Situation Reports

A team of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on April 21 inspected the site of an alleged gas attack in Syria, BBC reported.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on April 21 that Iran's atomic agency was ready with "expected and unexpected" reactions if the United States pulls out of a multinational nuclear deal, as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to do, Reuters reported.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will stop conducting nuclear and missile tests effective immediately and will abolish a nuclear test site in the northern part of the country, Reuters reported April 20, citing Korean Central News Agency.

During a phone conversation, U.S. President Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the United States, The Moscow Times reported April 20, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Protests erupted in Senegal's capital, Dakar, after parliament voted to pass a controversial electoral law, which would require presidential candidates to gather signatures from at least 1 percent of the country's electorate in each of Senegal's 14 regions, some 60,000 people, Reuters reported April 19.

U.S. President Donald Trump may push for the removal of North Korea's chemical and biological weapons stockpile during the bilateral summit between the two countries, Japan Times reported April 20, citing U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty.

Three Saudi nationals killed four police officers in an armed assault at a security checkpoint between the cities of Al Majardah and Bareq in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir province, Al-Arabiya television reported April 19.

The Romanian government confirmed it will transfer its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported April 19.

Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno suspended his country's role as a mediator in peace talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) until the group ceases carrying out attacks, Reuters reported April 18.

Qatari forces participated in the final day of Gulf Shield joint military exercises in Saudi Arabia, in what appears to be a form of compromise after an almost yearlong diplomatic crisis, Reuters reported April 19.