Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, April 26, 2025 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

- ⁠Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza

Developments of the Israeli ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians continue to experience daily non-stopping deadly attacks on all areas of the Palestinian enclave.

The field developments related to the Israeli attacks as well as the deteriorating humanitarian situation for Palestinians in Gaza under ongoing suffocating siege.

The World Food Programme (WFP) also announced Friday that it has "depleted all food stocks" for families in Gaza as border crossings remain shut since March 2.

- 3rd round of indirect talks between Iran and US

Third round of talks is scheduled on Saturday in the Omani capital Muscat.

Statements likely to be issued on the talks.

- Israeli raids in West Bank

The daily Israeli military raids into Palestinian cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, especially in the northern parts of the territory.

In the latest Israeli settlers' violent assaults across the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday after being critically wounded by Israeli forces' gunfire during a military raid on the village of Salem east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

- Developments in Yemen under US air-raids campaign

The daily US airstrikes targeting the Houthi-controlled areas across Yemen, as well as Houthi attacks against US warships in the Red Sea and against Israeli targets.

On Friday, the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV channel reported US warplanes conducted airstrikes on Yemen, targeting the provinces of Marib, Amran, and Al-Hudaydah.

- Developments in war-torn Sudan

Intensifying clashes between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in different areas across Sudan, exacerbating the people's humanitarian conditions.

In the latest developments, a drone strike Friday targeted the Atbara power station in northern Sudan, cutting off electricity to the River Nile and Red Sea states and sparking a large fire, according to Sudan’s electricity company.

- Reaction to Trump's comments on Crimea in Time Magazine interview

Reactions from Kyiv will be followed as US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula "will stay with Russia" as part of any agreement to end the Ukraine war.

Official remarks, media statements, and social media posts from top Ukrainian officials, particularly President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who have denied that Kyiv will recognize its territories under Moscow's control as Russian.

Tensions between India and Pakistan persist

Tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan remain as the sides downgraded diplomatic ties, suspended bilateral pacts over an attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan shuts down against India’s attempt to use water as a weapon against Islamabad as well as in a show of solidarity with Kashmir and Palestine.

Crackdown on opposition widens in Taiwan

Protests by opposition parties are gathering steam against the administration of William Lai Ching-te over alleged electoral fraud.

Opposition parties hold protests outside the office of Lai in capital Taipei. Lai administration has detained several members of main opposition KMT over claims that they falsified signatures in a recall campaign targeting members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

Pope Francis’ funeral to be held in Vatican

The funeral of Pope Francis’ who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 to be held in Vatican.

The funeral will be attended by many leaders from across the world, including US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, Argentine President Javier Milei, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Prince William, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Germany's Friedrich Merz, and Türkiye's Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus.

Final demonstration by Just Stop Oil

The climate action group Just Stop Oil to stage a final rally as announced last month that it will end direct action at the end of this month.

In its announcement on March 27, JSO said it was "hanging up the hi vis" after the government adopted a policy to end new oil and gas licenses, which was the group's initial demand, but that it would continue to speak out for environmental action and against anti-protest laws.