Israel's war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on April 16, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran's first-ever direct attack, amid international pressure to avoid further escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on April 14 said his country had summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest against Iranian comments that were interference in the kingdom's internal affairs.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on April 14 said he would try to pass aid to Israel in the upcoming week, after Iran's mass drone and missile attack, but didn’t say whether the legislation would also include assistance for Ukraine and other U.S. allies.
Washington and London has prohibited metal-trading exchanges from accepting new aluminum, copper, and nickel produced by Russia and barred the import of the metals to the United States and Britain.
U.S. President Joe Biden on April 12 said he expected Iran to attack Israel "sooner, rather than later" and warned Tehran not to proceed.
Russian military instructors arrived in Niger in a plane loaded with military equipment, Niger state television RTN said on April 11, citing an agreement between the junta and Russian President Vladimir Putin to boost cooperation.
Germany's Lufthansa extended a suspension of its flights to Tehran on April 11 with the Middle East on alert for Iranian retaliation for a suspected Israeli air strike on Iran's embassy in Syria.
Pakistan is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a potential follow-up program to its nine-month, $3 billion stand-by arrangement, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said.
A senior Iranian official said on April 7 that none of Israel's embassies was safe anymore, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported.
The United States has not asked India to cut Russian oil imports as the goal of sanctions and the $60 per barrel price cap imposed by the Group of Seven is to have stable global oil supplies while hitting Moscow's revenue, a U.S. Treasury Department official said on April 4.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries may have disrupted more than 15 percent of Russian capacity, a NATO official said on April 4.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on April 4 that he has no doubt Russia will malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer.
The Israeli military halted leave for all combat units on April 4 amid concerns of a possible escalation in violence after the killing of Iranian generals in Damascus this week drew threats of retaliation.
The Finnish government said it will extend the closure of border stations with Russia until further notice and added several ports to its list where travel would be prohibited.
The leadership of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has asked one of its lawmakers to clarify a report that he received money from a pro-Russian news portal.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on April 3 about the importance of advancing the peace process between Baku and Armenia, a State Department spokesman said.
North Korea and Iran's military support for Russia has serious global security consequences that the 32-member NATO alliance cannot ignore, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on April 3.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his country's support for Ukraine was unwavering during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on April 3, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said.
Ukraine is at a "critical moment" in its war with Russia and urgently needs more Western support, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on April 2, bemoaning the stalemate in Congress over a multibillion dollar military package for Kyiv.
Germany will support Ukraine with 180,000 rounds of artillery shells as a contribution to a Czech-led plan to buy ammunition for Ukraine, with a price tag of 576 million euros ($618 million), the Defense Ministry said.
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