The authorities of Argentina have disclosed more than 1,850 documents compiled in seven files concerning Nazi activities in the country after the end of World War II, including information about Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele, as published on the official website of the Argentine government.

All materials were gathered in separate dossiers, covering not only the activities of Nazi criminals who fled to South America after World War II, but also the actions of the Argentine military during the dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.

Thanks to extensive restoration and digitization work, more than 1,850 reports and nearly 1,300 classified decrees are now available on the website of the National Archive.

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These records are the result of investigations conducted by the Directorate of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Police, the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE), and the National Gendarmerie between 1950 and 1980.

It is noted that around 10,000 Nazis fled to Argentina and other South American countries after World War II.

According to the investigation, they were assisted by representatives of the Vatican, who issued forged documents – reports Euronews.

Pakistan announced today that it has “credible intelligence information” that India is planning to attack in the next few days and threatened to respond “very strongly.”

In recent days, soldiers have exchanged fire along the border, with reports continuing today. Pakistanis have followed New Delhi’s orders to leave India after last week’s deadly attack in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.

India began to retaliate after accusing Pakistan of supporting the attack in Pahalgam, which Islamabad denies, raising tensions between the nuclear rivals to the highest level since 2019, when they nearly went to war following a suicide bombing in Kashmir. The region is divided between India and Pakistan, with both countries claiming it in full.

Pakistan stated that intelligence data shows India plans military action within the next 24 to 36 hours “under the pretext of unfounded and fabricated allegations” of involvement in the Pahalgam attack.

India Silent

Indian officials have not commented. However, Indian government sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi “has given the armed forces full operational freedom to determine the method, targets, and timing of India's response to the Pahalgam massacre.”

The attack last week, which killed 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, was claimed by a previously unknown militant group “Kashmir Resistance.” New Delhi describes all unrest in Indian-controlled Kashmir as Pakistan-backed terrorism. Pakistan denies this, and many Muslim Kashmiris view the militants as part of a domestic freedom struggle.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized in separate phone calls with India and Pakistan the need to “avoid conflict that could lead to tragic consequences.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and “emphasized the need for both sides to continue working together for peace and stability in South Asia,” according to a Pakistani statement.

Earlier, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told reporters that he had “made it very clear, on behalf of the government and the nation, that Pakistan will not be the first to escalate. However, in the event of any Indian escalation, we will respond very firmly.”

Military spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif added: “If they think aggression is the way forward, our message is this: we are ready, do not test us.”

Pakistan did not elaborate on the “credible intelligence” it cited.

Pakistanis Leaving India

The deadline for Pakistani nationals to leave India, with exceptions for those with medical visas, passed on Sunday, but many families are still heading to the border crossing in Atari, in northern Punjab. Some arrived alone. Others were deported by police.

“We have settled our families here. We request the government not to uproot our families,” said Sara Khan, a Pakistani woman ordered to return without her husband Aurangzeb Khan, who holds an Indian passport. Holding her 14-day-old baby, she said she had lived in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 2017.

“They (Indian authorities) told me we are illegal and must leave,” Khan said while waiting on the Indian side of the border.

Other diplomatic measures include the cancellation of visas and recall of diplomats. New Delhi suspended a key water-sharing agreement with Islamabad and ordered the border closed. In response, Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian airlines.

India tonight announced closure of its airspace to all Pakistani aircraft until May 23.

Cross-border fire exchanges between soldiers have intensified along the Line of Control, the de facto border dividing Kashmir.

India and Pakistan today accused each other of initiating the gunfire.

Pakistani state media reported that Indian forces violated the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control by firing heavy weapons. According to Pakistani TV, troops returned fire after being attacked overnight in the Mandal sector of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

The Indian army said it responded to “unprovoked” small arms fire from Pakistan in the sectors of Naushera, Sunderbani, and Akhnoor in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

These reports have not been independently verified. Previously, both sides have traded accusations of initiating border skirmishes in the Himalayan region.

The Indian government’s security council, headed by Prime Minister Modi, met today – for the second time since the attack.

Three tourists who survived the attack told the Associated Press that armed men singled out Hindus and shot them at close range. Among the dead were a Nepalese citizen and a local Muslim pony riding instructor.

Ayshanya Dwivedi, whose husband was killed, said the attacker approached her and her husband and asked him to recite the Islamic declaration of faith. Her husband replied that he was Hindu, and the attacker shot him in the head at close range, she said.

A member of the Kenyan parliament, Charles Ong’ondo Were, was shot dead today in Nairobi, according to local media reports.

According to eyewitnesses, two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire on him around 7:30 PM local time, reports the website Citizen.digitalnews.

One of the attackers shot the MP at close range, inflicting fatal injuries.

It is reported that the attackers' target was solely MP Were, while his driver was not injured.

Were was rushed to a hospital in Nairobi, but was pronounced dead upon arrival. Other details about the incident are not yet known.

From "in one day" to "in the first 100 days" or "six months" – U.S. President Donald Trump's assurances that he could quickly reach a deal and end the war in Ukraine have collided with the wall of reality. Now both Moscow and Kyiv declare they are ready for talks without preconditions – but the demands of the former and the red lines of the latter are in conflict.

Political scientist and associate of the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Center, Maksim Samorukov, believes that "Russia wants to prolong the negotiations as long as possible."

“Because if a ceasefire is agreed upon, it would benefit Ukraine, as Russia currently has the advantage on the battlefield, but the negotiation process itself benefits Russia. Negotiations, as long as they last, undermine American support, prevent Washington from providing additional financial aid, and create new problems in U.S.-Europe relations. Putin and the Kremlin are primarily interested in dragging out the talks as long as possible, and for that purpose, they need to show some goodwill, announce ceasefires, offer minor concessions, and agree to negotiations without preconditions,” says Samorukov.

Political scientist and journalist Boris Varga believes that “Putin is using a hot-and-cold strategy.”

“He agrees to Trump’s peace deal but does not yield—instead, he applies pressure. Putin’s message is: give me what I want, or there will be even more casualties in Ukraine. Putin cannot stop the war until he controls the territories he annexed, for which he even changed the constitution of the Russian Federation,” he says.

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Varga adds that this is “the main thesis of these peace negotiations.”

“Putin cannot stop the war until he brings the annexed territories under control. Just as after the annexation of Crimea, Putin then waited eight years, calculated the next move, and struck again—and he will strike again. As long as he doesn’t control what is enshrined in the constitution, Putin is a loser,” says Varga.

Samorukov believes that “Russia’s main goal in these negotiations is to isolate the Ukraine issue from other issues in its relations, primarily with the U.S., but also with the entire West.”

“Russia wants to demonstrate that it is ready to restore at least partial cooperation with the U.S. and to convince Washington that Ukraine should not be the sole issue in bilateral relations. Russia is conducting these talks to show the current American leadership that it is a constructive force and that America can have relations with Russia,” says Samorukov.

Speaking about Trump’s statement that he could withdraw, Samorukov says that “this was an American threat directed at Ukraine.”

“It’s not a threat to Russia – Russia has for years insisted that the U.S. should not be involved in the Ukrainian crisis at all. One of Russia’s goals in this war is to push the U.S. out of the region, out of Eastern Europe,” he says.

Varga believes it was “a pressure message, not only on Europeans and Ukraine, but also on Putin.”

“For Putin, the American president is a unique opportunity to end the war in the way he thinks possible. On the platform of peace negotiations, Trump and Putin also negotiate business arrangements. The bitter experience with Afghanistan suggests that this may not be an empty threat—there could be an American withdrawal, and Putin could gain a dangerous advantage on the battlefield,” he says.

Poland has unveiled a new national plan to ensure it has a stronger army than any of its neighbors.

“Our army must be capable of repelling any threat,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday, announcing the “Piast Doctrine”, named after the ruling dynasty that founded the Polish state, reports the British The Telegraph.

Tusk also said the plan has three main objectives: for Poland to have “the strongest army in the region, the strongest economy in the region, and a strong position in the European Union.”

“We are ready to build the strongest army in this part of the world. We are doing this together, regardless of our beliefs,” Tusk added.

The Prime Minister did not specify what he meant by “the strongest army” or “the strongest economy,” nor was it clear whether he believes Warsaw should be militarily stronger even than Russia, with which it shares a 210-kilometer border.

“There is a certain degree of strategic ambiguity about what Poland wants — they will let the Russians guess,” said Natalie Vogel, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Intermarium (IWP Center for Intermarium Studies).

Polish army is the third largest in NATO

Poland, which allocates 4.7% of its GDP to defense, already has the third-largest army within NATO, thanks to a rapid rearmament program that has doubled the number of troops in just ten years.
Tusk stated that the new doctrine would further solidify the country’s pro-Western orientation.

Historical legacy and political message

“By placing a crown on his head, Bolesław the Brave proclaimed that the Kingdom of Poland becomes part of the West – the West as a political community, a community of values, a community of faith,” Tusk said to those gathered at a ceremony in Gniezno, marking the 1000th anniversary of the coronation of Poland’s first king.

“This choice, constantly renewed, sometimes contested by our enemies, sometimes even questioned by some within Poland, requires constant effort – and it still is, and always will be, relevant,” the Prime Minister added.

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Psychological warfare and political confrontation

Vogel believes the Polish Prime Minister’s words are a “high level of psychological warfare,” aimed at showing that Poles are capable of defending NATO’s eastern flank, including the Baltic states, from a Russian invasion.
She added that this more “aggressive” rhetoric is also aimed at countering the threat from the right-wing opposition party Law and Justice ahead of this year’s presidential elections.

Poland’s economic rise

Tusk’s call for Poland to become an economic power came on the same day the Warsaw Stock Exchange index (WIG) surpassed 100,000 points for the first time – a symbolic milestone reflecting the country’s continued economic growth.

Since 2023, Polish households have had higher incomes than Spanish ones, and some forecasts suggest that by 2030, they may surpass British households as well.

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has declared a state of emergency following today's nationwide power outage.

The Ministry added that the state of emergency will be applied in regions that request it. Millions of people have been affected by the outages, as well as key industries such as transport and telecommunications.

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As the sun sets, the Ministry of the Interior announced that it is deploying 30,000 police officers to maintain security.

They will be stationed throughout the country, the Ministry added.

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The Moroccan national electricity company (ONEE) has connected its grid to Spain's through two existing power lines across the Strait of Gibraltar, after receiving a request from Red Eléctrica Española (REE) to establish service via interconnection between the two countries, reports El Pais.

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Portuguese network operator REN announced on Monday that it has "no information" indicating that the massive electricity supply disruptions affecting the Iberian Peninsula were caused by a cyberattack.

Portuguese Government Website Down

The website of the Portuguese government, portugal.gov.pt, is currently down and displaying an error message stating: "The government portal is currently unavailable. We will attempt to restore service shortly," reports Index.

Libyan General Ali Ramadan al Rajani was killed today in an attack by unidentified armed men on his home in Tripoli, local authorities reported.

The head of the UN-recognized Government of National Unity, based in Tripoli, condemned the killing of the general at his home in the southern suburbs of the Libyan capital.

“With deep sorrow, I mourn the death of Brigadier General Ali Ramadan al Rajani, who died today defending his home from a group of criminals,” said Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah.

Very few details have been shared regarding the circumstances of the attack, including the number or identity of the assailants and their motives.

Dbeibah stated that he had “instructed the military prosecutor to launch an urgent and thorough investigation to establish the facts of this heinous crime and identify those responsible and their motives.”

According to Libyan media reports, General al Rajani was killed in an attack on his home, and according to eyewitnesses, the general managed to kill three of the attackers.

Since the death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been ruled by two rival governments – the UN-recognized Government of National Unity led by Abdelhamid Dbeibah in western Libya, and another government in the east, supported by Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

In exchange for a peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, the U.S. government might consider recognizing Russian control over Crimea. How is Ukraine reacting? And what do experts say?

The United States has reportedly sent a confidential document to its European allies containing proposals for a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine.

One of the key points, according to reports, is the recognition of Russian control over the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014. This information was first reported by Bloomberg, American television network CNN, the influential daily Washington Post, and the economic newspaper Wall Street Journal.

According to these reports, the Americans expected a response from Ukraine by April 23. However, before that deadline, a meeting of senior diplomats in London was unexpectedly downgraded to an advisory level after representatives from Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Ukraine canceled their participation.

U.S. Secretary of State Mark Rubio also did not attend the meeting. Until then, U.S. President Donald Trump had avoided either confirming or denying reports about the possible recognition of Crimea as Russian territory.

How Is Ukraine Reacting?

For over eleven years since the illegal annexation, the Crimea issue has often been a media topic. This time, however, official Kyiv was slow to comment on the reports. One of the first to respond was the representative of the Crimean Tatars, Refat Chubarov.

He told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that the Trump administration was attempting to test the Ukrainian leadership with messages about territorial concessions, allegedly necessary for ending the war and achieving lasting peace.

A bit later, the office of the Ukrainian president also responded. Kyiv had not discussed with the U.S. the recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and disagrees with it, presidential adviser Serhiy Leshchenko said on Ukrainian television.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky clearly wanted to put an end to the discussion. Responding to journalists' questions on the evening of April 22 in Kyiv, he emphasized that Ukraine would not recognize the Russian occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as it would violate the Ukrainian Constitution. "Crimea is not up for discussion," he stressed, reiterating that the peninsula is Ukrainian territory. Trump called the Ukrainian president’s statement "very damaging for peace negotiations with Russia." "If he wanted Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot fired?" Trump wrote on his "Truth Social" network on April 23.

Risks of Recognizing Crimea's Annexation

The American Robert Lansing Institute for Global Threats and Democracy (RLI) outlines several risks that recognizing the annexation of Crimea would pose to the international order. According to their analysis, it would represent "a fundamental change in U.S. foreign policy and a break with decades-long legal principles defending territorial integrity." Institute experts highlight:

First, recognizing the annexation of Crimea would be a strategic blow to international norms. It would undermine the principle of territorial integrity established by international law and weaken the legal order set up after World War II. It would also encourage other authoritarian states, like China or Turkey, to engage in territorial revisionism.

Second, it would lead to alienation among allies within the Western bloc. Ukraine would see such a move as a betrayal, and NATO and EU members from Eastern Europe would particularly view it as a capitulation to Russian aggression.

Third, such a step would impact U.S. domestic politics. It would provoke reactions from both parties and raise questions about Donald Trump's true motives, especially amid speculation about his long-standing ties to Moscow.

RLI also warns that recognizing the annexation of Crimea would seriously damage the credibility of U.S. support for democracy and the rule of law around the world—particularly in countries vulnerable to authoritarian pressure.

"An Extremely Dangerous Precedent"

Ukrainian political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko shares this view. In an interview with DW, he said that Crimea is a "red line" and that its loss is "absolutely unacceptable for Ukraine." Legally recognizing Crimea’s annexation would create "an extremely dangerous precedent"—not just for Ukraine but for the entire world, considering China’s claims on Taiwan and elsewhere. Fesenko believes that the downgrading of the London meeting shows that the American proposals reported by the media have been effectively rejected and will no longer be pursued.

András Rácz from the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) also does not expect a diplomatic breakthrough soon. "It’s not surprising that the Ukrainian side rejected the American proposal," he said, noting that it would require Kyiv to officially recognize the annexation of Crimea and effectively give up territory currently held by Russia.

After the London meeting apparently failed, observers are now speculating about which course Washington will take. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance stated on April 23 that both Ukraine and Russia must relinquish parts of the territories they currently control. The U.S. presented Russia and Ukraine with "a very clear proposal." Vance warned: "Now is the time to say ‘yes’—or for the U.S. to pull out of this process."