{"category":"world","articles":[{"title":"South African Writer Mfundi Vundla Gets Personal in His New Play","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/world/africa/south-africa-theater-generations-mfundi-vundla.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:01:07 +0000","desc":"Mfundi Vundla spent 21 years in exile and created the popular television show “Generations.” His latest project is a play that explores the imperfections of the..."},{"title":"No Longer Off Limits, the Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/world/middleeast/strait-hormuz-iran-ships-oil.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:21 +0000","desc":"Even after a cease-fire, Iran is keeping a chokehold on traffic, forcing countries to cut deals that could put them at odds with the U.S."},{"title":"Putin Announces Orthodox Easter Cease-Fire, but Ukraine Is Skeptical","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-cease-fire.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:57:15 +0000","desc":"The cease-fire would be in effect this weekend, the Kremlin said, but each side accused the other of violating a similar pause announced last year."},{"title":"Iran War Live Updates: Israel Agrees to Talks With Lebanon but Keeps Striking Hezbollah","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/09/world/iran-ceasefire-trump-lebanon","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:40:06 +0000","desc":"Iran has insisted that Lebanon is covered by the cease-fire, while the United States and Israel have said it is not, threatening the truce."},{"title":"<![CDATA[White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets]]>","link":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgld65x396go?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:32:27 GMT","desc":""},{"title":"<![CDATA[Trump says Iran's handling of Strait of Hormuz is 'not the agreement we have']]>","link":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0xre3d27o?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:10:44 GMT","desc":""},{"title":"<![CDATA[Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa,  dies aged 68]]>","link":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2evppm30p7o?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:50:21 GMT","desc":""},{"title":"White House Secures Foreign Steel for Trump’s Ballroom Project","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/politics/white-house-foreign-steel-ballroom.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:32:33 +0000","desc":"ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump’s new ballroom."},{"title":"<![CDATA[India proposes new rules to regulate news and political posts on social media]]>","link":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9mx2j3xlxo?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:23:18 GMT","desc":""},{"title":"Iran’s Battered Leaders Emerge From War Confident — and With New Cards","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/iran-war-leadership.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:20:57 +0000","desc":"For Iran’s theocratic rulers, just surviving the U.S.-Israeli onslaught means victory. But the seeds of their next crisis may already be planted."}]}