FGN46 NEPAL-POLITICS **** Nepal: CPN-UML announces two-week-long protests over Oli’s arrest Kathmandu: The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) on Tuesday announced a two-week-long protest starting April 11 against the arrest of deposed prime minister and party chair K P Sharma Oli. **** FGN50 CHINA-IRAN-2NDLD SHIPS China, Pak propose peace plan for West Asia, call for ‘immediate’ end to hostilities Beijing: China and Pakistan on Tuesday put forward a five-point peace proposal to end the West Asia war, including a call for safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. **** FGN12 US-TRUMP-WAR-REPORT **** Trump willing to end war without reopening Hormuz: WSJ Washington: US President Donald Trump has told his aides that he’s willing to end the military operation against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, leaving the campaign to reopen it for a later date, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing administration officials. **** FGN13 NEPAL-CDO-ARREST **** Former Kathmandu CDO arrested for his role in crackdown of Nepal’s Gen Z movement Kathmandu: Former chief district officer (CDO) of Kathmandu Chhabi Rijal was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the crackdown of the Gen Z movement in September last year. **** FGN10 US-WHITEHOUSE-BALLROOM **** Massive military complex under Trump’s pet ballroom project at White House Washington: The US military is building a massive complex under a privately funded ballroom being built in the White House, a move that has run foul with President Donald Trump’s detractors. **** FGN35 IRAN-US-2NDLD ISRAEL **** US strikes city home to Iranian nuclear site while Tehran hits oil tanker off Dubai coast Dubai: US strikes hit a city on Tuesday that is home to one of Iran’s main nuclear sites, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran attacked a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. (AP)**** FGN19 INDONESIA-BOAT-LD ACCIDENT **** Rescuers find 21 people on raft drifting in Indonesian waters after their boat sinks Palu: Indonesian search teams rescued 21 people from a raft Tuesday morning, a day after their boat sank in rough seas. (AP)**** FGN44 CUBA-RUSSIA-LD OIL **** Russian ship carrying oil docks in Cuba, allowed to proceed despite US energy blockade Havana: The Russian vessel Anatoly Kolodkin docked Tuesday at the Cuban port of Matanzas laden with 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the first time in three months that an oil tanker reached the island. (AP)**** PTI PY PY