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18 May 2025 21:25

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli media: At tonight’s cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the continuation of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including all parts of the Strip. Minister Ben Gvir demanded a vote but was overruled. The decision passed despite opposition from several cabinet ministers.

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18 May 2025 21:01

⚠️🇱🇾 A convoy of armed vehicles, including a T-72 tank and a Turkish-supplied ACV-15, affiliated with the 111th Brigade under the GNU’s Ministry of Defense, has withdrawn from Qasr Bin Ghashir toward Wadi Al-Rabee Bridge.
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18 May 2025 20:50

⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱Hamas official Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri denied rumors of the movement agreeing to the release of 9 Israeli captives for a two-month truce. He stated that Israel is spreading fake news to pressure Hamas and cover its crimes. He added that Hamas won’t release captives while aggression against Gaza continues.

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18 May 2025 20:02

⚡️🇷🇺 A lead designer of the Iskander Missile System, Vladimir Nedoshivin, was reported dead in Moscow. His death occurred on May 9th after he was attacked by a neighbour for drunkenly relieving himself in the stairwell of the apartment complex.

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18 May 2025 19:46

⚡️🇸🇾🏴 An ISIS car bomb exploded in the Al-Mayadeen police station in the Deir Ezzor countryside, Eastern Syria, with reports of deaths and injuries, and a curfew was imposed in the city.

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18 May 2025 19:18

⚡️🇱🇾 Unconfirmed reports circulating on social media suggest that Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar has died in Moscow after suffering a stroke.

No official confirmation or denial has been issued by Libyan or Russian authorities.

These current reports should be treated with caution.

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18 May 2025 18:58

⚡️🇷🇴Telegram refused a request by an unspecified Western government to silence Conservative Romanian channels before the Romanian Presidential run-off. 

Pavel Durov, Telegram co-founder, said

Telegram will not restrict the freedoms of Romanian users or block their political channels…You can’t ‘defend democracy’ by destroying democracy.

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18 May 2025 18:45

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 IDF Spokesperson, when asked what’s different this time compared to previous operations in Gaza: “We are holding the ground and not allowing Hamas to return to the areas it used to retreat to in the past.”

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18 May 2025 18:37

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 IDF Spokesperson: We are entering a new phase of the war. During the operation, we will expand operational control over the Gaza Strip by cutting it apart and moving the population in all areas where we operate.

We have implemented lessons learned from the fighting so far. Five IDF divisions are currently operating in the Strip.

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15 May 2025 20:16

⚡️🇮🇱🇾🇪 Interceptor above ashdod.

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15 May 2025 19:54

⚡🇳🇴🇺🇦 Norway announced that all of its F-16 will be delivered to Ukraine by the end of the year.
The fighter jets were retired in 2022 and replaced by the F-35.

The exact number is unclear, Norway had a total of 74 F-16 but several likely aged out of service and up to 44 were sold to second-hand users.

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15 May 2025 19:03

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine President Zelensky has left Türkiye for the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania.

Direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, originally scheduled to begin today, are postponed until Friday, May 16, according to unnamed sources cited by Russian news agency TASS.

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15 May 2025 15:19

⚡️🇹🇷🇺🇦 Talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have concluded at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

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15 May 2025 15:03

⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 One person was killed after an Israeli drone launched a missile at a bulldozer on the Arnoun-Yahmar road in Nabatieh, south Lebanon.

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15 May 2025 14:51

⚡️🇺🇦🇹🇷 Earlier today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked to comment on Russian President Putin's absence.

“I am here. I think that’s a pretty clear message.”

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18 May 2025 21:09

⚡️🇱🇾 Tensions continue to escalate across western Libya.

▪️A high-level meeting is underway at Mitiga base between Abdulraouf Kara, commander of the Special Deterrence Forces, and military leaders from the western region.

▪️Meanwhile, the Misrata Military Council issued Statement No. 13, rejecting any internationally imposed government and warning both the House of Representatives and the High Council of State against bypassing national consensus or forming new authorities outside the current framework.

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18 May 2025 20:54

⚡🇷🇴 George Simion has declared victory despite the exit poll.

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18 May 2025 20:32

⚡🇷🇴 Presidential elections were held today in Romania. The liberal candidate Nicusor Dan is currently leading the polls with 54% of the votes. His opponent the eurosceptic George Simion is at 46%
The results are not definitive.

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18 May 2025 19:59

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Barak Ravid: Despite Israel and Hamas having negotiation teams in Doha, the real talks on the Witkoff proposal are taking place through other channels — with the White House envoy holding discussions with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hamas leadership via a backchannel run by Palestinian-American businessman Bashara Bahbah.

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18 May 2025 19:35

⚡️🇨🇦 A recently leaked internal report by Canadian Armed Forces insinuates that many new recruits are leaving over frustration of not receiving training in the jobs they wanted.

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18 May 2025 19:10

⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱🇨🇦 Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel of using the blockade of aid into Gaza as a political tool in a Wednesday statement.

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18 May 2025 18:47

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 A Hamas official told CNN that the group agreed to release 7–9 Israeli hostages in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 300 Palestinian prisoners. He added that the hostage release would be conditional on an IDF withdrawal to the east of Salah al-Din Road, which connects northern and southern Gaza.

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18 May 2025 18:38

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 IDF Spokesperson: Unlike before, we are now focusing an offensive effort in the Gaza Strip — until decisive victory. The threat is now materializing. We have carried out a large-scale reserve mobilization. The reservists understand the urgency of the moment and showed up in large numbers. We are moving forward, and the only thing that can stop us is the return of our hostages.

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15 May 2025 21:20

⚡️🇩🇪 Financial Times: Berlin has endorsed President Trump’s call for NATO members to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP.

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul confirmed the move at a NATO meeting in Turkey, aligning with a proposed split of 3.5% for core military spending and 1.5% for infrastructure and cybersecurity .

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has amended Germany’s constitution to exempt defense spending above 1% of GDP from borrowing limits, enabling a €500 billion fund for military and infrastructure modernization .

This shift aims to reduce reliance on U.S. protection and strengthen NATO’s collective defense.

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15 May 2025 20:15

⚡️🇮🇱🇾🇪 Scenes from Tel Aviv.

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15 May 2025 19:11

⚡️🇺🇸🇦🇪 Emirates News Agency: United States President Donald Trump thanked the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for its pledge to invest $1.4 trillion in the US during his visit to the country.

Trump said the US will “work very hard” to prove to Abu Dhabi that it deserves the investment.

He expressed hope that relations between the two countries will “only get bigger and better.”

During his state visit, Trump was awarded the Order of Zayed, the UAE’s highest civilian honour.

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15 May 2025 16:40

⚡️🇪🇹 footage from Ethiopia showing a fire fight between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian National Defense Force in East Gojjam, Amhara Region.

The government declared a state of emergency across the region, granting near-total authority to security forces. This has led to numerous human rights abuses, including arrests and extrajudicial killings, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.

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15 May 2025 15:15

⚡️🇺🇸🇦🇪 US President Donald Trump has arrived in Abu Dhabi for the final leg of his four-day Gulf tour.

He was received by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan upon arrival.

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15 May 2025 14:54

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 TASS: Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks:

“Who is Zelensky calling a ‘theatre prop’ delegation?”

“Who is he to use that language? A clown, a loser, a person of unknown education talking about people who have qualifications, academic achievements and a history of distinguished service to their fatherland.”

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15 May 2025 13:51

⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱Al Qassam Brigades has published footage The "Lions of Al-Muntar" ambush that targeted Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

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