🇮🇷🇺🇸 — A US official says the last crew member of the downed F-15 fighter jet has been recovered in Iran (Al Jazeera)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Trump threatens to strike power plants and bridges in Iran on Monday (Truth)

🇨🇿🇲🇲 — Czechia’s Aircraft Industries circumvented sanctions and delivered two aircraft to Myanmar’s junta (CIR)

🇭🇺🇷🇸 — Hungary’s prime minister says he has called a defense council after explosives were found on a pipeline in Serbia (X)

🇸🇾🇦🇪 — The GCC condemns acts of vandalism targeting the UAE’s embassy in Damascus, Syria (statement)

🇦🇲🇷🇺 — Armenia’s parliamentary speaker warns that the country will leave the CSTO if Russia raises gas prices (Interfax)

🇮🇷🇴🇲 — Oman’s foreign ministry says it discussed the smooth transit of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz with Iran (X)

🇸🇾🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s president says he met with Syria’s president to discuss security and development opportunities (Telegram)

🇨🇳🇷🇺 — China’s foreign minister says the country is ready to work with Russia to ease tensions in the Middle East (Xinhua)

🇩🇿🇮🇷 — The war in the Middle East forces Algeria to balance its ties with Iran while leveraging its role as a gas supplier (FP)

🇭🇺🇷🇺 — Hungary’s main opposition leader pledges to take a “pragmatic” approach toward Russia if elected (AP)

🇮🇶🇺🇸 — Sources say the FBI is negotiating the release of an American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq (Le Monde)

Happy Easter.

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇺🇳 — UNFIL threatens to return fire if Israeli forces and Hezbollah continue to target peacekeepers (Telegram)

🇦🇫 — The Taliban-led commerce ministry says Afghanistan’s imports from Central Asia rose by 43% in 2025 (BNA)

🇰🇵🇰🇷 — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader says she appreciates South Korea’s regret over past tensions (KCNA)

🇮🇷🇸🇦 — Insiders say the war in Iran has cost Saudi Arabia over $10 billion in lost revenues and expenses (WSJ)

🇯🇵🇷🇺🇺🇦 — Russia’s foreign ministry accuses Japan of becoming “increasingly involved” on Ukraine’s side (presser)

🇯🇵 — Japan’s defense ministry says it has deployed its first long-range strike missiles in the southwest of the country (X)

🇮🇶🇺🇸 — Kata’ib Hezbollah is believed to have recently kidnapped an American journalist in Baghdad, Iraq (Alhurra)

🇸🇦 — Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry says it intercepted a cruise missile and two drones (X)