🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India cuts all trade with Pakistan.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Novorussiysk, southwest Russia, declared a state of emergency, after non-stop Ukrainian UAV and USV attacks.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Air raid sirens continue to be tested in regions across Pakistan.

🇺🇦⚡- "Ukraine cannot guarantee the safety of world leaders in Moscow on May 9 [Victory Day parade]," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Multiple Israeli airstrikes against the Hama region, central Syria, an hour ago.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Large-scale Israeli incursion into southern Syria.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli drone operating over Damascus, Syria.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli media, citing the IDF, confirm that an Israeli helicopter landed in As Suwaida region yesterday, to provide Druze separatists with ammunition and weapons.

🇸🇾🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel's violation of Syria’s sovereignty does not contribute to advancing the political solution we are working on with the Syrian President.

I urge Arab states and the international community to support Syria and stand by it as it rebuilds its new state," - Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese Druze Leader, during talks with the Syrian government in Damascus earlier today.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli military is preparing to target additional sites inside Syria, including military and Syrian regime targets.

A violent Israeli air campaign is expected against Syria, similar to the campaign launched on the first day of the attack on Lebanon in September 2024," - Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is helping, but is afraid of getting involved," - Yediot Ahronot, Israeli pro-Likud outlet.

Israeli right-wing media is now in full swing in pushing the government to intervene in Syria.

🇹🇬⚡- BREAKING: The entire government of Togo has resigned.

The Togolese government, together with Prime Minister Victoire Tomega-Dogbe, submitted a letter of resignation, which was accepted by President Faure Gnassingbe.

🇺🇸🇲🇦⚡- US and Morocco launch joint plant for the production of major components of the F-16, particularly its latest version, the F-16V Viper. The production plant will be located in Midparc Casablanca Free Zone, Casablanca, Morocco.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇸🇾⚡- British jets off the coast of Syria, while US warplanes fly over Deir ez-Zur, eastern Syria.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Paparo said that the US is currently capable of defeating China in a potential conflict over Taiwan. However, he cautioned that China's swift military buildup is making the situation increasingly challenging," - Financial Times, British outlet.

🇷🇺🇰🇿⚡- BREAKING: Kazakhstan bans a number of high profile Russian government and media figures, with the reason being "public statements that insulted the honor and dignity of Kazakhstan and its leadership".

The sanctions targeted State Duma Vice Speaker Tolstoy, Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs Committee Nikonov, United Russia deputies Fedorov and Zatulin, and Head of the Federal Agency Primakov. Media figures include Tina Kandelaki, Tigran Keosayan, Alexander Dugin, political scientist Nikita Mendkovich and historian Andrei Grozin.

In their statements, they "questioned Kazakhstan's sovereignty and legitimacy", made "territorial allusions", and accused the authorities of Kazakhstan of Russophobia.