Gaza faces massive cleanup, with 61m tonnes of rubble, says UNDP official Alessandro Mrakic Palestinian workers break up concrete while working on rubble in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 19, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Palestinians are using ​war rubble to repave streets destroyed during Israel’s two-year assault on Gaza, crushing concrete and metal into pavement…

A billboard about the Strait of Hormuz on a building, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 22, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightened its grip on the strategic waterway after US President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no ​sign of peace…