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A leaked email suggests the Pentagon has outlined a set of options aimed at penalising NATO countries that rejected calls to assist in the Iran war, suspending Spain’s membership of NATO, as well as undermining US support for the UK’s territorial control of the Falklands. The internal email describes the…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 13:40 GMT+2 Posts shared on X feature what appears to be a BBC News report of an interview with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy from his office in Kyiv. In the background of the footage, a painting is visible, identified as Nature morte aux cerises, or “Still Life…

Two cabinet-level ministers in Peru have resigned after interim President Jose Maria Balcazar announced he would defer a decision to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States company Lockheed Martin.Defence Minister Carlos Diaz and Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela cited their opposition to the move in their resignation letters…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 13:44 GMT+2 A letter is circulating in the European Parliament warning of the concentration that might result from the system of quotas allocation contained in the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement and the potential for major South American agricultural firms to abuse it. The document, sent to EU…

Disruption to fuel and fertiliser supplies due to the Strait of Hormuz closure will hit crop yields, UNDP chief warns.Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026The Iran war will push more than 30 million people back into poverty, with the knock-on effects of the conflict likely to increase food insecurity…

Monterrey, Mexico – In July 2024, following the arrest of cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in Texas, activist Maria Isabel Cruz and her colleagues started to notice a troubling trend.Zambada was the cofounder of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal networks in Mexico. Authorities in the…

Was it Prime Minister Mark Carney or was it AI?That’s a question thousands of Canadians who receive a letter back from Canada’s prime minister may be asking in the not-too-distant future as the government contemplates a plan to replace some of the people who handle his correspondence with new technology…

Published on 24/04/2026 – 14:44 GMT+2•Updated 15:10 A senior Swedish diplomat serving as special envoy to Syria was charged on Friday with unauthorised possession of classified documents which could have jeopardised Sweden’s national security in the hands of a foreign power, prosecutors said. “This concerns highly-classified information that the defendant…

Amnesty International calls Traore government’s move a ‘flagrant attack’ on basic rights.Published On 17 Apr 202617 Apr 2026Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the dissolution of more than 100 associations and civil society groups – which rights groups are calling an “attack” on basic rights.It is the latest crackdown in…