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Macron and Starmer hold international summit on reopening the Strait of Hormuz
Apr 17, 2026 - World 
The leaders of France and the U.K. gathered dozens of countries -- but not the United States -- on Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
EU officials in Hungary to discuss unlocking billions of euros held while Orbán was in charge
Apr 17, 2026 - World 
European Union officials are meeting Friday in Budapest with Hungary's incoming leader Péter Magyar's team
Senior British official resigns over Mandelson appointment but Starmer insists he won't go
Apr 17, 2026 - World 
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks
A fragile calm in Lebanon as a US-brokered truce holds and families head home
Apr 17, 2026 - World 
A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah
UK leader Starmer says he is 'furious' he wasn't told Peter Mandelson had failed security checks to be ambassador to US
Apr 17, 2026 - World 
UK leader Starmer says he is 'furious' he wasn't told Peter Mandelson had failed security checks to be ambassador to US
