- Ireland facing 'very severe' situation due to protester fuel blockades, PM says Reuters
- Hundreds of Irish forecourts run out of fuel as protests continue BBC
- Fuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway The Guardian
- Live: Whitegate protesters in standoff with public order unit RTE.ie
- Fuel Protests Cause Transport Chaos in Ireland as Iran War Spikes Prices The New York Times
Iran’s speaker says negotiations with U.S. can’t start without Lebanon ceasefire, asset release – CNBC
- Iran's speaker says negotiations with U.S. can't start without Lebanon ceasefire, asset release CNBC
- Iran war latest: Vance says peace talks with Iran have ended after 21 hours without a deal Sky News
- Iran says no negotiations without Lebanon ceasefire, release of assets The Hill
- Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again PBS
- Israel's war in Lebanon becomes a flashpoint as Iran says U.S. must choose "between war and ceasefire" CBS News
New Viral Footage Shows Brazilian Surfer Tayane Dalazen Bitten by Shark in Crystal Blue Water (Video) – Yahoo
Texas court overturns sentence for man on death row for nearly 50 years
Clarence Curtis Jordan was convicted in 1978 but hadn’t had a lawyer for over 30 years
The Texas court of criminal appeals has overturned the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disabilities, who spent nearly 50 years on death row – much of that time without a lawyer.
Jordan was convicted in 1978 for the murder of Joe L Williams, a 40-year-old grocer in Houston, and was sentenced to death. In the years that followed, courts determined that Jordan, who has intellectual disabilities, was “incompetent”, making him ineligible for execution under constitutional standards.
Continue reading...Five things to know about Hungary’s election – NPR
- Five things to know about Hungary's election NPR
- Viktor Orbán Could Actually Lose Sunday’s Hungarian Election The Atlantic
- Trump’s Favorite European Strongman Is in Trouble. Soccer Explains Why. Politico
- Even Hungary’s skewed elections might not save Viktor Orban The Economist
- Opinion | Viktor Orban’s Fate Is a Warning Not to Get Too Close to Trump The New York Times
Human rights groups decry US plan for Guantánamo camp for Cuban migrants
Exclusive: Dozens of organizations write to Congress after general announced plan to ‘deal with’ those fleeing any humanitarian crisis on the island
Dozens of US and international human rights organizations are decrying the Trump administration’s plans to establish a migrant “camp” for fleeing Cubans at the Guantánamo Bay military base if the island nation’s crisis worsens under pressure from the US, according to a letter to members of Congress on Friday.
The 85 groups plan to submit the joint letter, exclusively shared with the Guardian, to US senators and House representatives, expressing their “profound concern” with comments made last month by a top Department of Defense commander, and describing any prospect of further migrant detention at the base as “deeply troubling and unacceptable”.
Continue reading...Court rules in favor of 4 men deported by the US to Africa and denied lawyer meetings for 9 months – AP News
Dutch police urge victims of ‘international sextortion campaign’ to come forward
Dutch police have warned that dozens of women and girls were coerced into degrading sexual acts on camera in several countries.
CBS, NBC & ABC News’ Latest Ratings Show Big Swings Amid Iran Conflict – TV Insider
Trump pays the price for making America an unreliable ally – The Hill
- Trump pays the price for making America an unreliable ally The Hill
- Europe Has Leverage in the Iran War—It Should Use It Council on Foreign Relations
- Allies Fear They Are Tied to an Erratic U.S. and Now Have Nowhere to Turn WSJ
- Iran is a turning point for Europe’s liberation – from Donald Trump The Guardian
- Trump’s Lonely War The New York Times
Peruvians go to polls hoping to break cycle of instability
Crime and corruption top voter concerns in highly unpredictable election with 35 candidates for president
Peruvians go to the polls on Sunday hoping to break a cycle of instability that has produced nine presidents in a decade as well as surging violent crime, corruption scandals and overwhelming distrust in institutions and politicians.
About 27 million people who are eligible to vote must choose between a record 35 presidential candidates as well as contenders for the bicameral congress – all from a ballot sheet measuring nearly half a metre, the longest in the country’s history.
Continue reading...Ukraine secures oil lifeline from Gulf states in exchange for military support – politico.eu
- Ukraine secures oil lifeline from Gulf states in exchange for military support politico.eu
- Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war AP News
- Zelenskiy Says Gulf Offers Kyiv Fuel Aid for Anti-Drone Support Bloomberg.com
- Ukrainian interceptors downed Iran’s drones in Middle East, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy Financial Times
- Ukraine in talks with Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain on security cooperation, Zelenskiy says Reuters
In first papal trip, Leo will encounter ‘the now-adult Church in Africa’ – The Pillar
- In first papal trip, Leo will encounter ‘the now-adult Church in Africa’ The Pillar
- Bishops of Equatorial Guinea: Pope Leo's visit is 'a hug from God' Vatican News
- Pope’s Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges AP News
- Pope Leo heads to Africa on ambitious tour to urge help for continent Reuters
- Pope Leo’s visit to Africa: theology scholar outlines 3 realities the Catholic church must face The Conversation
Popular Tanzanian musician Matonya charged with rape in Kenya
The 43-year-old denies the charge and has been released on bail and had to surrender his passport.
Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce
Vladimir Putin announced the truce, which will last from Saturday afternoon through Easter Sunday.
Ireland gridlocked by fuel protests as Iran war drives prices higher – CNBC
- Ireland gridlocked by fuel protests as Iran war drives prices higher CNBC
- Fuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway The Guardian
- Ireland fuel protests: 500 Irish petrol stations could have 'no fuel by end of day' BBC
- Live: Package of measures will be 'substantial' - Harris RTE.ie
- Fuel Protests Cause Transport Chaos in Ireland as Iran War Spikes Prices The New York Times
U.S. Ally Says He’s Completely ‘Fed Up’ With Trump and Putin’s Chaos – The Daily Beast
- U.S. Ally Says He’s Completely ‘Fed Up’ With Trump and Putin’s Chaos The Daily Beast
- Starmer Says He's 'Fed Up' With Trump as Europe Splinters From U.S. Over Iran War Time Magazine
- The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer The Guardian
- ‘I’m Fed Up.’ Frustrated With Trump, Starmer Embraces Other Allies. The New York Times
- Iran conflict will define us for a generation, says PM BBC
War has given Iran new leverage for nuclear programme, say US former envoys
Negotiators of 2015 deal say Tehran has seen how cutting off Hormuz strait can help it counter asymmetry of power
Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran new tools and resolve to resist pressure to shutter its nuclear programme.
Two senior negotiators for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief, said the Trump administration’s war had handed Iran a coveted weapon by demonstrating its ability to cut off the strait of Hormuz, an economic chokehold that one negotiator said would help Iran “balance the asymmetry of power” with the US.
Continue reading...With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically – The New York Times
- With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically The New York Times
- Overlooked IRGC body holds key to Iran's Hormuz approach, expert says Euronews.com
- Iran’s Hormuz Gambit: The Strait as a Weapon of Jihadist Endurance Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
- Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone Fails Just Security
- A new regional order for the Strait of Hormuz Al Jazeera
German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic
German media reports say Marla-Svenja Liebich used to be a member of a neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour.