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May 05th, 2026

Russian Attacks Kill 27 in Ukraine Before Competing Ceasefires Two People Killed, 32 Others Injured in Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russia's Cheboksary
Five People Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike on Dzhankoi in Crimea Trump Says US Military Operation to 'Guide' Ships Out of the Strait of Hormuz Is Paused
Eight Arkansas National Guard Soldiers Injured in Vehicle Accident at Fort Chaffee Iraq Offers Huge Discounts for Crude Shipments Via Hormuz
Trump's New Iran Negotiator Is Israel Lobbyist Who Denounced Negotiations With Iran Ex-Salvadoran Colonel Seeks Immunity in Dutch Journalists' Killings in US Court
Strait of Hormuz Fills Up With Loaded Tankers Without a Clear Destination ICJ Opens Oral Hearings as Guyana Asks Court To Affirm Century-Old Boundary With Venezuela
Trump Administration Has Transferred 17,400 People to More Than 30 Countries Under Deportation Deals Iran Launches New Maritime Mechanism for Vessels Transiting Strait of Hormuz
Gaza: Medicine Shortages Amid Siege Leave People in Perill At Least 25 Killed by Landmines in Sudan This Year, UN Says
'A Big Pact': How the US Plans To Unite Libya Through Two Ruling Families Rubio Claims the US Is Now Engaged in a 'Defensive Operation' Against Iran
Gasoline in the US Now Costs 50% More Than It Did Before the Iran War How Trump's Timeline for Ending the Iran War Keeps Shifting
Policies Needed To Share AI-Generated Intel Across NATO Countries, Official Says What UNIFIL's Looming Departure Means for Lebanon's Volatile Southern Border
Responding to Trump's Latest Attack, Pope Leo Says His Critics Should Speak 'Truthfully' Diet Coke Parties Are Thrown as Middle East War Disrupts Supplies
Proposed UN Resolution Demands Iran Reopen Hormuz or Face Sanctions Attacks on Aid Workers Surge as International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Warns Job Becoming 'Death Sentence'
Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Home in Occupied East Jerusalem How Israel's Demolition of Palestinian Homes Has Hit Unprecedented Levels
US Boat Strike in the Caribbean Kills Two Security Forces Airmen Pulled From Full Duty After Entering Wrong Home
Dems Push Trump To Acknowledge Israeli Nukes Iraqi Tankers Bypass Hormuz, Stream Into Syria Over Land Via Rabia Gate
Central African Republic: NGO Helps Former Child Soldiers Top US General Says Iran's Attacks 'Below the Threshold' of Restarting Bombing Campaign
Chevron CEO Raises Alarm of Crude Oil Shortages as Energy Prices Spike Worldwide Drones Shatter Months of Relative Calm in Sudan's Capital as International Airport Targeted
Iran Denies Carrying Out Attacks Against the UAE in Recent Days Golan: Zionist Opposition Must Partner With Arab Party Ra'am To Topple Government
Ex-Spy Jonathan Pollard Says He's Entering Politics, Slams Netanyahu and Bennett US Bombs Somalia for 62nd Time This Year
Israeli Officials Call for Mass Incursions Into Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday To Mark East Jerusalem Occupation Palestinian Christians Live in Fear Amid Escalating Israeli Assaults in Occupied East Jerusalem
Israel Targets Southern Lebanon With Internationally Banned Phosphorus Shells Lebanese President Says Direct Talks With Israel 'Only Remaining Path to Achieving a Lasting Peace'
Iran Says US Needs To Show 'Minimum Good Faith' for Diplomacy Iran Says Ready To Meet Global Standards To Demonstrate Peaceful Nature of Nuclear Program
Trump Says US Must 'Make a Journey' to Iran To Seize Nuclear Material Five Killed in Drone Strike on Fuel Stations in Southern Sudan, Doctors Group Says
Iran Says X Removed Verification Badges From Its Foreign Ministry Accounts Netanyahu Appears in Court on Corruption Charges After Hours-Long Delay
Iran Warns Vessels To Follow Designated Route in Strait of Hormuz or Face 'Decisive Action' UN Demands Release of Two Gaza Flotilla Volunteers
Russia Calls on All Parties in US-Iran Tensions To Exercise 'Maximum Restraint' German Foreign Minister Sharply Criticizes Israeli Counterpart on Gaza, West Bank
Brazilian President Lula Calls for Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Detained by Israel Ukraine To Recruit 15,000 Operators Under Drone Warfare Strategy
Teenage Army Recruit Took Own Life After Bullying During Basic Training, UK Inquest Hears UK Convicts Four Palestine Action Activists Over Break-In at Israeli Firm
What's Happening in Mali One Week After Attack by Armed Groups? All We Know Mapping Mali's Gold and Natural Resource Wealth
Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Killing Three Civilians in 'War Crime' Boko Haram Attack Kills 23 Soldiers in Chad's Lake Chad Region
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich Says Son Asked Him To Leave Some of Lebanon for Him To Destroy Israeli Strike on Police Station in Northern Gaza Kills 15-Year-Old Boy
Israel Appoints Settler Who Backs Annexation To Head Powerful Land Authority Markets on Edge as Fresh US-Iran Attacks Dent Optimism Over a Peace Deal
Secret Service Officer Arrested for Indecent Exposure After Trump Event Israel Confirms 500 Strikes Against Lebanon Since 'Ceasefire' Went Into Effect
Iran Says US Bombed Cargo Vessels, Not IRGC Boats, and Killed Five Civilians Israel Said To Have Helped Defend Emirates in Iran War With Iron Dome
UAE Becomes First Regional Buyer of Brazilian Military Transport Aircraft Report: 15,000 Pakistanis Arrested and Deported From UAE, Savings Seized
Israeli Military Orders Evacuations in Two Lebanon Towns Israel To Extend Detention of Gaza Flotilla Activists
Trump Urges South Korea To Join 'Hormuz Mission', Despite Claiming Success Iran Reiterates Food Security Safe Despite US Maritime Blockade
Spain Rejects Military Support Against Iran, Calls for Diplomacy Iranian Speaker: US 'Evil Will Diminish', Iran Yet To Unleash Full Capacity
Cyber Attack Hit UAE's Fujairah Port 'Minutes Before' IRGC Missile Strike Obama Says Netanyahu Pushed Same Iran War Arguments to Him, Trump
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