The Artemis II mission returned to Earth on Friday, April 10 after a ten-day mission around the Moon. In the Middle East, negotiations in Pakistan to find a peace agreement between Iran and the United States failed on Sunday, April 12. Following this failure, Donald Trump announced the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. On Sunday, protests took place against the Yadan bill that aims to counter renewed forms of antisemitism. While a ceasefire was established on the Ukrainian front, Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday, April 12, of violating the Easter truce hundreds of times.
The Artemis II mission has brought back four American and Canadian astronauts who successfully landed in the waters of the Pacific off San Diego on Friday night. This mission conducted by NASA marked the first lunar journey since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, on Sunday, April 12, after negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan. Both countries have not commented on the future of the ceasefire set to expire on April 22.
Several hundred people protested in Paris on Sunday, April 12, against the Yadan bill, which aims to counter renewed forms of antisemitism, with critics denouncing it as an infringement on freedom of speech.
Donald Trump announced the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, April 12, following the failed peace negotiations. He detailed that the U.S. Navy would begin a blockade of all ships trying to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of violating the Easter ceasefire on Sunday, April 12, on the Ukrainian front. The Ukrainian military claimed the Kremlin forces had violated the truce 2,299 times, while the Russian Defense Ministry accused the Ukrainian forces of violating it 1,971 times.
