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JNIM Threatens Bamako Siege – Defence Minister Killed

Mali's Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in a JNIM car bomb at his Kati residence on 25 April. The al-Qaeda affiliate has now declared Bamako 'closed off from all sides'.

Putin to Iran: We’ll Do Everything for Peace

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow on Monday. Putin pledged to do 'everything' to help secure Middle East peace — Iran is now negotiating simultaneously with Washington, Moscow and Beijing.
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Gaza Votes for First Time Since 2006

Polling stations opened in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in two decades. Turnout: 23% in Gaza, 56% in the West Bank. Hamas boycotted the West Bank vote.

Israel Bombs Southern Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

Israel struck targets across southern Lebanon, the Beqaa Valley and Beirut on Monday — hours after the ceasefire was extended for three weeks. 50 villages have been ordered evacuated.

UN Warns of Global Food Emergency – Hormuz Chokepoint

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the Hormuz closure has triggered a global food emergency. Roughly one-third of world fertiliser shipments transit the Strait.

Iran Offers Hormuz, Trump Says No

Tehran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifts its naval blockade and suspends bombing threats. Nuclear talks would be postponed. Trump's team has cooled on the deal.

MSF: Israel Engineered Gaza’s Water Crisis

Médecins Sans Frontières says Israel has weaponised water access in Gaza as collective punishment, with desalination plants, boreholes, pipelines and sewage systems rendered inoperable.

20 Years After Sadam, Iraq’s Oil Money Still Flows Through US Fed

Twenty-three years after the invasion of Iraq, the country's oil revenues still pass through an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — and Washington is now extending the same model to Venezuela.