- Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis's inclusive tradition AP News
- Pope Leo Returns to Tradition, Washing Priests’ Feet nytimes.com
- Jesus shows how to give life and freedom, not dominate and destroy, pope says usccb
- Pope Leo: 'We are called to serve the People of God with our whole lives' Vatican News
- Pope Leo's Holy Thursday marks return to pre-Francis era practice National Catholic Reporter
Trump says Pam Bondi out as Attorney General
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Watch: Trump’s shifting deadlines for ending Iran war
The BBC's chief international correspondent analyses the US President's latest White House address.
Jewish diaspora leaders urge Israeli president to stop West Bank settler violence
Former UK foreign secretary among 3,000 signatories of open letter to Isaac Herzog after spate of killings
The former British foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind is among leading members of the Jewish diaspora urging the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, to intervene to stop “attacks by Jewish extremists” on Palestinians in the West Bank.
An open letter to Herzog facilitated by the London Initiative – a liberal Zionist network of 360 people, including eminent Jewish, Israeli and Israeli Palestinian figures – has attracted more than 3,000 signatories, including diplomats, philanthropists, rabbis and academics from Australia, Canada, across Europe, South Africa the UK and US. It follows a spate of killings and arson attacks by settlers on Palestinian civilians in March.
Continue reading...Argentina expels Iranian diplomat amid rift over blacklisting IRGC
Buenos Aires accuses Tehran of making 'offensive' accusations against Argentina after it labeled IRGC as 'terror' group.
Iran’s two largest steel plants shut down due to air strikes, companies say
The strikes, which Iran says were first launched by Israel in co-ordination with the US last week, could cause major damage to the Iranian economy.
As Iran war rages, Europe gears up for energy crisis – dw.com
- As Iran war rages, Europe gears up for energy crisis dw.com
- Oil and gas prices won't immediately return to normal even if the Iran war ends, the EU warns PBS
- ‘Beyond what we could imagine’: Europe’s coming energy crunch politico.eu
- EU may revive 2022 energy crisis measures in response to Iran war Reuters
- Will the Iran war threaten the EU's green transition? Euronews.com
World Cup 2026: Iran and Infantino talks progressing as war darkens US trip
Iranian football officials hold first face-to-face meeting with FIFA's president since start of US-Israel war on Iran.
US-Israeli strike hits newly opened B1 bridge near Tehran, killing two
A US-Israeli strike targeted the B1 bridge in Karaj, west of Tehran, killing at least two people.
Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement
Dozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with scheme criticised as ‘dehumanising process’
A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.
The deported people would stay in the east African country as “a transition phase for potential onward transmission to other countries”, an unnamed senior Ugandan government official told Reuters.
Continue reading...America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed. – thebulwark.com
- America Lost. Iran Won. Trump Shat the Bed. thebulwark.com
- America Is Now a Rogue Superpower The Atlantic
- Losing a catastrophic war is no way for America to celebrate its 250th birthday The Independent
- Trump’s Iran Speech: The moment he became America, forever, in the eyes of the world truthdig.com
- Iran war tests U.S. strength and resolve Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Video: Protests in Gaza against Israel’s Palestinian death penalty law
Palestinians in Gaza joined protests against the Israeli govt approval of a death penalty law on Palestinian prisoners.
Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal – The Guardian
- Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal The Guardian
- Trump's anger over Iran thrusts NATO into fresh crisis Reuters
- Trump suggests in new interviews he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from ‘paper tiger’ NATO cnn.com
- Trump says he might withdraw the U.S. from NATO, even though the law says he can't without Congress' approval CBS News
- McConnell joins Democrats to defend US NATO membership The Hill
‘Israel has been avoiding any diplomacy’ and pursuing escalation
‘When the only tool you have in your toolbox is a hammer you can solve everything with the hammer’.
World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary – AP News
- World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary AP News
- World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive and (slowly) kicking despite rumor to the contrary cnn.com
- World's oldest known land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, still alive at nearly 200 USA Today
- World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam | St Helena The Guardian
- Jonathan, World’s Oldest Tortoise, Is 'Very Much Alive’ Aged 193 Despite Crypto Death Hoax People.com
‘I haven’t slept for days’: Iranians describe mounting desperation after a month of war
Ordinary people from various parts of Iran describe expanding strikes, economic pain and fear of repression.
Judges say ICC prosecutor in sexual misconduct inquiry can potentially resume work, documents show – AP News
- Judges say ICC prosecutor in sexual misconduct inquiry can potentially resume work, documents show AP News
- ICC bureau to pursue case against Karim Khan despite judges’ ruling Middle East Eye
- ICC states should not ignore judicial experts’ conclusions in Khan’s case Al Jazeera
- ICC prosecutor who issued arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu facing disciplinary proceedings news.sky.com
- Exclusive | ICC Moves Ahead With Disciplinary Proceedings Against Chief Prosecutor WSJ
Iran hangs 18-year-old over protests in latest wartime execution: activists – France 24
- Iran hangs 18-year-old over protests in latest wartime execution: activists France 24
- Iran: Seven protesters and dissidents at risk of imminent execution after four men arbitrarily executed in secret within 24 hours Amnesty International
- Iran regime uses war to mask 'brutal' execution surge against political opponents Fox News
- ‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions? The Guardian
- Iran executes man convicted of setting fire in military base in January protests The Times of Israel
82nd Airborne Division cancels All American Week amid Iran war deployments – Task & Purpose
- 82nd Airborne Division cancels All American Week amid Iran war deployments Task & Purpose
- 82nd Airborne Division's All American Week canceled, pushed to 2027 amid Iran War WRAL
- All American Week canceled at Fort Bragg amid Iran conflict CBS17.com
- Headlines — March 30 Aerotech News & Review
- From D-Day to Today: The 82nd Airborne’s Legacy of Rapid Deployment Clearance Jobs
Pakistan, Afghanistan hold talks in China to end months of conflict
China has been trying to mediate a negotiated settlement to the conflict between the allies-turned-foes.