More than 30 million people will be pushed back into poverty by the impacts of the Iran war including disruptions to fuel and fertiliser supplies just as farmers are planting crops, U.N. development chief Alexander De Croo said on Thursday. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (11:28 PM)
Defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel was �prepared to resume the war against Iran�, adding that his country was awaiting a green light from the United States to return Iran to �the Stone Age�. MORE..
24 Apr 2026 (12:07 AM)
China s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is far more ambitious than the ports, railways and highways that it is often reduced to in Western commentary, said Hussein Askary, a prominent Iraqi-Swedish scholar of international relations and geo-economics. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (5:53 PM)
A warm weather advisory has been issued for residents of the Northern, North-Central, North-Western, Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Eastern provinces and the Monaragala district. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (5:39 PM)
Italy is ready to deploy up to four vessels, including two minesweepers, as part of an international mission to clear the Strait of Hormuz, the navy s chief of staff said. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (9:51 PM)
In the US, Fox News says President Trump told presenter Martha MacCallum that there is no time pressure on his extension to the ceasefire with Iran. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (4:20 PM)