He arrived in one of Africa’s wealthiest nations by natural resources and one of its most unequal by lived reality — and he did not let the contradiction go unspoken. Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass before an estimated 100,000 people in Kilamba, on the outskirts of Luanda, on Sunday, April 19 — day seven of…
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A new poll puts Trump’s approval at 37% — his lowest of the second term. The twin drivers are unmistakable: the Iran war that never ended and an economy that never recovered from it. The midterms are six months away. The ceasefire just collapsed. And the voters who built his coalition are now the ones…
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Today in the US-Iran war — Tuesday, April 21, 2026. In Tehran, Iran it is currently 8:30 a.m. local time (UTC+3:30). The ceasefire expires at midnight GMT tonight — 8:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:30 p.m. Tehran time. No second round of talks has been confirmed. The nuclear question at the center of the Iran-US war took…
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India imports 85% of its crude oil. A significant share of it moves through the Strait of Hormuz. When Iran closed that strait on February 28 — triggering the worst global energy supply shock in recorded history — India needed an alternative fast. It found one in an unlikely place: a deep-water port carved into…
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The first time Donald Trump declared victory in the Iran war, the conflict was roughly one hour old. He has not stopped declaring it since. Axios counted at least twelve separate occasions between late February and late April on which Trump publicly signaled the Iran war was ending, had ended, or was moments from ending.…
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The ceasefire is over in everything but name. Iran has pledged military retaliation after US naval forces attacked an Iranian vessel in the Persian Gulf. Tehran has formally declared there are no plans for fresh peace talks. The April 21 deadline is hours away. The 15-ship US naval blockade is on full combat alert. The…
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The clock is counting down to Wednesday. The ceasefire expires at the end of that day, Washington time. The planned second round of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad has no confirmed Iranian delegation. Brent crude has jumped back above $95 a barrel. And the man whose navy just seized a 900-foot Iranian cargo ship says extending…
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BREAKING: Iran has withdrawn its delegation from the Islamabad ceasefire talks following the US Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-linked oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. Tehran is calling it a “hostile act.” Washington calls it “lawful sanctions enforcement.” The ceasefire expires in 48 hours. LIVE FEED — APRIL 20, 2026 11:47 a.m. EDT — OIL…
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The USS Spruance fired. The Marines boarded. The Touska went quiet in the Gulf of Oman. And now, a nearly 900-foot Iranian cargo ship sits in U.S. military custody — raising a legal question that American courts have not been asked to answer since the Civil War: can the United States keep it? The answer,…
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Iran wrote the peace proposal. Trump called it “workable.” Both sides shook hands in Islamabad. Then Israel bombed Lebanon. A tanker was seized. The IRGC halted Hormuz shipping. And the ceasefire that was supposed to end 38 days of war is now being pulled apart from every direction simultaneously — with 72 hours left on…