- US Pentagon says Afghanistan withdrawal review almost done https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DpbfLTbyy/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Lebanon displaced folks returning home after ceasefire https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-ceasefire-photos-d94b334566c4e8650be76981b6dff174
- Brazil and Spain to meet with other countries concerned about the rise of far right politics https://apnews.com/article/spain-brazil-sanchez-lula-meeting-984aee0870ae86d5665ea34f7aff8f8f
- US sanctions sons of Nicaragua leaders and gold mining officials https://apnews.com/article/us-nicaragua-sanctions-ortega-sons-treasury-a9d9721bd331135462dbd810af8ed778
- Cuba says they don’t want to fight, but ready for it if it happens https://apnews.com/article/cuba-president-diaz-canel-fight-us-trump-98317390837f6aa8f560ea157b169c2b
- Republic of Congo, leader reelected again, extends 42 year rule https://apnews.com/article/congo-president-sassou-nguesso-inauguration-2b62fd2b7ac00455d94c058d153a28eb
- Zimbabwe minibus taxi caught fire, several died https://apnews.com/article/zimbabwe-minibus-taxi-fatal-fire-c8c13f06118dee72ee86aaec59a72fa0
- Kenya jailed man for 1 year for trafficking ants https://apnews.com/article/kenya-chinese-ant-trafficking-sentenced-e9902b992623c918f132594097578437
- Australia dude who allegedly committed war crimes in Afghanistan out on bail https://apnews.com/article/australia-afghan-war-crimes-ben-roberts-smith-a64ad62169be971b96bdd0c3b44c9262
- India plans to give more seats in parliament to women https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/16/india-plans-more-seats-for-women-in-parliament-links-it-to-delimitation
- Venezuela, imf restored relations after 7 years https://alertas24.com/el-fmi-restablece-relaciones-con-venezuela-tras-siete-anos-suspendidas/
- St Lucia arrested 3 folks and seized $25k in drugs https://stluciatimes.com/179866/2026/04/three-arrested-as-police-seize-over-26-000-drugs-in-dennery-micoud/
- Sudan inflation at 40% https://sudantribune.com/article/312882
- German ministry of health wants to tax rich more for health insurance, some folks upset https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/krankenkassen-beitraege-106.html
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