🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Bloomberg: Trump struggles to rally allies for a Hormuz Strait naval mission. Little progress has been made; allies refuse to deploy equipment without a permanent ceasefire.

Ongoing fundraiser:

Ukraine: $228

Palestine: $277

Will last until the end of April 15.

🇺🇸🏦🧱 JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. financial conglomerate, reported a net profit of $16.5 billion, surpassing last year's $14.6 billion. Driven by trading gains amid Iran war volatility, this marks the bank's second-best quarter ever.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US doesn't plan to extend waiver that allows Iran to sell oil worldwide despite sanctions.

🇵🇭🇺🇸 - The Philippines asked the US to extend waiver that allows Russia to sell its oil worldwide despite sanctions.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel showed footage of one of the main Hamas' underground tunnels in Gaza. The facility was being used both for housing fighters and making explosives.

It is said that the tunnel was destroyed prior to publication of the video.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Rubio hosted meeting between representatives of Lebanon and Israel. It lasted for over 2 hours. No details about its results were revealed.

🇻🇦 🇺🇸 Pope's Popularity Surges Despite Trump's Attacks

One day after facing public criticism from President Trump, Pope Leo XIV continued his Africa tour with a historic visit to the Grand Mosque in Algiers.

The political friction appears to have little effect on the Pontiff's standing. A March 2026 NBC News poll shows Leo with a +34 net favorability rating among Americans, starkly contrasting with Trump's -12 rating.

Furthermore, a recent Gallup poll affirms the Pope's status as the most popular public figure in the world.

Minas Tirith | 24/7 News channel

Ongoing fundraiser:

Ukraine: $243

Palestine: $377

Will last until the end of April 15.

🇺🇸 Dr Mehmet Oz told Donald Jr that his dad, President Trump, is convinced that Diet Coke is good for you 'because when you pour that on grass, it kills the grass'.

According to the president, it means that when you drink Diet Coke, the drink kills cancer cells inside you.

🇺🇸 - Trump also pointed out that Fanta is 'fresh squeezed'.

🇫🇷 - Renault to fire 20% of its engineers because the company is losing global competition to the Chinese.

🇹🇷 Ankara's Military Expansion: Now Second Only to United States

Turkey has established the world's second-largest network of overseas military bases, now operating 133 installations globally.

While this expansion is significant, it remains a distant second to the United States' strategic posture of nearly 900 bases. Ankara's network now surpasses that of the United Kingdom and Russia.

This growing footprint is most pronounced in Africa and the Middle East, allowing Turkey to project power and challenge the influence of regional actors, including the key Gulf states.

Minas Tirith | 24/7 News channel

Ongoing fundraiser:

Ukraine: $343

Palestine: $377

Will last until the end of April 15.

🇸🇮 Slovenia's new parliament speaker of Serbian origin Zoran Stevanović plans a referendum on withdrawal from NATO.

🇮🇳 Artificial intelligence has triggered a hiring crisis in India’s IT sector. In the first three quarters of 2025–2026, five of the country’s largest IT outsource companies - Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech and Tech Mahindra - added just 17 employees net, compared to the 17,764 net growth a year earlier.

The labor market is shifting towards AI-driven automation, while Western clients have put nearly all their secondary projects on hold. Demand only remains strong when it comes to specialized narrow profile roles, including AI generation, cybersecurity and cloud computing.

🇪🇺 - In this year's UEFA Champions League:

Atletico Madrid eliminated Barcelona. Atletico will face either Arsenal or Sporting Lisbon in semi-final.

PSG eliminated Liverpool. In their semi-final, Parisians will play against either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.

Ongoing fundraiser:

Ukraine: $383

Palestine: $395

Will last until the end of April 15.

🇫🇷🇺🇸 An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US last year after rekindling a 1960s romance is detained at the ICE prison in Louisiana.

The son of Marie-Therese, from the city of Nantes, says she was arrested in Alabama this April. "They handcuffed her hands and feet like she was a dangerous criminal."

DHS told that an "illegal alien from France" overstayed 90-day visa. Son claims that Marie-Thérèse was awaiting a green card.

She had moved to the US after marrying long-lost love - an American named Billy whom she met in the 1960s, when he was a soldier in the NATO base of Saint-Nazaire, and she a secretary.

Billy returned to the US in 1966. They lost touch, each got married. The two reconnected in 2010 and visited one another with their spouses.

By 2022, both were widowed and started a relationship. They married last year and she relocated to Alabama, filing for a green card.

The woman had not yet received the green card when Billy died suddenly in January, leaving her status unclear.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Fox News claims that Trump considers that the Iran war ended.