The Kremlin now says it wants "lasting peace," not just a ceasefire. Peskov claims the Easter truce is purely humanitarian and suggests Zelensky could bring full peace today if he just made the "right decisions." Sure thing.

An occupier stuffed with bloody rubles was in a hurry, but a Ukrainian FPV drone had other plans.

🇰🇷🇯🇵 Seoul Summons Japanese Diplomat Over Dokdo Claim

South Korea's foreign ministry summoned Hirotaka Matsuo, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, to lodge a formal complaint after Japan renewed its territorial claim to the Dokdo islets in its annual Diplomatic Bluebook. Kim Sang-hoon, director general for Asia-Pacific affairs, delivered the protest in person.

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi submitted the bluebook to a Cabinet meeting on Friday. The document claimed Dokdo as Japanese territory and accused South Korea of continuing illegal occupation of the islets by stationing security forces there.

Seoul's foreign ministry issued a statement strongly protesting the claim and urging its immediate withdrawal, asserting that Dokdo is South Korea's territory under international law, history, and geography. South Korea maintains a small police detachment on the islets and exercises effective control over them.

#SouthKorea #Japan

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🇳🇬 Nigeria Concludes ₦4.65 Trillion Bank Recapitalisation Programme

Nigeria's Central Bank has concluded a bank recapitalisation programme that saw 33 banks raise a combined ₦4.65 trillion, equivalent to approximately $3.38 billion, in new capital by the March 31, 2026 deadline. The CBN said 72.55% of the capital was sourced domestically, with the remaining 27.45% coming from international markets. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso said the programme has reinforced the resilience of the financial system.

Launched in March 2024, the programme introduced differentiated capital requirements based on the operational scope of each bank, with institutions holding international licences required to raise 500 billion naira. A small number of banks remain subject to ongoing regulatory and judicial processes.

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Delcy signs agreement with Grenada for bathymetric study in area with gas potential https://bit.ly/3QutLfa

مجید تخت‌روانچی، معاون سیاسی وزارت امور خارجه جمهوری اسلامی در نشستی با حضور سفرا و رؤسای نمایندگی‌های دیپلماتیک خارجی و سازمان‌های بین‌المللی مقیم تهران مدعی شد توافق شده است که طرح ۱۰‌بندی نظام به‌عنوان مبنای مذاکرات قرار گیرد. او گفت تهران خواهان آتش‌بسی نیست که به طرف مقابل اجازه بازسازی توان نظامی و تکرار حمله بدهد و این موضوع به‌صراحت به طرف‌های مقابل و دوستان ایران منتقل شده است؛ به گفته او، بدون تضمین‌های مشخص، چنین وضعیتی قابل تکرار نخواهد بود.
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Russia's retired Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov was sentenced to 19 years in a high-security colony for corruption and stripped of his rank