Iran vowed retaliation after a US destroyer fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday, as it was attempting to evade a US naval blockade. Tehran condemned the incident as “armed piracy” and warned its forces would respond soon. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. Source link
Bulgaria’s ex-president Rumen Radev is on course to win a parliamentary election, according to exit polls, but may fall short of a governing majority. His Progressive Bulgaria coalition leads with, in a vote marked by low turnover and deep political instability, the country’s eighth election in five years. Radev warns another vote would be “a … Read more
Skip next section Iran ‘will soon respond’ to US seizure of Iranian-flagged ship, military says 04/20/2026April 20, 2026 Iran ‘will soon respond’ to US seizure of Iranian-flagged ship, military says Iranian authorities have accused the US of violating the ceasefire agreement between the two sides by firing at one of Iran’s commercial ships in the Gulf … Read more
Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine’s most prominent living novelist and one of the country’s leading public intellectuals. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, he has remained in Kyiv and published three volumes of war diaries (Diary of an Invasion, The Year of the Locust, and Three Years on Fire). Speaking to Jean-Emile Jammine, he describes what … Read more
Kiryat Shmona has been the victim of Hezbollah rocket attacks.Image: David Cohen/JINI/Xinhua/Picture Alliance Residents of Kiryat Shmona, the largest Israeli city on the country’s northern border with Lebanon, went on strike on Sunday to protest a ceasefire in clashes with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, Israeli media reported. The protest affected the first working day, as … Read more
Inside the detailed report by the Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick raises many questions the alleged excessive drinking and erratic behavior of the FBI Director. Kash Patel has described the allegations as “fake news” and threatens to take legal action against the publications. Gavin Lee speaks to Sarah Fitzpatrick Source link
Iran is not currently planning to await the next round of talks with the US, which has announced that it would send a team of negotiators to Pakistan on Monday, Iranian state television reported on Sunday. Source link
The price of bitcoin (BTC) lost the $75,000 mark on the afternoon of this Sunday, April 19, 2026, following Iran’s official announcement rejecting the new negotiating tables proposed by US President Donald Trump. The news, broadcast by the state news agency IRNA, has injected immediate volatility into the market, breaking the psychological support that the … Read more
Kiryat Shmona has been the victim of Hezbollah rocket attacks.Image: David Cohen/JINI/Xinhua/Picture Alliance Residents of Kiryat Shmona, the largest Israeli city on the country’s northern border with Lebanon, went on strike on Sunday to protest a ceasefire in clashes with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, Israeli media reported. The protest affected the first working day, as … Read more
