Day: March 30, 2026

BREAKING:

Islamist Fulani militias carried out a massacre on Palm Sunday against Nigerian Christians in Plateau State.

12+ people were murdered by Islamists on motorcycles in the Palm Sunday Massacre in Angwan Rukuba

This video shows a mother holding her son for the last time
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Mar 30, 2026

Lukashenko seems to have taken a page from Ilham Aliyev’s playbook. For over two decades, Aliyev has skillfully balanced between multiple powers, securing long-term backing from Iran, Russia, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Turkey.Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇧🇾🇺🇸🇰🇵 Lukashenko is playing every side of the board simultaneously

On March 19th, he released 250 political prisoners in a deal with Trump’s envoy, bringing the total to over 400 freed since last year.

Washington lifted sanctions on Belarusian banks and fertilizer companies in return.

Trump called it “direct, hard-nosed diplomacy.”

Six days later, Lukashenko flew to Pyongyang for his first ever visit with Kim Jong Un, where he handed him a Belarusian assault rifle: “just in case enemies appear.”

They signed a friendship treaty and pledged deeper cooperation.

The sequencing is the interesting part.

He secured the American goodwill first, then visited the country the U.S. considers one of its most dangerous adversaries.

He gave Trump a foreign policy win he could announce at home during a week when he badly needed one.

Then he gave Kim a gun and a treaty.

Lukashenko understands something most leaders don’t.

In a world where the U.S. is distracted by Iran, Russia is bogged down in Ukraine, and China is watching everything, a small country that keeps everyone happy becomes untouchable.

He’s betting that nobody will punish him for talking to the other side as long as he keeps delivering wins to both.

Source: Euronews, AP—  https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2038434915725836709

— Emin Bred (@emin_bred) Mar 30, 2026

Ukrainian suicide drones kept striking the Russian city of Taganrog for hours overnight.

Around 20 Ukrainian drones attacked industrial and military sites in the city, with some Russian air defense missiles malfunctioning and also hitting the city.
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Mar 30, 2026

30.03.1987 — На лондонском аукционе картина Ван Гога «Подсолнухи» продана за 50 млн долларов.

— Художники и Поэты (@Xudozhnikipoeti) Mar 30, 2026

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— Reuters (@Reuters) Mar 30, 2026

President Trump said negotiations with Iran were going “extremely well,” adding that the country is preparing to allow oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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— Reuters (@Reuters) Mar 30, 2026