
US-Kuwaiti journalist held in Kuwait over social media posts acquitted, lawyers say
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin reportedly faced charges, including spreading false information, after he re-posted images related to the Iran war.
FRIDAY, 24 APRIL 2026, 18:28

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin reportedly faced charges, including spreading false information, after he re-posted images related to the Iran war.

The approval came as Donald Trump is to attend a dinner with billionaire Paramount backers the Ellisons.

Beast Industries has strongly denied claims of sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.

Tensions are rising in the Middle East as shaky ceasefire agreements between the U.S., Israel and Iran, and Lebanon and Israel, are tested. And, the Secretary of the Navy is out of the role.

President Trump told Fox News Wednesday that there was “no time pressure” on the ceasefire, which he has extended indefinitely.

President Trump has extended the ceasefire, but Iran says it’s not enough if the naval blockade is still in place.

A proposed three-year deal with Paris is aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

Americans who moved to Vietnam and Thailand say their lives are now lower-stress and lower-cost. But glamorous videos on TikTok don’t tell the whole story.

Who will replace U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when he steps down this year? Four candidates field questions from member states this week at U.N. headquarters.

In Russia, expanding state restrictions on the Internet are frustrating daily life for millions — and sending President Putin’s approval ratings on a rare downward spiral.

{embargoed until 5am April 23} We hear from the winner of the World Press Photo Award.

Istanbul plants millions of tulips every spring, a reminder of the flower’s origins far from the Netherlands.

Taking advantage of the electoral defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orban, European Union countries have moved to approve a $100 billion loan to Ukraine.

President Trump’s Department of Justice sent a plane this week to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the center of a custody fight involving the child’s gender identity.

More than 70 years after the Korean War, South Korea is still confronting the legacy of a secret conflict waged in the shadows.

The Pope gives a frank and passionate speech, the likes of which have characterised his tour of Africa.

Iran has cut off its access to the global internet. To find an internet connection, some Iranians are traveling across the border with Turkey — even just to make video calls and then go back home.

The park, near the venue where inconclusive Iran-U.S. peace talks took place this month, provides respite to those who visit it.

Two ships came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran. And, Virginia voters approved a measure allowing Democrats to redraw the congressional map.
The US has partly restricted the sharing of satellite intelligence on North Korea with South Korea due to remarks by Seoul’s unification minister about one of Pyongyang’s nuclear facilities, reports said.

Two vessels came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after the U.S. and Iran failed to meet in Pakistan for talks to end the war and as President Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire.