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Russia's Ministry of Defense has announced what it calls a "ceasefire in honor of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War" from May 8 to 9.

The delineated zone runs from a western boundary drawn between Iran's Qeshm Island and the UAE's Umm al Quwain, and extends eastward to a line connecting Iran's Mount Mobarak with Fujairah in the UAE.
Schools in the United Arab Emirates will switch to remote learning from May 5–8 due to renewed attacks from Iran.
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An exchange of fire threatened to shatter a fragile cease-fire as President Trump seeks to break Iran’s effective blockade of the waterway.
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Iran claims its navy forced a US warship to turn back from the Strait of Hormuz as Washington denies any clash.
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The construction of training sites and logistics routes continues in Belarus. While Russia currently does not have a sufficient troop grouping there to launch an offensive against Ukraine, the infrastructure being created could be utilized at any time.

Russia has declared a unilateral ceasefire to cover the event and threatened a massive strike on central Kyiv if it were disrupted.

Fire broke out at a major UAE oil industry zone on Monday after a drone attack originating from Iran, authorities said, as the Gulf state's military separately intercepted three Iranian missiles over its waters and a fourth crashed into the sea. Hoda Abdel Hamid reports for FRANCE 24 from Doha.

WASHINGTON: Public opinion within parts of the American-Jewish community on the US-led war against Iran has shown a noticeable shift, with support easing and opposition rising over time, according to a recent survey. While different polls focus on different segments of the community, both point to growing reservations about the campaign as it has progressed. The Jewish People Policy Institute’s “Voice of the Jewish People Index” survey, which tracks attitudes among a more connected segment of Am

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will introduce a ceasefire starting from 00:00 on the night of 5-6 May.

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Saudi Arabia and its allies must curb the growing Israeli-Emirati axis US President Donald Trump has hit a brick wall with Iran. Whatever path he now takes, and whoever was stupid enough to follow him, will lead them into more danger. If Trump opts for war, he can be sure it will be more costly in US lives than the first round was. If US Marines land on any of Iran’s islands in the Strait of Hormuz, they would become sitting ducks for drones and missiles on terrain that gives them no co
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has not been officially contacted regarding a proposed ceasefire on May 9.
Support fell weeks into the war and fell further to 60% just after US President Donald Trump unilaterally announced a ceasefire on April 8.

European leaders talked up independence on defence and closer ties with Canada Monday, as they gathered in Armenia for a summit clouded by US threats to cut military support. US President Donald Trump loomed large over the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Yerevan, which was for the first time attended by a non-European leader: Canada's Mark Carney. FRANCE 24's international affairs commentator Douglas Herbert has more.
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Earlier on Monday, the UAE Defense Ministry announced it had intercepted three missiles, with a fourth missile falling into the sea.

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Just as Europe frets over fresh Trump tariffs, a U-S troop drawdown announced for Germany and the message it sends to a hostile Russia…how about not one, but two summits in former Soviet state Armenia. Before a first-ever gathering of EU leaders in Yerevan Tuesday, the European Politicial Community - a talk shop with regional players which also includes Ukraine and many NATO heavyweights like the UK, Norway and an outside guest who shares superpower proximity problems.
UAE moves schools to remote learning as US-Israeli war on Iran threatens to restart Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have ordered all schools to switch to remote learning as regional tensions intensify. The situation will be reviewed on 8 May, authorities said.

Residents of the Krasnopillia hromada in the Sumy district have discovered the body of an elderly man who was killed by a Russian drone strike on his household. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Adm. Brad Cooper said Iran was trying to interfere with a U.S. military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic.
Adm. Brad Cooper said Iran was trying to interfere with a U.S. military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic.

The Russian Defense Ministry has unilaterally announced a ceasefire for May 8-9, citing a decision by Vladimir Putin.
By Simon Lewis May 4 (Reuters) - The United States and Gulf Arab nations are drafting a U.N. Security Council resolution designed to condemn Iran for blocking the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.Mike Waltz said on Monday. Waltz said negotiations will take place this week on the resolution, which comes after permanent Security Council members Russia and China blocked a resolution last month that Washington hoped would galvanize internati

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UAE’s Fujairah on fire following Iranian attack today.

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The United Arab Emirates has reported missile and drone attacks from Iran, the first of their kind since the April ceasefire. This comes as the US seeks to help ships through the Strait of Hormuz. DW has the latest.
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On May 3 and during the night of May 4, Ukraine’s Defense Forces hit a number of Russian military targets.
Since the start of the day, Russia has shelled Ukraine more than 70 times, with seven regions coming under attack; on Monday alone, 14 Ukrainians were killed and about 60 injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has said.