#IranIsraelWar 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel is ramping up strikes on Iran’s arms sector amid fears a U.S.–Iran deal could halt the war early.

PM Netanyahu has reportedly ordered the IDF to intensify attacks on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs within 48 hours. — NYT

#IranIsraelWar 🇮🇷 Reports claim Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and actively involved in decision-making in recent days, according to Kan News.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇫🇷🇱🇧 President Macron announced that France will soon deliver armored transport vehicles to Lebanon’s Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Iranian air defenses have reportedly shot down a US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Israel is reportedly concerned the U.S. could push for a one-month ceasefire to enable talks with Iran, CNN reports citing Israeli sources.

#IranIsraelWar 🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu has reportedly ordered the IDF to inflict maximum damage on Iran’s arms industry within 48 hours amid concerns over possible U.S.–Iran talks.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇺🇸🇮🇷 No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran: CENTCOM

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump says he will visit Beijing on May 14–15 to meet Xi Jinping and will invite him to Washington later this year.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there are no talks with the U.S. and that Tehran has no intention of entering negotiations.

#VirusAlert 🇮🇹 Italy confirms its first human case of H9N2 bird flu, reported in the Lombardy region.

#VirusAlert 🇺🇸 The “white plague” is resurging in the U.S., reportedly more deadly than COVID and increasingly resistant to antibiotics — NYP

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇵🇭 Japan to deploy combat troops to the Philippines for Balikatan 2026, marking its first such deployment since World War II. The JSDF will join U.S. and Philippine forces in the largest-ever drills from late April to early May.

#BreakingNews 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 Russia is reportedly supplying drones to Iran, according to a Financial Times report citing Western intelligence.

#MiddleEastConflict 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 U.S. and Israel have reportedly paused targeting Iran’s parliament speaker and foreign minister for several days amid potential peace talks, WSJ reports.

#BreakingNews 🇩🇪🇦🇺 Germany and Australia agree to develop a space surveillance system focused on monitoring Russia and China.

#BreakingNews 🇨🇳 China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, according to Xinhua.

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷🇲🇾 Malaysia’s Prime Minister says Iran will allow Malaysian tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz: Reuters

#MiddleEastConflict 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷 Turkey is intensifying diplomatic efforts to stop Gulf Arab states from joining the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran: Bloomberg

#MiddleEastConflict 🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱 Iran has told intermediaries that Hezbollah must be included in any ceasefire deal with the U.S. and Israel: Reuters