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Middle East crisis live: Iran ‘reviewing new US proposals’ as Trump warns Tehran over strait of Hormuz closure

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T14:21:50+00:00

As Iran closes strait of Hormuz, Trump says: ‘We’re talking to them…and they can’t blackmail us’Separate to the Pakistani army chief’s trip to Iran (see post at 07:53), the Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and foreign minister Ishaq Dar also concluded a trip to the Middle East after visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey for talks.“We have just concluded the last leg of our engagements following productive and fruitful visits … where we held meaningful bilateral discussions aimed at strengthening cooperation across key areas,” Dar said on X. Continue reading...

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Strait of Hormuz tension: India protests after ships forced to turn back

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T14:10:08+00:00

The development comes amid rising tensions in the region, with Iran reopening and then reportedly closing the crucial shipping route again after alleging violations by the US

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : un mort à Donetsk et des dizaines de blessés dans le Nord et l’Est ; plus de 200 attaques de drones russes signalées par Kiev

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-18T14:07:26+00:00

Les défenses anti-aériennes ukrainiennes affirment avoir abattu ou neutralisé 190 de ces appareils. De leur côté, les Russes ont déclaré avoir intercepté plus de 250 drones ukrainiens dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi.

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ICE deported 174 Daca recipients through most of last year, agency head says in letter

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T14:00:50+00:00

So-called Dreamers – undocumented immigrants who arrived as children – were allowed to stay in US under Obama-era programFrom January through September 2025, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 174 people that were renewing their protections from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program, the head of the agency has said in a letter reviewed by the Guardian.The letter, written by ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, and sent to the Illinois congressional representative Delia Ramirez, also confirmed that a total of 270 Daca recipients were arrest

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Mutual Funds returns

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T13:59:00+00:00

As on : Apr 18, 2026

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Olly Robbins ‘thrown under bus’ by No 10, says ex-Foreign Office chief – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T13:49:23+00:00

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereOn Friday the Cabinet Office released a template page from the summary document produced by UKSV after Mandelson’s vetting. The document would be used by a vetting officer to summarise their findings.It lists three rankings for possible “overall concern”: low, medium and high. In the next box, there is a space for a vetting officer to list the outcome of the assessment with their “overall decision or recommendation”. Again, there are three options: clearance approved, clearance approved “with risk management” or clearance denied.If i

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Чому батарея смартфона "вмирає" за рік-два: винна одна звичка під час заряджання

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-18T13:45:00+00:00

Виробники вже вбудували у свої смартфони функції, які допомагають подовжити термін служби акумулятора, але багато хто просто не вмикає їх – або навіть не знає про їхнє існування

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Доброгостів: розслабляючий похід до мальовничого озера з Трускавця

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-18T13:38:00+00:00

Навколо курортного міста Трускавець у Львівській області є багато мальовничих місць, до яких зазвичай лінуються прогулюватися відпочивальники. Одне з них – озеро біля села Доброгостів, до якого можна легко дійти пішки через чарівний ліс. Більше про цей маршрут з власного досвіду розповість УНІАН.Туризм.

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Вакарчук на зруйнованій ТЕС ДТЕК закликав міжнародну спільноту допомогти відновленню енергетики

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-18T13:23:33+00:00

Лідер гурту "Океан Ельзи" зустрівся з енергетиками ДТЕК на зруйнованій теплоелектростанції та закликав міжнародну спільноту до допомоги у відбудові української енергосистеми. Про це йдеться в повідомленні...

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ICICI Bank reports 8.5% rise in Q4 net profit amid lower provisions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T13:20:53+00:00

The private lender’s net profit for the fourth quarter came in at ₹13,701.7 crore, while net interest income was 8.4% higher on year at ₹22,979 crore

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Guerre au Moyen-Orient : le Guide suprême iranien menace les Etats-Unis et Israël

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-18T13:16:39+00:00

Mojtaba Khamenei a publié samedi un communiqué écrit à l’occasion de l’anniversaire de la création de l’armée iranienne, peu après la décision de Téhéran de verrouiller de nouveau le détroit d’Ormuz en raison du blocus américain.

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Citadel Securities looks at prediction markets as trading scales

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-18T13:09:29+00:00

The entry of players such as Citadel Securities would indicate that prediction markets are gaining greater traction in the finance industry even as legal uncertainties around the business linger

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‘We can’t wait’: Venice already seeking floods plan B five years after barriers’ launch

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T13:00:14+00:00

Rising sea levels and ecological damage caused by heavy use of flood defence system force city authorities to consider next moveThe Arsenale, the colossal shipyard that was the engine of the Venetian Republic’s domination for seven centuries, remains the nucleus of the city’s control over the water. Its northern section is made up of cavernous brick warehouses called capannoni, which in the 16th century could produce a warship a day through a rigorously ordered assembly line.Now, one of them houses the operations centre of the Mose, the sprawling flood defence system that protects the city. Co

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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T13:00:14+00:00

Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in generalDonald Trump’s attacks this week on Pope Leo, for his criticism of the US attack on Iran and the US president’s decision to post an image of himself as Jesus Christ on social media, make a good deal more sense considering Trump attended services as a young man at the Protestant Marble Collegiate church in Manhattan, which was led at the time by an anti-Catholic pastor.That church’s pastor in Trump’s youth, Norman Vincent Peale, who would later officiate at Trump’s first wedding, is b

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На Вінниччині потяг з сотнями пасажирів зіткнувся із тепловозом, – Укрзалізниця

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-18T12:57:44+00:00

Випадок буде розслідувано / колаж УНІАН, фото пресслужби "Укрзалізниці"У Вінницькій області на станції Браїлів пасажирський потяг "Інтерсіті" сполученням Київ – Перемишль зіткнувся з тепловозом приватного...

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Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-18T12:47:34+00:00

IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait after brief window when strait had reopened• Middle East crisis – live updatesIranian officials say they have reversed the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iranian ports.A UK maritime agency reported that Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) ships had fired at a tanker as it attempted to pass through the strait on Saturday. Continue reading...

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