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US air attacks on Yemen killed 123 people since mid-March: Health authorities

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Yemen’s Ministry of Health said on Monday that US attacks have also injured 247 others, stressing that the victims include many women and children.

Civilians have been targeted, families wiped out, military sites destroyed and soldiers killed.

US President Donald Trump has vowed that the Houthis will be “completely annihilated” under daily strikes by the United States military. Washington says its campaign aims to stop Houthi attacks against Israel as well as shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

However, the Yemeni group has pledged to continue its military operations until Israel ends its war and siege on Gaza in solidarity with Palestinians.

Trump has been suggesting that the Houthi group – also known as Ansar Allah – has been severely weakened. But the Yemeni group says the US offensive has proven to be a failure and is only targeting civil officials and civilian infrastructure.

“We hold the American administration fully responsible for its continuing crimes and massacres against civilian dignitaries and civilians and its direct and repeated bombardment of infrastructure, industrial facilities and civil officials,” the ministry added.

Despite the US campaign, the Iran-aligned Houthis – who present themselves as Yemen’s official armed forces – announced on Sunday that they fired two missiles at Israel and launched a separate drone attack against a “vital” target on the Israeli coast.

“The Israeli enemy, along with the Americans, must realise that beloved Yemen – its leadership, people, and army – will not back down from its steadfast position in supporting and backing the oppressed Palestinian people … regardless of the repercussions and the outcomes,” the Yemeni group said in a statement.

The Houthi attack triggered sirens in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Sunday, but the Israeli army claimed it detected and intercepted one missile, not two.

Full-blown famine grips Gaza amid war: NGO

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Gaza War

Israel is deliberately starving 2 million people — bombing bakeries, blocking food, and cutting off water. This is not a crisis. It’s genocide, PNGO said on Monday.

According to PNGO, 91% of Gaza’s population faces crisis-level food insecurity. 345,000 people are in Phase 5 — the most extreme stage of famine. 60,000 children urgently need treatment for malnutrition.

And 92% of children under 2 and breastfeeding mothers aren’t getting the nutrition they need. This means permanent, irreversible damage to an entire generation, the PNGO noted.

This is not a natural disaster. It’s a policy of starvation — by design, it added.

Bakeries have been shut down. Food and medicine warehouses were bombed. Aid blocked at the border. Water desalination plant destroyed, the PNGO said.

Even polio vaccines and nutritional supplements are being prevented from entering, it stated.

“The Israeli apartheid regime is intentionally preventing the entry of food, medicine, and fuel,” PNGO added.

This is the textbook definition of genocide — and it’s being backed, funded and supported by the US, it stated.

PNGO has demanded the following:

  • Gaza be declared a famine zone
  • Sanctions on Israel
  • Safe corridors for aid
  • Suspension of all arms transfers — especially from the US and EU
  • War crimes prosecutions for Israeli leaders

The Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, has killed approximately 50,983 Palestinians, injured another 116,274, and displaced almost 2.2 million people.

Israel has also imposed a blockade on free movement, which has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

European ministers adopt Iran sanctions over ‘citizen detentions’

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Evin Prison

A list of those sanctioned included the director of Tehran’s Evin prison and several judges and other judicial officials. The main prison in the city of Shiraz was among the organisations sanctioned.

EU sanctions consist of a freeze on any assets held in the European Union and a ban on any travel into the bloc.

In recent years, Iran has arrested dozens of dual nationals and foreigners, mostly on charges related to espionage and security. Among them are at least 20 European citizens, diplomats say.

Rights groups have accused Iran of trying to extract concessions from countries through such detentions, allegations denied by Tehran.

France says US-Iran nuclear talks must conform with European interests

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Nuclear Negotiations in Vienna

“We will be vigilant, along with our British and German friends and partners, to ensure that any (US-Iran) negotiations that may take place comply with our security interests with regard to Iran’s nuclear programme,” Barrot said as he arrived for an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Steve Witkoff, the US president’s special envoy for West Asia affairs, led the first round of indirect talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on Saturday.

Both sides described the talks as positive and constructive, with Araghchi saying that the next round is expected to take place on April 19 at the same level.

In 2018 and during his first term in office, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from a previous agreement on Iran’s nuclear program – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – and launched a maximum pressure campaign against the country.

Trump restored that policy after returning to the White House for a second term in January, but he has since signaled a willingness to make a new deal to replace the JCPOA.

Iranian and Iraqi oil ministers sign memorandums of understanding to expand cooperation

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Iraq’s Oil Ministry issued a statement in this regard, saying during their meeting, Abdel Ghani and Paknejad examined cooperation mechanisms across all sectors and the signed memoranda of understanding included the exchange of experiences and mutual cooperation in line with the interests of both nations.

Iraq’s oil minister said Baghdad has promising projects for gas investment and is making an effort to achieve self-sufficiency in oil products.

Iran’s oil minister for his part said he was pleased at the depth of cultural relations between the two countries.

The Iranian oil minister, who traveled to Baghdad at the invitation of his Iraqi counterpart, visited the martyrdom site of the anti-terror icon General Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi companion Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis upon arrival in the Iraqi capital to pay tribute to them.

Trump should visit Ukraine: Zelensky

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Volodymyr Zelensky

“The security of the world is at stake. If we do not stand firm, he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) will advance further. It is not just idle speculation; the threat is real,” Zelensky said.

“(P)lease, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see (the) people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead. Come, look, and then… let’s move with a plan… to finish the war,” Zelensky added.

Zelensky has repeatedly publicly invited Trump to visit Ukraine in the past. Earlier on April 13, Zelensky called for increased international pressure on Russia in response to a Russian attack on Sumy, which killed at least 34 and injured 117 people.

“(W)e can’t trust Russia. We can’t trust negotiations with Russia,” he said.

Zelensky condemned Putin for Russia’s war against Ukraine and said he could not be trusted in ceasefire negotiations.

“Putin? 100% hatred. Not even 99.9%. Though this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work to end the war as soon as possible and transition to diplomacy. But how else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children,” Zelensky continued.

Russia’s war against Ukraine could spread to the rest of the world if Russian troops make further advances, Zelensky added.

“Putin’s ultimate goal is to revive the Russian Empire and reclaim territories currently under NATO protection. And the United States being part of NATO means it will be involved in any potential conflict. Considering all of this, I believe it could escalate into a world war,” he stated.

The president urged people in the U.S. to avoid falling for Russian narratives and decried those who fail to recognize that Ukraine is the country that was invaded.

“I believe, sadly, Russian narratives are prevailing in the U.S. How is it possible to witness our losses and our suffering, to understand what the Russians are doing, and to still believe that they are not the aggressors, that they did not start this war? This speaks to the enormous influence of Russia’s information policy on America,” Zelensky said.

Zelensky condemned U.S. Vice President JD Vance for trying to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said he would not entertain Russian propaganda presented to him.

“It’s a shift in tone, a shift in reality, really yes, a shift in reality, and I don’t want to engage in the altered reality that is being presented to me,” Zelensky added when asked about his visit to the White House on Feb. 28.

EU to enhance financial support for Palestinian Authority

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Palestine

Dubravka Suica, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, said the financial support would go hand in hand with reforms of the Palestinian Authority, which has been accused by critics of corruption and bad governance.

“We want them to reform themselves because without reforming, they won’t be strong enough and credible in order to be an interlocutor, not for only for us, but an interlocutor also for Israel,” Suica added.

The commissioner’s remarks came ahead of a first “high-level political dialogue” between European Union foreign ministers and senior Palestinian officials including Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in Luxembourg on Monday.

The EU is the biggest donor to the Palestinians and EU officials hope the Palestinian Authority, which runs the West Bank, may also one day take responsibility for Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas comes to an end.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, however, has so far rejected the idea of handing over Gaza to the PA and shunned the EU’s broader aim of a two-state solution, which would include the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Suica said 620 million euros would go to financial support and reform of the PA, 576 million euros to “resilience and recovery” of the West Bank and Gaza and 400 million euros would come in loans from the European Investment Bank, subject to the approval of its governing body.

She added average EU support for the PA had amounted to about 400 million euros over the past 12 years.

“We are investing now in a credible manner in the Palestinian Authority.”

Iran’s FM to visit Russia to discuss JCPOA, Oman talks: Spokesman

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Abbas Araghchi

Asked by reporters whether Iran will brief the JCPOA parties about the recent talks with the US, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei said, “The JCPOA is a living and existent agreement in legal terms. It also has definite parties and we will proceed with interaction and consultations under the JCPOA. These interactions will be beneficial and this process will go on.”

He announced that Araqchi is scheduled to visit Russia this week, noting that the trip had been planned beforehand.

The Iranian foreign minister is going to hold consultations in Russia about the negotiations with the US, Baqaei stated.

The spokesman added Iran’s dialogue with the European parties is also in progress.

Delegations from Iran and the US held a round of indirect talks in Muscat on Saturday, mediated by the foreign minister of Oman.

The two sides, led by Araqchi and the US president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, have expressed satisfaction with the initial steps.

The next round of negotiations is scheduled for April 19.

Memorial held in Tehran for victims of Israeli attack on Iranian Consulate in Damascus one year on

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Attendees included senior military officials, families of the victims, and members of the public.

The event honored those killed in the April 2024 strike on Iran’s diplomatic mission in Syria, which Tehran has blamed on Israel.

Notable attendees included Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, the Iranian Leader’s senior military advisor, and Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani, Commander of the IRGC Quds Force.

The aggression resulted in the assassination of the Quds Force commander in Syria and Lebanon Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, his deputy, and five of their accompanying officers.

UK says E3 supports Iran-US negotiations

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Iran US Flags

In a post on X on Sunday, Falconer hailed the indirect talks between Iran and the United States in the Omani capital of Muscat as an “important first step.”

“I’m glad to be in Muscat to welcome the important first step in Oman between US-Iran in seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear problem,” he wrote.

Falconer, who also serves as minister for West Asia and North Africa, warned that time remains short.

“The UK, alongside E3 partners, stand ready to support,” he emphasized.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Steve Witkoff, the US president’s special envoy for West Asia affairs, led the first round of indirect talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on Saturday.

Both sides described the talks as positive and constructive, with Araghchi saying that the next round is expected to take place on April 19 at the same level.

In 2018 and during his first term in office, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from a previous agreement on Iran’s nuclear program – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – and launched a maximum pressure campaign against the country.

Trump restored that policy after returning to the White House for a second term in January, but he has since signaled a willingness to make a new deal to replace the JCPOA.

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