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About 100 anti-war protesters were arrested outside the Manhattan offices of US Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand after staging a sit-in demanding they support a Senate vote to block US weapons sales to Israel reut.rs/4vtoggW

BREAKING: US-sanctioned tanker, Chinese-owned Rich Starry, transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday despite a US blockade of the vital oil chokepoint, shipping data from LSEG showed.

King of the Netherlands — currently hosted at the White House, seen leaving Bilderberg 2026 in Washington DC

🇹🇷🇮🇱TURKEY Accuses ISRAELI of Plotting to Label It Enemy Turkish foreign minister Fidan claimed that Israel cannot live without an enemy, and that after its recent conflict with Iran, the Netanyahu government (along with some Israeli opposition figures) is now working to portray Turkey as the new adversary. He framed this as part of Israel's need to advance its own political agenda through identifying external threats.

Iran reportedly offered to suspend nuclear activity for up to 5 years in Islamabad, but JD Vance rejected their offer and opted for a 20-year moratorium instead. Follow: @AFpost

Disgusting!

Marjorie Taylor Greene: President Trump is not a doctor.

Washington DC, join us for a conversation with journalist Rahma Zein and Sumud Podcast Host Dr. Ed Hasan at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) on Wednesday, April 15 at 6 PM. Open and free to all.

Police face questions after 500 arrests at Palestine Action protest. A Channel 4 News report on Saturday ludicrous arrests in Trafalgar Square.

📍Spotted in Costa da Caparica, Portugal

Wooooooboyyyyyy! Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen continues going off on Donald Trump for attacking Pope Leo and cosplaying as Jesus: "This is a deranged man. This is a man that should have no connection to being commander-in-chief." 🍿

People are awake, and there is no going back. U.S. weapons are being used by the Israeli government to bomb south Lebanon, displace families in the West Bank, and continue the assault on Gaza. And still, our government wants to send more. FUND PEOPLE, NOT BOMBS.

🇨🇳🇺🇸 China's Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun has fired a direct warning at Washington as the US naval blockade of Iranian ports went into effect: "We are commited for peace & stability in the world. We are monitoring the situation in the middle east. Our ships are moving in and out of the waters of Strait of Hormuz. We have trade & energy agreements with Iran. We will respect & honor them and expect others to not meddle in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and it is open for us."

JUST IN: 🇪🇸🇺🇸 Spain rejects United States threats to block the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state media has reported that the country is demanding war damage compensation from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and Jordan, citing comments from Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/fw72c0

Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar: “I will not call Trump. But if he, or anyone from the U.S. administration, reaches out to us, we will be available.” (Trump has yet to congratulate Magyar on winning the election.)

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is spotted in the Gulf of Oman about 125 miles from the Iranian coast. This is the distance when the laundry rooms on US carriers tend to catch fire. Gotta be careful:

Expert war correspondent Courtney Bonneau drops a sober reminder. She confirms Israel has established five large military occupation bases inside South Lebanon. From these illegal sites, the Zionist regime conducts daily terrorist attacks, assassinations, and kills children.

Well if it isn't the granddaughter of Ukrainian Nazi Constantine Dobrowolski! Y'know, the guy they called “The Butcher” for his involvement in the execution of Jews and Ukrainians on the Eastern Front?

Israeli soldiers shoot tear gas at Palestinian children on the first day back to in-person learning after forty days of war with Iran, preventing, along with settlers, dozens of students from the occupied West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, near Hebron, from reaching their school. Local education officials and residents say some fifty children remain unable to attend classes as the main road stays closed.