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🇮🇷❗️ — Iran announced the repair of all railway bridges damaged by the Israeli Air Force during the operation against infrastructure.

#BREAKING | 🇺🇸 — U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM): On April 15, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. The Global Eye | Subscribe

🇪🇺🤝🇻🇦❗️ — President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola invited Pope Leo XIV to address the Parliament in an upcoming plenary session, calling him a "symbol of moral courage and clarity". 🇪🇺💬 Full statement: Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex is not only the shepherd of the Roman Catholic flock across the globe, but a symbol of moral courage and clarity in a time where such compasses are increasingly needed. His voice is one that Europeans of all faiths - and none - listen to, appreciate and respect. On behalf of the @Europarl_EN, I reached out to the Holy See to reaffirm our invitation for the Holy Father to address an upcoming Plenary Session of the European Parliament. We hope to welcome him in the near future and listen to his message for Europe. 📱Roberta Metsola

🇻🇦🌹🇨🇲🇨🇲❗️ — During his visit to Cameroon, Pope Leo XIV issued a particularly strong statement rejecting war and corruption, in a direct rebuke of President Paul Biya, who has ruled the country since 1982. ▶️ He called Cameroonians to resist "the whims of the rich and powerful" while calling for the end of the Ambazonian War, a de-facto civil war raging in Cameroon since 2017. 🇻🇦💬 Some remarks of his statement include: "It is time to examine our conscience and take a bold leap forward. In order for peace and justice to prevail, the chains of corruption - which disfigure authority and strip it of its credibility - must be broken." "Hearts must be set free from an idolatrous thirst for profit." "[Governing] means truly listening to citizens, valuing their intelligence and their ability to help build lasting solutions to problems."

🇺🇸🇮🇱🤝🇱🇧⁉️ — Axios cites a U.S. official who said Trump would "welcome and be happy with an end of hostilities” in Lebanon, putting pressure on Israel to end hostilities against Hezbollah. 📰 Axios

🇺🇸 ❌🇮🇷— USA Senate rejects resolutions to end war with Iran ▶️The document banning strikes on Iran without congressional approval was supported by 47 senators, 52 were against.

🇮🇱🤝🇸🇴❌🇸🇴❗️ — Israel appointed Michael Lotem, current non-resident economic ambassador to the African continent, as its first ambassador to Somaliland. ▶️ The announcement comes months after Israel officially recognized the breakaway state, and will certainly escalate tensions with Somalia. 🔗YNet

🇺🇸⁉️✝ — New Trump post on Truth Social.

🇺🇸 ❌🇺🇸❗️— Democrats plan to introduce a resolution on April 15 to impeach Hegseth, Axios reports citing sources. The Pentagon chief is accused on six counts: 📍Initiating an illegal war against Iran; 📍Attacks on civilian populations; 📍Negligent handling of sensitive information; 📍Obstruction of Congressional oversight; 📍Abuse of power and politicization of the use of armed forces; 📍Actions damaging the reputation of the United States and its armed forces.

🇮🇷🇵🇰❗️ — F-4 Phantoms escorted Pakistani Field Marshal Assim Muneer on his way to Tehran. ▶️The US claimed that these planes were destroyed in the war with Iran.

🇮🇷🤝🇺🇸🇴🇲⁉️ — BREAKING: Iran has reportedly offered safe travel through the Oman side of the Hormuz Strait if a deal with the U.S. is reached. 📰 Reuters

🇷🇴🇱🇹🇷🇺Romania has announced that its F16s in Lithuania intercepted an IL-20 COOT of the Russian Federation and made it return to Russian airspace