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)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Trump says the mission to rescue a stranded F-15 pilot in Iran involved 155 aircraft (presser)

🇰🇿🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister says the country aims restore bilateral trade with Kazakhstan (TCA)

🇨🇳 — China’s president calls for accelerated development of a new energy system to ensure national energy security (CCTV)

🇱🇾🇷🇺🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s military has an active presence in western Libya to target oil tankers linked to Russia (RFI)

🇸🇾🇹🇷 — Turkey’s transport minister says the country plans to extend its existing railway line to Aleppo, Syria (AA)

🇸🇾🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s foreign ministry says recent discussions in Syria included talks on reopening both embassies (statement)

🇨🇳🇹🇼 — Taiwan’s main opposition leader has arrived in Shanghai, China (Xinhua)

🇮🇷🇮🇶 — Iraq’s Basra Oil Company says it can restore exports to pre-war levels within a week if the war in Iran ends (Reuters)

🇧🇦🇪🇺 — The EU says it has extended its regime of restrictive measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina by one year (statement)

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Israel’s military says it has targeted infrastructure in Iran (Telegram)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Trump warns that a “civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not strike a deal with the US (Truth)

🇫🇷🇮🇷 — France’s president says two French nationals have been freed after spending 3.5 years in detention in Iran (X)