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Ukraine president calls leaders who stay neutral populist

Washington Post Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken a swipe at leaders who have adopted postures of neutrality regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling them populists https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/mexico-ukraine-zelenskyy-russia/58c628a4-dfbd-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Israeli embassy opens near Turkmenistan’s Iran border

Fox News Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Thursday opened the country’s permanent embassy in Turkmenistan and said the move will strengthen Israel’s position in Central Asia. US PREPARES TO POSITION TROOPS IN CASE OF POTENTIAL SUDAN EMBASSY EVACUATION Cohen, in the first visit by an Israeli top diplomat since 1994, met with Turkmen President…

Cattle raiding by jihadis soars in Mali, fueling conflict

Fox News Ayouba Ag Nadroun was at the market in central Mali in March when Islamic extremists attacked his village, killing dozens of people and stealing about $10,000 worth of his cows and camels. “We lost everything,” the 62-year-old told The Associated Press by phone from the Menaka region in the West African nation. Cattle…

Senior Malian official among 4 dead in ambush in jihadi area

Fox News A senior Malian official and three other people have been killed in an ambush in an area of the country’s southwest, the government said Thursday. The attack occurred in an area where Islamic extremists are active. The president’s chief of staff, Oumar Traore, was killed while traveling near the area of Nara in…

U.S. gets ready to evacuate staff from Sudan

Washington Post With violence raging in Khartoum, Biden administration pre-positions troops and equipment at nearby base to assist in evacuation of official personnel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/20/sudan-violence-state-department-evacuation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukraine defended Bakhmut despite U.S. warnings in leaked documents

Washington Post THE DISCORD LEAKS | Leaked top secret intelligence assessments show Washington warned Kyiv that defending besieged Bakhmut was costing too many casualties and would inevitably fail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/bakhmut-ukraine-war-leaked-documents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Mexican airliner lands in Puerto Vallarta after engine failure

Fox News The Mexican airline Viva Aerobus said one of its planes suffered an engine failure while covering a domestic route, but that the craft landed safely. 2 DEAD AFTER PLANE CRASHES IN GULF OF MEXICO SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM VENICE, FLORIDA The twin engine Airbus A320 was flying from the Pacific coast resort…

Dutch diplomat quits amid ‘Ukrainians also Russians’ comment controversy

Fox News A veteran diplomat who was appointed less than three weeks ago to promote Dutch involvement in the reconstruction of Ukraine has quit over remarks he made — reportedly about Russia — in a new book, the government announced Thursday. DUTCH PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE APOLOGIZES FOR THE COUNTRY’S HISTORICAL ROLE IN THE SLAVE…

1973: Moscow Walkout by Chinese Envoy

New York Times The official, Ma Lieh, left his seat during a speech at the Kremlin by a Soviet Politburo member, a sign of the strained relations between Moscow and Beijing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/world/1973-moscow-walkout-by-chinese-envoy.html

Russia forces Ukrainian children to attend ‘military patriotic education’ camps in Crimea: defense official

Fox News A top official on Thursday accused Russia of intensifying its efforts to force children in occupied areas of Ukraine to receive “military patriotic education” by sending them to camps in Crimea in a move to enhance its propaganda campaign. Moscow has been repeatedly accused of targeting children in its war against Ukraine by…