🇳🇱 Police in plain clothes brutally beat pro-Palestinian students at the University of Amsterdam.

🇷🇴🇰🇷 Romanian Polytechnic University signed a memorandum of cooperation with South Korea Pusan University and Hanwha Aerospace Romania. They will work together regarding research and development, scholarships and recruiting. This is an important step not only in education but also for the Romanian Armed Forces who work together with Hanwha after the purchase of several K9 Thunder systems

🇩🇰🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 Denmark has the intention of sending unarmed soldiers to Ukraine to train together and learn from the Ukrainian combat experience starting this summer. After the announcement, Russia has warned that all military facilities in Ukraine are legitimate targets regardless of NATO presence in them

🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺 A Ukrainian delegation arrived today in Paris to partake in the talks between Witkoff, Rubio and their European counterparts to discuss the war in Ukraine and potential peace

🇷🇺- Former Russian general Vadim Shamarin sentenced to 7 years in prison in massive bribery scheme

🇦🇲🇦🇿⚡- "The 'Karabakh Movement' is a threat to Armenia's statehood. The movement should not be continued, and any attempt to resume the movement will be destructive for the country," - Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

🇨🇿 🇷🇺- Czechia has officially moved off of Russian-supplied gas

🇵🇱- Grzegorz Braun causes a stir in Poland after attempting a “citizens arrest” of a doctor that performed an abortion by injecting potassium chloride into the heart of a 37 week old baby

🇺🇸 The U.S. voted against the UN resolution on UN cooperation with the Council of Europe, along with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, and others.

This resolution contains the condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. representatives cited the wording of the document as the reason behind the decision, stating that it was "unhelpful in advancing the cause of peace."

🇷🇺 🇩🇪 - Russian FM warns the Germans that any strike with Taurus missiles on Russian territory will be considered an act of “direct involvement in the war on Kiev’s side”

🇵🇱- The Polish state has banned photographing of 25,000 places including military installations, bridges, tunnels, airports and shipping ports, and government buildings.

Those caught violating the law will be punished with up to 30 days in jail and a fine of 20,000 PLN.

— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇴🇲 NEW: Oman is refusing to allow U.S. Navy vessels and carrier strike groups to refuel and replenish stocks in Omani ports

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🇷🇺- Russian Supreme Court removes Taliban from list of designated terrorist organizations

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇨🇦 Chinese refineries have reduced their purchases of crude oil from the U.S. by 90%, and are now importing record amounts of Canadian oil – Bloomberg.

🇮🇷🇸🇦 Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, welcomed the Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia, Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and his delegation to Tehran.

*This is the first high-level visit to Iran in the past decade.

🇷🇺- Russian FM spokeswoman Zakharova awarded the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th Class

🇹🇷 An unprecedented frost has hit Turkey, destroying up to 80% of the harvest in 36 provinces.

Minus 15 degrees Celsius in April. Vineyards have been destroyed, cherry trees are covered in ice, and orchards cannot withstand the cold. There will be no harvest, and masses of farmers are on the brink of bankruptcy.

🇬🇧🇸🇾🇮🇱 Former British diplomat Craig Murray claims that Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa privately assured the United Kingdom that Syria would normalize relations with Israel, officially recognize the state, and exchange ambassadors by the end of 2026.

🇳🇮🇺🇸 The President of El Salvador,
Nayib Bukele, said after talks with Trump that he plans to expand his already massive prison to 80,000 places.

The largest prison in the world already holds 15,000 inmates,
and the U.S. plans to increase the transfer of its prisoners to El Salvador.

🇮🇹 🇺🇸- Meloni arrives to White House for talks with Trump

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 🇨🇳- Zelensky accuses China of helping Russia’s war effort