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Iran and the Unresolved Dilemmas
AnalysisIran and the Unresolved Dilemmas

Political observers are taken aback while trying to make sense of the Iranian regime's shifting postures. The first striking features are the ostensible cleavages among the Iranian concentric circles of power: moderates are deliberately engaging in the negotiations, while extremists are still jockeying. The second feature relates to the substance ...

Vance in India for Tough Talks on Trade
Vance in India for Tough Talks on Trade

US Vice President JD Vance began a four-day visit to India on Monday as New Delhi looks to seal an early trade deal and stave off punishing US tariffs. Vance's visit comes two months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House. A red carpet welcome with an honour guard and troupes of ...

Yemen’s Huthis Say US Strikes on Sanaa Kill at Least 12
Yemen’s Huthis Say US Strikes on Sanaa Kill at Least 12

The Huthi rebels' health ministry said early Monday that new US air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least 12 people and wounded 30. The Huthi-run Saba news agency cited the ministry as saying the dead and injured had come from overnight strikes "by the American enemy" on a market and a residential zone in Sanaa's ...

Pope Francis Makes Joyful Easter Appearance Despite Health Struggles
VideosPope Francis Makes Joyful Easter Appearance Despite Health Struggles

Pope Francis called for freedom of thought and tolerance in his Easter Sunday address, as the weakened pontiff delighted the crowds of Catholic faithful by making a much-anticipated holiday appearance, even circling St. Peter's Square in his popemobile. "Happy Easter," said the 88-year-old Argentine pope in a faint voice from his wheelchair on ...

Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Breaching Easter Truce
Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Breaching Easter Truce

Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Putin announcing the surprise truce. The 30-hour truce starting Saturday evening to mark ...

Israel Army Probe Says No 'Indiscriminate Fire' in Killing of Gaza Medics
Israel Army Probe Says No 'Indiscriminate Fire' in Killing of Gaza Medics

An Israeli military investigation concluded Sunday that its troops did not use "indiscriminate fire" in an incident that killed 15 Gaza emergency service personnel but acknowledged failures and announced plans to dismiss a field commander. The killings occurred in the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of March 23, just days into a renewed ...

Baghdad Divided Over Invitation of Syria's Interim President to Arab Summit
Baghdad Divided Over Invitation of Syria's Interim President to Arab Summit

Several powerful pro-Iran Iraqi politicians have in recent days voiced opposition to a potential visit by Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Iraq for the upcoming Arab League summit. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said earlier this week that Baghdad has invited al-Sharaa to attend the summit, scheduled to take place in the ...

Trump Considers Gutting US Diplomatic Footprint in Africa
Trump Considers Gutting US Diplomatic Footprint in Africa

The United States would drastically reduce its diplomatic footprint in Africa and eliminate State Department offices focused on climate change, democracy, and human rights, according to a White House order under consideration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that The New York Times, which first reported the existence of the draft order, had ...

NASA's Oldest Active Astronaut Returns to Earth on 70th Birthday
NASA's Oldest Active Astronaut Returns to Earth on 70th Birthday

Cake, gifts, and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But NASA's oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A Soyuz capsule carrying the American ...

Pope Briefly Meets US Vice President JD Vance
Pope Briefly Meets US Vice President JD Vance

Pope Francis had a brief private meeting with US Vice President JD Vance on Sunday, the Vatican said, on the last day of the Republican's visit to Rome. "The meeting, which lasted a few minutes, gave the opportunity to exchange greetings on Easter Sunday," wrote the Vatican in a brief statement, saying the encounter took place at the pope's ...

Iranian Press Trumpet Strength in Ongoing US Talks
Iranian Press Trumpet Strength in Ongoing US Talks

Iranian media portray Tehran as holding a strong position after Saturday's nuclear talks with the United States, ahead of further discussions in Oman in the coming days. "Iran's military might has forced America to negotiate," headlines the Kayhan newspaper, whose editorial line has long opposed any compromise or negotiations with the United ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Airstrikes Kill 25
Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Airstrikes Kill 25

Gaza's civil defense agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn on Sunday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children. Israel resumed its aerial and ground assault on Gaza on March 18, reigniting fighting after a two-month ceasefire that had paused more than 15 months of war in the coastal ...