🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- "The Trump administration was slow to grasp how serious the rift between the UAE and Saudi Arabia had become — and chose not to get involved as it deepened.

Early on in the crisis, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Riyadh and Abu Dhabi that the U.S. wouldn't pick sides.

Trump envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner — who has close ties to both leaders and business interests across the region — also stayed out, wary of a rift with either side.

Senior US officials are deeply concerned that Washington's two most important Arab allies will emerge from the Iran war more adversarial than ever," - Axios.

🇮🇷🇩🇪⚡️- Iranian state media Mehr News Agency says Iran must switch to a wartime economy, taking direct inspiration from Nazi Germany during World War II, and must use psychological warfare tactics similar to those used by Joseph Goebbels.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Iran says it will no longer discuss its nuclear program until a permanent peace agreement is reached. - NYT.

🇮🇷⚡- An Iranian VLCC, HUGE, has evaded the US blockade, carrying 1.9 million barrels.

The tanker likely used Pakistan's water-spaces to evade the blockade, and is currently moving through the Lombok Strait in Indonesia.

🇺🇸🇲🇦⚡️- A search and rescue is underway for two U.S. service members that went missing in southwestern Morocco following an annual military exercise.

The incident took place at the Cap Draa Training Area near Tan Tan, a Moroccan city about 15 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.

🇺🇸🇻🇦⚡️- Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Vatican and meet with Pope Leo XIV.

Rubio will be the first cabinet member to meet with Pope Leo since his meeting last year with JD Vance, and the first after Trump’s feud.

🇮🇷⚡- "UKMTO has received a report of an incident 11NM west of Sirik, Iran.

The Master of a northbound bulk carrier has reported being attacked by multiple small craft. All crew reported safe and no environmental impact reported," - UKMTO.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- The IRGC Navy has ordered vessels anchored at Mina Saqr and Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, to depart immediately towards Dubai or face consequences.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- IRGC-affiliated outlets claim that there are “initial actions” ongoing to lift the naval blockade, likely referring to the US Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports.

🇪🇸🇹🇷⚡- BREAKING: The plane carrying Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made an emergency landing in Ankara, Turkey.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump announces “Project Freedom,” under which the United States will begin escorting ships out of the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday, May 4th.

Trump says any interference will be met with force.

🇬🇧🇸🇪🇷🇺⚡- Earlier today, the Swedish Coast Guard boarded a Russian shadow vessel in Britain's territorial waters.

The vessel is under US, UK, and EU sanctions, and was flying flagless.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Head of Iran's Parliament NSC Ebrahim Azizi:

"⚠️ WARNING

Any American interference in the new maritime regime of the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the ceasefire.

The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf would not be managed by Trump's delusional posts!

No one would believe Blame Game scenarios!"

🇸🇾⚡- Clashes erupted in the western As Suwaida region, southern Syria, after Israeli-backed Druze separatists attempted to march onto Syrian government positions.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Project Freedom will not include escort by U.S. warships. Instead, it will be a coordination effort between insurance companies, countries, and shipping companies to move traffic. - WSJ citing a U.S. official.

🇦🇪⚡- The United Arab Emirates has left the ‌Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC).

🇨🇦⚡️- Canada's official 2026 census begins tomorrow. The census is expected to record a continued rapid decline of the White % of the country's population.