Situation Reports

Pakistan said it shot down 25 Indian drones in multiple cities, including Karachi, Lahore and the garrison city of Rawalpindi, while India acknowledged it had "targeted air defense radars and systems" in response to an alleged Pakistani attempt to launch missiles and drones at military targets along the two countries’ border in Kashmir and elsewhere, AP reported on May 8.

Colombia's Supreme Court issued arrest orders for former Senate President Ivan Name and former House of Representatives President Andres Calle for allegedly receiving $1 million in bribes to help secure congressional support for President Gustavo Petro's key proposals, El Pais reported on May 7.

President of the Nigerian Senate Godswill Akpabio announced that two of President Bola Tinubu's four tax reform bills had been approved and that the two remaining bills would be approved on May 8, Premium Times reported on May 7.

The European Union is preparing a sweeping retaliatory package targeting up to 95 billion euros ($108 billion) worth of U.S. exports should trade negotiations with the Trump administration break down, Bloomberg reported on May 8.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a strategic partnership deal and discussed energy and oil at a meeting in Moscow, Reuters reported on May 7.

Qatar will provide $29 million a month to Syria to help pay civil servant salaries for at least the next three months, Reuters reported on May 7, citing Syria's finance minister.

Two Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, frigates and one coast guard vessel confronted a Philippine Navy vessel near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, with one PLAN vessel crossing the bow of the Philippine Navy vessel and blocking its path in a high-risk naval maneuver just 11.8 nautical miles from the reef, The South China Morning Post reported May 8.

At midnight on May 8, the Russian government announced the beginning of a 72-hour ceasefire in its war with Ukraine to coincide with Victory Day, which most of the West commemorates on May 8 but Russia celebrates on May 9.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will meet in Switzerland on May 10-11 for trade talks, Bloomberg reported on May 6.

Brazilian authorities said President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government opposes pressure from the U.S. Trump administration to designate Brazil's two largest organized criminal groups as terrorist organizations, Folha de S.Paulo reported on May 6.