1. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will significantly reduce its military presence in Germany. Trump’s remark came several days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Washington was being humiliated by what?
Its inability to totally halt Iranian oil shipping
Its failure to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities
Iran’s ability to hack U.S. government databases
Its failure to advance peace talks with Iran
The war in Iran reveals that middle powers’ cooperation does not lead to much influence on the global stage, FP’s C. Raja Mohan argues.
2. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a two-day cease-fire in his country’s war in Ukraine for May 8 and 9 to mark the anniversary of what?
The establishment of the Soviet Union
Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II
Russian Tsar Peter the Great’s birthday
Putin’s first national electoral victory
Ukraine and its European partners are holding their breath on the future of U.S. military aid to Kyiv, which now appears dependent on the war in Iran, FP’s Sam Skove reports.
7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that “no terrorist has immunity,” a day after what happened?
Israeli forces said they killed a Hezbollah commander
Israeli forces struck a military facility in Iran
Israel attacked an Iranian-flagged ship
An Israeli airstrike targeted a suspected Hezbollah office in Syria
The precision strike in Lebanese territory was the first such attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs since the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire went into effect last month, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
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