Universe India

Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will agree to Moscow’s terms. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-trump-putin.html

A barge carrying a whale made its way toward the North Sea, where rescuers hope the humpback will swim further into the Atlantic Ocean. The whale, nicknamed Timmy, had been stranded off Germany’s Baltic coast for several weeks. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/wo…

Two men were stabbed in north London on Wednesday, in an area that is home to just over half of Britain’s 300,000 Jewish residents. The city’s main police force said the attack was being treated as terrorism. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/10000001…

The absence of tanks and other heavy military vehicles on Red Square will highlight the heavy toll of the war in Ukraine. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/world/europe/russia-victory-day-parade-tanks.html

The group of Buddhist monks were arrested on Saturday at the country’s main international airport after a trip to Thailand that the authorities said was a cover for narcotics trafficking. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/world/asia/buddhist-monks-cannabis-sr…

President Trump ripped up a pact designed to prevent Iran from building a bomb. Getting a better agreement now could prove difficult. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/nuclear-deal-iran-trump-assasination-charges.html

In its latest offer delivered on Sunday, Iran proposed opening the key waterway to shipping traffic and lifting the U.S. blockade, while postponing the thornier nuclear issue until later. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/middleeast/iran-trump-talks-str…

The London Marathon winner’s achievement has resonated nowhere more than in Kenya’s Rift Valley, which has yielded many champions. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/africa/sabastian-sawe-kenya-running-record.html

Naftali Bennett, a right-wing politician, and Yair Lapid, a centrist, will merge parties for a vote later this year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-lapid-bennett.html

An Iranian negotiator returned to Pakistan on Sunday, despite the United States’ abruptly calling off a trip there by its two top negotiators. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/middleeast/us-iran-peace-talks-pakistan.html

Ernie Dosio, 75, of Lodi, Calif., was hunting a species of antelope in the dense forests of Gabon when his hunting party stumbled on a small herd of female elephants with calves. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/africa/big-game-hunter-death-africa.html…

He was imprisoned for calling attention to the practice of declaring dissidents mentally ill. He later led efforts to confront his field’s dark past. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/europe/semyon-gluzman-dead.html

The last-minute scuttling of the trip is the latest sign of how far apart the two sides are on reaching a deal to end the Iran war. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/middleeast/trump-witkoff-kushner-pakistan-trip-canceled.html

Pressure from Washington helped drive a disputed deal forward, triggering resignations and raising questions about sovereignty. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/americas/us-fighter-jet-deal-peru-government.html

Blocking the narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of ocean currents, scientists found in a study. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/climate/amoc-bering-strait-dam.html

The U.S.-mediated cease-fire halted an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, but their intensifying attacks on each other could put the truce at risk. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-fighting-ceasefire.html

The world’s top condom maker is raising prices of its products by up to 30 percent, warning that shortages of raw materials and chemicals because of the war in Iran could disrupt production. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010858682/iran-war-con…

source https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/world/iran-war-trump-ceasefire-talks/with-peace-talks-postponed-pakistanis-feel-the-cost-of-the-war-in-iran

The seizure of two cargo vessels by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday cast doubt on plans for a second round of talks in Pakistan’s capital. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world/asia/pakistan-iran-us-talks-islamabad.html

source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world/middleeast/iran-turkey-border.html