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WORLD|07.04.2026Two IDF officers, civilian face indictment in alleged Gaza aid-truck smuggling schemeTwo IDF officers and a civilian face indictments for smuggling contraband into Gaza using humanitarian aid trucks, part of a growing wartime smuggling investigation. Military and civilian prosecutors on Tuesday filed prosecutors’ declarations ahead of indictments against two IDF officers and a civilian suspected of exploiting humanitarian aid trucks to smuggle prohibited goods into the Gaza Strip for profit, in the latest in a growing wartime cluster of Gaza-smuggling cases.
WORLD|07.04.2026Tuesday, April 7. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From UkraineDispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,504.
WORLD|07.04.2026U.K. blocks Kanye West from entering Britain to headline now canceled festival: What led to the banKanye West was scheduled to headline Wireless Festival, one of the U.K.'s biggest music festivals, this summer.
WORLD|07.04.2026Russia confirms 16 Cameroonian soldiers killed in Ukraine warNo information has been provided specifying how the soldiers ended up fighting for Russia.
WORLD|07.04.2026After fleeing past Hezbollah fighting, some Israelis on northern border vow to stay"The day we had electricity, and we could put a mattress in, we got back," said Orna Weinberg, forced to flee after her home was struck by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2023. Orna Weinberg was forced to leave her home in northern Israel after it was struck by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2023, and spent the next two years displaced from her tight-knit community that is located just a few meters from the border with Lebanon.
WORLD|07.04.2026Chinese construction workers in Israel: 'I’d rather be bombed than live in poverty'Amid ongoing conflict in Israel, many Chinese construction workers choose to stay, prioritizing high wages over evacuation, despite the risks posed by airstrikes and bombings. Scores of Chinese construction workers in Israel have allegedly chosen not to evacuate the country, with some saying they would rather face bombs than poverty and starvation.
WORLD|07.04.2026Czech Republic caps fuel prices amid Iran war energy crisisCzech motor fuel prices will be capped from Wednesday, with the cap being updated daily, the Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday, against the backdrop of the energy crisis resulting from the Iran war. The ministry has set the initial cap on the price for petrol at 43.
WORLD|07.04.2026Amid Iran war, 53 of Israel's future scientists showcase projects in Jerusalem contest‘Courageous, creative, and deeply committed’: The Young Scientists and Developers in Israel returns for its 29th year amid war, as part of National Science Week events. Even in these challenging times, the Young Scientists and Developers in Israel competition – now in its 29th year – has been held with the aim of discovering and promoting the future generation of Israeli scientists from among high school students.
WORLD|07.04.2026Iranian-linked drone attack kills Kurdish couple in northern IraqIt is the latest attack by Iran and Iranian-backed militias using drones and missiles on the Kurdistan region. Iranian-backed militias have launched more than 500 attacks since February 28.
WORLD|07.04.2026Air New Zealand cuts flights and hikes fares as fuel prices surgeAirlines have reduced services and lifted ticket costs as the Iran war weighs on jet fuel supplies.
WORLD|07.04.2026Tehran synagogue damaged by missile strike according to Iranian mediaFootage and reports circulated by Iranian outlets and social media accounts identified the site as the Rafi Niya Synagogue, located near Palestine Square in central Tehran. A synagogue in central Tehran was damaged in a missile strike attributed by Iranian media to the ongoing US-Israeli campaign, according to Iranian state and semi-official reports published on Tuesday, with one of Iran’s Jewish representatives condemning the attack and saying Torah scrolls remained buried under the rubble.
WORLD|07.04.2026German Winemakers Rewrite The Rules Of Riesling In A Warming WorldAs climate change impacts Germany wine regions, winemakers ask: What can be controlled, reimagined, and owed to the future? The answers are not straightforward.
WORLD|07.04.2026WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contractor killed by Israeli troopsIsrael's military says troops fired at a vehicle driven by the Palestinian because they believed it posed "an immediate threat".
WORLD|07.04.2026Carnival fever hits Lagos as locals celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritageThe centuries-old Fanti Carnival returned to Nigeria on Monday with a burst of colour and spectacle.
WORLD|07.04.2026OPEC’s No. 2 Producer Burns Its Own Gas—Then Buys Iran’sIraq flares a third of its own natural gas daily—then pays Iran billions to keep its lights on. Inside OPEC's No. 2 producer's self-made energy crisis.
WORLD|07.04.2026Gunmen open fire near Israeli consulate in Istanbul in possible ISIS-linked attackA spokesperson for Israel's Foreign Ministry told The Jerusalem Post that the consulate is not staffed. Three gunmen were killed, and two police officers were injured, Turkish authorities confirmed.
WORLD|07.04.2026Dozens killed as Angola flood death toll risesMourning the deaths, the president says it was a "race against the clock" to find others affected.
WORLD|07.04.2026French high-speed train slams into truck, killing TGV driverA French high-speed train crashed into a truck carrying a military vehicle in northern France on Tuesday, killing the driver of the TGV and badly injuring two people, officials said.The truck driver was taken into police custody after the train, which was travelling from the northern city of Dunkirk to Paris and carrying 243 people, collided with the vehicle at a level crossing in the town of Bully-les-Mines.
WORLD|07.04.2026Ringleader of suspected human trafficking network arrested in EthiopiaYetbarek Dawit is alleged to have operated a multi-million-dollar operation, using torture to raise money.
WORLD|07.04.2026Air India chief resigns 10 months after devastating Ahmedabad crash and amid mounting financial troublesAirline continues to reel from impacts of last year’s crash involving a London-bound plane in western India, which killed 260 people
WORLD|07.04.2026Bahrain cracks down on dissent as war grinds onOn Monday, several people were arrested on charges of spying for Iran, adding to more than 200 detained since the conflict began.
WORLD|07.04.2026Sarkozy says he owes France 'the truth' as he challenges conviction over alleged Libya fundingFrance's former president Nicolas Sarkozy maintained his innocence on Tuesday, telling an appeal hearing in Paris that not a single cent from Libya helped fund his 2007 presidential campaign. “I owe the truth to French people,” Sarkozy told a three-judges panel during a hearing in the case that lead him to spend 20 days in prison before being granted release pending appeal. Sarkozy, 71, is challenging his conviction after being found guilty in September of “criminal conspiracy.”
WORLD|07.04.2026‘Dying of thirst’: Inside Gaza’s al-Mawasi water crisisResidents in Gaza describe daily torment as water shortages worsen, leaving families desperate for clean drinking water.
WORLD|07.04.2026Palestine weekly wrap: Protests sweep West Bank after death penalty lawIsraeli strikes on Gaza escalate with children among the injured and civilians killed in densely populated areas.
WORLD|07.04.2026IDF strikes Shiraz petrochemical site, releases footage of attacks on Iranian air defensesIsrael said the targeted Shiraz facility produced key missile-related chemical components, while new military footage showed strikes on Iranian air defense systems. The IDF hit a petrochemical compound in Shiraz on Monday, the military announced on Tuesday, stating that the facility was "one of the last remaining sites used for producing critical chemical components for explosives and other materials for developing ballistic missiles.
WORLD|07.04.2026Cameroon says Russia has confirmed 16 Cameroonian soldiers died in UkraineCameroon said on Monday that Russia has confirmed the deaths of 16 soldiers in Ukraine, according to a memo addressed to the Russian Embassy in the central African country. In the memo addressed to the embassy, the country’s foreign affairs ministry acknowledged the death of 16 Cameroonian soldiers serving in the special military operations zone in Ukraine. The ministry said “necessary arrangements” had been made to contact the families of the deceased soldiers.
WORLD|07.04.2026NATO needs Ukraine's 'adaptation DNA' and an 'HOV lane' for new war tech, top commander saysUkraine has proven it can move at speed to develop and field new weaponry. NATO needs a similar approach, a commander told Business Insider.
WORLD|07.04.2026CPA Canada appoints eight directors as new governance model takes effectThe new appointments are aligned with CPA Canada’s new governance model, which took effect on 1 April 2026.
WORLD|07.04.2026Energy agency chief warns of 'black April' for oil suppliesThe head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, has warned of a "black April" due to the worsening situation for global oil supplies amid the war in Iran and the largely blocked Strait of Hormuz. Birol told French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview published online late on Monday that while March had been very difficult, April would be much worse.
WORLD|07.04.2026Several killed in Ukraine and Russia after cross-border attacksSeveral people were killed in Russian drone attacks in south-eastern Ukraine, officials said on Tuesday, as further deaths were reported in Russia. Dnipropetrovsk Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said three people died in an attack on a bus in Nikopol and 12 others were injured.
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