Iran’s president says he has spoken to the country’s Supreme Leader
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says he has met with Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says he has met with Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.










US CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins says the main priorities in Hormuz are securing safe routes & blockading Iran.

Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Addis Ababa, accusing Ethiopia of being behind attacks on Khartoum’s airport.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP is set to GAIN (wrest) control of West Bengal.
Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.

Taiwan’s leader William Lai Ching-te is visiting Eswatini, the only country in Africa that recognises Taiwan.
Amid transatlantic tensions over the Iran war, Trump has threatened to reduce troops in Germany.
As US-UK relations nosedive, questions are mounting over whether Trump might shift Washington’s position on the islands.
Analysts say the attack is part of a wider pattern of repression amid concerns over the growing role of the military.
![Britain's King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of Congress while Vice President JD Vance, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, listen in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. [Kylie Cooper/Pool via AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26118703764614_cropped-1777407875.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
US lawmakers gave King Charles III a standing ovation upon mentioning the importance of “checks and balances”.
Political outsider Ali al-Zaidi is tapped as Iraq’s new PM to break a months-long political deadlock.