Turkish President Erdogan:

Turkish Cypriots will eventually secure recognition of their sovereign equality and international status as equal partner on the island.

Putin:

I am constantly considering who could become my successor to the top post. But the main choice will be up to the citizens.

Netanyahu to Houthis:

This isn’t a one-and-done — there will be hits.

Trump:

I won't fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell before his term ends in 2026.

Pete Hegseth is planning to travel to Israel ahead of Trump's trip to the Middle East, Axios reports.

Trump:

I’ll be an eight-year president, I’ll be a two-term president. I always thought that was very important.

Trump on peace in Ukraine:

I do believe we're closer with one party and maybe not as close with the other. I would like to not say which one we are closer to.

There will be a time when I will say, "OK keep going keep being stupid."

We're talking tremendous hatred between these two men.

Trump says he will talk about annexing Canada with Canada's Carney.

"I'll always talk about that."

Trump on his successor:

It's far too early to say that, but I do have a Vice President... and JD's doing a fantastic job... I don't want to get involved in that.

2 of the 8 Patriot systems Ukraine has are currently under repair.

Kyiv will receive 1 air defense system based in Israel by the summer, and the transfer of another one from Germany or Greece is also being discussed.

Source: NYT

Trump:

I am not saying I'll resort to a military option to seize Greenland, but I'm not ruling anything out.

We desperately need Greenland for international security.

Brazilian police thwarted a bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga's concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

A crowd of more than two million people gathered for the concert.

Source: BBC

Trump on China tariffs:

At some point I'm going to lower them because otherwise you could never do business with them — and they want to do business very much.

Their economy is really doing badly. Their economy is collapsing.

Zelensky:

The Russian Federation may stage provocations on May 9 - despite talk of a "truce", today the largest number of assaults in recent months has been recorded.

Earlier today; Turkish Navy Ship TCG Büyükada, an Ada-Class ASW Corvette, arrived at the Karachi Port on a goodwill visit.

Eight men, including seven Iranian nationals, arrested in two separate anti-terror ops by Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

Five detained across England for plotting to target a specific site, while three others held in London under national security laws.

Source:BBC

Netanyahu:

Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters.

Trump on China:

We've essentially cut off trade relationships by putting that much of a tariff on, and that's okay. We've gone cold turkey. That means we're not losing -- we lost a trillion dollars to China. A trillion dollars. That means we're not losing a trillion dollars.

Iranian authorities have detained two people in connection with the explosions in the port of Bandar Abbas, the state agency SNN reports.

Zelensky:

Ukraine is counting on 3 million shells this year, Putin should know this, but this does not mean that anyone wants a long war, we want to end it.

Israeli Chief of Staff:

We are issuing tens of thousands of call-up orders for reserve soldiers to expand the operation in Gaza.