🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "We're making good progress with Iran and we'll reach a deal without having to drop bombs there," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇮🇷⚡- Iranian outlet Student News Network confirms a fire had broken out at a warehouse, which has now been extinguished.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran says it repelled 'one of the most widespread and complex cyber attacks against the country's infrastructure' on Sunday.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- US Secretary of State Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov spoke over the phone.

🇮🇷🇸🇦⚡- The Iranian and Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministers, Araghchi and bin Farhan, held a telephone conversation.

🇷🇺🇰🇵⚡- "Under Article 4 of the Russia - North Korea Treaty, Russia can provide military assistance to the DPRK," - The Kremlin.

🌍⚡- Global military spending in 2024 hits a record $2.7 trillion amid rising conflicts.

🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦⚡- "Germany will support Ukraine and provide weapons even if the US stops aid," - Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defence of Germany.

🇻🇦⚡- The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican has been closed to visitors in preparation for the conclave that will elect a new Pope.

🇻🇦⚡- The Chapel has been closed to prepare for the cardinals who will elect a new Pontiff.

A chimney will be installed from which smoke will come out to indicate the progress of the vote: Black, if a new Pope has not yet been chosen. White, if a new Pope has been elected.

🇻🇦⚡- The conclave meeting is traditionally held in the Chapel, and will likely begin between May 5 and 10.

🇮🇷🇦🇿⚡- Iran's President Pezeshkian arrives in Baku, Azerbaijan, just days before Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Baku.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: Initial reports of Pakistan downing an Indian drone over the Line of Control, LoC, Kashmir region.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: India claims 3-4 gunmen have infiltrated into India-controlled Kashmir from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli Foreign Ministry has called for the United Nations to be taken to and prosecuted at the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague.

🇮🇳🇵🇰 - Fake news over the past 24 hours over the Indo-Pak conflict, stemming mainly from Pakistan:

- A single Turkish C-130E military aircraft landed in Karachi International Airport - not a military base. The aircraft initially took off from Ankara, landing in al-Kut, Iraq, to refuel. There was one aircraft, not six.

- According to "Pakistani OSINTers" the aircraft provided Pakistan with military supplies - which is false. The aircraft was barely on the ground for 16 hours, and is now heading further east, likely towards Malaysia. The aircraft, which is currently over Indian airspace, have a max. ferry range of 3,500-3,700km. Hence its refueling stops in Iraq and an International Airport in Karachi, instead of a military base. So media claiming they 'know' what cargo was being delivered are just flat-out lying.

- US C-17s to India are not carrying military cargo, nor are they carrying Israeli operatives. There is no giant conspiracy against Pakistan, Pakistan's military and the ISI are puppet systems of the US already. The US C-17s are returning from the Middle East to pick-up the large number of resources the US invested in the recent US-India Tiger Triumph 2025 military exercises. The exercises ended less than 7 days ago, and lasted over 15 days.

🇮🇳🇫🇷 - India finalized a deal with France to acquire 26 Rafales.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "Britain says sending troops to Ukraine is a done deal, but they will train Ukrainian soldiers, not fight" - The Telegraph, British outlet.