Today, the United States observes the 50th anniversary of Earth Day 🌎.

NATO recognizes global environmental challenges and is constantly working to reduce the environmental effects of military activities

U.S. intelligence has not detected any new satellites orbiting Earth, indicating Iran’s satellite launch likely a failure, officials say

🚨BREAKING – Iran violating UN Security Council ban through satellite launch, will be held "accountable": Sec. of State Pompeo – AFP

🇮🇷 Iran's IRGC announced that it has successfully launched its first military satellite with the name Nour 1 from Iran’s central desert. The launch was on two stages, the satellite is now in orbit at 425 km attitude over earth.

🇬🇷 A pregnant Somali woman was diagnosed with Coronavirus in Greece.

When they tested the rest of the migrants at the hotel where the Somali woman lives, 150 more migrants tested positive.

GOOD NEWS – The closure of mosques during the month of Ramadan in the framework of limiting gatherings and the spread of coronavirus was announced in France.

🇺🇸U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Iran:

They launched a military satellite today. They had promised their entire satellite & missile program was civilian.

The person who oversaw this launch was Gen. Hadjizadeh, whose forces shot down a civilian aircraft killing 176 people. https://t.co/hbVrHtvLS6

🇺🇸 USA: The U.S. Department of State has announced a $ 5 million reward for information leading to Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, nicknamed Hajji Abdullah.

ℹ He succeeded Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the head of the ISIS terrorist group.

🇬🇷🇹🇷 A pair of Turkish fighter jets on Thursday entered Athens’ Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan and flew over two islets of the eastern Aegean, the Greek National Defence General Staff (GEETHA) said.

🇷🇺 RUSSIA – Footage of the main test of tactical exercises with the Russian Baltic Fleet marines on breaking through the airborne defenses of a conditional enemy.

🇸🇾 SYRIA – The International Coalition and United States Military is conducting Military Exercise at Al-Conico Base.

🇨🇳 CHINA: More than 1,000 Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) paratroopers recently participated in fully armed parachute drills.

🇷🇺 RUSSIA – Traffic control in Krasnodar on April 21, 2020

🚨Nicotine could protect people from contracting the SARSCoV2 coronavirus, according to new research in France, where further trials are planned to test whether the substance could be used to prevent or treat the deadly illness.

Communist China continues to crack down on churches with raids and harassment.

https://www.persecution.org/2020/04/23/two-house-churches-china-raided-local-authorities/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=persecutionnews

🇮🇷 Iran will be launching more military satellites, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a day after the country launched its first unit into space.

https://t.co/w97w9XAnEw