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Russian forces carried out an airstrike on Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing one man.

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Israel is using Greece to advance its regional goals and will exploit its fears, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese said. “You think that you have chosen Israel… I don’t think so,” she said. “Israel has chosen you, and it’s going to exploit your fears and your insecurity.” Source: Al Jazeera

The hit damaged an auto service station, 4 shops, and private and apartment buildings.

Andrey Marochko said that five villages were retaken from Ukrainian forces by fighters from Russia’s Battlegroup North

Trump orders new Hormuz mission after Iran says it receives US response to its peace proposal.

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President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. would start an effort on Monday morning to free ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz as a "humanitarian gesture" to aid neutral countries in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Trump provided few details about the plan, which he said would aid ships and their crews that have been "locked up" in the strait and are running low on food and other supplies as Iran blocks access through the crucial waterway.

European leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gather in Armenia Monday as they seek to navigate a fraught geopolitical environment under an unpredictable White House. US President Donald Trump will loom large over the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC). It takes place in Yerevan, a crossroads between Russia and the Middle East -- the two main issues on the agenda. FRANCE 24's Taline Oundjian reports from Yerevan, Armenia.

China ordered companies to ignore US sanctions against five oil refiners accused of buying Iranian crude, an unprecedented pushback against American financial measures less than two weeks before a presidential summit. The US action “violates international law and the basic norms of international relations”, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday. The sanctions cover a refinery in Dalian owned by Shanghai-listed Hengli Petrochemical, along with four independent “teapot” refineries –...

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The United States will launch an effort on Monday to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to help hundreds of vessels and some 20,000 seafarers. Iran quickly denounced it as a ceasefire violation. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington DC.

The leaders of almost 50 countries – including the European Union's 27 nations and partners – gathered to discuss economic and energy security at the eighth European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia, on Monday. The war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East will top the agenda.
If Russia holds its May 9 parade in Moscow without military equipment, it will mean that Russians fear drones may fly over Red Square, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

At the EPC summit in Yerevan, Zelenskyy said Russia's 9 May parade will be without military hardware — and Ukrainian drones may fly over Moscow.

One person was killed in a Russian strike on the settlement of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the afternoon of 4 May.

The French president said he is unaware of the details of the US initiative on the Strait of Hormuz
UAE says it left OPEC on good terms, Iran criticises exit UAE Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei said on Monday that the UAE left Opec and Opec+ on good terms and will continue working with members of the groups. “Opec has been relatively calm about the decision,” he said at a conference to reporters in reference to the reaction to the country leaving the oil producers’ group. Iran, an Opec member, has criticised the UAE for the exit and said that a “negative or vengeful reaction toward m

The attack on the Russian capital comes just days ahead of the annual Victory Day military parade on Red Square.

Timo Toikkanen, CEO of Varjo, and Nico Lange of IRIS argue military training is falling behind modern war, with Ukraine exposing gaps in legacy methods. Modern warfare is outpacing military training first appeared on UK Defence Journal.

Russian forces are also engaged in battles in areas near the settlements of Stary Karavan and Brusovka on the way to the key waterway, Denis Pushilin said

NYT reports African men are being lured by fake civilian job offers on WhatsApp and Telegram and forced into Russia's war on Ukraine. Contracts are in Russian

A 67-year-old driver has been arrested after his vehicle reportedly lost control at a border checkpoint in a traffic accident that killed his 62-year-old wife. Police received a report at 4.41am on Monday that a private car had rammed into multiple traffic cones and a kiosk before coming to rest on its side on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge near 80 Shun Wan Road. The car, bearing the number plate ZZ9**2, was headed towards Hong Kong when the accident took place, with the driver and passenger.
Iran foreign ministry: US must abandon ‘excessive demands’ Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has blamed the US for the slow pace of diplomacy to end the war, calling its demands in negotiations "excessive". “The other side must resolve to adopt a reasonable approach and abandon excessive demands regarding Iran,” Baghai told reporters on Monday. Baghei also said that all countries that have taken part in the war both directly and indirectly are “responsible”.
Four people were killed as a result of a Russian strike on the town of Merefa in the Kharkiv region; as of 11:00 a.m., there are reports of 16 injured.

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The United Arab Emirates’ shocking decision to leave Saudi-dominated Opec was not targeted at anyone, the UAE minister who heads the state oil giant said on Monday. The move aimed at focusing on national priorities and the UAE economy, said Sultan Al Jaber, who is CEO of state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and the country’s industry and advanced technology minister. The decision, which took effect on Friday, followed months of tensions with neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the world’s t

President Trump said the US will begin Project Freedom on Monday to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.

Troops from the Royal Regiment of Scotland have been taking part in urban combat drills as they prepare to deploy to the Baltic states for a major NATO exercise.
Tehran says American involvement would breach ceasefire amid fragile maritime tensions.

Defense News tracked 167 Russian shadow airline flights to Algeria in 14 months, linking Su-57 and Su-35 plants to Algerian bases and onward to Niger and Guinea.
Over a thousand Ukrainian military personnel and civilians have been held captive by Russia since 2022.

According to the source, Donald Trump could take such steps to regain the support of his core electorate

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