Trump: ‘My favorite thing is to take the oil’

30 March 2026

Good morning!

1. Trump Seems to Embrace ‘Regime Change’ in Iran (time.com)

2. ‘My favorite thing is to take the oil’: Trump goes off script on Iran war plans (rawstory.com)

3. Trump’s popularity is sinking. Iran has him cornered (inews.co.uk)

4. From Pax Americana to Pax Silica (gisreportsonline.com)

1. Poland to Build $110M High-Tech Electronic Barrier on Ukraine Border (kyivpost.com)

2. Sources: Spain closing its airspace to US flights to Iran (swedenherald.com)

3. Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse paintings stolen from Italian museum (irishnews.com)

4. Europe’s pre-revolutionary conditions are taking shape (brusselssignal.eu)

1. Iran confirms IRGC navy chief killed in strike claimed by US and Israel (en.yenisafak.com)

2. Israel’s Haifa refinery on fire following missile barrage (en.apa.az)

3. Houthis strike Israel in first such attack amid Iran conflict (gulf-times.com)

4. Israeli media: Mount Herzl military cemetery nearing capacity (middleeastmonitor.com)

1. Russia expels senior British diplomat over ‘intelligence activities’ (trtworld.com)

2. Russian oil tanker has arrived in Cuba, Interfax reports (en.apa.az)

3. Belarusian leader seeks to mediate between US and North Korea (nknews.org)

4. Russia’s top news agency reaches deal with North Korea to combat ‘fake news’ (nknews.org)

1. China’s flag carrier resumes Beijing-Pyongyang direct flights: reports (upi.com)

2. China Sends Dozens of Military Jets and Ships Near Taiwan in One Day (militarnyi.com)

3. China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years, China News (asiaone.com)

4. North Korean troops start reinforcing border again after monthslong pause (nknews.org)

1. Bangladesh turns off lights as Mideast war deepens energy crunch (thepeninsulaqatar.com)

2. Pakistan, Afghanistan trade fire as Islamabad prepares to host US-Iran talks, Asia News (asiaone.com)

3. Afghanistan Pakistan border clashes | Days after truce pause, border fire erupts between Afghanistan and Pakistan ahead of US-Iran talks (telegraphindia.com)

4. Pakistan a base for major terror groups, some active since 1980s: US Congress repor (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

1. Brazil prisoners read to reduce sentence | Brazil prison inmates opt for sentence reduction programs through reading (telegraphindia.com)

2. China urges US to end Cuba blockade, sanctions after Trump calls nation ‘next’ (aa.com.tr)

3. Central Haitian town descends into fire and bloodshed from gang warfare (npr.org)

4. Noul secures deal to supply AI diagnostics platform across 20 Caribbean countries (koreabiomed.com)

1. Nigeria’s giant oil refinery fails to curb fuel price surge (sowetan.co.za)

2. In South Sudan, a prophet’s sacred stick helps fuel a violent struggle for political power (abcnews.com)

3. Vice President Nchimbi represents Samia at African, Caribbean and Pacific States summit (thecitizen.co.tz)

4. Accra New Town building collapse: Three killed as unfinished building crashes on church service in Ghana (bbc.com)