🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Israel killed Iran's surveillance minister. Iran confirmed.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Pakistan pauses military operation against Afghanistan for 5 days because of a Muslim holiday.

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Crude oil prices jumped after Israel attacked Iranian gas facilities in South Pars, $110 per barrel and the trend will likely continue.

🇸🇦 🇦🇪 🇶🇦 🇮🇷 All petrochemical plants that received warnings from Iran are currently in the evacuation phase.

🇬🇪 - Georgia holds state funeral for the deceased Patriarch of their Orthodox Church.

🇷🇺 - In the Moscow region, police found a travel bag with body of a woman cut in pieces inside.

Once the suspect was identified, police departed to arrest him, however, the man committed suicide shortly prior to their arrival.

🇦🇫🇵🇰 - Taliban temporarily suspends military operations against Pakistan, citing requests from Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia as the reason.

🇮🇷 Iranian President reportedly plans to resign and quit politics, according to Israeli Channel 14.

📊 California Governor Primary

🔴 Hilton 17%
🔴 Bianco 16%
🔵 Swalwell 13%
🔵 Porter 13%
🔵 Steyer 10%
🔵 Becerra 5%

🔴 Top 2 advance to a runoff

If a Republican wins because no Democrat makes the runoff, it could end Newsom’s presidential ambitions, suppress Democratic turnout, and undo his gerrymander.

The deadline for candidates to drop out is March 26, but so far no one has budged — suggesting Democrats either can’t unite or no one is willing to step aside.

🇷🇺 Russian Navy ships will begin to escort Russian merchant vessels, said Russian President's aide and head of the Maritime Collegium Nikolai Patrushev.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 In the Middle East, oil futures crossed the $150 mark after Israel hit an oilfield in Southern Iran.

The Pentagon confirmed that the Israeli strike was planned and executed in coordination and with approval from the United States. Previously, America asked Israel not to attack Iran's oil sector in hopes to stabilize the global prices.

🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan: Israel has kept Al-Aqsa Mosque closed to Muslim worship for 17 days without any authority and for arbitrary reasons.

📝 Note: Christians have been prevented from freely worshipping in Hagia Sophia since 1453, also without authority and for arbitrary reasons.

🇸🇰 Slovakia's social democratic prime-minister Robert Fico promised to work a night shift at a factory ahead of the 1st of May, the International Labour Day.

On the 9th of May, Fico planned a trip to Moscow in order to take part in the Russian Victory Day's celebrations.

🇪🇨🇲🇽 - Leader of the Ecuadoran Los Lobos cartel arrested in Mexico City.

🇯🇵 Japan's gasoline prices hit record high.

Despite the grim news and spike in prices, Japan remains one of the Asian countries most protected from the ongoing oil crisis - its strategic reserve can last for months.

🇺🇦🇪🇺 - EU refused to include experts from Hungary and Slovakia to the delegation that is going to inspect the Russian oil transit pipeline in Ukraine.

Hungary and Slovakia have been accusing Ukraine of keeping the pipeline turned off intentionally.