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Romanian PM installs interim cabinet, announces reforms after PSD withdrawal
Social Democratic Party withdrew its six ministers from Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s cabinet, triggering a shift to an interim government.
Threatened, Bombed, Abandoned: Israel kills Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
Israel targeted and killed well-known Lebanese Al-Akhbar correspondent Amal Khalil on April 23 after she received death threat messages from an Israeli number WhatsApp number.
Italian UNIFIL troops replace statue of Jesus destroyed by Israeli soldier in Lebanon
Italian UNIFIL troops have replaced a statue of Jesus destroyed by an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon, with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani saying Italy is proud of the peacekeepers amid a 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
VIDEO: US Navy seizes Iran-linked tanker Majestic X
US forces have seized the third Iranian oil tanker in five days with the boarding of the sanctioned VLCC Majestic X in the Indian Ocean, as the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire expires and Vance arrives in Islamabad for talks.
Iran says first Hormuz toll revenue deposited at central bank
Iran's parliament vice speaker Hamidreza Haji Babaei has said the first revenue from Strait of Hormuz tolls has been deposited at the Central Bank of Iran.
US rejects media reports claiming that Hormuz blockade was breached
US Central Command rejected reports claiming that Iranian-linked tankers have been successfully evading its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Half of Argentina's children still poor as austerity bites
More than half of children and adolescents in Argentina were living in poverty in 2025, with nearly a third going without adequate food, according to a report by the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).
EU unlocks €90bn Ukraine loan and toughest Russia sanctions yet — with a crucial caveat
The European Union voted on April 22 to simultaneously unlock its long-delayed €90bn EU loan for Ukraine and adopt the stalled twentieth sanctions package against Russia, in a diplomatic double act that had been blocked for months.
Trump's blockade of Hormuz fails as dozens of tankers pass through - FT
The Trump administration naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz failed after at least 34 tankers with links to Iran passed through the narrow waterway and exited the Persian Gulf in defiance of the US warships attempts to halt Iran’s oil exports.
Fireworks factory blast kills 13 in southern India
In the second such incident in the country in recent days, an explosion at a fireworks factory in the southern Indian state of Kerala, has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 40.
Ukraine restarts Druzhba oil transit, first shipments en route to Hungary and Slovakia
Hungary and Slovakia previously claimed Ukraine was using the suspension of crude oil deliveries on the Druzhba pipeline as leverage to pressure them into backing a €90bn loan package.
Georgia permanently suspended from Open Government Partnership over civic space restrictions
Suspension adds to a growing list of international actions against Georgia over democratic backsliding.
EU moves forward with drafting Montenegro accession treaty
EU member states approved the creation of a working group to draft Montenegro's accession treaty.
Venezuela presses IMF to unfreeze $5bn in assets as Chavista ranks show strain
Venezuela's Chavista government, which spent decades demonising the IMF, is now pressing it to unfreeze $5bn in assets. The ideological U-turn is straining revolutionary ranks.
Moldovan oligarch Plahotniuc gets 19-year sentence in $1bn bank fraud case
Plahotniuc sentenced on five counts including the appropriation of money as part of a criminal group responsible for the so-called $1bn bank fraud.
Iran's Assembly of Experts selects Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader
Iran's Assembly of Experts has selected Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader, succeeding his father, as Sunni and Shia clerics declare allegiance during the US-Iran ceasefire and ongoing naval blockade.
EU Ukraine fatigue growing - Kallas
The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has warned that the bloc is bearing an increasingly heavy and lonely burden in sustaining support for Ukraine, even as Brussels moves urgently to unlock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine.
Afghanistan joint chamber forms border committee with next-door Iran
Joint Iran-Afghanistan committees have been established to address border problems and improve goods flow across the frontier.
Developing countries must not bear climate burden alone, Central Asian leaders say
Presidents tell Regional Ecological Summit in Astana the global shift to a low-carbon economy risks deepening inequality unless it is managed fairly with stronger support for developing countries.
Japan’s JAPEX hints at profit cuts due to Middle East disruption
Japan Petroleum Exploration has issued a press release warning of the impact on its business from escalating tensions in the Middle East, indicating that higher LNG procurement costs and suspended oil production are expected to weigh on earnings.