🇮🇷 - Iran's foreign minister admitted that his country holds talks with a number of nations to permit their ships to cross the Strait of Hormuz safely.

Just yesterday, Iran claimed that all ships crossing the Strait are safe by default as far as they aren't connected to the United States or Israel.

🇺🇸🇱🇧 The Michigan synagogue attacker Ayman Mohamad Ghazali is said to be linked to Hezbollah. After driving his explosives-packed vehicle straight into the building of the local synagogue and Jewish school and opening gunfire, he was swiftly shot dead by the establishment's guards.

It was revealed that Ghazali's brothers in Lebanon were active members of the military wing of Hezbollah.

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🇮🇷 - Iran's foreign minister claims that the nation's enriched uranium is under debris now, although, it can be recovered.

🇮🇶 - All operations in the ports of the Iraqi oil hub of Basrah are suspended because of Iranian aerial attacks.

🇮🇳🇳🇿 - India won this year's Cricket T20 World Cup defeating New Zealand in the final game.

🇪🇸 - FC Barcelona holds presidential elections.

🇧🇬 - Spring in Bulgaria.

🇮🇹 Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel reportedly gave private speeches in Rome on the concept of the Antichrist, attended by figures from academic, tech, and religious circles.

The invitation-only lectures examined the possibility of a global leader emerging under the pretext of preventing nuclear, AI, or climate catastrophes.

🇺🇦 - Picture of the Ukrainian military command's order banning soldiers from taking their killed fellows' biological materials that would have been needed for to prove death.

Ukrainian government isn't interested in recognizing their lost soldiers as killed, since that triggers lavish compensations for families of the deceased.

🇺🇸 Jeffrey Epstein's verified account with the proper blue tick appeared on TikTok.

Within the first day of its existence, the account gathered more than one million subscribers. The profile itself, however, only follows Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇺🇦 🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has requested a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky to discuss the procurement of Ukrainian interceptors. The conversation will take place next week, reports Inet.

🇺🇸 - Meta to fire 20% of its workforce in order to cover own AI expenses.

Currently, the corporation employs over 79 thousand people. Last year, it spent 65 billion dollars on AI.

🇩🇪 - Former German chancellor Angela Merkel said that votes of the refugees she once let in Germany will help to defeat the right-wing AfD party in future elections.

The politician suggested to join forces with these migrants and stand up against AfD together.

🇸🇰🇷🇺 Slovakia's prime-minister Robert Fico confirmed that, this year, he will attend the 9th of May Victory Day parade in Moscow once again.

Fico already attended the event last year, becoming the only EU leader to do so. Since then, his relations with Ukraine's president Zelensky have only deteriorated further.

Slovakia is the EU's leading voice against sending more help and money to Ukraine. In turn, Ukraine suspended crucial oil transit from Russia, citing repairs issues. Slovakia heavily relied on this oil, which has been sold at discounted rates and delivered through the pipeline - major advantages for the landlocked Central European country.

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Israel's Channel 12 reports that the US and Israel approved military plans against Iran for 3 more weeks.

🇭🇷 🇷🇸 Croatian President Zoran Milanović criticized Serbia’s acquisition of Chinese missiles, calling them “dangerous offensive systems” and questioning why Croatia focused on buying tanks instead of missile defense.

He also accused Israel of helping arm Serbia, saying modern systems sold to Belgrade could potentially target Croatia, Albania, and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.