Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign
President Daniel Noboa has led a hardline effort against local criminal networks, including military operations with US.
‘Hits close to home’: US Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case
Case could determine future of century-old practice of infants being born in US automatically being granted citizenship.
Burundi says at least 13 killed, dozens injured in military base blast
Army spokesperson says houses, buildings, vehicles and military equipment were destroyed in ammunition depot blast.
India begins counting its population in historic census
India has begun counting its around 1.4 billion population in the world’s largest census, its first since 2011.
Premature Babies Evacuated After Israeli Attack on Al-Shifa Returned to Gaza After More Than Two Years – Drop Site News
- Premature Babies Evacuated After Israeli Attack on Al-Shifa Returned to Gaza After More Than Two Years Drop Site News
- Babies evacuated from Gaza two years ago returned to their overjoyed parents Reuters
- Evacuated From War-Torn Gaza, 11 Toddlers Return Home to Hugs and Tears The New York Times
- Gaza families reunite years after babies evacuated amid Israel’s war Al Jazeera
- Gazan mother reunited with evacuated daughter after two years BBC
Is the U.S. Navy ready to clear sea mines in the Persian Gulf? – npr.org
- Is the U.S. Navy ready to clear sea mines in the Persian Gulf? npr.org
- Minesweeping technology in the Middle East is ‘a very good package,’ Caudle says Navy Times
- How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them The Conversation
- Sea mines clearance: A new dimension of difficulty UN News
- The Crisis in Mine Countermeasures | Proceedings - April 2026 Vol. 152/4/1,478 usni.org
Russia says its troops have taken full control of Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine – Reuters
- Russia says its troops have taken full control of Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 1, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region Al Jazeera
- Russia claims full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region but Kyiv denies it ahead of US envoy talks AP News
- Russian Forces Fail to Seize Ukraine’s Last Luhansk Positions Despite 144 Assaults UNITED24 Media
Russian military plane crashes in Crimea, killing 29 people on board – AP News
- Russian military plane crashes in Crimea, killing 29 people on board AP News
- Russian military transport plane crashes in Crimea, killing 29, defense ministry says CNN
- Russian military plane crash kills 29 in occupied Crimea BBC
- At Least 29 Dead After Plane Mysteriously ‘Crashes Into Cliff’ The Daily Beast
- Russian military plane crashes in annexed Crimea, killing 29 people on board ABC News
Crete turns orange as Saharan dust sweeps in
Saharan dust from North Africa engulfed skies over Crete in an orange haze.
Putin warns Armenia it can’t be both a member of EU and Russia-led economic bloc – AP News
- Putin warns Armenia it can’t be both a member of EU and Russia-led economic bloc AP News
- Russian-Armenian talks Президент России
- Putin Confronts Pashinyan Over Election Rules and Armenia’s Westward Drift Kyiv Post
- Putin issues public 'warning' to Armenia over closer EU alignment The Kyiv Independent
- Mutual blame on Artsakh, dissatisfaction with CSTO in Pashinyan-Putin meeting The Armenian Weekly
Huge meta-research project puts claims in social-science papers to the test – Nature
- Huge meta-research project puts claims in social-science papers to the test Nature
- Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioural sciences Nature
- Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up? The New York Times
- Can you trust a finding? A new project maps which studies replicate Phys.org
- Research Reveals Varied Conclusions from Identical Data Mirage News
Central Israel hit by one of Iran’s largest missile barrages in weeks
One of Iran’s largest missile barrages in weeks injured at least 14 people and caused damage across several Israel.
Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research – Nature
Rachel Reeves says she’s angry at Trump’s decision to launch war with Iran – bbc.com
Palestinians in West Bank protest, strike against Israeli death penalty law
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party had called for the strike.
Trump Seeks War Off-Ramp, Floats More Attacks to Press Iran – Bloomberg.com
- Trump Seeks War Off-Ramp, Floats More Attacks to Press Iran Bloomberg.com
- Four ways a hasty Trump exit from the Iran war may not end the conflict cnn.com
- Trump's blurry vision of victory in Iran axios.com
- Opinion | America Faces Tough Choices in Iran WSJ
- Trump Faces a Decision on Whether to Start a Ground War in Iran The New York Times
Iran launches biggest salvo of missiles in three weeks at Israel, military officials say – euronews.com
- Iran launches biggest salvo of missiles in three weeks at Israel, military officials say euronews.com
- Girl, 11, critically hurt by Iranian cluster bomb as repeated salvos target center The Times of Israel
- Middle East live: Iran vows 'crushing' attacks after Trump dims hopes of swift end to war France 24
- Three lightly injured by missiles from Iran, Lebanon; nine impact sites reported Haaretz
- Iran fires largest ballistic missile salvo in weeks on Passover, buildings damaged The Jerusalem Post
Memorial honours Indonesian UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon
Families and colleagues held a memorial for UN peacekeeper Farizal Rhomadhon.
Why Iran says its universities are being targeted
Iran reportedly follows through on threat on American universities, after attacks on two Iranian research universities.