Issue 2026-05-04
Stories
- Ukraine’s April Drone Blitz Cuts Russian Refinery Runs to 15-Year Low; Putin Floats May 9 Ceasefire
- Iran Tables 14-Point, 30-Day Peace Plan; U.S. Wary as Hormuz Attack Underscores Cease-Fire Fragility
- US Launches ‘Project Freedom’ Ship-Escort Amid Iran Ceasefire Warning
- UAE Quits OPEC; OPEC+ Fills Gap With Token 188,000-bpd June Quota Bump
- Trump Scraps Turnberry Pact, Slaps 25 % Tariff on EU Auto Imports
- China Implements Full Zero-Tariff Access for Exports from 53 African Nations
- Hezbollah’s Fibre-Optic FPV Drone Offensive Prompts Israeli Counter-Drone Drive
- Mayon Lava-Flow Collapse Spurs Alert-3, Aviation Lockdown, and 7-km Evacuation Talks
- SpaceX CAS500-2 Rideshare Launch Delivers 45 Satellites, Including India’s First 190 kg OptoSAR ‘Drishti’
At a Glance
- Between 30 April and 1 May 2026, Kyiv unleashed its biggest long-range drone wave yet, crippling Russian oil output a...
- Tehran transmitted a 14-point proposal via Pakistani mediators that gives Washington one month to lift sanctions, end...
- On 4 May 2026 Washington activated “Project Freedom,” deploying a 15,000-strong CENTCOM force to steer neutral vessel...
- Effective 1 May 2026 the United Arab Emirates ended its 58-year OPEC membership, so at its 4 May virtual meeting OPEC...
- On 1 May 2026 President Trump declared that U.S. duties on cars and trucks arriving from the European Union will jump...
- Effective 1 May 2026, Beijing abolished import duties on all 8,949 tariff lines from every African country it recogni...