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Skip next section IN DEPTH — Easter peace marches planned in shadow of war April 3, 2026 IN DEPTH — Easter peace marches planned in shadow of war One of the earliest major demos took place in Jena in Thuringia Image: Bodo Schackow/dpa/picture alliance More than 100 peace marches and related events are planned around

A few days ago, a large convoy of trucks carrying Iraqis was filmed crossing the southern border into Iran. The convoy was supposedly carrying out "a humanitarian mission." But there were suspicions that the procession, which carried members of one of the Iraqi paramilitaries allied with Iran, was going to assist Iranian security forces. Were

In a crucial maneuver, NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired up their spacecraft's engine, breaking away from the Earth's orbit on Thursday and blazing towards the Moon. The key thruster firing or the translunar injection burn puts four astronauts — three Americans and a Canadian — on the path to the first crewed lunar flyby in over half-a-century

Skip next section French container ship passes Strait of Hormuz April 3, 2026 French container ship passes Strait of Hormuz A container ship operated by French shipping and logistics firm CMA CGM has passed through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s closure of the waterway, according to a media report. The Maltese-flagged Kribi crossed the

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday criticized Donald Trump's mocking comments about his marriage, saying they did not merit a response. In a video briefly posted by the White House on YouTube, which was later taken down, Trump mocked the French president while he slammed NATO allies for not joining US operations in Iran.  What did

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his Attorney General Pam Bondi would be leaving her post. "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year," Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social. "Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a

A study by NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that government forces in Burkina Faso are responsible for over twice as many civilian deaths as that of militant jihadist groups over a two-year period. "These atrocities, including the government's ethnic cleansing of Fulani civilians, amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity for which

The Hungarian election campaign has been in a frenzy for weeks, but this latest scandal has shocked even the most cool-headed observers. Many have described it as a "return to dictatorship and Communist times." Last week, it emerged that Hungary's Constitution Protection Office (Alkotmanyvedelmi Hivatal), one of the country's five intelligence services, is believed to

A month into the war on Iran, Africa is scrambling to keep its engines running. In Kenya, there are reports of shortages of roughly 20% hitting petrol stations; suppliers attribute most of this to panic buying. The East African nation typically maintains fuel stocks equivalent to roughly two to three weeks of national demand, highlighting

The European Commission is calling on its 400-million plus citizens to fly and drive less, work from home and do their bit to conserve energy, with the Iran war now in its second month. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned earlier this week that the economic impact could be "as heavy as we recently experienced during the COVID