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Six small boats sunk, two American hulls escorted, a drone in Fujairah, Brent at $114 — Day 1 of Project Freedom converted yesterday's threat into today's tape.
Iran chose the bypass terminal at the end of the Abu Dhabi Crude pipeline — the workaround the U.S. just pried open through Hormuz.
Pezeshkian's English-language X post calling Project Freedom an extension of military operations is the most explicit Iranian rejection yet of the U.S. ceasefire framing.
The 30-day vs two-month framing gap is the actual obstacle, not 'mistrust' — Pakistan's IMF tranche board meets May 8, holding the channel.
Sudan enters Year 4 with 14 million displaced, 33.7 million in humanitarian need, 8% of that need funded, and famine confirmed in Al Fasher and Kadugli.
T-4 to May 9 — no tanks, no missiles, no large vehicles, and no military-school cadets in Red Square; the Su-25 tricolor flyby is what remains.
The IMF Executive Board meets Thursday May 8 — T-3 — on Pakistan's $1.21 billion combined disbursement, a vote of confidence that runs alongside Sharif's mediator role in the U.S.-Iran channel.
Fifty-two killed and 154 wounded in 70-plus Israeli strikes across south Lebanon despite the March 2 ceasefire — HRW documentation continues, displacement crosses one million.