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Updated May 5, 2026 - 12:00 AM EDT

Iran FM: No Military Solution to Hormuz Strait

		*US Says It Destroyed Six Iranian Boats; Iran Denies Losses*
		Iranian Media: Attack on UAE Oil Facility Result of US 'Adventurism'
		Israel Prepares To Return to War With Iran

Israel May Resume Full-Scale Gaza Bombing

		IDF Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza as Relentless Attacks Continue
		Israel Killing Palestinians 'Like We Haven't Since 1967': Commander

Fighting in S. Lebanon Between IDF and Hezbollah

Russia, Ukraine Declare Competing Ceasefires

Trump's Killing Spree Isn't Stopping Flow of Drugs Into US

Viewpoints

	The West's Bubble of Illusion About Israel – and About Itself – Is Finally Being Burst by Jonathan Cook
	Israel's Crackdown on Palestinian Flag Veers Into the Surreal by Amos Brison
	Rubio Floats a Disastrous Plan for Disarming Hezbollah by Ali Rizk

	Imperial Lies and the War in Iran by Nolan Denaro
	UK Must Continue 'Turning a Blind Eye' to Trump's War Demands by Ian Proud
	A Second Vietnam War? Hanoi Waits and Prepares by José Niño
More Viewpoints

Is China Using Iran as a Proxy Against the US?
by Ted Galen Carpenter

Frontline

	China Blocks US Sanctions Against 'Teapot' Refineries Buying Oil from Iran
	Satellite Imagery Reveals How Sudan's War Scorched Its 'Breadbasket'
	Mali Leader Goita Takes Defense Post After Minister Killed

Russia

	Russia Warns of Escalating NATO Military Activity in Baltic Region
	Russian Oil Cargo Set To Arrive in Japan Amid Supply Strains
	Black Sea Town Faces Environmental Catastrophe as Ukrainian Strikes Rock Russia

Europe

	EU Top Diplomat: US Troop Withdrawal 'Comes as a Surprise'
	Former French President Sarkozy Insists 'Not a Single Cent' of Libyan Money Funded His 2007 Campaign
	Germany Has Not Yet Received Details on US Troop Withdrawal, Defense Minister Says
	Italian Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Kidnapping of Gaza Flotilla Activists
	NATO Chief Says Europeans Have 'Gotten the Message' From Trump on Defense

Asia

	Japan PM Says Iran War Oil Crisis Having 'Enormous Impact' in Asia Pacific
	Impacts of Strait of Hormuz Tensions Stifle Searches for Americans Missing in Laos
	Seoul Says 'Explosion and Fire' Struck South Korean Ship in Strait of Hormuz
	Pakistan Suicide Attack Stopped Short of Target but Leaves One Civilian Killed and 15 Injured

Africa

	Sudanese Journalists Warn Against Media Militarization Amid Rising Attacks
	Zambia Delaying US Deals Over Minerals and Data Demands
	Missing US Soldier Jumped Into Water To Try to Save Another, Search Continues in Morocco, Officials Say
	Former Malian Minister Abducted by Armed Men in Bamako

The War at Home

	Former Qatari Aircraft on Track for Summer Air Force One Delivery
	Space Force Wraps Decades-Long GPS Upgrade – and the Next One Is on Tap

Cuba

	Cuba Tensions on Agenda as Rubio To Meet Pope Leo XIV
	Cuba 'Ready To Defend' Itself if Attacked, Ambassador Says

Latin America

	Brazil's Lula To Travel to US for Talks With Trump This Week, Sources Say
	Trump Says Hundreds of Millions of Barrels of Oil Heading to US From Venezuela

Gaza

	Israeli MK Calls for 'Conquest, Expulsion, Settlement' as She Tours Gaza Boundary
	One in Five Amputees in Gaza Is a Child, UN Warns Amid Prosthetic Care Crisis
	Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Flotilla Says Israeli Forces Attempting To Intercept Boats Off Coast of Greece
	Gaza Flotilla Activists 'Threatened With Death' in Israeli Jail

Israel/Palestine

	Israeli Court Cancels Netanyahu Testimony With No Details Given
	'I Can't Feel My Leg': Israeli Gunfire Disables Teenagers in West Bank
	With World Distracted by War, Extremist Settlers Intensify Attacks in West Bank
	For Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, Intolerance Is Becoming Normal

Iran

	Crew of Iranian Ship Seized by US Forces Evacuated to Pakistan, Government Says
	IRGC Defines New Maritime Control Zone in Strait of Hormuz
	Iranian Hacker Group Reveals Names of Hundreds of US Naval Officers Deployed to Middle East
	Most Strait of Hormuz Shipping at a Standstill Despite Latest US Pledge

Iraq

	'No Pilgrims': Regional War Hushes Iraq's Holy Cities
	Iraqi Court Sentences Four to Prison for Promoting Banned Baath Party
	Yazidi Survivor Reunites With Family After 12 Years in ISIS Captivity

Lebanon

	17 Killed in Israeli Attacks in Lebanon in Last 24 Hours, Death Toll Nears 2,700
	Melkite Catholic Bishops Express Concern Over Israeli Demolitions in Southern Lebanon
	Israeli Military Orders Evacuations in Four South Lebanon Towns
	Lebanese President Says Meeting With Israel's Netanyahu Not Appropriate Now

Middle East

	Jordan Evacuates Dozens of Sick Palestinian Children From Gaza To Receive Medical Care
	Two Injured After Residential Building in Oman Targeted: State Media
	Israelis With Dual Nationality Behind 'Large-Scale' Acquisition of Syrian Agricultural Lands: Report

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