Titanic Survivor's Life Jacket Sells at Auction for Over $900,000
A life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, equivalent to more than $900,000. The item represents one of the rare personal artifacts linked to survivo...
Mass Shooting in Kyiv Kills 6 Before Gunman Shot Dead by Police
A gunman opened fire in the streets of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on April 18, 2026, killing six people and wounding at least 14 others before being shot and killed by police. The motive for the attack was not immediately re...
Pope Leo XIV Downplays Trump Rift, Speaks Out on Extractivism During Angola Visit
Pope Leo XIV clarified that his earlier remarks about 'tyrants' were not directed at US President Donald Trump, saying his words had been misinterpreted. Deutsche Welle reports the Pope stated he has no desire to debate ...
Mexico Arrests Suspected Hungarian Drug Trafficker in Quintana Roo
Mexican authorities arrested Janos Balla, a 48-year-old Hungarian fugitive suspected of drug trafficking, in the Quintana Roo region. The arrest comes as President Claudia Sheinbaum intensifies efforts to crack down on c...
Mexico's Sheinbaum Denies Diplomatic Crisis With Spain Over Colonisation Row
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected claims of a diplomatic crisis with Spain, stating there was never real tension despite a dispute over Spanish colonisation history. The row had previously become a thorny issu...
Trump Signs Executive Order to Fast-Track Psychedelics Review for Mental Health Treatment
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing an expedited regulatory review of psychedelic substances, including psilocybin and ibogaine, for potential use in treating mental health disorders. The order sig...
Sudanese Refugees Stranded Between Borders and Bureaucracy in Morocco
A growing number of Sudanese refugees fleeing war have arrived in Morocco, only to find themselves trapped by bureaucratic obstacles and border restrictions. The situation underscores the mounting humanitarian pressures ...
Venezuela's Machado Defends Gifting Nobel Peace Prize Medal to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado stated she has 'no regrets' over her decision to give her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump. Machado made the gesture after Trump's administration capt...
Colombia Debates First Bill to Ban Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation continues to be practiced in some Indigenous Embera communities in Colombia's Risaralda region, carrying severe health risks including infection, childbirth complications, and death. For the fir...
Euronews Evening Bulletin: Top Stories — April 18, 2026
Euronews published its April 18, 2026 evening news bulletin covering the most important stories from Europe and beyond, spanning world affairs, business, politics, culture, and travel....
Brazil's President Labels UN Security Council Permanent Members 'Lords of War'
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sharply condemned the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, calling them 'Lords of War.' The remarks reflect Brazil's criticism of the current global security a...
Reparations Debate Must Reckon With African Elites' Role in the Slave Trade
A commentary piece argues that while slavery reparations are a matter of justice, the debate must account for the role some African elites played in the transatlantic slave trade and in enabling colonisation. The author ...
Overfishing Crisis Threatens Sharks and Livelihoods Across Southeast Asia
A photo report documents the ecological and human toll of rampant overfishing in Southeast Asia, focusing on Indonesia's Tanjung Luar port — one of the region's largest shark markets. Multiple endangered and vulnerable...
Sudan War Enters Fourth Year Amid World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis
Sudan has entered its fourth year of civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which erupted in April 2023. The United Nations has designated it the world's largest humanitari...
Rescuers Race to Save Stranded Humpback Whale Off Germany's Baltic Coast
A sick humpback whale nicknamed 'Timmy' has repeatedly become stranded off the northern German coast in the Baltic Sea. Rescuers are deploying air cushions and tugboats to refloat the animal, though experts are debating ...
NPR Remembers President Kevin Klose, Broadcasting Pioneer
NPR is paying tribute to former network president Kevin Klose, remembered for securing the broadcaster's financial stability and championing its journalism. Klose is described as an icon of public broadcasting whose lead...
Chinese EV Maker NIO Expands Battery-Swap Stations Globally to Cut Charge Times
Chinese electric vehicle company NIO is rolling out battery swapping stations internationally as an alternative to conventional charging, allowing drivers to exchange a depleted battery for a fully charged one in minutes...
Car Mounts Kerb and Strikes Pedestrians in Melbourne, One Dead
A car mounted a kerb and struck pedestrians in Melbourne, Australia, killing one person and injuring others. Police arrested a man in connection with the collision....
Ethiopia Editor Kidnapped from Newsroom, Raising Press Freedom Alarms
The managing editor of Addis Standard, one of Ethiopia's last remaining independent media outlets, was abducted by masked men from inside the newsroom. The disappearance has intensified press freedom concerns in a countr...
Two Lebanese Grandmothers Reflect on a Lifetime of Displacement by Israeli Invasions
Mariam Allawiya, 60, and Kafa Wehbe, 67, both born in southern Lebanon amid olive groves, have been repeatedly displaced by Israeli military operations and now live temporarily in a vacant building in central Beirut. The...