$1 billion and the most beautiful woman for wife
12 April 2026
Good morning!
1. US & Canada
Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz and intercept ships that paid tolls to Iran (cbsnews.com)
Canada’s Carney vows end to 70% US military spending reliance (en.yenisafak.com)
Díaz-Canel refuses to make political concessions amid U.S. pressure (miamiherald.com)
2. Europe
Irish fuel protests: Police clear protesters from sites in Dublin and Galway (bbc.com)
More than 500 people arrested at Palestine Action rally in London (france24.com)
Is Poland Ready for War? New Book Examines Poland’s Defence and Global Role (defence24.com)
3. Middle East & Arab World
New Iraqi president officially assumes office (thepeninsulaqatar.com)
Nothing remains: Israel erases villages in Lebanon by rigging homes with explosives (indiatoday.in)
Death toll from Israeli Aggression on Gaza rises to 72,328 (gulf-times.com)
4. Russia & Its Sphere
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating Orthodox Easter ceasefire - ABC News (abcnews.com)
Pavel Durov Updates Telegram to Bypass Total Ban in Russia (kyivpost.com)
Russia preparing new space launch vehicle, official says (jpost.com)
5. China & East Asia
Trump Warns of ‘Big Problems’ if China Supplies Weapons to Iran (kyivpost.com)
Australia PM to travel to Malaysia, Brunei for fuel talks (straitstimes.com)
China sets up Cenling county in Xinjiang near PoK and Afghanistan border (telegraphindia.com)
6. India & South Asia
Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under defence pact (outlookindia.com)
Cash-strapped Pakistan to receive $5bn from Saudi, Qatar as debt mount (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Domestic Indian migrants weigh return home in energy crunch (straitstimes.com)
7. Latin America & the Carribean
Haitians cut back on already scarce food and ask how they’ll survive rising fuel prices - ABC News (abcnews.com)
Deported migrants arrive in Costa Rica from the US (aljazeera.com)
Fractured politics and crime shape Peru’s presidential vote (en.yenisafak.com)
8. Africa
‘$1 billion and the most beautiful woman for wife’: Ugandan army chief’s ultimatum to Turkey for military involvement (theweek.in)
Libya approves first unified budget in more than a decade (morningstaronline.co.uk)
The Kenyan mothers planting trees where police killed their sons (observer.co.uk)