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• The U.S.'s only achievement is the killing of Yemeni civilians: Ansarullah spokesperson IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- Mohammed Abdul Salam, spokesman for the Yemeni Ansarullah movement, said, "The only achievement of America from its aggression against Yemen is the killing of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure."
• Yemen launches new missile and drone attacks on U.S. aircraft carrier in Red Sea IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced a new missile and drone strike targeting the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.
• Second U.S. aircraft carrier enters West Asia as air aggression continues on Yemen IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- A second American aircraft carrier has reached West Asia, where the United States is carrying out near-daily airstrikes against Yemen amid the Arab country's military operations in support of Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza.
• Retaliation rages on: Yemen targets US aircraft carrier in Red Sea with missiles, drones Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- Yemen's Armed Forces have once again vowed to continue their resistance and reprisal against pro-Israeli American military aggression, confirming that they have freshly targeted an American aircraft carrier in a renewed show of defiance.
• Residential buildings, farms hit in new US airstrikes on Yemeni capital Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- The US has conducted more acts of aggression against Yemen, launching airstrikes across multiple regions which targeted residential sites and agricultural fields in the capital Sana'a and its suburbs.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Hegseth Announces Additional $5.1 Billion in DOD Spending Cuts DoD News 11 Apr 2025 -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum today announcing the cutting of $5.1 billion in wasteful Defense Department contracts.
• Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Update on Continuing Elimination of Wasteful Spending at the DoD DOD 11 Apr 2025
• African Land Forces Summit 2025 concludes in Ghana Army News 11 Apr 2025 -- U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) concluded the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2025 today with a closing ceremony.
• USS Hershel "Woody" Williams Returns to Norfolk from Forward Deployment US Navy 11 Apr 2025 -- The U.S Navy expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, April 10, 2025, after operating forward deployed for almost five years, supporting U.S. Navy and allied efforts in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations.
• Remarks by CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman at the 40th Space Symposium United States Space Force 11 Apr 2025 -- Thank you so much! How's everybody doing today? I feel great. That might be a surprise to some of you. We're in the middle of a year-long CR... there's a rumor that we'll have a trillion-dollar budget incoming... there's also these sudden, unscheduled personnel changes... and I've got all these space threats to deal with?
• Guard Engineers Continue Road Repairs in Eastern Kentucky Army News 11 Apr 2025 -- Kentucky Army National Guard engineers continued road construction on county roads in Hindman and Hyden on April 1.
• Michigan National Guard's Swift Response to Ice Storm Army News 11 Apr 2025 -- More than 800 members of the Michigan National Guard have been helping to clean up and repair damage in northern Michigan after a devastating ice storm last month.
• Allied forces demonstrate NATO's resolve and commitment through multi-domain operations during Ramstein Flag 25 NATO Allied Air Command 11 Apr 2025 -- Allied Air Command's exercise Ramstein Flag 25 (RAFL25) demonstrates NATO's resolve, commitment and ability to deter potential adversaries and defend the Alliance through highly sophisticated multi-domain operations.
• Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 Enhances and Benefits from Ramstein Flag Integration NATO Allied Maritime Command 11 Apr 2025 -- Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) played a complementary and dynamic role in the multinational Ramstein Flag exercise, bringing a critical maritime dimension to NATO's integrated air and missile defence training.
• NATO Military Strategic Partnership Conference underscores Cooperation and Education NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) 11 Apr 2025 -- As the NATO Military Strategic Partnership Conference (MSPC) 2025 concluded in Doha, Qatar on Apr. 10, 2025, the overarching message was one of unity through cooperation.
• NATO: remarks by High Representative / Vice-President Kaja Kallas at NATO meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group upon arrival European External Action Service (EEAS) 11 Apr 2025
• Meeting on development strategy for the Navy President of Russia 11 Apr 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development strategy for the Navy until 2050.
• INDRA NAVY 2025: Russian Navy ships enter the Indian Ocean after naval manoeuvres Russia MoD 11 Apr 2025 -- The Russian Navy detachment completed a business call at the port of Chennai of the Republic of India and went to the Indian Ocean to carry out long-distance mission tasks.
• This Is How Russia Recruits Chinese Citizens To Fight In Ukraine RFE/RL 11 Apr 2025 -- In an ad posted on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, men are seen leaving their day jobs to go fight for Russia in Ukraine.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Engagement With the Ukraine Defense Contact Group DoD 11 Apr 202
• The President Holds a Meeting on Strengthening Air Defense in the Dnipro Region President of Ukraine 11 Apr 2025
• The Free World Has Ten Patriot Systems; Political Decisions Are Needed to Make Them Work for Peace - Address by the President at the Ramstein Meeting President of Ukraine 11 Apr 2025
• NATO Secretary General urges continued support at Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting NATO 11 Apr 2025 -- On Friday (11 April 2025) NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte participated in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) at NATO headquarters. The meeting was hosted by the UK Defence Secretary, John Healey, and the German Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius.
• Norway will contribute ten billion Norwegian kroner to equipping and training a Ukrainian brigade Government of Norway 11 Apr 2025 -- Norway takes a leading role in the training of soldiers for the brigade, which is being built up together with the Nordic and Baltic countries.
• Germany Currently Unable to Provide Patriot Systems to Ukraine Sputnik 11 Apr 2025 -- Germany cannot currently supply additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, as it is still awaiting future deliveries, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated.
• France & Britain Prepare Foreign Intervention Into Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 11 Apr 2025 -- London and Paris's discussions on sending deterrent forces to Ukraine are preparations for foreign intervention, Alexey Polishchuk, Director of the Second CIS Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik.
• Coalition of the Willing: Joint UK-France statement following 10 April meeting UK MOD 11 Apr 2025 -- A statement from Defence Secretary John Healey MP and Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on 10 April 2025.
• £450M surge of military support to boost Ukraine's Armed Forces as UK and Germany chair meeting of 50 nations UK MOD 11 Apr 2025 -- Package will support UK jobs and growth, with equipment and repair contracts connecting UK companies with Ukrainian industry
• Australian industry achieves major milestone in F-35 program, securing over $5 billion on contracts Australia DOD 11 Apr 2025 -- Defence has welcomed a significant milestone in the global F-35 program with Australian industry reaching more than $5 billion in contract value.
• Defence supercomputer now fully operational Australia DOD 11 Apr 2025 -- Defence has supercharged its digital clout with its state-of-the-art high performance computing capability declared fully operational.
• Poseidon crews combine over Indo-Pacific Australia DOD 11 Apr 2025 -- After a week of high-end anti-submarine warfare training, the Royal Australian Air Force and United States Navy successfully conducted co-crewed sorties above the Indo-Pacific skies.
• Nations prepare for warfighting exercise Australia DOD 11 Apr 2025 -- Australian personnel are taking part in a multi-nation military exercise to defend Malaysia and Singapore against a fictional enemy.
• Globemasters on the Moove Australia DOD 11 Apr 2025 -- Air Force air mobility capabilities need to be ready and capable to handle anything, as Commander of Air Mobility Group, Air Commodore Bradley Clarke identified in his 2025 Commander's intent.
• KEEL LAYING OF THIRD NEXT GENERATION OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL (YARD 3039) India PIB 11 Apr 2025 -- Keel Laying ceremony of Yard 3039, the third Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (ex-GRSE) was held at GRSE Ltd, Kolkata on 11 Apr 25 with Shri Sugata Ghosh Dastidar, IDAS, Financial Advisor (Defence Services) as the Chief Guest
• CULMINATION OF FIRST EDITION OF NAVAL COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE 2025 India PIB 11 Apr 2025 -- The first edition of the biannual Naval Commanders' Conference 2025 concluded today in New Delhi
• DRDO conducts successful Release Trials of Long-Range Glide Bomb 'Gaurav' from Su-30 MKI aircraft India PIB 11 Apr 2025 -- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the Release Trials of Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) 'Gaurav' between April 08-10, 2025 from the Su-30 MKI aircraft
• Four RNZAF C-130H Hercules aircraft sold to US aerial firefighting company New Zealand Defence Force 11 Apr 2025 -- The Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) retired fleet of C-130H Hercules aircraft has been sold to an American aerial firefighting company for $9 million.
• Medium-range ground-based air defence: armasuisse tested new radar to strengthen defence capability Federal Council - Swiss Government 11 Apr 2025 -- Between 31 March and 11 April 2025, the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse tested the TRML-4D sensor (radar) for the new medium-range ground-based air defence system in cooperation with the Swiss Armed Forces. A further step in the procurement process was achieved with the testing. The properties of the radar were tested in the specific Swiss topography and various investigations on frequency compatibility with civilian systems such as the weather radar were carried out. Testing took place alternately at the federally-owned "Homberg" and at the site of the Emmen aerodrome.
• Minister Budrys: security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific is indivisible Lithuania MND 11 Apr 2025 -- On 10 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the Ambassador of Japan to Lithuania, Shinsuke Shimizu.
• EDA's forum for circular economy selects three new projects for green defence European Defence Agency 11 Apr 2025 -- The Incubation Forum for Circular Economy in European Defence (IF CEED) selected three projects to integrate circularity in defence. Proofs of concept or similar tangible results will be delivered within the next 15 months in the fields of critical raw materials, textiles, and eco-management.
• Estonian Minister of Defence Pevkur met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Estonia MoD 11 Apr 2025 -- Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met today in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The discussion focused on the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague, the security of the Eastern border, and the situation in the Baltic Sea.
• Norway and the Netherlands signed a cooperation agreement Government of Norway 11 Apr 2025 -- - The Netherlands is one of our closest friends and allies, and we look forward to developing the cooperation further in the coming years, says Minister of Defense Tore O. Sandvik.
• Sweden to participate in Operation Highmast in the Indo-Pacific region Government Offices of Sweden 11 Apr 2025 -- The Government has decided to contribute staff officers from the Swedish Armed Forces to Operation Highmast, a British-led multinational Carrier Strike Group deployment that will operate in the Indo-Pacific region to uphold regional security.
• IAF Participates in International "Iniochos" Exercise in Greece Israel Defense Forces 11 Apr 2025
• Reciprocal access deal to boost defense cooperation between PH, Japan Philippine News Agency 11 Apr 2025 -- Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said defense cooperation with Japan will receive a further boost once the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) goes into force.
• Joint drills with US boost PH defense, preserve foreign policy Philippine News Agency 11 Apr 2025 -- The expanded joint military exercises between the Philippines and the United States will strengthen the country's defense capabilities while preserving its independent foreign policy.
• PH Army chief seeks closer defense ties with Vietnam Philippine News Agency 11 Apr 2025 -- Philippine Army (PA) chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido is looking to beef up its defense ties with the Vietnam People's Army (VPA).
• Secretary Rubio's Call with President Abinader of the Dominican Republic US Dept. of State 11 Apr 2025

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• 11 April 2025 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 11 Apr 2025

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• PM Netanyahu's Passover Greetings Israel - Prime Minister 11 Apr 2025
• IDF Maintains Full Operational Readiness Across All Fronts During Passover Israel Defense Forces 11 Apr 2025
• Six Reinforcement Companies Join the Combat in the Judea and Samaria Division as Part of Security Preparations for the Week of Passover. Israel Defense Forces 11 Apr 2025
• Israeli report: Only 25% of Hamas tunnels destroyed after months of war Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- Israeli military sources estimate that Israel's strikes on Gaza, which have killed over 50,000 people, have destroyed only a quarter of the tunnel network and defense capabilities of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
• 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women and children, U.N. finds IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- The United Nations has found that a large number of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed only women and children, as Israel has been targeting residential buildings and tents since it resumed the war in the Palestinian territory on March 18.
• Mostly women, children killed as Israel expands Gaza onslaught Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- New Israeli strikes have killed over a dozen people, including seven children, in the besieged territory as the regime is pressing ahead with its bloody military onslaught against Palestinians.
• Gaza: UN rights office condemns Israeli buffer zone plan UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment.
• Gaza: Increasing Israeli "evacuation orders" lead to forcible transfer of Palestinians OHCHR 11 Apr 2025 -- The increasing issuance by Israeli Forces of "evacuation orders" - which are, in effect, displacement orders - have resulted in the forcible transfer of Palestinians in Gaza into ever shrinking spaces where they have little or no access to life-saving services, including water, food and shelter, and where they continue to be subject to attacks.
• UNRWA Situation Report #166 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information updated for 26 March-3 April 2025 UNRWA 11 Apr 2025
• Hostilities, aid blockade take toll on Gaza civilians: UN People's Daily 11 Apr 2025 -- Israeli attacks in Gaza are taking a horrifying toll on civilians already suffering dwindling food supplies and looting due to the aid blockade, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
• Hamas, PA laud France's plan to recognize Palestinian state Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed as an "important step" French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that Paris could recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months.
• Joint Statement by High Representative Kallas and Commissioners Šuica and Lahbib on the humanitarian situation in Gaza European Commission 11 Apr 2025
• Foreign Affairs Minister Participates in Antalya Meeting on Two-State Solution, Mideast Peace SPA 11 Apr 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah today participated in the "Antalya Ministerial Meeting on the Two-State Solution and Permanent Peace in the Middle East," held in the Republic of Türkiye.
• Foreign Minister Participates in Gaza Meeting in Antalya SPA 11 Apr 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah participated today in a coordination meeting of the Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on developments in the Gaza Strip, hosted in Antalya, the Republic of Türkiye.
• Saudi Arabia calls for 'maximum pressure' on Israel as UN warns of 'longest Gaza blockade' Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- Saudi Arabia has called for pressure to be put on Israel to ensure the steady flow of aid into the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Second Round of Pakistan-Jordan Bilateral Political Consultations Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2025 -- The second round of Pakistan-Jordan Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) was held on 10 April 2025 in Amman. Pakistan side was led by Foreign Secretary Ambassador Amna Baloch. Jordanian delegation was led by Ambassador Majed T. ALQATARNEH, Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
• Yemen targets Israeli military sites in Jaffa in retaliation for Israel's Gaza genocide Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) have announced that they launched a drone operation targeting two Israeli military sites in the occupied Jaffa region, citing it as a direct response to the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Other Conflicts

• Public Executions By Taliban Spark Global Outcry RFE/RL 11 Apr 2025 -- The Taliban carried out public executions of four individuals on April 11 - the highest single-day number since it returned to power - prompting a wave of condemnation from groups around the world.
• UN refugee agency calls for greater investment in Syrian returnees UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gone back to their communities.
• UNHCR: Needs intensify as 400,000 Syrians return UNHCR 11 Apr 2025 -- Some 400,000 Syrians have returned from neighbouring countries since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, according to estimates by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
• Insurgent army executes 5 civilians in northern Myanmar Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- An insurgent army in northern Myanmar publicly executed five convicted criminals, including a Chinese citizen, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
• As UN appeals for $275M for quake-hit Myanmar, China weighs in with major donation Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- As the United Nations called for $275 million in aid for quake-hit Myanmar, neighboring China pledged 1 billion yuan (US$137 million), eclipsing the offers from other international donors.
• Myanmar: Military strikes persist amid earthquake response efforts UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- Military operations continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after the recent earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
• Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on continued attacks in Myanmar amid rescue efforts OHCHR 11 Apr 2025 -- "Civilians are continuing to suffer in Myanmar as military operations persist, despite ceasefires declared after last month's tragic earthquake."
• UN experts welcome Kurdish Workers' Party ceasefire with Türkiye and urge a just and sustainable peace OHCHR 11 Apr 2025 -- UN experts* today welcomed the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on 1 March 2025, after more than 40 years of conflict with Türkiye.
• Sudan war has created suffering of 'industrial proportions', aid agencies warn UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- Two years since Sudan's brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape.
• Sudan: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union marking two years of war EC/CEU 11 Apr 2025 -- For the past two years, war in Sudan has brutally impacted the lives of millions of civilians. It has dimmed the hopes of the revolution of 2018/19.
• Sudan: Türk decries catastrophic cost of inaction as conflict approaches third year OHCHR 11 Apr 2025 -- Warring parties in Sudan are overseeing a wholesale assault on human rights amid global inaction, with deeply catastrophic consequences for civilians, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today as the conflict approaches its third year.
• INTERVIEW: Don't forget Sudan, UN humanitarian coordinator urges UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- The top UN official in Sudan has called for more assistance to the population as the brutal war between rival militaries approaches the two-year mark amid rising needs, increased risk of wider famine and a shortfall in humanitarian funding.
• Two years of war in Sudan: a devastating combination of record displacement and dwindling aid UNHCR 11 Apr 2025 -- Two years since the start of the war in Sudan, the news remains exceedingly grim.
• WFP calls for urgent access to preposition food in Sudan as rainy season risks cutting off roads to starving WFP 11 Apr 2025 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently calling for unimpeded access to immediately preposition food assistance across key locations in Sudan, as deliberate obstruction by parties on the ground and the approaching rainy season threaten to render vast areas of the country inaccessible by road. Without swift action, WFP warns that millions of vulnerable people could be cut off from life-saving aid, placing fragile humanitarian gains at serious risk.
• DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reporting thousands of new cases in just two months - evidence that it's being used as a systemic weapon of war and deliberate terror tactic.
• A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis UNICEF 11 Apr 2025 -- This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

News Reports

• Despite tariff reprieve, Southeast Asian nations still on an economic knife edge Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- Vietnam's economic growth will halve if sharply higher U.S. tariffs are implemented, an expert warned, highlighting the precarious situation for Southeast Asian countries despite a surprise 90-day reprieve from President Donald Trump's tariff sledgehammer.
• Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the Eurogroup press conference European Commission 11 Apr 2025
• US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top UN economist UN News 11 Apr 2025 -- Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States' new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN economist confirmed on Friday.
• 11 April 2025 US Government Letter Sent to Harvard GSA/HHS/DOE 11 Apr 2025 -- "The United States has invested in Harvard University's operations because of the value to the country of scholarly discovery and academic excellence. But an investment is not an entitlement. (...) We therefore present the below provisions as the basis for an agreement in principle that will maintain Harvard's financial relationship with the federal government."
• USA 2024 general elections: ODIHR observation mission final report OSCE 11 Apr 2025 -- While the general elections in the United States demonstrated the resilience of the country's democratic institutions, the election process took place in a highly polarized environment.
• Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries US Dept. of Justice 11 Apr 2025 -- Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans' sensitive personal data to commit espionage and economic espionage, conduct surveillance and counterintelligence activities, develop AI and military capabilities, and otherwise undermine our national security.
• Trump admin. declares thousands of living immigrants dead, pushes for 'self-deportation' Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- US President Donald Trump's administration is set to classify more than 6,000 living migrants as dead, cancelling their social security numbers in order to make them unable to work, and ultimately get them to leave the country.
• US says can deport people for beliefs as pro-Palestine students expelled Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- A two-page memo from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cites personal beliefs of a pro-Palestinian activist to justify his deportation, prompting sharp criticism from his legal team and raising questions about the Trump administration's efforts to silence pro-Palestinian activists.
• Missouri Gang Member Indicted for Murder in Aid of Racketeering and Other Crimes Including Three Murders US Dept. of Justice 11 Apr 2025 -- A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri returned an indictment on Wednesday charging Travis Santel Jones, 21, of St. Louis, Missouri, with one count of murder in aid of racketeering, RICO conspiracy, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and causing death with a firearm, all related to Jones's alleged part in the Cochran Crips, a violent street gang based in St. Louis.
• Two Members of a Transnational Money Laundering Organization Sentenced for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds US Dept. of Justice 11 Apr 2025 -- A Georgia man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (the Jalisco cartel).
• Honduran Man Extradited for Role in International Drug Smuggling Conspiracy US Dept. of Justice 11 Apr 2025 -- Extensive coordination and cooperation between U.S. and Honduran law enforcement authorities resulted in the extradition of a Honduran national for his alleged role in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs from Honduras to the United States.
• OSCE trains Uzbek border and customs officers in identifying suspected foreign terrorist fighters OSCE 11 Apr 2025 -- The OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the Border Troops and Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, held a national training course on identifying suspected foreign terrorist fighters and other criminals at border crossings in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 4 to 7 April.
• Meeting with US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff President of Russia 11 Apr 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development strategy for the Navy until 2050.
• Russian-American Ksenia Karelina Freed In Prisoner Swap Arrives Back In US RFE/RL 11 Apr 2025 -- Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina, who was imprisoned in Russia for donating $51 to a US-based Ukrainian aid charity, has arrived back in the United States after a prisoner swap for Arthur Petrov, a dual German-Russian citizen who allegedly exported sensitive microelectronics.
• Foreign Minister Tsahkna: deterrence for Russia's shadow fleet works and continues for as long as necessary Estonia MFA 11 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that the detention of the unregistered shadow fleet vessel Kiwala by the Estonian Navy in the Gulf of Finland proved that the coordinated steps taken by countries bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to tackle Russia's shadow fleet were working and helped to protect the environment and maritime safety.
• Press release on a meeting of foreign ministers of Central Asian states and Russia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2025
• Press release on CIS Foreign Ministers Council Meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following a meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council, Almaty, April 11, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on April 11, 2025 PRC MofA 11 Apr 2025
• China's Xi hikes US tariffs, seeks to bolster relations with Southeast Asian nations Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- China's president is heading on a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia after his government hiked tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%, the latest strike in an intensifying trade war that has sunk stock markets and threatens to stunt the global economy.
• Wang Yi: The United States Cannot Act Arbitrarily, and the Wheels of History Must not Be Reversed PRC MofA 11 Apr 2025 -- On April 11, 2025, when meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi in Beijing, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that one important reason for the current volatile and chaotic international situation is that certain major country believes might makes right, pursues supremacy, and pushes unilateral bullying.
• EXPLAINED: Four key questions about the US-China tariff war Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- President Donald Trump has seized on tariffs as the weapon to bend other countries, and particularly China, to his will as he tries to fulfil campaign pledges to make America great again. A topic that usually only occupies the minds of economists and CEOs has been elevated to water cooler conversation as stock market gyrations wiped trillions of dollars from investment funds and workers' pension accounts. Despite China's rapid growth since the 1990s, the U.S. economy remains preeminent and its tariff policy is consequential in every corner of the globe.
• China hits back at Trump's tariffs by raising its levies on U.S. goods to 125% IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- China has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs by increasing its levies on American goods from 84% to 125%, according to a statement from the Chinese Finance Ministry.
• China says it's open to talks with the U.S. as trade war escalates IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- China says it is open to talks with the United States as trade tensions soar between the two economic powers amid retaliatory measures by both sides, while emphasizing mutual respect and equality in any dialogue.
• China raises additional tariffs to 125 pct on imported U.S. products People's Daily 11 Apr 2025 -- China will raise the additional tariffs on products imported from the United States to 125 percent, effective from Saturday, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Friday.
• Xi says there is no winner in a tariff war People's Daily 11 Apr 2025 -- There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in self-isolation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Friday.
• China raises retaliatory tariffs on US goods to 125%, urges Europe to team up Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- China has raised tariffs on goods imported from the US from 84% to 125% hours after Chinese President, Xi Jinping, warned there were "no winners in a tariff war, and going against the world will isolate oneself".
• Xi calls on China, EU to jointly resist unilateral bullying Global Times 11 Apr 2025 -- There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in self-isolation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Friday.
• Xi calls on EU to join China to resist Trump trade war 'bullying' Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- China's President Xi Jinping has called on the European Union to join Beijing in opposing the United States' "bullying" practices as Washington's controversial tariffs continue to shock global markets.
• Xi Jinping Meets with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez PRC MofA 11 Apr 2025 -- On the morning of April 11, 2025, President Xi Jinping met with visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
• US House committee passes Uyghur Policy Act, again Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee this week approved bipartisan legislation to support Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities subject to human rights abuses by China.
• Facebook's Zuckerberg oversaw censorship tool for China: whistleblower Radio Free Asia 11 Apr 2025 -- Meta compromised U.S. national security and freedom of speech to do business with China, a company whistleblower testified before U.S. senators.
• China refutes robber logic of US 'reciprocal' tariffs at WTO Global Times 11 Apr 2025 -- China made firm retaliation on Thursday, the second day of the first annual meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods of the WTO, as the US added the topic of "reciprocal tariffs" under "other matters" to promote its robber logic of the so-called "reciprocal tariffs," China Media Group (CMG) reported on Friday.
• China expresses grave concern over U.S. "reckless" tariffs at WTO People's Daily 11 Apr 2025 -- China on Wednesday expressed grave concern and firm opposition to the United States' "reckless" tariffs at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
• US urged to get back to equal dialogue People's Daily 11 Apr 2025 -- China has urged the United States to cancel its unilateral tariffs as quickly as possible, and get back on track to properly address differences through equal dialogue.
• China's commerce minister discusses multilateral cooperation with Saudi, South African counterparts amid US tariff threats Global Times 11 Apr 2025 -- China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Thursday met with Saudi Minister of Commerce Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi and G20 Presidency holder, South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition Parks Tau separately through video calls, focusing on strengthening regional and multilateral cooperation amid the US' reckless imposition of tariffs, according to statements released by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday.
• China reveals espionage case involving overseas returnee recruited by foreign intelligence Global Times 11 Apr 2025 -- As China's National Security Education Day looms, the Ministry of State Security (MSS) launched a special video feature series on major national security cases, starting with one titled "overseas returnee who applied for a job with ulterior motives."
• China launches new communication technology test satellite Global Times 11 Apr 2025 -- China sent a new communication technology test satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Friday.
• China launches new communication technology test satellite People's Daily 11 Apr 2025 -- China sent a new communication technology test satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Friday.
• Ministry of National Defense Issues Statement Regarding Chinese Communist Party's Carrier Rocket Launch ROC MND 11 Apr 2025
• Think tank urges Taiwan defense hike, faster U.S. arms delivery CNA 11 Apr 2025 -- A U.S. think tank suggested, in a recent report, Taiwan boost defense spending to meet its needs given the threat from China and that the U.S. ensure timely delivery of essential military capabilities.
• 32% U.S. tariff worst-case scenario in Taiwan's response plans: Premier CNA 11 Apr 2025 -- The 32 percent import duty U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week for Taiwan is considered "extremely high" by Taiwan's government, which has proposed a NT$88 billion (US$2.72 billion) support package for the worst-case scenario, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said Friday.
• Taiwan included in initial U.S. tariff negotiation list: Lai CNA 11 Apr 2025 -- Taiwan is among the first batch of countries set to enter into tariff negotiations with the United States, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Friday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 11 Apr 2025
• Iran signals 'good chance' for a deal if U.S. abandons unrelated demands and threats IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- The deputy foreign minister for political affairs says there is "a good chance" of reaching an agreement if the United States ceases making excessive demands and issuing threats.
• Iran says it will assess the U.S.'s intent and resolve in Oman talks IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says the Islamic Republic of Iran seeks to evaluate the "intent and resolve" of the United States during the upcoming indirect talks, and will respond accordingly.
• Reaching agreement 'possible' if US ends intimidation, threats: Iran's deputy FM Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- A senior Iranian diplomat says it is likely that Iran and the United States reach an agreement if Washington stops its intimidation and threats against Tehran.
• Iran says 'giving diplomacy a genuine chance' with Oman talks Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says upcoming indirect talks between the Islamic Republic and the US on Tehran's peaceful nuclear program will test Washington's goodwill and seriousness.
• Iran condemns Germany's resolution at U.N. rights council as interfering IRNA 11 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned Germany's double-standard approach to human rights, accusing it of interfering in Iran's internal affairs with its recent resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
• Chinese oil imports from Iran surge in March despite US threats of sanctions: Report Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- China's imports of Iranian oil surged last month as buyers stocked up despite threats of sanctions by the US administration and amid an escalating trade war between Beijing and Washington, tanker tracking agencies say.
• Iran has surpassed West's 'arbitrary' redlines on nuclear technology: Official Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has highlighted the endogenous capacity of nuclear science in the country, saying the West has failed to deprive the nation of the technology.
• Iran's Executions Reach Highest Level In Decade RFE/RL 11 Apr 2025
• Iran president says relations with Iraq 'priority', hails proximity of two nations Press TV 11 Apr 2025 -- President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran prioritizes its relations with Iraq, as the two countries are eager to enhance their bilateral ties.
• Secretary Rubio's Call with Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Barzani US Dept. of State 11 Apr 2025
• Lukashenko Invites 150,000 Pakistanis To Work In Belarus Amid Labor Shortage RFE/RL 11 Apr 2025 -- In a rare moment of international visibility, Belarusian strongman Aleksandr Lukashenko welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for an official visit to Minsk on April 10, hailing it as a significant milestone in bilateral relations.
• Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 11 Apr 2025
• "We want our region to be a geography of peace" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 11 Apr 2025 -- Addressing the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, President Erdoğan said: "We want our region, which is as old as humanity itself, to be a geography of civilization, security, peace and serenity, in keeping with its deep-rooted history. We want to see a region where reconciliation prevails over conflicts; solidarity over fragmentation; and prosperity and stability over bloodshed, tears, sufferings and tensions. This is the world we wish to live in and leave to our children."
• Official visit to Paris by Secretary General: support for Ukraine and New Democratic Pact for Europe Council of Europe 11 Apr 2025 -- Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has concluded an official visit to Paris during which he discussed support for Ukraine, democratic security and the Council of Europe's role on the European and international arena.
• Ecuador Discussing Construction of First Low-Capacity Nuclear Plant With Russia - Deputy Minister Sputnik 11 Apr 2025 -- Ecuador is discussing the construction of the country's first low-capacity nuclear power plant with Russia and some other states, Ecuadorian Deputy Energy Minister Fabian Calero told Sputnik.
• Deteriorating Human Rights situation in Georgia: Joint Statement to the OSCE, April 2025. UK FCDO 11 Apr 2025 -- UK and other OSCE participating States express concern over the deteriorating human rights situation and call on Georgia to open an inclusive dialogue with political parties, civil society and the OSCE institutions.
• Challenges to media freedom in the OSCE region: UK statement to the OSCE, April 2025 UK FCDO 11 Apr 2025 -- Ambassador Neil Holland recalls the vital contribution of media freedom to security in the OSCE region, and calls on Russia, Belarus and others to live up to their OSCE commitments.
• Report by the Representative on Freedom of the Media to the OSCE Permanent Council: Joint Statement, April 2025. UK FCDO 11 Apr 2025 -- UK and others call for action to uphold safety of journalists and media freedom against a deteriorating background within some OSCE countries.