🇨🇳⚡- The Chinese State Council fired multiple senior politicians, including:

- Sun Weidong, Deputy Foreign Minister.
- An Lusheng, Deputy Director of the National Railway Administration.

🇴🇲⚡️- "UKMTO has received a report of an incident on 07 Apr 26, 112NM southeast of Ras Al Hadd, Oman. The Master of a Bulk Carrier reported to authorities that his vessel was struck by two unidentified projectiles resulting in a fire onboard. A Pakistan Naval vessel rendered assistance and the incident is now reported complete." - United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.

🇺🇸🇫🇷⚡️- Reuters reveals U.S. officials met with Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, France's National Rally right-wing party, and were left underwhelmed by their economic plans.

"The RN's views on how to cut a yawning deficit, win U.S. investment and get the economy moving were a concern." - U.S. officials to Reuters.

🇮🇹🇮🇱⚡️- Giorgia Meloni announces Italy is suspending their defense agreement with Israel.

🇷🇺🛢⚡️- The IEA estimates Russia doubled their oil exports in March.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: The IDF have reached the very center of Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon.

Israeli Commander of the Givati Brigade poses in front of the Bint Jbeil War Memorial, next to Bint Jbeil's cemetery in the heart of the city.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rocket alert in northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Two Iranian vessels are crossing the Strait of Hormuz despite Trump's blockade, Kpler reports.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah released a statement in which they claim to have confronted an Israeli fighter jet.

"[...] The fighters of the Islamic Resistance confronted [and/or intercepted] an Israeli warplane in the skies of Western Beqaa with a surface-to-air missile at 14:00 yesterday, Monday, April 13, 2026."

🇺🇸🇮🇹🇻🇦⚡- "I have expressed my solidarity with the Pope, as the comments surrounding him were very unacceptable," - Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy.

🇮🇹🇮🇱⚡- Italy suspends automatic renewals of defense agreements with Israeli companies.

🇺🇸🇮🇹🇻🇦⚡- "Do people like that Meloni is doing nothing to secure the oil [in the Strait of Hormuz]?

I'm shocked, I thought she [Italian PM Meloni] had courage but I was wrong.

She's actually the one unacceptable, because she doesn't care if Iran has nuclear weapons.

Iran could blow up Italy in two minutes," - President Trump lashes out at Italian Prime Minister Meloni.

🇺🇸🇮🇹🇭🇺⚡- "Viktor Orban was my friend, he's a good man. He didn't let people come in and ruin his country like [Italian PM] Meloni," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "The U.S. and Israel have defined the removal of enriched material from Iran as a prerequisite for ending the campaign." - Israel Katz, Israeli Defence Minister.

🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is stronger than ever and is no longer threatened with annihilation." - Israel Katz, Israeli Defence Minister.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The main concern at the moment is the disarmament of Hezbollah," - A US official tells i24.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah has released footage of an FPV drone directly impacting an Israeli Humvee.

🇫🇷⚡️- A political scandal in France is brewing after a team of state inspectors were denied entry in the Elysée by the authorities. The inspectors were mandated by the French justice to search precise parts of the Elysée as part of an official investigation into recent "Panthéonisation" ceremonies conducted by the French government.

A company named "Shortcut Events", the French National Monuments Center and several advisors of Emmanuel Macron are targeted by the ongoing investigation.

The Elysée's authorities invoked Article 67 of the French Constitution to prevent this search alongside any future attempts.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- "Received a call from my friend President Donald Trump. We reviewed the substantial progress achieved in our bilateral cooperation in various sectors. We are committed to further strengthening our Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership in all areas. We also discussed the situation in West Asia and stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure." - Indian PM Narendra Modi on X.