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In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'
AFP, Published on 06/04/2026
» SOYAPANGO, El Salvador - Wearing white uniforms, their heads shaved, rows of bewildered-looking men are beamed by video link from prisons across El Salvador into a courtroom conducting a mass trial of alleged gang members.
Trump threatens to hit Iran infrastructure on Tuesday if Strait remains blocked
Reuters, Published on 05/04/2026
» WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday that the United States will target Iran's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
Pope marks first Easter under cloud of Mideast war
AFP, Published on 05/04/2026
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar.
Russian strike on Ukraine market kills five
AFP, Published on 04/04/2026
» KYIV - A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 19, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks.
Artemis astronauts more than halfway to the Moon
News Agencies, Published on 04/04/2026
» The Artemis 2 astronauts passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on Saturday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft.
Ukraine says six killed in ‘massive’ Russian strikes
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» KYIV - Ukraine on Friday faced nearly 500 Russian missile and drone attacks that killed at least six people, officials said, the latest in an increasing number of daytime strikes by Moscow.
In ritual dear to Francis, Pope Leo washes feet of 12 priests in Rome
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV performed the ritual of washing of the feet for the first time on Holy Thursday, marking a return to tradition for the rite which his predecessor Francis used to perform for the homeless, prisoners and other marginalised people.
Historic Artemis lunar mission lifts off successfully
AFP, Published on 02/04/2026
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida - Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
In historic first, Trump attends Supreme Court hearing
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to attend arguments over the legality of a policy he considers crucial to his hardline approach toward immigration — a directive he signed on his first day back in office that would limit birthright citizenship.
American journalist abducted in Iraq, security officials say
New York Times, Published on 01/04/2026
» NEW YORK — An American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad by “unknown individuals” Tuesday evening, and government security forces have begun operations to find her and track down the abductors, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry.