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• Yemeni armed forces shoot down 19th American drone Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- The Yemeni army says it has shot down another advanced American MQ-9 drone over the country's airspace.
• US airstrikes target key educational, training center in Yemen Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- The United States has carried out a new wave of airstrikes targeting Yemen's central province of al-Bayda and the provinces of Sa'ada and Hudaydah, marking a renewed escalation in the ongoing aggression against the Arab country.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Somaliland Offers Trump Red Sea Base in Exchange for Recognition Sputnik 13 Apr 2025 -- Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland wants to be recognized as an independent state by US President Donald Trump in exchange for leasing its Berbera port and airstrip to the US, media reported on Saturday.
• Taiwan denies convenience stores will be used as wartime hubs CNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Taiwan's Presidential Office on Sunday denied media reports suggesting the government plans to use tens of thousands of convenience stores as "wartime hubs" in the event of a cross-strait war, saying it has no such "specific plan."
• Harbour phase of Indian Navy's maiden initiative 'Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement exercise' inaugurated by Minister of Defence and National Service of Tanzania & Raksha Rajya Mantri onboard INS Chennai at Dar es Salaam India PIB 13 Apr 2025 -- The harbour phase of Indian Navy's maiden initiative of Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement exercise (AIKEYME) was inaugurated by Minister of Defence and National Service of Tanzania Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax and Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Sanjay Seth onboard INS Chennai at Dar es Salaam on April 13, 2025
• IOS SAGAR MAKES FIRST PORT CALL AT DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA India PIB 13 Apr 2025 -- INS Sunayna, designated as Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR ship, entered the Port of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 12 Apr 25

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• IDF Troops Dismantled a 1.2 Kilometer-Long Underground Route in the Northern Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 13 Apr 2025
• The 188th Armored Brigade Continues Operations in the Southern Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 13 Apr 2025
• Wounded Gazans are dying under rubble due to Israeli blockade on machinery: Civil Defense IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- The Civil Defense in Gaza has condemned the Israeli regime for blocking the entry of life-saving heavy machinery into the enclave, leading to the deaths of wounded civilians trapped under the rubble of destroyed homes.
• Israel strikes Gaza's Al-Ahli Hospital; Hamas calls attack 'a war crime' IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Israel has carried out a missile attack on the last functioning hospital in Gaza City, sparking condemnations from Palestinian groups, with Hamas calling the assault another war crime committed by the regime.
• Many wounded civilians die under Gaza rubble due to lack of equipment: Civil Defense Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- The Civil Defense Agency in Gaza has said that many of the wounded Palestinian civilians trapped under the rubble caused by Israeli strikes die due to the lack of rescue equipment.
• 'Ugliest form of genocide': Palestine condemns Israel's attack on Gaza hospital Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- Palestinian authorities have sharply condemned Israel's airstrikes on the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza, calling the attack "one of the ugliest form of genocide."
• 'Another war crime by fascist occupation': Hamas slams Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Hospital Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned a devastating Israeli attack on Gaza City's al-Ahli Hospital, the last functioning medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip, calling it "yet another war crime" committed by the rogue Israeli regime.
• Al-Ahli Hospital bombing: Israel strikes last functioning north Gaza health facility Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- Israeli forces launched a devastating attack on Gaza City's al-Ahli Hospital, the last functioning medical facility in the north, destroying the hospital's emergency unit, main entrance, and a critical facility housing medical oxygen for intensive care patients.
• Israeli settler attacks, displacements increase in the occupied West Bank: OCHA Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- The United Nations humanitarian agency has warned about a sharp increase in the demolition of Palestinian homes by Israeli forces and violent assaults by extremist settlers across the occupied Palestinian lands.
• Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza UN News 13 Apr 2025 -- In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.
• UN warns malnutrition affecting over 60,000 children under five in Gaza Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- The United Nations has sounded the alarm on a severe malnutrition crisis gripping the Gaza Strip, saying that it is putting the lives of more than 60,000 children under the age of five at grave risk.
• Iran says Israel's attacks on Gaza hospitals are part of plan to eliminate Palestine IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has strongly condemned Israel's missile strike on Gaza's Al-Ahli Hospital as a "heinous crime," saying that the regime's attacks on the territory's hospitals and health centers are part of a plan to eliminate Palestine.
• Iran calls on the United Nations to use its full capacity to stop Gaza genocide IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has urged the United Nations to use its full capacity to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza and the regime's intensified attacks in the occupied West Bank.
• Iran urges UN to employ resources to halt Israeli genocide in Gaza Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- Iran's deputy foreign minister has urged the United Nations to employ its full capacity to halt the genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and put an end to the violence plaguing the West Bank.
• Jordan strongly condemns Israel's attack on Gaza's Al-Ahli hospital IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Jordan's Foreign Ministry has condemned "in the strongest terms" Israel's missile strike that hit Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, the last fully functioning medical facility there.
• Kingdom Strongly Condemns Bombing of Al-Mamadani Hospital by Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza SPA 13 Apr 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's condemnation in the strongest terms of the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces in bombing Al-Mamadani Hospital in the Gaza Strip. It reaffirmed its absolute rejection of this assault, which constitutes a blatant violation of all international laws and norms, including international humanitarian law.
• Missiles fired from Yemen triggers sirens in Israeli-occupied territories, closes Ben Gurion Airport Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- Air raid sirens sounded in several areas across the Israeli-occupied territories after Yemeni Armed Forces fired two missiles toward the occupying entity amid the regime's ongoing aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Other Conflicts

• Afghanistan: Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest executions European External Action Service (EEAS) 13 Apr 2025 -- The European Union condemns the public executions of four men in Nimroz, Badghis and Farah province, in Afghanistan.
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Sudan UN Secretary-General 13 Apr 2025
• Saudi Arabia Condemns Attacks on Sudanese IDP Camps SPA 13 Apr 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the recent attacks on internally displaced persons (IDP) camps near El Fasher (Zamzam and Abu Shouk) in western Sudan, which resulted in deaths and injuries and constitute a clear violation of international law and international humanitarian law.
• Support of the Haitian Transitional Government and CARICOM US Dept. of State 13 Apr 2025

News Reports

• US and China Try 'Soft' Approach to Tariff Row, Talking Via Intermediaries Sputnik 13 Apr 2025 -- On April 2, Trump signed an executive order introducing "reciprocal" tariffs on imports from other countries. The baseline rate was set at 10%, while dozens of countries were hit with higher rates. The duties on most countries were reversed to 10% days later to allow for trade negotiations, while those on China were hiked to 145%.
• Cabinet delays release of NT$88 billion U.S. tariff support package details CNA 13 Apr 2025 -- The Cabinet has postponed by a week the release of details of a NT$88 billion (US$2.72 billion) support package aimed at mitigating the impact of higher U.S. tariffs on Taiwan's economy, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 13 Apr 2025
• DPP expels ex-aide of foreign minister at center of China spying case CNA 13 Apr 2025 -- The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday expelled a former assistant of Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), Taiwan's current national security chief and former foreign minister, from the party over the former's alleged involvement in a Chinese espionage case.
• Choe Ryong Hae's power network threatens Kim Jong Un's grip in North Korea: report Radio Free Asia 13 Apr 2025 -- A growing unofficial power network led by North Korea's parliamentary chief Choe Ryong Hae is reshaping the country's political hierarchy, potentially becoming a destabilising force within leader Kim Jong Un's regime, according to a new South Korean analysis.
• After First Step, Optimism Grows As US, Iran Prepare For Next Meeting RFE/RL 13 Apr 2025 -- Nuclear talks in Oman marked the first formal engagement between Iran and the United States in years, and though progress may have been slight, it was enough to signal a willingness to temper tensions through diplomacy rather than military action.
• Next round of negotiations between Iran and US will take place in Europe: Deputy FM Press TV 14 Apr 2025 -- The second round of talks between Iran and the US will take place in Europe on April 19, a senior Iranian official has said.
• Iran and the U.S. agreed on 'general framework' of talks: Foreign Ministry spokesperson IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says the talks in Muscat on Saturday were the first round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States regarding the removal of the "illegal sanctions," during which the two sides agreed on the "general framework" of future negotiations.
• Iran will continue indirect talks with U.S. under Oman's mediation IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says Tehran has reaffirmed its commitment to indirect talks with Washington, focusing on nuclear issues and the lifting of sanctions.
• Iran: Indirect talks with US strictly limited to nuclear, sanctions issues Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has emphasized that the indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington, hosted by Oman on Saturday, were limited strictly to nuclear and sanctions-related issues.
• Iran, US hold 'constructive' talks in Omen, agree on further negotiations Global Times 13 Apr 2025 -- Iran and the US agreed to hold the second round of negotiations on April 19 after the two sides concluded their "indirect" talks on Saturday in the Omani capital of Muscat in a "constructive" atmosphere, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
• US-Iran Talks 'Going OK' - Trump Says After Witkoff-Araghchi Meeting Sputnik 13 Apr 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said after a meeting between his special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that the Iran talks were going "OK," Reuters reported.
• Iran Ready to Return to 2015 Nuclear Deal Enrichment Levels - But With Key Conditions for the US Sputnik 13 Apr 2025 -- Iran is ready to return to the levels of uranium enrichment envisaged by the 2015 nuclear deal, subject to certain conditions from the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Iranian and European officials.
• Top Egyptian and Kuwaiti diplomats tell Araqchi they welcome Iran-U.S. talks IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has held separate phone conversations with his Egyptian and Kuwaiti counterparts, discussing a first round of negotiations held between Iran and the United States on Saturday. Both top foreign diplomats welcomed the talks, expressing hope that they bear desirable results.
• World bullies own deadliest, most offensive weapons but forbid defensive arms for others: Ayatollah Khamenei IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Western powers deem themselves entitled to possess the deadliest and most offensive types of weaponry while forbidding independent nations from owning defensive arms.
• Countries welcome Iran-U.S. talks IRNA 13 Apr 2025 -- The United States has described its indirect talks with Iran as "positive and constructive." Several other countries have also reacted positively to the Saturday talks.
• Pakistan Welcomes Talks Between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States in the Sultanate of Oman Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Apr 2025 -- Pakistan welcomes the talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America that were held on 12 April 2025 in Muscat under the good offices of Oman.
• Removal of US's oppressive sanctions one of Iranian nation's most basic rights: First VP Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has asserted that elimination of the oppressive sanctions imposed on the Iranian people by the United States is among the nation's most fundamental rights.
• UAE, Oman discuss latest round of US-Iran talks Global Times 13 Apr 2025 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone conversation on Saturday with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing US-Iran talks hosted by Oman.
• US, Iran Agree To Meet Again Next Week Following 'Constructive' Talks In Oman RFE/RL 13 Apr 2025 -- Iranian and US negotiators agreed to a second round of high-level talks over Tehran's nuclear programs next week after meeting on April 12 for more than two hours of what both sides described as a "positive" and "constructive" session.
• Statement by the Secretary General on the situation in Türkiye Council of Europe 13 Apr 2025
• Vucic Opponents, Supporters Rally In Serbian Cities As Tensions Mount RFE/RL 13 Apr 2025 -- Opponents and supporters of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic rallied at different locations on April 12 as tensions mounted in the Balkan nation, which has been hit by months of student-organized demonstrations against the Vucic-led government.
• Saudi Arabia, US to sign agreement on civil nuclear program: Energy secretary Press TV 13 Apr 2025 -- The United States and Saudi Arabia are set to sign an agreement to cooperate on developing a civil nuclear program in the oil-rich kingdom.
• Strengthening values-based diplomacy in times of crisis: the voice of the Council of Europe at the Antalya Forum Council of Europe 13 Apr 2025 -- On the occasion of his first participation in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset held a wide range of bilateral meetings and diplomatic exchanges focused on the major challenges facing democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
• OSCE's critical role for European security at the centre of Secretary General's participation in Antalya Diplomacy Forum OSCE 13 Apr 2025 -- The OSCE's crucial role in the European security architecture, strengthening multilateralism and supporting efforts towards peace were at the center of Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu's participation in the 2025 edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. The Secretary General highlighted the OSCE's approach to comprehensive security and its unique ability to foster dialogue and cooperation, underscoring the organization's position as an indispensable platform for peace and stability in Europe.
• Media reports US plan to stockpile deep-sea metals; move shows panic, says expert Global Times 13 Apr 2025 -- The US plan to stockpile deep-sea minerals to "counter China's dominance" appears "panicked," as the move will not only disrupt global supply chains but also face unrealistic economic and logistical challenges, Chinese analysts said after the US is reportedly drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed.