Tuesday, March 31, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 3/31/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEK*SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUDAN CIVIL WAR*DEADLY MOSQUE ATTACK IN IRAN*HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST NARRATIVE AMID WAR IN LEBANON*RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN TALKS 72-HOUR WORKWEEK*

 

                    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

                    (SERVICE INTERRUPTED FOR PERSONAL ACTIVITIES)



            TWO COURT RULINGS TODAY:


One, a federal district judge ruling against President Trump's renovations of the White House that involve the building of a new ballroom.


Judge Richard Leon giving the White House 14 days to appeal his ruling in which he said the President 'is not the owner' of White House...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



The US Supreme Court ruling 8-1 against a Colorado ban on therapy involving changing sexual identity or sexual orientation.


Liberal justice Ketanji Jackson Brown, appointed by former President Joe Biden, the dissenting justice.


In his majority opinion Justice Neil Gorsuch said the law was a ban on freedom of speech involving Christian counselor Kaley Chiles...THE HILL USA

 


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SLAMMING FRANCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING FOR NOT ALLOWING AIRCRAFT SUPPLYING ISRAEL TO FLY OVER ITS TERRITORY.


HIS ACCUSATION DENIED BY FRANCE.



TRUMP MAY BE ANGRY OVER FRANCE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN LEBANON CAUSED BY ISRAEL'S MASSIVE GROUND AND AIR ASSAULT...(NEWS AGENCIES)



A five-point declaration on the Iran War from Pakistan and China following talks in Beijing.


The two countries calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities plus other measures including meaningful peace talks and recognition of the United Nations Charter in connection with the conflict...Dawn Pakistan


The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) organization reporting widespread use of sexual violence in Sudan's Civil War.


MSF has treated 3400 victims of sexual violence during a 23-month period ending in November of last year.  They represent a fraction of the actual victims.


The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) faction fighting the Sudanese Army linked to the sexual harm being done to women in Sudan.


The RSF is supported by the United Arab Emirates...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


UKRAINIAN DRONES ENTERING ESTONIAN AIRSPACE AS UKRAINE CONTINUES ITS DRONE ATTACKS ON THE RUSSIAN OIL TERMINAL OF UST-LUGA NEAR ST. PETERSBURG.


UKRAINIAN DRONES HAVE FELL TO THE GROUND IN LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND FINLAND IN RECENT DAYS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1,125.37 points or 2.49 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 795.99 points or 3.83 percent.

At 456 pm New York Time the price of oil 101 dollars 46 cents a barrel down one dollar 42 cents or 1.38 percent...Marketwatch





                        IRAN WAR DAY 32

                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                                     (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)



US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH RETURNED TO WASHINGTON HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER VISITING US TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.



THE US COMMANDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST ADMIRAL BRAD COOPER MEETING ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF LT. GEN. EYAL ZAMIR.



RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR IN IRAN SAYS IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI IS IN IRAN.   SOME REPORTS HAVE CLAIMED HE IS IN RUSSIA.



IRAN SAYS MAJOR US BANKING AND TECH FIRMS WILL BE ATTACKED IF ANY MORE ASSASSINATIONS OF ITS LEADERS ARE CARRIED OUT.



ISRAEL CARRIED OUT 230 ATTACKS ON IRAN IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.


THE HOSPITAL IN TYRE, LEBANON ATTACKED AGAIN IT HAS BEEN ATTACKED FIVE TIMES BY ISRAEL SINCE FIGHTING BEGAN IN LEBANON AT THE START OF THE WAR.



ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS ISRAEL INTENDS TO CONTROL LEBANON SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER UNTIL THE AREA IS SAFE THEN 600,000 RESIDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME.


HOMES NEAR THE BORDER WITH ISRAEL WILL BE DESTROYED.



US-ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN IRAN AND IRAQ AIMED AT IRAN AND PRO-IRANIAN FORCES IN IRAQ


IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SAYS TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM THE RUBBLE OF A SHIA MUSLIM RELIGIOUS SITE IN THE CITY OF ZANJAN.


IRANIAN MEDIA SAYS THREE WERE KILLED AND 12 WOUNDED IN THE MOSQUE ATTACK...PRESS TV...


FOUR WOUNDED IN DUBAI FROM FALLING DEBRIS IN AN ATTACK TODAY


AT LEAST TWO MORE DEATHS IN AN ISRAELI DRONE ATTACK IN LEBANON.


FOUR ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED, FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED AS THE ISRAELI MILITARY CONTINUES ITS OFFENSIVE NORTHWARDS INTO LEBANON.


ISRAEL SEEKING TO DESTROY THE IRANIAN ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT.


GULF-ARAB COUNTRIES LINKING ARRESTS OF INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TERRORIST ATTACKS TO THE HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT IN THE MIDST OF THE WAR.


THE FBI IN THE US NOW SAYS A RECENT ATTACK AT A MICHIGAN SYNAGOGUE BY A LEBANESE-AMERICAN DISRAUGHT AT THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN THE WAR IS LINKED TO HEZBOLLAH.


11 WOUNDED IN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL THIS MORNING.


ITALY DENYING USE OF THE SIGONELLA BASE TO THE US MILITARY FOR THE IRAN WAR.


POLAND REJECTING A US REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF ITS PATRIOT MISSILE BATTERY TO THE IRAN WAR AFTER AN INFORMAL REQUEST WAS MADE...

              AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


The Unilever conglomerate merging with spice maker McCormick with a deal near completion as of this morning Eastern US time.


Unilever spinning off its ice cream business months ago but the rest of the company is to merge with McCormick.


Unilever receiving 15.7 billion US dollars in cash and 65 percent control of the new merged conglomerate...CNBC USA




RISING FUEL PRICES MOVING INFLATION UPWARDS IN THE NETHERLANDS.    THE MARCH INFLATION REPORT AT 2.7 PERCENT.


DUTCH INFLATION WAS DOWN AROUND TWO PERCENT BEFORE THE CONFLICT BEGAN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska calling for a 72-hour workweek in Russia.


Deripaska speaking of 'a difficult transformation' and 'global opportunities'.   He cited what is being called a 'deep global crisis'.



Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education Gennady Onishchenko supporting this notion.


It is being said that industries creating material wealth could make the switch to working Monday thru Saturday 8am to 8pm.


In Russia's Duma (Parliament) there is no talk of such a transformation for now...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



US POLITICS DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN OF MARYLAND SAYS THE FBI IS TRYING TO SMEAR FELLOW DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL OF CALIFORNIA.


IT'S BEEN REPORTED IN MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA THAT FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL IS COLLECTING DOCUMENTS RELATED TO A PROBE OF CONGRESSMAN SWALWELL'S CONNECTION TO AN ALLEGED CHINESE SPY.


THAT RELATIONSHIP BROKEN OFF MORE THAN A DECADE AGO...THE HILL USA 



A slow vote count dragging out in the South Australian election of Saturday March 19th.   

With around 89 percent of the popular vote counted the rise in support for the Anti-Mass Immigration, Anti-Islamization One Nation Party confirmed.

23 percent of the vote going One Nation pushing the Republican-type Liberal Party into third place.

The Labor Party taking a landslide sized 34 of the 47 seats in the legislature with only 37.5 percent of the vote.

The Liberal gained only five seats with One Nation getting three the final seat to be decided a contest between the Liberals and One Nation...ABC News Australia

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