علی عبداللهی، فرمانده قرارگاه مرکزی خاتم‌الانبیا، تهدید کرد: «هر نیروی مسلح بیگانه، به‌خصوص ارتش متجاوز آمریکا، چنان‌چه قصد نزدیک شدن و ورود به تنگه هرمز را داشته باشند، مورد تهاجم قرار خواهند گرفت.»

او گفت: «به تمام کشتی های تجاری و نفتکش اعلام می‌کنیم از هرگونه اقدامی برای تردد بدون هماهنگی نیروهای مسلح مستقر در تنگه هرمز خودداری نمایند تا امنیت آنها به خطر نیفتد.»
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🇯🇵🇦🇺 Tokyo and Canberra Deepen Supply Chain and Defense Ties

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese met in Canberra on May 4, issuing five outcome documents including a joint declaration on economic security, with commitments to secure stable supplies of critical minerals, energy, and food. Both leaders cited concerns over export restrictions on rare earths — a direct reference to China's tightened controls — and disruptions to oil flows linked to the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict.

China mines roughly 70% of global rare earths and refines ~90%, leaving Japan heavily exposed. Beijing's recent dual-use export restrictions are widely linked to Takaichi's November parliamentary remarks on potential SDF deployment in a Taiwan contingency. Australia, Japan's largest LNG supplier and a major rare earth producer, faces its own import vulnerabilities following decades of domestic refinery closures. The two sides also confirmed contracts for the first three of 11 Mogami-class frigates to be jointly delivered for the Australian navy.

The leaders agreed to develop concrete measures ahead of their next meeting to institutionalize comprehensive security cooperation, spanning defense, cybersecurity, and economic security.

#Japan #Australia

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Самолет премьер-министра Испании, летевший в Ереван, совершил экстренную посадку в Турции, сообщает Общественное телевидение Армении со ссылкой на турецкое агентство Anadolu.

Лайнер сел в Анкаре из-за технической неисправности.

Санчес летел в Ереван для участия в 8-м саммите Европейского политического сообщества.

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Russian losses per 04/05/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff

+1120 men
+6 tanks
+4 ACVs
+113 artillery pieces
+2 MLRS
+2249 UAVs
+11 GRC's
+5 cruise missiles

Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 135 of 155 Russian drones launched overnight from 18:00 on May 3, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and decoy types. Fourteen strike drones hit 10 locations, while debris fell at 4 more.

❗️Магаданский губернатор: обнаружены тела еще четырех погибших при обвале в Кадыкчанском угольном разрезе

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe VP Chiwenga publicly signals opposition to Mnangagwa's 2030 term extension plan

Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga broke publicly with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 25 April 2026, speaking at a Roman Catholic gathering in Murewa, Mashonaland East Province. Without naming Mnangagwa directly, Chiwenga invoked the biblical story of King Hezekiah — a ruler whose extended reign led to his kingdom's unravelling — in remarks widely interpreted as opposition to moves to extend the president's term to 2030. Parliament is currently considering the Constitutional Amendment (No 3) Bill, which would scrap the 2028 elections, extend Mnangagwa's rule by at least two years, and shift presidential selection from voters to parliament.

The bill directly threatens Chiwenga's own political ambitions. Long positioned as a leading contender for the 2028 succession, he has yet to secure Mnangagwa's endorsement, and the proposed amendment would effectively close that path.

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President Zelensky is taking part today in the European Political Community summit in Armenia, joined by 48 state and government leaders.

Peru’s prosecutor’s office has launched a preliminary investigation following numerous appeals from citizens about the recruitment of their relatives for the war against Ukraine.

According to the authorities, Peruvians were lured to Russia with offers of jobs as bodyguards and in other positions, with promises of high salaries, but were later sent to the front.

Lawyer Marcelo Tataje said families have filed 135 missing persons reports, with information on another 250 similar cases. Another lawyer, Peri Salinas, stated that around 600 people have left Peru for Russia since October 2025, and at least 13 have been killed in the war.

According to the lawyers, recruitment was also carried out by an organization registered in Colombia. Some Peruvians were offered jobs as taxi drivers, cooks, or engineers, with salaries ranging from $2,600 to $4,000 per month and a “welcome bonus” of $20,000, which they did not receive.

Before traveling, recruits were given documents in Russian to sign. Upon arrival, their passports were confiscated, they were sent for short-term military training, and then deployed to the front.

The prosecutor’s office is treating these cases as possible crimes against human dignity and aggravated human trafficking.