🇮🇴🇲🇺🇬🇧 — Mauritius’ foreign minister vows to “spare no effort” to reclaim the Chagos Islands from the UK (AFP)

🇰🇿🇰🇷 — South Korea’s industry minister says the country is close to securing crude oil supplies from Kazakhstan (KBS)

🇮🇷🇵🇰🇺🇸 — The head of Iran’s delegation says the US failed to secure their trust during the talks in Islamabad, Pakistan (X)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Trump says the US will blockade “any and all ships” attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz (Truth)

🇨🇾🇪🇬🇮🇱 — Israel’s NewMed Energy says Egypt’s EGAS will purchase the full output of Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas field (filling)

🇮🇶🇸🇦 — Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry says it has summoned Iraq’s ambassador to Riyadh over drone attacks (statement)

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇺🇳 — UNIFIL says Israeli soldiers rammed vehicles belonging to the mission with a Merkava tank (statement)

🇭🇺 — Hungary’s electoral authorities say voter turnout stood at 77.8% as of 30 minutes before polls closed (data)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Gulf states are turning away from the US to replenish their stockpiles of weapons used in the war against Iran (WSJ)

🇭🇺 — Hungary’s prime minister says he has congratulated the opposition on its victory and conceded defeat (speech)

🇪🇺🇭🇺 — The European Commission says Hungary is back on “its European path” (X)

🇨🇳🇮🇳 — India’s foreign ministry condemns China’s use of “fictitious names” for places on their tense border (statement)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — CENTCOM confirms that it will block all ships entering and leaving Iranian ports starting April 13 (statement)

🇭🇺🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s president congratulates Hungary’s opposition leader on his victory in the elections (X)

🇪🇺🇭🇺 — Hungary’s opposition leader pledges to make the country a “strong ally” in the EU and NATO (speech)

🇮🇷🇹🇷🇺🇸 — Turkey’s foreign minister says both the US and Iran are “sincere” on a ceasefire (AA)

🇫🇷🇸🇾 — France’s Lafarge has been found guilty of financing terrorists to keep a cement plant in Syria operational (AFP)