News Roundup 5/2/2025

by | May 2, 2025

News Roundup 5/2/2025

by | May 2, 2025

Russia

  • Report: Zelensky Believes Vatican Meeting Pushed Trump To Take Tougher Approach with Putin The Institute 
  • Minerals Deal Will Count Future US Military Aid To Ukraine as Part of Investment Fund AWC

China

  • US Fires HIMARS Rockets Into the South China Sea in Drills With the Philippines AWC

Israel

  • Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 35 More Palestinians Over 24 Hours AWC
  • Former Israeli Ambassador Confirms Biden Never Pressured Israel for Gaza Ceasefire AWC
  • US Tells World Court Israel Has Right to Starve Gaza The Institute 
  • Israel Preparing Major Mobilization to Ramp Up Operations in Gaza The Institute 
  • Israeli Strikes Kill 17 in Gaza as Children Starve Under Blockade AWC

Iran

  • Trump Threatens Major Sanctions on Countries Purchasing Iranian Oil AWC
  • Next Round of US-Iran Nuclear Talks Is Postponed AWC

Lebanon

  • US Sends General to Lebanon for Ceasefire Monitoring AWC
  • Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Four in Southern Lebanon AWC

Syria

  • Over 100 Killed as Sectarian Fighting Surrounding Syrian Druze Community Rages AWC
  • Israel Strikes Metro Damascus, Say They Will ‘Protect’ Druze AWC

Yemen

  • UK Joins US in Airstrikes on Yemen for First Time Under Trump AWC
  • Yemen’s Houthis Announce New Attacks on Israel, US Aircraft Carrier AWC
  • Hegseth Threatens Iran Over Yemen AWC
  • US GBU-39 Bomb Remnants Found at Location of Strike on Yemen Migrant Facility AWC

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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