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Al Qaeda-linked insurgents JNIM set up checkpoints on roads to Mali's capital, Bamako, and called on Malians to rise up against the military-led government and transition to Sharia law as rebel group FLA seized the northern town of Tessalit https://t.co/eZyGCrkUKO pic.twitter.com/zAUUsA6PAW

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 1, 2026

Donald Trump said the US Navy acted 'like pirates' in carrying out Washington's naval blockade of Iranian ports during the US and Israel's war against Iran https://t.co/R8XR1p1idp pic.twitter.com/dBpNoobc4Z

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 2, 2026

Iran supplies about 90 percent of the world's saffron - one of the most valuable agricultural products by weight, with a global market worth some $1.6 billion.

But since Iranian authorities shut down Internet access at the start of the war two months ago, growers have been cut… pic.twitter.com/RkpIlq2aLn

— Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) May 2, 2026

🇫🇷 Police has brutally suppressed May Day demonstrations in France.
May 1 is a unique annual event in France, the product of nearly 140 years of social struggle. pic.twitter.com/vt26iHZzOL

— Roberto (@UniqueMongolia) May 2, 2026

WriteerNg:
⚡Bloomberg:

The United States has warned shippers that paying tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz puts them at risk of sanctions.

WriiterNg:
⚡Consequences of another wave of Russian Geran-2 drone strikes on the city of Izmail, southern Odesa Oblast.

The strikes targeted industrial buildings and warehouses, resulting in large fires breaking out. At least 24 drones were involved in the attack.

🇷🇺🇪🇺 Medvedev:

"Nowaday's EU is led by straight-up idiots who are destroying with their own hands what has been built over the decades since EU transformed from the coal and steel community into the modern EU."

Can't argue with facts.

Source: TASS / Izvestia https://t.co/XdkqDfe4yZ pic.twitter.com/VTCNZTTLpY

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 1, 2026

Kingsnairaland:
Beautiful news
God bless putin God bless mother Russia

Israel has welcomed 250 Indian nationals who claim to be descendants of a biblical tribe, as part of ongoing gov't efforts to encourage Jewish migration to the country.

Al Jazeera’s @nour_odeh reports. pic.twitter.com/3l0ySvOnqs

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 2, 2026

WriiterNg:
⚡One of the targets that Russia struck in the city of Ternopil was a plant that manufactures radio based communication equipment.

Beautiful
Raze those UK USA evil Nato company's to the ground

Instead of migrants, robots could work in Ukraine — Presidential Administration advisor Mikhail Podolyak. pic.twitter.com/9qxFVjmMN6

— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterPress) May 2, 2026

WriiterNg:

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Welcome back.

Kingsnairaland:
So busy this days time flys so fast

The Israeli Army demolishing a Catholic school in Lebanon.

They have described it as "Hezbollah infrastructure".

How can they do this?pic.twitter.com/Tt6yFMJZvK

— Ethan Levins 🇺🇸 (@EthanLevins2) May 2, 2026

The Turkish laser ALKA hit the target with absolute precision.

ROKETSAN announced that the directed high-energy laser weapon system ALKA successfully hit an aerial target during combat tests.

Turkey plans to use such systems to protect against drones. pic.twitter.com/4Ipsu1nCde

— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterPress) May 2, 2026

Many people wonder why the top leadership of Iran does not take shelter in bomb shelters?

Moustafa Pourmohammadi, former Minister of Interior of Iran:

The answer lies in the approach they themselves adhere to: for them, the people always come first.

There are indeed modern,… pic.twitter.com/RYjsp0jxND

— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterPress) May 2, 2026

🚨 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Pentagon is considering the first-ever combat use of the "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missile against Iran, despite the weapon being unproven.

Ex-CIA Larry Johnson confirmed only roughly eight such missiles are currently available. 

He argued, however, that deploying… https://t.co/fqZIJP7xVk pic.twitter.com/daPJxAXpdi

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 2, 2026

Footage showing a recent Russian Geran-2 drone strike on a locomotive in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Railway infrastructure has been increasingly coming under attack in the city. pic.twitter.com/knbm4RSnx4

— AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 (@AMK_Mapping_) May 2, 2026

In Druzhkovka, which is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Druzhkovka Gas Equipment Plant is on fire following airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces. pic.twitter.com/Qg7ujj5xAN

— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterPress) May 2, 2026

🚨🇺🇦Heartbreaking scenes from Odessa as more than 20 Ukrainians kidnapped by Zelensky are loaded onto a bus and sent straight to their deaths.

Desperate wives fight to stop the vehicle carrying their husbands to the front lines.

Why is the EU supporting this? pic.twitter.com/XfJVTZjco4

— Mario ZNA (@MarioBojic) May 2, 2026

The Israeli army has demolished a monastery and school in the village of Jarun in southern Lebanon, local media report pic.twitter.com/TisNADOXNR

— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterPress) May 2, 2026

CCTV footage shows several petrochemical workers staying at their posts during heavy US-Israeli bombing of Mahshahr's facilities, redefining courage by refusing to leave.

Morteza Hamid was the last to exit, remaining on duty on the very day his child was born. pic.twitter.com/dPo9G038rE

— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) May 2, 2026

WriiterNg:
🇸🇦 🇨🇳

🚨 Zelenskyy spoke with Robert Fico and said he is open to meeting him

The Prime Minister of Slovakia is one of the main opponents of anti-Russian sanctions in the European Union.

The President of Ukraine is seen as a benchmark of international diplomacy. He says that despite… pic.twitter.com/CtO4dGyuF4

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 2, 2026