#VirusAlert 🇮🇹 Italy confirms its first human case of H9N2 bird flu, reported in the Lombardy region.

#VirusAlert 🇺🇸 The “white plague” is resurging in the U.S., reportedly more deadly than COVID and increasingly resistant to antibiotics — NYP

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇵🇭 Japan to deploy combat troops to the Philippines for Balikatan 2026, marking its first such deployment since World War II. The JSDF will join U.S. and Philippine forces in the largest-ever drills from late April to early May.

#BreakingNews 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 Russia is reportedly supplying drones to Iran, according to a Financial Times report citing Western intelligence.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 U.S. and Israel have reportedly paused targeting Iran’s parliament speaker and foreign minister for several days amid potential peace talks, WSJ reports.

#BreakingNews 🇩🇪🇦🇺 Germany and Australia agree to develop a space surveillance system focused on monitoring Russia and China.

#BreakingNews 🇨🇳 China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, according to Xinhua.

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷🇲🇾 Malaysia’s Prime Minister says Iran will allow Malaysian tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz: Reuters

#MiddleEastConflict 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷 Turkey is intensifying diplomatic efforts to stop Gulf Arab states from joining the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran: Bloomberg

#MiddleEastConflict 🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱 Iran has told intermediaries that Hezbollah must be included in any ceasefire deal with the U.S. and Israel: Reuters

#BreakingNews 🛢 Brent crude jumps over 3.5% to $106 per barrel.

#BreakingNews 🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷 Pakistan FM: Indirect US-Iran talks ongoing via Pakistan; Iran reviewing a 15-point proposal, with support from Türkiye and Egypt.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The Pentagon is weighing redirecting air defense interceptor missiles from Ukraine to the Middle East: Washington Post

#MiddleEastConflict 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 The U.S. military has drawn up plans for deep ground operations inside Iran to secure highly enriched uranium at nuclear sites: Axios

#BreakingNews 🇺🇬🇮🇱 Uganda signals it could join the war on Israel’s side if Israel faces defeat, according to statements by its military chief.

#BreakingNews 🛢 Oil rises to $107 per barrel.

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷 Iran’s IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency has argued that the country should withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

#AfghanistanPakistanWar 🇵🇰 🇦🇫 Pakistan says the pause in military operations against Afghanistan has ended, and operations are resuming.

#IranIsraelWar 🇮🇷 IRGC says it has lowered the minimum age for war-related support roles to 12.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇾🇪 🇮🇷 Yemen’s Houthis are reportedly preparing to target Red Sea shipping, potentially in coordination with Iran: Reuters

#IranIsraelWar 🇺🇸🇮🇷 CENTCOM’s Adm. Brad Cooper says Israel has killed IRGC Navy chief Adm. Alireza Tangsiri.