🇺🇸🇶🇦 — Trump visited Middle East's largest airbase, Al Udeid Air Base, and addressed the US soldiers there:

No visit in the Gulf would be complete without stopping to salute the people who keep America Safe, Strong, and Free.

All of you are the tip of the spear in the fight against the enemies of civilization.

🇺🇸 — Trump hinting once again of running for a third term election:

You know, we've won three elections. Some people want us to do a fourth. I don't know, we'll have to think about it. You saw the Trump 2028 hats. We're driving the left crazy.

🇺🇸🇦🇫⁉️ — Trump says “we are going to keep Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, we will not give it up.”

🇺🇸 — Trump does the 'Trump dance' in Al Udid air base in Qatar.

🇺🇸🇶🇦✈️🇦🇪 — Trump is leaving Al Udid Air Base heading to the UAE.

🇺🇦🇹🇷🇷🇺 — Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky has arrived in Ankara, Turkey, after Putin's proposal of of ceasefire negotiations mediated by Turkey.

Zelensky says his message to Putin is "I'm here".

🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦 — The meeting between Russia and Ukraine has not yet been canceled and is expected to begin in two or three hours, according to TASS.

🇺🇦🇹🇷 — Ukrainian president Zelensky met with Turkey's president Erdogan in Ankara.

🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦 — “The Russian delegation in Istanbul has been waiting since the morning for their Ukrainian counterparts, who have not yet arrived”, Peskov said in response to a question from TASS.

🇺🇸🇦🇪 — The UAE President welcomes Trump upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi.

🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈📞🇮🇱 — Yair Lapid, Israeli opposition leader after his first meeting with Netanyahu since the war began:

➡️I just came out of a security briefing with Netanyahu, and what I can say is that a prisoner swap is possible. We are just one cabinet decision away from completing the deal.

➡️I reminded the Prime Minister that he has no political problem, and I will give him a full political safety net for the prisoner deal.

🇵🇰🇮🇳 — India and Pakistan have agreed to extend the ceasefire until May 18.

🇮🇱🤝🇲🇦 — Two Israeli soldiers sustained "moderate injuries" during military training in Morocco.

🇾🇪❌🇺🇸 — The director of the US Missile Defense Agency, General Heath Collins, announced the use of dozens of SM-3 missiles to intercept Yemeni ballistic missiles targeting Israel.

➡️The SM-3, an expensive missile ($27 million) with a very low production rate, which is supposed to provide defensive protection against nuclear missiles, is being spent on a missile with large quantities of explosives and relatively low accuracy.

➡️While it is true that a defensive missile is worth the money for the purpose it serves, it is not cost-effective to spend such money to guarantee a mid-course interception.

➡️The SM-3 production rate appears to be 12 missiles per year.

🇺🇸🤝🇦🇪 — White House press secretary says UAE has shut down the mosque for Trump's special describing it as a historical moment.