🇪🇹🇪🇷 - Rashid Abdi, researcher on the Horn of Africa: "War imminent between Eritrea and Ethiopia."

🇦🇪🇪🇹🇪🇷 - UAE-based Sky News Arabia airs an Ethiopian official on why the country "needs a passage" to the Red Sea.

🇫🇷🇩🇪 - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says France's efforts in terms of defense spending are "insufficient."

🇬🇧🇷🇺 - The Kremlin dismisses claims it poisoned critic Alexei Navalny as "baseless."

🇦🇺🇸🇾 - The SDF says it has released 34 Australian citizens linked to ISIS for repatriation.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump says members of his "Board of Peace" have pledged $5 billion for rebuilding Gaza.

🇫🇷🇩🇿 - The Algerian government says French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has arrived in Algiers, Algeria.

🇫🇷🇩🇪 - The German government says talks with the French government on a joint nuclear deterrent are at an early stage.

🇨🇳 - Chinese President Xi Jinping announces plans to scrap tariffs on imports from 53 African countries starting in May.

🇵🇰 - Lawyers for jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan say they are seeking his release on medical grounds.

🇺🇸🇳🇬 - The Nigerian Defense Ministry says about 100 US military personnel have arrived in the country to train soldiers.

🇦🇺🇸🇾 - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rules out repatriating citizens living in the al-Hawl camp in Syria.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says the US "will not succeed" in destroying Iran.

🇸🇾 - Syrian authorities say they are evacuating the al-Hawl camp from its families linked to ISIS.

🇫🇷🇩🇿 - French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says his country and Algeria are reviving "high-level security cooperation."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the lifting of sanctions is an "inseparable" part of any deal.

🇸🇦🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Afghanistan's Taliban government says it has freed three Pakistani soldiers thanks to mediation by Saudi Arabia.

🇱🇧 - Hezbollah rejects the Lebanese government's four-month deadline for the army to advance its disarmament plan.

🇪🇹🇹🇷 - The Turkish Energy Ministry says it has signed a MoU on energy cooperation with Ethiopia.

🇮🇷 - Iranian state media says the military shut down the Strait of Hormuz for a few hours to conduct exercices.

🇸🇪🇷🇺 - Swedish military intelligence warns Russia is taking greater risks and stepping up actions in the region.