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• The U.S. and Britain conduct new airstrikes on Yemen IRNA 03 May 2025 -- The U.S. and British warplanes have bombed parts of Yemen several times on May 3, 2025.
• Yemen bans US crude oil exports through Red Sea, nearby waters Press TV 03 May 2025 -- The Yemeni government has announced a sweeping ban on US crude oil in response to Washington's continued aggression on the Arab country's soil and targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
• Iran condemns repeated US attacks in Yemen Press TV 03 May 2025 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the repeated attacks by the US military on various areas of Yemen, targeting the country's infrastructure and residential areas.
• Iran strongly condemns U.S. war crimes in Yemen IRNA 03 May 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokeperson Esmaeil Baqaei strongly condemned the repeated attacks by the U.S. army over the past 24 hours on various areas of the provinces of Sanaa, Saada, and Al-Jawf in Yemen, targeting the infrastructure and residential areas of Yemen.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Trump wants $1 trillion for defense, while slashing domestic programs in 2026 budget proposal IRNA 03 May 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a whopping $1.01 trillion in defense spending for the next fiscal year, a 13% increase at a time when he is calling for major cuts to domestic programs.
• US greenlights $310mn deal for Ukraine's F-16 training, sustainment Press TV 03 May 2025 -- The United States Department of State has given the go-ahead for a potential $310 million sale of F-16 training, sustainment, and related equipment to Ukraine, according to the Pentagon, only days after Kiev signed a deal granting Washington access to its rare minerals.
• US Approves F-16 Maintenance Deal For Jets Already Transferred To Ukraine RFE/RL 03 May 2025 -- The US State Department on May 2 approved a deal to provide training and equipment for F-16 fighter jets already in Ukraine.
• DRDO conducts maiden flight-trials of Stratospheric Airship Platform India PIB 03 May 2025 -- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out maiden flight-trials of Stratospheric Airship Platform from Sheopur Trial site in Madhya Pradesh on May 03, 2025
• Pakistan today conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali Weapon System— a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 kilometers as part of Ex INDUS. ISPR Pakistan 03 May 2025 -- Pakistan today conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali Weapon System— a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 kilometers as part of Ex INDUS.
• Pakistan test-fires long-range missile amid tensions with India Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Pakistan has announced the successful training launch of its Abdali Weapon System, a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 kilometers, amid escalating tensions India.
• Pakistan Carries Out Ballistic Missile Test Amid India Tensions RFE/RL 03 May 2025 -- The Pakistani military reported that it had test fired a ballistic missile on May 3, as the country squares off with India following a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.
• US approves $3.5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia ahead of Trump's visit Press TV 03 May 2025 -- The US State Department has granted preliminary approval for a $3.5 billion agreement, authorizing the sale of advanced missiles and weaponry to Saudi Arabia, as confirmed by the Pentagon, before US President Donald Trump's scheduled visit to the region later this month.

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• Israel to call up reservists amid 'severe force depletion' ahead of Gaza war expansion Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Confronted with a growing crisis in troop numbers, the Israeli military has been compelled to initiate a large-scale mobilization of reserve soldiers as it prepares to escalate its ongoing onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Israeli attacks kill 77 Palestinians in Gaza, raising total death toll to 52,495 IRNA 03 May 2025 -- The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 52,495 as the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the besieged enclave continues unabated, authorities reported on Saturday.
• At least 32 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza: civil defense People's Daily 03 May 2025 -- At least 32 Palestinians have been killed and many others injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Friday, the enclave's Civil Defense reported.
• Hamas: Israel silencing journalists to bury the truth about Gaza Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Hamas has condemned Israel's continued aggression against journalists, describing it as a systematic campaign aimed at suppressing voices that reveal the regime's crimes against the people of Gaza.
• Hezbollah chief reaffirms commitment to resistance against occupation IRNA 03 May 2025 -- The Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has reaffirmed the movement's unwavering commitment to its resistance project.
• UNICEF: Gaza children face growing risk of starvation, illness, and death IRNA 03 May 2025 -- United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in a statement announced that the Israeli regime's relentless bombardments in Gaza has deprived children of essential goods, services, and lifesaving care and has put them at risk of starvation, illness, and death.
• Iran deplores Israeli drone attack on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship IRNA 03 May 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned an Israeli attack on an unarmed civilian vessel carrying humanitarian aid and activists to the war-torn Gaza Strip.
• Blatant crime: Iran censures Israel's attack on Gaza-bound aid ship off Malta Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Iran has denounced Israel's "blatant crime" in conducting a drone attack on a Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists off the coast of Malta in international waters.
• Fourth Yemeni missile strike in 24 hours targets military base in Tel Aviv Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Yemeni forces have carried out a fourth missile strike within a 24-hour period against Israeli-occupied territories, leading to the activation of air raid sirens across multiple locations.

Other Conflicts

• Protest regarding the Intrusion of a China Coast Guard Vessel's helicopter into Japan's Territorial Airspace Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 03 May 2025 -- It has been confirmed that on May 3, around 12 p.m., four China Coast Guard vessels entered Japan's territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, and a helicopter launched from one of the China Coast Guard vessels intruded into Japan's territorial airspace around the islands.
• CCG deploys helicopter to expel Japanese aircraft illegally entering China's airspace over Diaoyu Dao Global Times 03 May 2025 -- On Saturday, while China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels were conducting a routine patrol in the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Dao in accordance with the law, a Japanese civilian aircraft illegally entered China's airspace over Diaoyu Dao at 11:19 am and exited at 11:24 am. In response, the CCG promptly implemented necessary control measures and dispatched a shipborne helicopter to issue a warning and drive it away, CCG spokesperson Liu Dejun said in a statement.
• NMC: China's 'seizure' of Sandy Cay 'clear example of disinformation' Philippine News Agency 03 May 2025 -- The National Maritime Council (NMC) on Saturday slammed China's disinformation activities by announcing that it has taken control of Sandy Cay (Pag-asa Cay 2), a sandbar near Pag-asa Island and within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
• UK statement on attacks against the Druze community in Syria UK FCDO 03 May 2025 -- The UK has issued a statement in response to recent attacks against the Druze community in Syria.
• UN envoy condmens Israeli violations of Syria's sovereignty, says airstrikes must stop 'at once' Press TV 03 May 2025 -- United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has strongly condemned Israel's escalating violations of Syria's sovereignty, saying the occupying regime must stop its airstrikes "at once."
• U.N. envoy calls for immediate end to Israeli attacks on Syria IRNA 03 May 2025 -- United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen says Israel must immediately stop its attacks on Syria.
• Israeli attacks part of broader strategy to 'disintegrate Syria': Hezbollah Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the latest Israeli aggression on Syria, calling it a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty and an attempt to disintegrate the country.
• Hezbollah says recent Israeli attacks are aimed at disintegrating Syria IRNA 03 May 2025 -- Hezbollah has condemned recent Israeli attacks against Syria, saying the aggression is part of the broader strategy of disintegrating the country.
• Iran, Hezbollah Accuse Israel of Seeking to Break Syria Apart With Constant Strikes Sputnik 03 May 2025 -- Israel continues to step up its attacks on Syria, carrying out over 700 strikes against the country and expanding the territories it directly occupies beyond the Golan Heights following the December 2024 fall of the Assad government.
• Iran: Israel's strikes on Syria aimed at destroying independent state Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Iran says the Israeli regime's airstrikes on Syria are primarily intended to destroy the defensive, economic, and infrastructural capabilities of an independent country.
• Iran condemns Israeli aggression against Syria IRNA 03 May 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has strongly condemned the new Israeli airstrikes on several regions of Syria, including the capital, Damascus.
• Palestinian official abducted by HTS forces in Syrian capital: Reports Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Forces of Syria's ruling administration, which is led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have abducted Talal Naji, a senior official with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) organization in the Syrian capital Damascus, reports have shown.
• Israeli regime launches new wave of airstrikes in Syria Press TV 03 May 2025 -- The Israeli regime has launched a major wave of airstrikes in Syria.
• On 30 April & 1 May 2025, five khwarij were sent to hell, while two were apprehended during three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. ISPR Pakistan 03 May 2025 -- On 30 April & 1 May 2025, five khwarij were sent to hell, while two were apprehended during three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
• Georgia: Statement by the Spokesperson on Russia's latest violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia European External Action Service (EEAS) 03 May 2025 -- The European Union deplores the unilateral decision by the Russian Federation to launch regular commercial passenger flights to Sukhumi in Georgia's occupied breakaway region of Abkhazia.
• Pakistan warns India of 'befitting response' in case of attack Press TV 03 May 2025 -- Pakistan's Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar repeats Islamabad's stern warnings about the consequences of a potential attack by India amid simmering tensions that have followed a terror attack in the Indian-administered Kashmir.
• Ambassador of Turkiye calls on the Prime Minister Pakistan - Prime Miinister's Office 03 May 2025

News Reports

• PH delegation meets with US trade rep amid Trump tariffs Philippine News Agency 03 May 2025 -- A high-level economic delegation from the Philippines met and had "productive" and "positive" talks with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington DC on May 2, the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC said Saturday.
• Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 03 May 2025
• China assessing U.S. messages of hoping to hold tariff talks: commerce ministry People's Daily 03 May 2025 -- China's Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that the country is currently assessing the situation, as the United States has recently reached out through relevant channels multiple times, expressing a desire to engage in talks with China over tariff issues.
• Taiwan prioritized by U.S. for tariff talks: Lawmaker delegation CNA 03 May 2025 -- Taiwan is among the first four countries that the United States will negotiate with on the tariffs it wants to impose, according to Wang Ting-yu (王定宇), a member of a visiting delegation of Taiwanese lawmakers in Washington D.C.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 03 May 2025
• KPA Delegation Returns Home KCNA 03 May 2025 -- A delegation of the Korean People's Army led by Pak Yong Il, vice-director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA, returned home on May 2 after taking part in the 3rd International Anti-Fascist Congress held in Russia.
• U.S. Arms Buildup Will Be Unwise Option Bolstering up Uncertainty of Its Mainland Security KCNA 03 May 2025 -- Following is the full text of an article "The U.S. arms buildup will be an unwise option to further increase uncertainty of its mainland security " issued by a military commentator of the DPRK on Saturday:
• Negotiations on Iran nuclear program are political, not legal issues: Advisor to Leader IRNA 03 May 2025 -- Ali Larijani, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said that the Iranian nuclear issue is a political rather than a legal matter. He argued that if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had provided clear comments, negotiations over Iran's peaceful nuclear program would not have been necessary.
• U.S. behavior undermines its seriousness in pursuing diplomacy: Foreign minister IRNA 03 May 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Iran is committed to acquiring nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and that the contradictory behavior of U.S. officials breeds distrust regarding their seriousness in advancing the diplomatic process.
• Transcript of Special briefing by MEA on the State visit of President of Angola to India (May 03, 2025) India MEA 03 May 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 May 2025
• Election night Prime Minister of Australia 03 May 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Result of the Federal Election of Australia PRC MofA 03 May 2025
• Chinese FM congratulates Labor Party and Australian PM Albanese for winning election Global Times 03 May 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry on that the Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won the federal election on May 3, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that China notes the reports and congratulates the Labor Party and Prime Minister Albanese.
• Australia's Labor Snags Victory as Dutton's Hawkish Strategy Falls Flat Sputnik 03 May 2025 -- Anthony Albanese and his Labor party have pulled off a comeback win in Australia's federal election, beating the right-wing Coalition to keep the PM seat.