The Israel Defense Force and Shin Bet announced this morning in a joint statement that Mohammed Saleh al-Bardawil, a senior member of Hamas who served as a propaganda and psychological terror operative, was eliminated by a precision-airstrike on Khan Younis in Southern Gaza on Monday. Bardawil worked as a broadcaster for the Hamas-operated Al-Aqsa Radio, during which “he took an active part in producing the cynical propaganda videos distributed by the terrorist organization Hamas, in which the abducted Israelis were filmed during their captivity in Gaza.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump will not accompany Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer today of the 4 U.S. Soldiers who were killed last week during a training exercise in eastern Lithuania, instead arriving yesterday in Doral, Florida for this weekend’s Saudi-funded LIV Golf Tournament.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said Russia is violating the ceasefire, stalling talks. "The next few weeks will show if Russia’s ready for peace. Ukraine is willing. Trump won’t engage in endless negotiations. If Russia doesn’t want peace, Congress will ramp up sanctions. Time’s running out—we won’t wait forever," he said, hinting the U.S. may shift its stance if Moscow shows no progress.

General Timothy D. Haugh, the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), and Chief of the Central Security Service (CSS) has been removed tonight from all of his military and civilian positions effective immediately, alongside his Deputy Director at the NSA Wendy Noble, who has been reassigned to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. The reason for both of their removals is currently unknown, with General Haugh hosting Trump Advisor Elon Musk last month at the NSA’s Headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.

After South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the legislature’s impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea must now hold snap presidential elections within 60 days of the ruling.

Anti-Yoon demonstrators dance in the street, following his impeachment being upheld and his removal from office by the Constitutional Court of Korea.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been officially impeached and removed from office, following last December’s illegal declaration of martial law and today’s 8-0 vote upholding the impeachment by the Constitutional Court of Korea.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has also upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment in an 8-0 vote.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has declared that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law last December did not meet the legal requirements for a national crisis, and that he violated the law by sending troops into the National Assembly in an attempt to stop the vote reversing his martial law declaration.

Following the recent directive by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for the Pentagon to move towards reducing the annual defense budget by roughly 8% before 2026, Army planners are considering a reduction in up to 90,000 active-duty troops, reducing the current force from around 450,000 soldiers to between 360,000 and 420,000. With this reduction part of a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe and the Middle East, towards the Indo-Pacific.

Reports of a precision-airstrike earlier by the Israeli Air Force, on an apartment building inside the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, possibly targeting senior Hezbollah and/or Hamas officials.

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Front page of "Financial Times" April 4 issue.

Six members of U.S. President Trump’s White House National Security Council (NSC) were fired earlier today, including Brian Walsh, the senior director for intelligence; Maggie Dougherty, the senior director for international organizations; and Thomas Boodry, the senior director for legislative affairs, following a meeting yesterday in the Oval Office between President Trump and far-right conspiracy theorist and well-known liar Laura Loomer, who laid out a list of people she believed were disloyal to the President and didn’t share his “America First” Vision. National Security Advisor Mike Walz later joined in the meeting and briefly defended some of his staff, though it was clear he had little if any power to protect their jobs from the ear of Trump and ramblings of Loomer. However, the main target of Loomer’s visit and someone who she as well as other far-right personalities have continuously lambasted on social media for weeks, Deputy National Security Advisor Alex Wong was not removed, at least as of yet.

All four of the American Soldiers killed as a result of last week’s incident involving a M88A2 “Hercules” Armored-Recovery Vehicle (ARV) during a training exercise in eastern Lithuania, have now been identified by the U.S. Army:

- Staff Sergeant Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28 from Battle Creek, Michigan.

- Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr., 25 from Joliet, Illinois.

- Staff Sergeant Edvin F. Franco, 25 from Glendale, California.

- Private First Class Dante D. Taitano, 21 from Dededo, Guam.

The 4 Soldiers were attached to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart near Savannah, Georgia. Knutson-Collins, Duenez, and Franco were posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant.

The U.S. Stock Market today suffered its biggest loss since June 2020, with the Dow plunging almost 1,700 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both plummeted 6% and 5% respectively; with loses believed to amount to over $2 Trillion. Today’s stock losses come as a reaction to yesterday’s announcement by U.S. President Donald J. Trump of a new wave of aggressive tariffs on countries across the world, which includes a 10% base tariff on all foreign goods entering America as well as much larger tariffs on countries which President Trump claims are “unfriendly trade partners” such as China who will now faces a 54% tariff on all exports to the United States.

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A Dignified Departure Ceremony was held today in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, for the 4 U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, who were killed last week in a training accident in Pabradė, Lithuania. The ceremony was attended by U.S. and NATO military personnel as well as thousands of Lithuanian citizens, servicemembers, first responders, and rescue workers who lined the streets of Vilnius to honor the soldiers, as they prepare for their journey back to the United States.

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The Israel Defense Force and Shin Bet announced earlier in a joint statement, that a precision-airstrike yesterday on a Hamas command-and-control center near Jabalia in Northern Gaza, resulted in the elimination of at least four terror operatives, including Shadi Diab Abd al-Hamid Falouji, a member of Hamas's East Jabalia Battalion who participated in the October 7th massacre in Southern Israel. Palestinian media claimed that the airstrike targeted a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) clinic killing at least 8, with no mention of any members of Hamas.

A Russian T-80 tank equipped with “turtle-style” armor—designed to defend against Ukrainian drones—and front wheels meant to trigger anti-tank mines prematurely. An ingenious system, but one that only works once.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not only changing the way wars are fought but also reshaping the very design of armored vehicles.

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Adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, Podoliak, commented that the U.S. should respond to Russia's violation of the "energy truce" and shift from a "carrot" policy to a "stick" policy.

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