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China’s President Xi Jinping and Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed AI Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing April 14, 2026. — Reuters pic

Xi pledges China’s ‘constructive role’ in West Asia peace efforts

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (left) and Indonesian Minister of Defence Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin pose for photographs with US Air Force Major General Kelly McKeague and Indonesian Major General Agus Widodo (right) after signing a memorandum of understanding at the Pentagon on April 13, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. — Getty Images pic via AFP

US, Indonesia upgrade ties with ‘major’ defence partnership, says Hegseth

This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Tyre shows smoke as it rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Qlaileh on April 13, 2026. — AFP pic

Lebanon, Israel set for tense Washington talks as prospects of agreement remain low

According to Mount Semeru Observation Post officer Sigit Rian Alfian, the first eruption occurred at 5.22 am local time, producing an ash column reaching about 1,500 metres above the summit, or 5,176 metres above sea level. — Picture from Facebook/Vulcaniya

Indonesia’s Semeru erupts twice, with pyroclastic flows reaching 3km from summit (VIDEO)

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney makes an announcement at the new Embleton Community Centre and Park, currently under construction in Brampton, Ontario on April 7, 2026. — Reuters pic

Canada’s Carney wins parliamentary majority, strengthens hand against Trump tariffs

Makeshift shelters, erected by displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city falls to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are seen at the southwestern edge of Tawila in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region on November 3, 2025. — AFP pic

‘World not outraged’: UN warns Sudan atrocities met with silence

Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks at a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York on April 7, 2026 on a watered-down resolution drafted by Bahrain and Gulf states to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian actions. Iran on Monday slammed a US blockade around its ports as a ‘grave violation’ of its sovereignty, as Washington and Tehran’s belligerent rhetoric rattled a fragile truce. — AFP pic

Iran slams US blockade as ‘grave violation of sovereignty’ over Strait of Hormuz move

Prosecutors say that after lobbing a firebomb at the gates of Sam Altman’s home, Daniel Moreno-Gama fled on foot to the San Francisco headquarters of OpenAI, where he tried to smash the glass doors of the building with a chair. — Reuters pic

Man accused of firebombing Sam Altman home intended to kill OpenAI boss, prosecutors say

Peru’s presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, alongside Vice Presidential candidates Luis Galarreta Velarde and Miguel Torres Morales, look on, following preliminary results in the general election, in Lima, Peru, April 13, 2026. — Reuters pic

Peru election count drags on as Fujimori leads, runoff looms

This photo illustration created on April 13, 2026 shows a picture of US President Donald Trump on a screen and an AI-generated picture he posted on his Truth Social platform depicting himself as Jesus Christ after criticising Pope Leo XIV. — AFP pic

Trump AI post portraying him as Jesus-like figure fuels backlash in Pope Leo feud

US Vice President JD Vance led a delegation that met with Iranian officials in Pakistan over the weekend, but the talks ended without securing a deal to end the more than five-week US-Israeli assault against the Islamic republic. — AFP pic

‘Ball in Iran’s court’: US ramps up pressure after failed talks

Democrat Eric Swalwell of California, who had already ended his bid to become governor, announced his resignation from Congress on Monday via X, after multiple women accused him of sexual assault or misconduct. — AFP pic

Scandal rocks Capitol Hill: Two congressmen resign as US House braces for rare expulsions

In a social media post, US President Donald Trump said the bulk of Iran’s navy had already been destroyed during the war, but that if any of what he said were Tehran’s few remaining ‘fast attack ships’ approach the blockade ‘they will be immediately ELIMINATED.’ — Reuters pic

Trump ups the stakes: Iranian boats near blockade to be ‘immediately eliminated’

A person walks past destroyed Russian armoured vehicles on display in Kyiv on 23, 2026, as the conflict with Russia reaches its four-year mark. — AFP pic

A desperate call from the front lines: African student trapped in Russia’s Ukraine war

Netanyahu said Tehran had violated the terms of the talks to begin with, saying Vance had briefed him after the negotiations ended in Islamabad. — Reuters pic

Netanyahu backs Trump’s Iran blockade, says Israel in ‘constant coordination’ with US

Pope Leo XIV arrives for the courtesy visit to the President of the Republic of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, at the Presidential Palace, Algiers, Algeria, today. — AFP pic

Pope Leo vows to keep speaking out against war after Trump calls him ‘terrible’