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Pope urges concessions for peace amid Ukraine war

METZ: Pope Leo said on Monday that negotiators seeking to end war in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia's bloody war in Ukraine continue to fail. The first...

Pope Leo XIV (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) shake hands during a meeting at the Robert Schuman Conference Centre in Metz. — AFP

IAEA says ready to support ME peace effort

(FILES) Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends the IAEA痴 Board of Governors' meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on January 30, 2026. The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog on April 6, 2026 warned attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop". The facility, located in the south of the country and equipped with a 1,000-megawatt reactor, has been targeted four times since the US-Israeli war on Iran began. The latest strike was reported by Iranian state media on April 4. Strikes near the operating plant "could cause a severe radiological accident with harmful consequences for people and the environment in Iran and beyond," said Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on X. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)

Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars

Pope Leo XIV gestures from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. — Reuters

Fire breaks out at Russia's NORSI oil refinery after drone attack, governor says

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Middle East war hits Britain's fish and chip shops

A chef poses with a plate of fish and chips at Poppies fish and chip restaurant in east London

UK's Starmer calls for closer Europe ties

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London. — Reuters

Egypt's Sisi says only Trump can stop war

An industrial building at Israel's Oil Refineries was hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile, in Haifa. — Reuters

G7 ministers tackle fallout of Mideast war

G7 representatives meet at the French Economy minister in Paris. — AFP

Missing Cuba aid boats located

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US-Israeli war is 'breach of international law', says German president

People walk next to pictures of child victims killed in strikes, in Tehran. — Reuters

Russia calls for 'political' settlement over war

US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III lands at RAF Fairford airbase, Gloucestershire, Britain. — Reuters

Starmer calls emergency meeting as war risks mount

Britain's PM Keir Starmer

Pope Leo calls war in Middle East a 'scandal' to humanity

"We cannot remain silent in the face of the suffering of so many people, ‌the defenceless victims of these ​conflicts. What hurts them hurts the ​whole ‌of ⁠humanity," Leo said at his weekly Angelus prayer in St ​Peter's Square.

War risks becoming unpredictable, Swiss FM

Ignazio Cassis

Spain to spend €5 bn to ease war fallout

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference following a cabinet meeting about the energy crisis at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid. — AFP

Nato relocates Iraq mission due to Mideast war

The Nato mission is headquartered in an Iraqi military base in Baghdad's Green Zone near the US embassy.
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