Donald Trump’s picture will soon appear in limited edition passports, commemorating the United States’ 250th year of independence. It is the latest effort to slap Trump’s face on US institutions and documents.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Israel of "purchasing stolen goods," namely grain from regions occupied by Russia. Ukraine summoned Israel’s ambassador on Monday, and now it says another such ship has docked.
It is unclear how negotiations between the US and Iran will proceed, and a breakthrough seems far off. DW looks at who is calling the shots in Tehran.
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to send shockwaves through global food systems, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned, as a widening crisis across the Middle East continues to strain humanitarian operations and deepen instability.
Three mass graves were recently uncovered in northeastern Syria, including one reportedly at the site of a former detention centre run by the Kurdish-backed Syrian Armed Forces (SDF).
Tehran 28 April 2026 #1 lalasor Tue, 04/28/2026 – 21:05 Tehran Tue, 04/28/2026 – 12:00 28 April 2026 President Trump asserted that Iran had “just informed us that they are in a ‘state of collapse’. They want us to ‘open the Hormuz Strait’, as soon as possible, as they try to figure our their leadership situation […]
Washington 27 April 2026 #2 lalasor Tue, 04/28/2026 – 21:06 Washington Tue, 04/28/2026 – 12:00 27 April 2026 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent underscored that “doing business with sanctioned Iranian airlines risks exposure to U.S. sanctions. Foreign governments should take all actions necessary to ensure that companies in their jurisdictions do not provide services to those aircraft, […]
Washington 28 April 2026 #3 lalasor Tue, 04/28/2026 – 21:08 Washington Tue, 04/28/2026 – 12:00 28 April 2026 The U.S. sanctioned “35 entities and individuals that oversee Iran’s shadow banking architecture”. The Treasury Department also emphasised that “payments to the Government of Iran or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), directly or indirectly, for safe passage through […]
Hormuz 28 April 2026 #2 lalasor Tue, 04/28/2026 – 21:09 Strait of Hormuz Tue, 04/28/2026 – 12:00 28 April 2026 The U.S. sanctioned “35 entities and individuals that oversee Iran’s shadow banking architecture”. The Treasury Department also emphasised that “payments to the Government of Iran or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), directly or indirectly, for safe […]
Washington 28 April 2026 #1 lalasor Tue, 04/28/2026 – 21:03 Washington Tue, 04/28/2026 – 12:00 28 April 2026 President Trump asserted that Iran had “just informed us that they are in a ‘state of collapse’. They want us to ‘open the Hormuz Strait’, as soon as possible, as they try to figure our their leadership situation […]
