International

• Monday, April 6th 2026 - 01:00 UTC

  Trump threatens to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges over Hormuz Strait closure

  

  US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges if Tehran fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping by Tuesday at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.

• Sunday, April 5th 2026 - 11:26 UTC

  Falklands plans for oil future, Monday begins Economic Development Forum

  

  As of Monday April 6th the Falkland Islands will become a hub of conferences and workshops with the inauguration of the 2026 Economic Development Forum, prepared by the Falklands Chamber of Commerce and presented by the Falklands Development Corporation, FIDC, which will be looking ahead to the challenges from the oil and telecommunications industries and their transformative dynamics into the future.

• Saturday, April 4th 2026 - 11:39 UTC

  “We are one people”: Artemis 2 sends message of unity on the road to the Moon

  

  The Artemis 2 crew sent the first photographs of Earth taken from the Orion capsule on its historic journey to the Moon, accompanied by a message of unity at a moment of global turmoil. They are the first images captured by astronauts on a lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

• Saturday, April 4th 2026 - 11:36 UTC

  Leak reveals Russian campaign to discredit Milei through Argentine media outlets

  

  A spy group linked to Russian foreign intelligence funded the publication of more than 250 articles across at least 23 Argentine digital media outlets between June and October 2024, aiming to discredit Javier Milei's government, according to an investigation based on leaked documents conducted by an international media consortium.

• Saturday, April 4th 2026 - 11:30 UTC

  Mercosur, climate and immigration: the hoaxes targeting rural Europe

  

  The European Commission and fact-checking experts have identified a growing wave of disinformation targeting rural areas and the agri-food sector across the continent, with campaigns exploiting the controversy surrounding the EU-Mercosur trade deal, climate skepticism and anti-immigration sentiment.

• Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 21:22 UTC

  Iran downs two US warplanes; search continues for missing crew member

  

  Iran shot down a US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet over its territory on Friday, marking the first confirmed downing of a crewed American aircraft since the war began five weeks ago. A second plane, an A-10 Warthog attack aircraft, was also struck by Iranian fire and crashed after managing to exit Iranian airspace.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 21:01 UTC

  Milei reaffirms Falklands sovereignty, warns oil firms and vows to rebuild the armed forces

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday reaffirmed his country's sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands, warned of a diplomatic response to British oil exploration in the area, and announced that 10% of fiscal revenue from privatizations will be allocated to purchasing weapons and equipment for the armed forces.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 04:52 UTC

  Artemis II lifts off successfully: humanity heads back to the Moon after half a century

  

  NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — 54 years ago.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 03:00 UTC

  Trump vows to send Iran “back to the Stone Age” as oil surges back above $100

  

  Oil prices surged on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed in a televised address to the nation to hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 4.1% to $104.21 per barrel, while Brent, the international benchmark, gained 5% to $106.42, according to CNBC data.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 10:12 UTC

  Trump running out of options in Iran, a US victory is possible?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - The Iranians know they have won, but President Trump doesn’t get it yet. He’s still at the stage of counting up the US and Israeli air-strikes and assuming that those numbers mean a US victory is possible. But five gets you ten that the Iranians are already thinking about nuclear weapons. Not their own, which don’t exist. America’s.