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SHAKY ISRAEL-LEBANON CEASEFIRE AS BLOCKADE ESCALATES President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday, stating it would begin at 2100 UTC following conversations with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump invited both leaders to the White House for the first meaningful direct talks between Israel and Lebanon since 1983, calling the ceasefire a step toward achieving peace and claiming it as his “10th war” solved. The ceasefire followed a rare meeting between Israeli and Lebanese diplomats in Washington on Tuesday, the first such encounter in decades, hosted by Secretary Rubio. Hostilities between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah escalated amid the US-Israel war on Iran.... READ MORE: www. keneci. com

TRUMP, VANCE V. POPE LEO, MELANI Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on Pope Leo XIV via Truth Social and public remarks, sparking a diplomatic and religious backlash, after the pontiff criticized Trump’s threats toward Iran and denounced the "delusion of omnipotence" driving the U.S.-Israeli war. In a late-night Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump called the pope — the first U.S.-born pontiff — “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” claimed “I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon”, and asserted “If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican,” suggesting the Church appointed him to appease Trump. He also praised the pope’s brother, Louis Prevost, as “all MAGA.”.... READ MORE: www. keneci. com

TENSIONS ESCALATE AS U.S. BEGIN NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRAN The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) began enforcing a naval blockade of all maritime traffic entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas on April 13, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, following the collapse of U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad. The blockade, which applies "impartially against vessels of all nations," targets Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman but excludes ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports, preserving regional oil flows not linked to Iran. CENTCOM issued formal notices to commercial mariners ahead of the blockade, outlining enforcement procedures. The move aims to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran had effectively restricted to U.S. and Israeli allies since the war began on February 28.... READ MORE: www. keneci. com

VANCE ON IRAN TALKS: NO DEAL Following negotiations in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance told the press: "We’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement — and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America."

ARTEMIS II SPLASHDOWN The Artemis II crew successfully completed a historic 10-day mission around the Moon, splashing down at 0007 UTC on April 10, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. The Orion spacecraft traveled 694,481 miles (1,117,659 km), reaching a maximum distance of 252,756 miles from Earth—surpassing the Apollo 13 record by over 4,000 miles—and returned safely after a 6-minute communication blackout during re-entry at speeds near 25,000 mph. The four astronauts—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen—became the first humans since Apollo 17 in 1970 to travel to the Moon and return.... READ MORE: www. keneci. com

K11 | TUCKER RESPONDS Popular American journalist Tucker Carlson responds to President Trump's post calling him and 4 others "low IQ...losers" over their opposition to the Iran war

'THEY ARE LOW IQ' President Trump goes off on popular right-leaning commentators over their criticisms of his Iran policy. Trump calls Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Megyn Kelly, "Low IQ... stupid people... nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS." All four supported and even campaigned for Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign, but have since been harshly critical of his foreign interventionist policies and the war against Iran

SHAKY US-IRAN CEASEFIRE AS ISRAEL PUMMELS LEBANON The U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump on Truth Social, contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote the ceasefire was a "double sided CEASEFIRE" because the U.S. had "already met and exceeded all Military objectives," and called Iran’s 10-point peace proposal a "workable basis on which to negotiate." The deal, mediated by Pakistan, was announced late Tuesday, just hours before Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the strait or face devastating strikes. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi confirmed the agreement, stating: _"If attacks against Iran are halted, our Powerful Armed Forces will cease their defensive operations. For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces." The country is reportedly charging a toll before each vessel can sail through the strait, paid in bitcoin to bypass US-imposed sanctions.... READ MORE: www. keneci. com

ARTEMIS II CREW HEADING HOME AFTER MOON FLYBY The Artemis II crew—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen aboard Orion spacecraft, Integrity—are heading home after completing a historic loop around the far side of the Moon on April 6, 2026. During this flyby, the crew set a new record by traveling 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing the Apollo 13 distance, and captured the first-ever "Earthset" images from the lunar far side at 22:41 UTC, alongside a total solar eclipse viewed from space. The astronauts described the experience as "overwhelming" and "extraordinary," with Wiseman noting that seeing the Moon fully eclipse the Sun created nearly 54 minutes of totality and revealed details of the Sun's corona typically hidden from Earth... READ MORE: www. keneci. com

TRUMP ANNOUNCES A CEASEFIRE The U.S. has accepted Iran's 10-point proposal as basis for final peace deal and an end to the U.S-Israel war with Iran within 2 weeks. Iran accepted Pakistan’s ceasefire proposal following China's intervention and assurances

ARTEMIS II CREW BREAKS DISTANCE RECORD FROM EARTH NASA's Artemis II mission sent Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen—reaching 252,756 miles from Earth, the farthest any humans have traveled. Launched April 1 from Kennedy Space Center, they looped the Moon's far side on April 6, the first crewed flight there since Apollo 17 in 1972, surpassing Apollo 13's record. The crew shared stunning images of the cratered surface and a solar eclipse