Iliana Mier-Lavin

A woman makes a peace sign at the site of an Israeli strike carried out before a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Tyre, Lebanon, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on Kyiv and other cities, killing at least 17 ‌people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said reut.rs/3Qd2iyM

A bomb threat occurred at the home of the brother of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday night, police in Illinois confirmed. thehill.com/homenews/state…

الجيش الاسرائيلي يفجر المدرسة الرسمية في مروحين

A young girl is her family’s sole survivor from an Israel airstrike. A baby is recovering from head injuries in another. The number of child casualties in Lebanon is abnormally high, doctors say. With @GarwenM @CunninghamCSky @Jeehad_jn @waeltaleb23

This is not new intel or information. Ukriane and the Trump administration said this last year. For example, this October 2025 report which says up to 5,000 Cubans have participated in Russia’s war on Ukraine: reuters.com/world/americas…

Justice Department fires 4 prosecutors accused of bias against anti-abortion activists apnews.com/article/justic…

Big newspaper news: The Baltimore Banner is buying the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- which was expected to shut down in a couple weeks -- and turn it into a nonprofit news outlet thebanner.com/economy/banner…

In Peru, presidents come and go, often led away in handcuffs. Then there’s Peruvian Central Bank Governor Julio Velarde. He is the rock that has kept the country from running off the rails through years of political chaos. An incisive, funny profile: wsj.com/world/americas…

Tonda MacCharles: Pierre Poilievre called you badly educated in economics Mark Carney: Did he? Wow.

The launch of TMZDC comes after @TMZ spent the last two weeks holding politicians’ feet to the fire during the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history. niemanlab.org/2026/04/tmz-st…

U.S. says will start blockading all maritime traffic from Iranian ports (both in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman) from Monday, April 13, at 10am Eastern Time.

BREAKING: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat to Peter Magyar after "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power. apnews.com/article/hungar…

Elecciones en vivo: 35 candidatos compiten por la presidencia de Perú apnews.com/live/peru-en-v…

🔴 Cantabria ha superado ya la superficie de monte quemada en todo 2025 🔴 Han ardido más de 10.000 hectáreas, frente a las 8.300 del año pasado 🔴 Por el momento, no se ha realizado ninguna detención relacionada con estos hechos rtve.es/noticias/20260…

Voting is underway in the Hungarian election — I cast my vote at 6:15 and a handful of people were already arriving. For those curious about process: two people checked my ID, I signed next to my name on list of voters, and got two pieces of paper: for party list & district.

El Museo del Prado ha sido nominado por sus redes sociales a @TheWebbyAwards , conocidos como los Óscar de Internet, ¡Ayúdanos a conseguir el premio del público con tu voto! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

Qatar has released new videos showing damage from Iranian missile attacks on Ras Laffan Industrial City in March. QatarEnergy said the site, part of the world’s largest LNG export hub, suffered extensive damage, with some repairs expected to take years.

VIDEO COLUMN (2): The Hormuz question. What's happening in the world's most important oil and LNG chokepoint? Let me explain the situation in the strait, and how its shipping lines (and status) are changing, perhaps for ever. @Opinion #Hormuz #IranWar‌

🇺🇸🇦🇱 Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams is now officially Albanian. He has been granted citizenship and has received an Albanian passport by a special decree issued by the Albanian president.