The Daily Populous

Sunday April 12nd, 2026 night edition

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The Iranians were playing games, he was told, going back on a “deal” the US side thought it had secured.

“Tell them that’s okay, don’t worry about it,” Trump said, “but tell them to look out their window and watch.”

Instead, Pakistani mediators will shuttle back and forth with messages, in person now rather than relaying phone texts.

Witkoff and Kushner are hawks; Vance, on the other hand, never seemed happy about the attack on Iran.

He once said, in 2024, that “our interest…very much, is in not going to war with Iran”.

But Witkoff will face an Iranian team acknowledged as skilled negotiators, who have spent years steeped in nuclear diplomacy.

That depends on whether Witkoff, Kushner, and Vance can shape a deal that is not too obvious a humiliation for Trump. »

Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say

Authored by edition.cnn.com
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US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, according to three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments.

President Donald Trump is also set to visit China early next month for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The intelligence also underscores how Iran may be using the ceasefire as an opportunity to replenish certain weapons systems with the help of key foreign partners. »

The War the Arab World Is Watching

Authored by zinebriboua.com
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The Arab world is watching the proxy architecture Iran spent decades constructing get dismantled, and it is processing the implications for its own political future.

Western observers who followed this war through the lens of Iranian social media accounts have been watching a carefully produced performance.

No matter how skilled a psychiatrist you are, there is no mentally disturbed person on earth who admits his disturbance. »

If Orbán falls, Israel could lose its EU firewall

Authored by ynetnews.com

While Israel would lose one of its closest allies, it would not necessarily lose Hungary altogether.

In the previous election in 2022, his rival led in the polls, yet Orbán ultimately secured a decisive victory.

The concern for Israel lies in his campaign promise to secure $15 billion in EU funding for Hungary. »

New York subway stabbings leave 3 hurt as police shoot and kill knife-wielding man, officials say

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NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said.

Officers responding to a 9:40 a.m. report of stabbings at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station encountered the man.

She said ultimately an officer shot him twice when he advanced toward the officers with the knife extended. »