Iran shuts its airspace to all flights after a NOTAM warns that a U.S. attack may be imminent, prompting flight‑tracker maps to show aircraft fleeing the skies over Iran and Iraq; a Western military official tells Reuters that unpredictable U.S. behavior keeps adversaries on edge, while President Trump says the U.S. will monitor the situation after claiming recent killings in Iran have ceased; meanwhile, Poland, Italy and the United Kingdom urge their citizens to leave Iran, the British embassy in Tehran closes temporarily, and the United States withdraws personnel from its Al Udeid base in Qatar as Tehran threatens retaliation against U.S. bases in the region. click here to read more.

Leaks reveal that the United Arab Emirates prepared its southern Red Sea bases—located in Yemen, Eritrea, and Somalia—to supply Israel with military, logistical, and intelligence support in its war against Hamas; the October 2023 document orders rapid mobilization of equipment, tanks, phosphorus missiles, and communication assets, while also detailing investigations into Qatar’s and Kuwait’s aid to Hamas and establishing a channel between Yemen’s National Resistance Forces and Israel. The plan calls for continued assistance until the Palestinian militants are defeated. click here to read more.

President Donald Trump announces a 25 percent tariff on any nation that does business with Iran while senior officials, including Vice President JD Vance, push for a fresh negotiation round before the United States launches a military strike; the White House says Trump will weigh sanctions, diplomatic outreach, or force after a Tuesday briefing, and a Qatari source confirms that U.S. plans for an operation against Iran are in “advanced stages,” with forces in the Middle East ready for any contingency. click here to read more.

The United States executed Operation Absolute Resolve, a coordinated night‑time raid that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by inserting special‑operations helicopters into Caracas, striking air‑defense sites, and disabling power and communications with cyber and electronic‑warfare attacks, thereby exposing the shortcomings of Venezuela’s foreign‑supplied arsenal from Russia, China, and Iran; Russian Buk‑M2E and S‑300VM missiles, Chinese radars, and Iranian Mohajer‑6 drones proved vulnerable to precision standoff missiles, jamming, and power cuts, while U.S. forces leveraged superior intelligence, rehearsed mission planning, and spectrum dominance to neutralize the layered defenses and extract Maduro without major ground combat, illustrating that advanced integration and readiness outweigh sheer hardware quantity in modern conflicts. click here to read more.

Senator Jacky Rosen warns that Iran’s regime fuels global terrorism and threatens worldwide stability, urging the United States to supply Iranian protesters with reliable internet and communication tools while tightening sanctions on Iran’s missile program, oil revenue, financial networks, and arms transfers; she stresses that Congress must enact comprehensive measures, coordinate with the administration, and impose secondary sanctions on entities aiding Tehran, arguing that a unified coalition—U.S., Israel, and regional allies—will compel the regime to change. Rosen also highlights her work on integrated air‑defense, maritime security, and cyber‑space collaborations that protected Israel after the October 7 attacks, and she backs expanding the Abraham Accords to reinforce long‑term regional peace. click here to read more.

The Jerusalem Post and the Texas‑Israel Alliance announce Unicorn Rodeo, a two‑day conference in Dallas on April 29‑30, 2026 that links Israeli innovators with Texas’s scale‑up ecosystem; organizers highlight Texas’s position as the U.S.’s eighth‑largest economy and a natural gateway for Israeli tech firms, aiming to turn ideas, capital, and policy into tangible economic outcomes. Speakers include Inbar Ashkenazi, Livia Link‑Raviv, Doug Deason, David Wiessman, Tal Shmueli, and George Seay, who emphasize shared values, entrepreneurial spirit, and the goal of bringing 100 Israeli companies to Texas over the next decade. The event will focus on AI, health, energy, and defense, feature panels, keynote talks, reverse pitches, and a limited‑attendance format with 300 tickets available through pre‑sale at unicornrodeo.org. click here to read more.

Iran’s leaders, who once dismissed President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric, now treat his warnings as genuine threats after a series of decisive U.S. actions—direct strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, the abrupt capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, and public statements promising immediate retaliation if Iranian forces kill protesters—have lent credibility to his words; faced with the prospect of U.S.‑Israeli military escalation and mounting domestic unrest, Tehran appears to be tempering its crackdown, deliberating between a brutal suppression that could trigger American intervention, a retaliatory strike against Israel that might invite overwhelming Israeli force, or a restrained approach that risks further protest spread, while senior officials reportedly draft contingency plans to flee the country. Click here to read more.

President Donald Trump warned on Truth Social that the United States is “locked and loaded” and ready to intervene militarily if Iranian authorities kill any more protestors, urging Tehran to stop the violence; Iranian officials, including an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed the threat as dangerous interference, while opposition figures such as Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir voiced support for the demonstrators, amid reports of multiple deaths and arrests during the ongoing protests. Click here to read more.

Israel has asked the Trump administration to keep President Recep Tayyip Erdogan out of the upcoming Board of Peace that will oversee the International Stabilization Force and Gaza reconstruction, fearing Turkish troops and humanitarian involvement would give Ankara undue influence in the Strip; while senior U.S. officials remain divided over Turkey’s role—some argue the country, along with Egypt and Qatar, is a guarantor of the Hamas agreement—President Trump defended Erdogan as a close friend and praised Turkey’s contributions, even as Israel pushes to limit Ankara’s presence in future peace‑building efforts. Click here to read more.

Israel, Greece and Cyprus reconfirmed a strategic partnership at a Jerusalem summit, pledging deeper cooperation on security, energy and connectivity; leaders announced plans to advance the India‑Middle East‑Europe Economic Corridor and the Great Sea Connector, linking maritime routes, pipelines and power grids across the region, while also discussing a possible joint rapid‑response force to counter Turkish aggression and other regional threats. Click here to read more.