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Ilya Ivanov specified that it is not just a matter of quantitative but also qualitative superiority

US forces are supporting Project Freedom and enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports," US Central Command said in a post on X.

A green group has spotted people landing on an uninhabited island in the southern Hong Kong waters known to be a regular breeding site for a seabird species during mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” holiday, which coincides with its breeding season. Terns, known as “sea swallows”, are seabirds with typically white or light grey streamlined bodies, long pointed bills and forked tails. While about 40 tern species exist globally, one-third of them, or 12, have been recorded in Hong Kong....

Discussing alternatives to the Alliance has long been taboo. That changed in 2026.

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Austria declared three Russian diplomats personae non gratae over an “antenna forest” on the roofs of diplomatic buildings that could be used for spying, the government said on Monday. Numerous satellite dishes placed on buildings used by the Russian state in Vienna, particularly a residential complex for diplomatic staff, have long attracted the attention of Austria’s main domestic intelligence service, which has warned for years they could be used to intercept other states’ satellite...
BEIRUT, May 4 (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament speaker, who is the most senior Shi'ite politician and a close ally of Hezbollah, said on Monday there could be no negotiations with Israel without a halt to the war that has raged on in southern Lebanon in spite of a ceasefire. Nabih Berri's comments, made as Israeli forces ordered residents out of four more villages in southern Lebanon, underline challenges facing U.S. efforts to forge peace between the states which held rare, face-to-face talks l

Back in March, Lebanon was pulled back into conflict amid escalating regional tensions linked to Iran, as Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel. Israel responded with waves of airstrikes and later ground operations in the south, displacing hundreds of thousands. While early exchanges relied on rockets and mortars, Hezbollah has since shifted tactics, with analysts pointing to an increased use of fibre optic drones that can evade Israeli jamming systems. A US-brokered ceasefire came into effect i

The latest developments in the Middle East war: - Iran targets UAE tanker - The United Arab Emirates said Iran fired two drones at a tanker affiliated with its state oil company ADNOC in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning the attack. "Targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail represents acts of piracy by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps," the foreign ministry said, adding there were no injuries. - Iran media says missiles fired at US f

Internal splits over defence spending are widening within Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, ahead of this year’s local elections. The party is facing growing pressure from the United States over its response to a proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special defence budget put forward by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to fund the purchase of arms from the US and the development of domestic weapons. Washington’s de facto ambassador in Taipei, Raymond Greene, last week..

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Berlin police plan to introduce strict general orders regarding Soviet memorials for the period of May 8 and 9.
Armenia's PM Pashinyan: Now we have peace with Azerbaijan. It is already two years that we have had no casualties… unprecedented since our independence. This is the first time when the President of Azerbaijan is participating in an event taking place in Armenia… but online... Hopefully, I will have the opportunity to visit Azerbaijan in 2028.

The council specified that Finland’s air force conducted the Ilmataktiikka 26 exercise, with the stated goal of enhancing combat readiness and refining coordination between units
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Donald Tusk stressed that Warsaw refuses to undermine solidarity and cooperation at the European level

Canadian PM says Europe is not destined to submit to a more ‘transactional, insular and brutal world’ Europe will not submit to a more “brutal world”, and can instead be the base from which a new international order can be rebuilt, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, has said. Carney was speaking as the first non-European leader to attend a meeting of the European Political Community, which opened on Monday amid high tensions in the strait of Hormuz and renewed doubts about the US commitme
‘Israel is not implementing the ceasefire agreement in Gaza’
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The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned an Iranian drone attack on an ADNOC-linked tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Two drones hit the vessel, but no injuries were reported.

The United States said Monday it is ready to “guide” commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz in a new effort to end the blockade wreaking havoc on the global economy. The U.S.-led Joint Maritime Information Center advised ships to cross the strait in Oman’s waters, saying it had set up an “enhanced security area.” The American military has said the initiative might involve guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 aircraft and 15,000 service members but has not specified what kind of assist
As part of the I Want to Go Home project, 70 collaborators have left for Russia to date in exchange for captured Ukrainian military personnel and civilians.

The US Department of the Air Force has selected three companies to potentially develop and operate nuclear microreactors on military installations as part of its Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative. US Air Force selects three firms for nuclear microreactors first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
Reuters: Senior Iranian official says Iran fired warning shot to US warship A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday that Iran fired a “warning shot” against the US navy vessel to prevent its entry into the Strait of Hormuz, but is unclear as to whether any damage was sustained. This comes after US Central Command denies that any attack on their vessels which Iran media reported had taken place.

A drone struck a laboratory for external radiation monitoring at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), located outside the plant's perimeter.
UAE condemns Iranian attack on Adnoc tanker transiting Hormuz The United Arab Emirates has condemned Iran’s attack on a tanker from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) attempting to cross through the Strait of Hormuz, according to AFP. Two drones were reported to have targeted the ship. “Targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail represents acts of piracy by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,” the foreign ministry said, a

Alexander Stepanov added that Sweden will likely develop the satellite constellation as part of creating duplicate European military space capabilities

Ukraine’s battle-tested system uses thousands of acoustic sensors and interceptors to find and destroy incoming drones.
The first of the KC-46 aircraft undertook a maiden test flight within the US, and is expected to be delivered to the Jewish state in around a month.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha has met with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas to discuss Ukraine’s progress toward European Union membership.

The largest number of passengers in the first quarter came from India, followed by Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom
No US Navy ships struck by Iran, says US CENCOM US Central Command said on Monday that no US warships have been hit after Iranian media reported earlier that they had struck an American vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz with two missiles. “US forces are supporting Project Freedom and enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports,” US CENCOM wrote in a post to X. 🚫 CLAIM: Iranian state media claims that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit a U.S. warship with two missiles

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US president gave no details on how operation would work as Iran says it will attack any armed force entering waterway Middle East crisis – live updates The US has launched an operation to “guide” ships trapped in the Gulf by the Iran war through a southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, even as Tehran insisted that any such transits would have to be coordinated with its armed forces. The scheme was announced as “Project Freedom” on Sunday night by Donald Trump on his social media page, where
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“I was 15 when I started blogging with a fake name, Sarah Shams,” she told The Jerusalem Post last week while visiting Israel. “Sarah was my aunt’s name, and Shams was an Arab lady who sang on TV.