- TRIPP can activate the region by opening trade flows: US intelligence service.
- Azerbaijan has not built a military position on the territory of the Republic of Armenia: Papikyan.
- Iran and Israel exchange strikes; explosions also thundered in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
- Commander of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mehdi Qureshi, killed in Isfahan.
- Iran has lost the ability to produce missiles: Netanyahu.
- Iran reports the shooting down of an American F-35 fighter.
- We are not going to send troops to Iran: Trump.
- Moscow’s delegation will not attend the Washington meeting: Peskov.
- EU intends to completely abandon the import of Russian liquefied natural gas by the end of 2026: Van der Leyen.
- Washington bans Russian oil supplies to Cuba.

Four UN Secretary-General Candidates Face Live Hearings
Reuters. The four candidates vying to become the next United Nations secretary-general faced live hearings on Tuesday (April 21) and Wednesday (April 22) on their

