Trump Threatens to Halt Ukraine Aid Unless NATO Helps Unblock Strait of Hormuz
2 April 2026
Good morning!
1. US & Canada
5 key takeaways from Trump’s first address to nation since start of Iran war (independent.co.uk)
Another NATO state refused to support US (defence24.com)
Trump’s tariffs: Four ways they have changed the global economy one year on (bbc.com)
Trump Threatens to Halt Ukraine Aid Unless NATO Helps Unblock Strait of Hormuz (militarnyi.com)
2. Europe
Germany’s Postwar Consensus on Israel Might Be In Peril (foreignpolicy.com)
How secure are the Commission’s group chats? (politico.eu)
‘There is no NATO without the US,’ says Polish defence minister (brusselssignal.eu)
Danish warship sunk by Nelson’s British fleet discovered after 225 years News (abcnews.com)
3. Middle East & Arab World
UK gathers more than 30 countries to plot ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, World News (asiaone.com)
Iran says US making ‘maximalist and irrational’ demands: Iranian media (en.apa.az)
10 Things about Iran and Oil (alhurra.com)
Advisor to Supreme Leader: Strait of Hormuz will always remain closed to Iran’s enemies (en.apa.az)
4. Russia & Its Sphere
Russia launches massive drone barrage on Ukraine as peace talks stall (euronews.com)
Putin to Armenia: EU Membership Is “Impossible” For You (novinite.com)
Putin Confronts Pashinyan Over Election Rules and Armenia’s Westward Drift (kyivpost.com)
Russia warns of consequences for attacks on religious sites (voiceofemirates.com)
5. China & East Asia
N. Korea denounces U.N. rights resolution as ‘political provocation’ (upi.com)
North Korean hackers compromise major software used by thousands of companies (nknews.org)
“Do Your Part”: Australia’s PM Urges Citizens to Use Public Transport (novinite.com)
Powerful 7.4 quake hits Indonesia’s Molucca Sea, tsunami alert lifted (euronews.com)
6. India & South Asia
Nepal to issue historic apology to formerly ‘untouchable’ community. Will other South Asian nations follow? (independent.co.uk)
Nepal: How Everest Sherpas ‘poisoned’ climbers as part of $20 million insurance scam (indiatoday.in)
Pakistan says it is in talks with Afghanistan to end conflict (en.apa.az)
India’s condom industry crippled by Iran war (rt.com)
7. Latin America & Carribean
Argentina names IRGC as terrorist group, triggering financial sanctions (jpost.com)
U.S. lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez (npr.org)
Peru awards port project to Chinese investors (latinfinance.com)
Brazilian banks to verify satellite deforestation data for rural credit (abcnews.com)
8. Africa
Somali army takes control of regional administrative capital (rt.com)
Palm Sunday attacks in Nigeria leave at least 53 dead (rt.com)
Somalia registers ship under national flag after over 3 decades (aa.com.tr)
Kenya Moves to Prosecute Citizens Recruited Into Russia’s War in Ukraine (uatv.ua)
9. World
From world order to global jungle (brusselssignal.eu)
World’s oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, still alive despite reports of death (bbc.com)
Ten years after the Panama Papers, enablers and tax cheats are still being brought to justice (icij.org)
The sovereign citizen challenge (lowyinstitute.org)
10. Tech
Germany and Italy propose EU ‘kill switch’ for global stablecoins (euronews.com)
After the Iran war, the electrostate will rise (newstatesman.com)
Passengers stranded in moving traffic after robotaxi outage in China’s Wuhan, China News (asiaone.com)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX set to go public in $1 trillion share listing (bbc.com)