States as part of an agreement to help the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries.”
The American Jewish Committee is calling on US President Donald Trump to make the return of Americans in Iranian custody an “urgent national priority,” as his administration works to preserve a fragile ceasefire with Iran.
Reclutas del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) practican el tiro con pistola en el campo de tiro de los Centros Federales de Capacitación para las Fuerzas Policiales (FLETC) en Brunswick, Georgia, el 21 de agosto de 2025. (AP Foto/Fran Ruchalski/Archivo)