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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4 p.m. on Saturday until the end of Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to abide by the ceasefire, but warned there would be a swift military response to any violations. The General …
MADRID, April 12 (Reuters) – A second flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set sail on Sunday from the Spanish port of Barcelona to try to break the Israeli blockade. About 30 boats planned to leave the Mediterranean port city laden with medical aid and other supplies on the Global …
DUBAI, April 12 (Reuters) – Iran expects to restore most damaged refining and distribution facilities to 70–80% of their pre-attack capacity within one to two months, a senior oil official said, as authorities work to recover from a wave of strikes on energy infrastructure. Deputy Minister of Oil Mohammad Sadeq Azimifar told the Student News …
DUBLIN, April 12 (Reuters) – Irish police cleared tractors and trucks on Sunday that had been blocking traffic in central Dublin for five days in a protest against surging fuel prices as the government moves to limit the economic fallout from a wave of blockades. Protesters, angered by a more than 20% rise in diesel …
April 12 (Reuters) – Iconic Indian singer Asha Bhosle has died at the age of 92 in Mumbai, The Hindu newspaper reported on Sunday. (Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Voters in Benin cast ballots Sunday to choose a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power, leaving a mixed legacy of economic growth, a growing jihadi insurgency in the north and the suppression of opposition critics. Romuald Wadagni, the 49-year-old finance minister and governing …
CAIRO, April 12 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has restored full oil pumping capacity through the East-West pipeline L1N40S100 to about seven million barrels per day, it said on Sunday, days after providing an assessment of damage on its energy sector from attacks during the Iran conflict https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/. The ministry said energy facilities and the pipeline …
BUDAPEST, April 12 (Reuters) – Hungarians will write history at an election on Sunday when they choose “between East and West” and the opposition Tisza party will win the vote, party leader Peter Magyar told reporters after casting his vote at a Budapest polling station. Magyar said that every vote counts in the parliamentary election …
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) – Paddington Bear is in the running for pawfuls of Olivier Awards at Britain’s top theatre honours on Sunday, where a stage adaptation of the beloved children’s books along with fellow musical “Into The Woods” lead the nominations. Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, “Loki” actor Tom Hiddleston, “Breaking Bad” …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — For a factory worker in Haiti, the war in distant Iran means he now has to walk two hours to work and the same distance home each day, because he can no longer afford public transportation. On a recent morning, Alexandre Joseph, 35, fretted about his family’s future in a loud …