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02.04.2026 18:40 At its meeting on 1 April 2026, the Federal Council decided to recommend that the popular initiative 'For the accession of Switzerland to the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ' be rejected by the people and the cantons without a counter-proposal.

02.04.2026 18:40 Yemeni armed forces have conducted their third round of strikes against Israeli targets in the occupied territories, targeting sensitive locations.

02.04.2026 18:40 Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has launched a series of drone and rocket attacks on Israeli military positions and settlements in northern occupied lands, while the Lebanese army slammed Israel for continuing strikes "without distinction" between military personnel and civilians.

02.04.2026 18:40 The World Health Organization has facilitated the delivery of some 106 metric tonnes of lifesaving nutrition supplies to the Gaza Strip - the first shipment via a mechanism to deliver aid by sea, in line with a UN Security Council resolution and amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

02.04.2026 18:40 A U.S. plan to potentially mine an area of Pacific seabed roughly the size of Nevada near two U.S. territories is the latest example of increasing competition in the region between the United States and China, a local government official told Radio Free Asia.

02.04.2026 18:40 The computerized portion of Taiwan's largest annual military drills will be held for 14 days for the second consecutive year, testing the country's all-out defense against China's increasing "gray zone" activities and its potential to carry out a full-scale invasion of the island.

02.04.2026 18:40 Ukraine and its NATO partners are advancing efforts to strengthen air defense.

02.04.2026 18:40 Ukraine and Romania are preparing to launch joint drone manufacturing projects, backed by €200 million under the European Union's SAFE programme.

02.04.2026 18:40 Ukraine and Germany are moving towards a new phase of security cooperation, with a focus on launching joint, mutually beneficial projects.

02.04.2026 18:40 Ukraine and the European Union are working to increase funding for defence needs and to launch joint projects in drones, air defence, and long-range capabilities.

02.04.2026 18:40 Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran's Armed Forces are fully prepared for every scenario, including a potential American ground attack.

02.04.2026 18:40 US President Donald Trump on April 1 hailed American forces' "swift, decisive, overwhelming victories" in Iran and said his administration's strategic objectives are "nearing completion," vowing that the military operation will be completed "very shortly."

02.04.2026 18:40 NASA's Artemis II Moon mission lifted off Wednesday from the US state of Florida, carrying four astronauts on the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than 50 years.

02.04.2026 18:40 New Zealand and the Cook Islands have signed a Defence Security Declaration in Rarotonga today, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced.

02.04.2026 18:40 China expresses serious concerns over Japan's deployment of long-range missiles in Kumamoto and Shizuoka prefectures, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday.