🇻🇪 — Tear gas is being fired at protesters outside the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela (AFP)

🇮🇱🇱🇧 — An Israeli official says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon and talks will be held “under fire” (CNN)

🇮🇷🇮🇶 — Kurdish fighters were held back from entering Iran by strikes in Iraq and mixed signals from their allies (Reuters)

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — The Kremlin says Russia’s president has declared a ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter (TASS)

🇱🇧 — Lebanon’s cabinet says it has instructed security forces to limit weapons in Beirut to state institutions only (statement)

🇨🇺 — Cuba’s president says he will not be stepping down because that word is “not part of our vocabulary” (NBC News)

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s president says the country’s armed forces will operate in accordance with Russia’s truce for Easter (X)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Trump warns Iran against charging fees to tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz (Truth)

🇶🇦🇮🇷 — A former Qatari diplomat says the war with Iran has “forever” altered ties between the two countries (Semafor)

🇰🇼 — Kuwait’s military says it dealt with drone attacks a few hours ago (X)

🇨🇺🇷🇺 — Cuba’s foreign ministry says Russia’s deputy foreign minister is on an official visit to the country (statement)

🇰🇵🇰🇷 — South Korea has resumed tourist rail service to the border with North Korea (Yonhap)

🇩🇯 — Djibouti’s president is expected to win a sixth term in the strategically located but stable country (Reuters)

🇲🇱🇲🇦 — Mali’s foreign minister says the country backs Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara (presser)

🇬🇩🇻🇪 — Venezuela’s president has arrived in Grenada for her first foreign visit since assuming power (teleSur)

🇮🇱🇱🇧 — Lebanon’s health ministry says Israel’s large-scale airstrikes on Beirut on Wednesday killed 303 people (NNA)

🇪🇺🇹🇲 — Traditionally isolated Turkmenistan appears to be warming up ties with the EU through energy cooperation (TCA)

🇲🇲🇵🇭 — The Philippines’ foreign minister says Myanmar’s new president cannot attend ASEAN summits (BBC Burmese)

🇪🇺 — The European Commission says the EU’s new biometric border control system is now “fully operational” (statement)

🇮🇷🇵🇰🇺🇸 — Pakistan’s government confirms that American and Iranian delegations will arrive in Islamabad for talks (X)

🇰🇿 — Kazakhstan’s oil is drawing renewed interest from Asian energy importers despite technical constraints (Nikkei Asia)