Today's Top Stories
The top 10 stories of the day, ranked by importance —
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Just In #1 New York Times Trump Extends Sanctions Exemption on Some Russian Oil as High Gas Prices Persist (opens in new tab)
The Trump administration made the announcement hours after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships, though the status of the waterway remained uncertain.
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Just In #2 Wired The Best Movies to Stream This Month (April 2026) (opens in new tab)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Crime 101, and Deathstalker are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month
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Just In #3 New York Times How Trump Helped Pope Leo Find His Voice (opens in new tab)
After his election last year, Leo XIV developed a reputation as a mild-mannered mediator. President Trump’s attacks have made him more combative.
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Just In #4 The Guardian Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust (opens in new tab)
Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bankThe bosses of the central banks and treasuries of the UK, US and EU are to take part ...
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Just In #5 New York Times Iran War Live Updates: Iran’s Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz (opens in new tab)
The military said it would keep the vital waterway under its control until the U.S. ended its blockade of Iranian ports. The statement added to the uncertainty over access to the strait.
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Just In #6 The Guardian Middle East crisis live: Iran says it has closed the strait of Hormuz again due to US blockade (opens in new tab)
In a statement carried by Iranian media, the Iranian military’s operational command said the strait had ‘reverted to its previous state’Separate to the Pakistani army chief’s trip to Iran (see...
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Just In #7 Al Jazeera Death penalty law proves the EU must treat Israel as an apartheid state (opens in new tab)
Pernando Barrena says Israel’s death penalty for Palestinians adds to the case that Europe should cut ties with it.
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Just In #8 The Guardian ‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope (opens in new tab)
Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a headMaryellen Lewicki meets once a week for Bible study with a group of Catholic women in Decatur, Ge...
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Just In #9 NPR News Caracas' iconic macaws threatened by vanishing palm trees (opens in new tab)
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.
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Just In #10 NPR News What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it (opens in new tab)
Experts who spent months negotiating a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say mutual mistrust, starkly different negotiating styles, and the complexity of the issues make a quick deal unlikely.
