Helpless, Nervous: Iran’s First Response To Trump’s 48-Hour Ultimatum, Rejects Deadline – Republic World

  1. Helpless, Nervous: Iran's First Response To Trump's 48-Hour Ultimatum, Rejects Deadline  Republic World
  2. Iran war updates: Tehran rejects Trump’s ‘helpless, nervous’ ultimatum  Al Jazeera
  3. Iran warns of 'crushing' attacks on US after Trump threats  Le Monde.fr
  4. No sign of war winding down in Mideast as Friday dawns with attacks across region  AP News
  5. In its 5th week Iran war shows no sign of abating  Vatican News
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war – Politico

  1. Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war  Politico
  2. Not in God’s name: How Pope Leo is pushing back on divine justification of war  CNN
  3. Pope: Don’t be paralyzed by mistrust, fear; be catalyzed by Christ to build peace  OSV News
  4. At Easter vigil, Pope Leo urges world not to grow numb to war  Reuters
  5. The pope schools the ‘secretary of war’  The Seattle Times
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Kuwait Petroleum Says Headquarters Set Ablaze by Drone Strike – Bloomberg.com

  1. Kuwait Petroleum Says Headquarters Set Ablaze by Drone Strike  Bloomberg.com
  2. Kuwait says Iranian drones strike oil sector complex, power, government sites  Reuters
  3. Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Kuwait Oil Complex  WSJ
  4. Kuwait desalination plant, oil refinery hit by missile and drone strikes  Al Jazeera
  5. 'Unjust Iranian aggression': Kuwait's ministries complex building targeted in 'hostile' drone attack; watch  The Times of India
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Dozens Killed in Haiti Massacre as International Force Trickles In – The New York Times

  1. Dozens Killed in Haiti Massacre as International Force Trickles In  The New York Times
  2. On the Radar: Brazil’s 'Escobar,' Haiti’s Latest Massacre, and Venezuela’s Former First Lady Under Scrutiny  InSight Crime
  3. At least 16 killed and thousands displaced by gang attack in rural Haiti  BBC
  4. Armed gangs continue attacks on Haitian farmers on third consecutive day  Miami Herald
  5. Rights group criticizes Haiti failure to protect citizens following deadly gang attack  jurist.org
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Iran Is Piercing Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases – The War Zone

  1. Iran Is Piercing Israel's Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases  The War Zone
  2. Iran's cluster munitions may constitute a war crime, HRW says  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Israel: Iran’s missile strike that killed nine civilians ‘must be investigated as a war crime’ – new investigation  Amnesty International
  4. Amnesty International Says Iran Strike Must Be Investigated as War Crime  U.S. News & World Report
  5. Cluster Munitions and the Politics of Enforcement  Middle East Forum
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Iran conflict to forefront of UK religious and political leaders’ Easter messages

Archbishop of Canterbury to issue urgent call for peace, as PM exhorts Britons to ‘choose community over division’

Religious and political leaders in the UK are highlighting the conflict in the Middle East in their Easter messages, calling for “peace, justice and freedom” in the region.

The archbishop of Canterbury will deliver her first Easter sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on Sunday as the Church of England’s top bishop. Dame Sarah Mullally will call “with renewed urgency” for peace in the Middle East and pray for “an end to the violence and destruction” in the region.

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