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Downed jets puncture Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability

  Downed jets puncture Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability | CNN Politics An  Iran war  that was already proving quite unpopular with the American people has entered a new, more problematic phase. That comes with the news that a  US fighter jet was shot down  over Iran. There remains a lot we don’t know, including the status of the two crew members. While CNN has reported one of them has been rescued and is receiving medical treatment, we don’t know the fate of the other.   And that was followed by news that Iran hit  a second US combat aircraft  on Friday. The pilot was able to navigate the plane out of Iranian territory before ejecting from the aircraft and was subsequently rescued, a US official told CNN. Neither of these incidents means Iran is suddenly on anything close to an equal footing militarily. And there have thus far been limited American casualties, including no known deaths in the last three weeks. But in a conflict...
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After 16 years in power, could Viktor Orban finally be unseated?

  After 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban finally be unseated?
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Myanmar’s coup leader elected president by pro-military parliament

  Myanmar’s coup leader has won a parliamentary vote to become the ⁠country’s president, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing won 429 out of the 584 votes cast by MPs in the country’s pro-military parliament on Friday, Aung Lin Dwe, the speaker of parliament’s combined upper and lower house, confirmed. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Myanmar parliament dominated by pro-military party convenes after 5 years list 2 of 3 Myanmar’s military holds second phase of elections amid civil war list 3 of 3 Who is fighting in Myanmar’s multi-front civil war? end of list The 69-year-old general orchestrated a 2021 coup against the administration of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and placed her under arrest, ⁠prompting widespread protests that morphed into nationwide armed resistance against the military leadership. The transition from top general to civilian presi...
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Panama Papers: 10 years on

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  Panama Papers: 10 years on | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera NewsFeed Panama Papers: 10 years on It’s been 10 years since the Panama Papers leak exposed how the world’s richest hide their wealth. From offshore shell companies to political scandals, the documents revealed a global network of secret finances. Al Jazeera’s Alma Milisic explains what took place and what’s changed since.
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Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family

  An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara area of Kabul province. Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said on Saturday that a child aged around two years old was the only survivor. Afghanistan’s disaster management agency said the boy was injured. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Did restrictions on women workers hamper Afghanistan’s earthquake response? list 2 of 4 Earthquake kills at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan list 3 of 4 Video: Afghanistan’s Blue Mosque damaged in earthquake list 4 of 4 Nine in 10 Afghan families skip meals, take on debt: UNDP end of list The 5.8-magnitude quake struck at 8:42pm local time (16:12 GMT) on Friday at a depth of 186km (115 miles). The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicentre was in the northeastern province of Badakhshan. The capital Kabul is about 290km (180 miles) southwest of the epicentre. There were no immediate reports of injur...
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Army and Police Battalion Begin Demolition of Muslim Villages

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  media@uscirf.gov , Senator Jeff Merkley , Senator Chris Murphy and 216 more... Fri, Apr 3 at 10:02 PM https://burmese.narinjara.com/news/detail/69cff9b2e93643bdac84e26a Army and Police Battalion Begin Demolition of Some Nearby Muslim Villages Update: April 3/2026   A local of the militants says that the army and police have started demolishing the villages of Herald Lee and Imberi Muslim Village, which are located near the 12th Police Battalion where the troops are based. "From today onwards, you can see the demolition being demolished, the army and the army." Muslims on the outskirts of the warring city have no presence, so they are clinging to empty homes and nearby places near monasteries in the warring city, says a local militant resident. "There are a lot of Muslims from outside the war cities coming into the city, and there are also a lot of Rakhim residents in the outskirts of the villages who have been expelled by the army before. The Muslims who have arrived n...
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A message from Mazin Qumsiyeh

  I was honored to be in Paris with 40,000 attendees at this amazing summit of changemakers towards a livable planet:  https://www.changenow.world/  I spoke to 300+ attendees on "War, Climate, and Power: Decolonizing Crisis”  followed by book signing for my book "Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope and Empowerment." (the french version) While in Paris I gave other talks and interviews. Only hitch is my phone was stolen but I met and interacted with hundreds of people in one week who are trying to live life as it should be lived: caring for others, loving, and acting against the ongoing genocide and ecocide. I get daily messages from friends in Iran. The messages from Habib are especially poignant. Here are samples worth reading: "Salam Mazin: The thirty-second night of the war. Iran has threatened that if even one assassination is carried out in Iran and a family is killed, it will target these companies in the region starting tomorrow night, due to t...
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