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UK voters head to the polls in local elections
07 May 2026News|Politics Millions of people across the United Kingdom are heading to the polls in what is shaping up to be the most...
US seeks UN help to open Hormuz: Can its resolution succeed?
07 May 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged the United Nations to pressure Iran “to stop blowing up ships, remove the ...
Ivory Coast dissolves electoral body amid criticism
07 May 2026Ivory Coast’s government has dissolved the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) after sustained opposition criticism...
Somali pirates abandon hijacked UAE dhow due to dwindling supplies
07 May 2026An Emirati dhow hijacked by Somali pirates last month has been abandoned in the Arabian Sea after the gang failed to use...
Africa sees winners and losers as Iran war pushes up oil prices
07 May 2026Eric Wainaina, a motorcycle taxi driver in Nairobi, Kenya, was already bracing for a loss in income when the rainy seaso...
Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know
07 May 2026Turkiye has unveiled a prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as part of a push to become self-relian...
MSF accuses Israel of manufacturing a malnutrition crisis in Gaza
07 May 2026Israel has manufactured a malnutrition crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip by restricting deliveries of food and aid, caus...
Rubio arrives at Vatican to meet Pope Leo amid Trump attacks
07 May 2026Correction Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin says the meeting was requested by the US. United States Se...
US reinstates deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi
07 May 2026News|Israel-Palestine conflict The United States Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated deportation proceedings ...
What are US proposals to end war, and will Iran agree to them?
07 May 2026Iran said on Wednesday that it was reviewing a United States peace proposal that sources said would formally end the war...
