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Rubio Visits Pope Leo XIV: Trump Sends His Catholic Envoy to the Vatican to 'Thaw' a Geopolitical Feud
After Donald Trump's public attacks on Pope Leo XIV — who had condemned the Iran war as 'unjust' — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is dispatched to Rome for a Thursday meeting with the pontiff. The first face-to-face meeting between a senior US official and Pope Leo since his election. Rubio, a Catholic, will also meet Meloni, whom Trump attacked after she defended the pope.
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Iran Strikes Fujairah and ADNOC: First Direct Attack on UAE Since Ceasefire
Iran launched drones and missiles at ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the ADNOC oil facility in Fujairah, UAE, injuring three Indian nationals—the first direct attack on Emirati soil since the ceasefire took effect in early April. This marks a significant escalation following the announcement of the U.S.-led 'Project Freedom' naval escort operation. Trump responded with threats of obliteration, while the incident raises questions about the trigger for Iran's response and whether American military operations provoked the escalation.
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Hantavirus on the MV Hondius: Three Dead, 150 Passengers Stranded in the Atlantic
The cruise ship MV Hondius, which departed Ushuaia for Cape Verde, is stranded at sea after a WHO-confirmed hantavirus outbreak: three passengers dead, a British national in intensive care, 150 people trapped in the Atlantic. Cape Verde has refused docking. The Canary Islands are under consideration. The WHO declares a 'low risk' to the public, but concern is mounting across 19 countries from which passengers and crew originate.
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Cuba: Trump Tightens Sanctions and Threatens Military Intervention — Havana Warns of "Dangerous and Unprecedented" Escalation
On May 1, 2026, Donald Trump signed an executive order massively expanding US sanctions against Cuba, targeting foreign banks that cooperate with Havana and Cuban officials in the energy, defense and finance sectors. The next day, Trump declared at a private Florida dinner that the US could take control of Cuba 'almost immediately,' citing the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier 'on the way back from Iran.' Cuba's president denounces a 'dangerous and unprecedented level' of US military threats.
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Mexico's Sinaloa Governor Indicted by Washington — Sheinbaum Refuses to Bend
The US Justice Department has indicted sitting Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha over alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum refuses extradition without 'irrefutable evidence.' Trump claims the cartel helped install Rocha in power. An affair exposing the sharp divide between American, Mexican, and international readings of narco-trafficking and sovereignty.
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Trump's Iran War Hits Day 60: Congress Fights Back Over Nuclear Standoff
Sixty days into the US-Iran war, Donald Trump claims the conflict is 'terminated' to bypass the War Powers Act deadline. Congress rejects that reading. Supreme Leader Khamenei vows to protect Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities. The Strait of Hormuz remains partially blocked with oil above $125. Ten countries, ten sharply divergent readings.
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Iran Will Play the World Cup in the US: FIFA Confirms, Trump Says OK, Iranian Exiles Protest
At the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Gianni Infantino confirmed that Iran will participate in the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States — despite the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran. Trump gave his blessing: 'If Infantino says so, I don't mind.' Iran's football delegation had earlier stormed out of Canada after being detained at Toronto airport, calling it an 'insult.' Meanwhile, Iranian diaspora protesters outside the Congress chanted 'They are not representing Iran' and demanded FIFA apply the same standards used against Russia. A diplomatic paradox with no historical precedent in world football.
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London's Golders Green Stabbing: Two Jewish Men Attacked in Antisemitic Terror Incident as UK Raises Threat Level
A 45-year-old British-Somali man stabbed two Jewish men in London's Golders Green neighborhood on April 29, in an attack police declared a terrorist incident. The UK raised its national terror threat level to 'severe' for the first time since 2021, pledged £25 million for Jewish community security, and Prime Minister Starmer pointed the finger at Iran as the indirect orchestrator of a months-long wave of antisemitic attacks — arson at synagogues, attempted bombings near the Israeli embassy, and now a knife attack on the street.
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UAE Quits OPEC: The End of Gulf Solidarity
Sixty years of petro-solidarity shatter as the UAE walks out of OPEC, leaving Riyadh alone at the head of a fractured cartel and reshaping the global energy map.
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Trump-Putin: The Call and the May 9 Ceasefire
Trump says he asked Putin for 'a little bit of a ceasefire' on Victory Day — an offer that Kyiv receives with suspicion and that Europe reads as a Russian communications maneuver.
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Hegseth Before Congress: $25 Billion Spent, No End Date in Sight
The Iran war finally gets a price tag — $25 billion — as Hegseth faces his first congressional grilling, gets accused of lying, and drops a bombshell: North Korea is the real lesson.
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