Survivors of Australia's Stolen Generations, removed from their families as children, are urging governments for increased support as many are now elderly. A new plan highlights the need for trauma-informed care, access to records, and compensation schemes, as decades of waiting for action continue.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized two vessels, MSC Francesca and Epaminondas, in the Strait of Hormuz. The Epaminondas was bound for Gujarat, India, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions despite recent ceasefire efforts.
The Iranian Navy intercepted two vessels—the Panama-flagged MSC Francesca and Liberia-flagged Epaminondas—in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, seizing them for threatening maritime security and lacking appropriate permissions. The Epaminondas was bound for India's Mundra port from UAE's Jebel Ali. This occurs amid ongoing US-Iran tensions, with a ceasefire set to expire and Tehran rejecting Washington's unilateral extension.
