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MIDDLE EAST WAR
Quote:The US is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran vowed Saturday that the waterway is not open to negotiation.
The alert posted Friday by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the US and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
It comes during an ongoing US blockade designed to prevent Tehran from exercising control over the strait and compel the regime to finally agree to end its nuclear program.
About a fifth of the world’s trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in peacetime.
Iran effectively closed the critical waterway to normal traffic by attacking and threatening to strike ships after the US and Israel launched its war on Tehran on Feb. 28.
It later began offering some ships safe passage by detouring them through narrow, alternative routes closer to its shoreline, while also charging fees at times for the service.
That “tollbooth” effort is the focus of the US sanctions warning.
There have been reports Iran has been shaking down shipping companies to the tune of $2 million per vessel to secure safe passage. If allowed to persist, the scheme could allow Iran to obtain a hard currency lifeline even while fending off international sanctions.
Meanwhile, violators of US sanctions risk fines of up to $1 million and 20 years in prison, according to prior Treasury Department announcments.
The payment demands that fall under the Trump administration’s warning could include transfers not only in cash but also “digital assets, offsets, informal swaps or other in-kind payments,” including charitable donations and payments at Iranian embassies, OFAC said.
Quote:The war between the US and Iran is “likely” to restart, a senior Iranian official predicted on the heels of comments by President Trump that the US might be “better off” without an agreement.
A “renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely,” said Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a high-level officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran wants the US to test its strength, said Ali Rafiei Atani, an IRGC commander in Qazvin province.
“We hope America makes a mistake and tests its power on the ground as well. It was defeated at sea and in the air, and we would like it to test itself on the ground too,” claiming the conflict had “shattered America’s hollow power.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an Iran hawk and a prominent Trump ally, is calling on the president to “finish the job” with more strikes if Tehran continues to be “provocative.”
“We have the capability to increase ship flow” through the Strait of Hormuz, Graham told the Financial Times in an interview conducted Thursday and published Saturday.
The US should do “whatever combination of events is necessary to start the flow” through the Strait, which handles 20% of the world’s oil shipping, Graham said.
Iran’s leadership, which has been decimated by US strikes, wants to reopen the Strait and end the US blockade before reestablishing nuclear talks, according to details of its latest counterproposal, which was presented to intermediaries in Pakistan.
Quote:Iran fired off its latest rhetorical shot at the US — unveiling a huge billboard in Tehran of President Trump’s face with an image of a choked Strait of Hormuz draped across it.
The strait, a vital waterway that is just 21 miles across at its narrowest point, is depicted as stitched shut right between Trump’s nose and upper lip.
The building-sized image, seen Saturday in Tehran, includes only a short blurb of text in Farsi and English: “At the Breaking Point” — and comes as the two countries trade threats about a return to military hostilities.
The regime in Tehran has long used propaganda to needle the US, even before it began lobbing missiles at Israel and Gulf allies in response to the devastating joint US-Israeli attack on Feb. 28.
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been communicating only through written statements since he succeeded his late father — who was killed in the war’s opening strikes — once again called the US the “great Satan” in a message last week.
The strait has become the key economic pressure point in the war and the fragile yet continuing cease-fire.
Tehran has threatened ships and demanded “toll” payments in exchange for safe passage through the corridor, in turn driving up the price of oil in the global market, while the US imposed a blockade on Iran’s economic lifeline.
The waterway’s nearly complete closure has caused oil prices to spike above $116 per barrel — a nearly 60% jump since the start of the conflict.
Another much smaller billboard seen inside Tehran’s subway also pictures Trump, kneeling in submission with his head bowed, while extending his hand with a wad of cash.
It includes commentary stating Iran could haul in $110 billion each year by charging each vessel $2 million to get through the strait — a “toll” system that the US and the UN International Maritime Organization have said the Iranian regime cannot be allowed to impose on an international waterway.
Quote:A cargo ship was struck by multiple small craft while sailing near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, UK military officials said.
The ship, which was not immediately identified, was hit right off the coast of Sirik, Iran, just east of the strait, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.
All crew members were reported safe, with no group immediately claiming responsibility for the attack.
Iran’s military, however, has repeatedly warned any ship that tries to navigate the strait would be attacked unless they pay a toll and prove they are not affiliated with the US or Israel.
The vessel was heading north into the Persian Gulf — not trying to exit it.
There have been at least two dozen attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the war with Iran began, with Sunday’s strike marking the first since April 22.
Tehran has effectively shut down the key oil chokepoint with repeated attacks and threats on cargo ships and tankers that tried to sail through.
Despite the US and Israel sinking Iran’s navy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps maintains a fleet of small patrol boats along the strait.
President Trump ordered last month to “shoot and kill” any small boats that pose a threat to shipping traffic.
The Islamic Republic has warned that the Strait of Hormuz, which once saw the transport of 20% of the world’s oil supply, will remain under its control regardless of the outcome of the tenuous peace talks with the US.
“[Tehran] “will not back down from our position on the Strait of Hormuz, and it will not return to its prewar conditions,” Iran’s deputy parliament speaker said Sunday.
Quote:President Trump said late Saturday that he is reviewing Iran’s latest proposal for ending the war as tensions with the Islamic Republic continue to mount.
“I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump made the post shortly after talking to reporters as he boarded Air Force One in Florida, and expressed skepticism about the possibility of a deal.
“I’ll let you know about it later,” he said, adding that “they’re going to give me the exact wording now.”
The announcement comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scheduled a meeting of his security cabinet for Sunday.
Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach earlier Saturday there was a chance the U.S. could restart strikes on the Islamic Republic.
“If they misbehave, if they do something bad — but right now, we’ll see. It’s a possibility that could happen, certainly,” Trump said.
Worries of renewed armed conflict have been mounting after President Trump said he wasn’t satisfied with an apparent earlier Iranian offer amid prolonged diplomatic talks over the country’s nuclear weapons program and closure of the Straight of Hormuz.
“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters at the White House Friday.
He claimed that the Iranian government wanted to make a deal “so badly” but was too disjointed to make the concessions necessary to reach an agreement with the United States.
“They’re asking for things that I can’t agree to,” Trump said.
Iran has demanded the U.S. lift its blockade of the Straight of Hormuz before discussing the nuclear issue.
The U.S. blocked Iranian ships from using the maritime passageway after the Ayatollah regime cut off use of the straight for international commerce.
Iranian officials warned of a return to kinetic war after Trump suggested that the United States might be better off without a deal at an event in West Palm Beach also on Friday.
Quote:Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a “catastrophic deterioration” of her health, her foundation said Friday.
The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis.
Earlier Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Zanjan in northwestern Iran, according to the foundation.
She was believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March, according to her lawyers who visited her a few days after the incident.
At the time, she appeared pale, underweight and needed a nurse to help her walk.
The hospital transfer comes “after 140 days of systematic medical neglect,” since her arrest on Dec. 12, the foundation said.
“This transfer was done as an unavoidable necessity after prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site, despite standing medical recommendations that she be treated by her specialized team in Tehran,” the foundation said.
Help may be little too late, family says
Mohammadi’s family had advocated for her transfer to adequate medical facilities for weeks.
The foundation, quoting her family, said her transfer Friday to a hospital in Zanjan was “a desperate, ‘last-minute’ action that may be too late to address her critical needs.”
Mohammadi’s brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who lives in Oslo, Norway, said in an audio message shared with The Associated Press by the foundation that her family is “fighting for her life.”
Quote:OPEC+ has agreed an increase in oil output of 188,000 barrels per day, the cartel said on Sunday, as it pushes on with production in the first meeting since the loss of its key member, the United Arab Emirates.
The group of seven major oil producers announced it would increase June production by slightly less than May's output hike of 206,000 bpd. Sunday's figure excludes the United Arab Emirates share of output, which officially departed OPEC on May 1.
The seven countries included Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman.
"In their collective commitment to support oil market stability, the seven participating countries decided to implement a production adjustment of 188 thousand barrels per day from the additional voluntary adjustments announced in April 2023," OPEC said in its statement.
Oil supply has been choked since the Iran war began on February 28, as the Strait of Hormuz – a vital shipping route for global oil and gas supplies – has remained effectively closed.
Oil prices fell Friday after Iran sent an updated peace proposal to mediators in Pakistan, raising hopes again that a settlement with the U.S. is still possible.
U.S. crude oil futures fell 3% to close at $101.94 per barrel. The international benchmark Brent crude lost nearly 2% to settle at $108.17. Both are nearly 78% higher since the start of 2026.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had been told about the concept of a deal with Iran, but was waiting for the exact wording, while warning there was still the possibility of restarting strikes on the country if Tehran misbehaves.
Reuters quoted a senior Iranian official as saying on Saturday that an Iranian proposal so far rejected by Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the U.S. blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran's nuclear program for later.
Concerns around production were amplified further on Tuesday with news of the shock departure of the UAE, the cartel's third-largest producer.
The Gulf state concluded that exiting the group was in its national interest following a comprehensive review of its production policy and capacity, the Energy Ministry said in a written statement.
The UAE had played an influential role in OPEC's decisions over nearly six decades and was the group's third-largest oil producer in February, behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Quote:Iran has received a US response to its latest peace proposal, Iranian state-linked media have said.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said the response - which was delivered via Pakistan - was now being reviewed, according to Tasnim news agency.
The US is yet to confirm it has replied to Tehran. On Saturday, President Donald Trump he would "soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can't imagine that it would be acceptable".
Iranian state media said Tehran's 14-point plan asked Washington to withdraw its forces from near Iran's borders, end its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and for all hostilities - including Israel's offensive in Lebanon - to cease.
It also called for an agreement between the two countries to be reached within 30 days.
Iranian state media added that the proposal urged the two warring sides to focus on "ending the war" rather than extending a current ceasefire.
Referring to the proposal, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social late on Saturday: "They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years."
Speaking to reporters on the same day in Palm Beach, Florida, he said he had yet to look over the plan in detail.
"They told me about the concept of the deal," he said. "They're going to give me the exact wording now."
Asked by the BBC about the possibility of renewing military strikes against targets inside Iran, Trump said that it was "a possibility".
"If they misbehave. If they do something bad," he said. "But right now we'll see."
Trump appeared disinclined to withdraw from the conflict entirely, saying that "we're not leaving" and that "we're going to do it, so nobody has to go back in two years or five years."
The Iranian state-linked agencies said Tehran's latest proposal was in response to a nine-point US plan, which envisaged a two-month ceasefire.
UKRAINE WAR
Quote:US Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is calling out the Pentagon for sitting on $400 million in aid to Ukraine authorized by Congress.
McConnell, who heads the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, directly called out Undersecretary of Defense for policy Elbridge Colby, saying he has filed to furnish Ukraine with the aid approved by congress in December.
“The Ukraine aid we passed months ago is now collecting dust at the Pentagon,” McConnell, the former longtime Senate Majority Leader, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.
“When Senate appropriators have sought an explanation from the department’s policy shop, led by Undersecretary Elbridge Colby, they’ve been stonewalled,” the senator added.
Republican majorities approved a $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act that earmarked $400 million for Ukraine in 2026, and another $400 million next year.
The funds were specifically set to pay for the production and transport of high-priority weapons crafted by US companies for Ukraine’s armed forces, which have been beating back Russia’s invasion for more than four years.
McConnell, who hailed support for Ukraine as a boon for America’s defense industrial base, accused Colby of repeatedly getting in the way of assisting Ukraine.
“This doesn’t seem to be a first for Colby. Last year, he was reportedly behind the decision to suspend arms shipments to Kyiv — a decision that one source said caught President Donald Trump ‘flat-footed,’” McConnell wrote.
“Colby also determined that security assistance to Ukraine and America’s NATO allies in the Baltics was ‘wasteful’ and removed these long-standing efforts from the fiscal 2026 budget request,” he added.
“The Pentagon’s approach of withholding or slow-rolling support to Ukraine is in effect the same strategy President Joe Biden deployed.”
Quote:Ukrainian officials said Saturday that “unusual activity” and “minor provocations” were seen on the Belarusian side of its border, leading to fears of escalation in its four-year long war with Russia.
The Russian ally has increased military activity in recent weeks — building roads toward the neighboring war-torn country and setting up artillery positions, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
“Yesterday, there was rather unusual activity along sections of the Ukraine–Belarus border – on the Belarusian side,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X without offering specifics.
“Ukraine is ready to defend its people and its sovereignty. Everyone who is being drawn into any aggressive actions against Ukraine must understand this.”
Belarus and Aleksandr Lukashenko, its autocratic leader, are one of the Kremlin’s most loyal allies. Its territory was used as a staging ground for the launch of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
But the recent activity along the Ukrainian border marks a concerning escalation for Kyiv.
Zelensky believes the move is a ruse by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to draw Ukrainian troops to the northern border as the number of his own dwindle.
“We believe that Russia may once again attempt to drag Belarus into its war,” Zelensky warned this month.
“We are also observing attempts by the occupying forces to regroup — most likely in order to compensate for a shortage of personnel. In this context, it is becoming increasingly clear why military activity in Belarus has increased.”
Quote:NATO air forces were scrambled after Russian drones approached alliance airspace during overnight attacks near Ukraine, with one drone briefly entering airspace and triggering security alerts.
Two Romanian F‑16 fighter jets took off around 02:00 local time on the morning of Saturday, May 2, from the 86th Air Base in Fetești after Russian drones approached NATO airspace, prompting authorities to issue emergency RO‑Alert warnings in northern Tulcea County, according to Romania's Ministry of National Defense.
The incident underscores how Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to spill toward NATO territory, increasing the risk of escalation through miscalculation rather than intent.
Residents in northern Tulcea County were placed on alert, while Romanian forces coordinated in real time with NATO allies and raised air‑defense readiness.
Why It Matters
Russian drone activity near NATO borders has become a recurring feature of the war, forcing alliance members into repeated defensive responses.
Each incident tests NATO’s air policing posture and raises the risk of miscalculation, particularly given that any attack on a member state could, in extreme circumstances, trigger Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty, which treats an attack on one ally as an attack on all.
What To Know
Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said Russian forces launched overnight drone attacks on Ukrainian civilian and infrastructure targets near the Danube River border with Romania.
"The Ministry of National Defense informs allied structures in real time about the situations generated by the attacks, remaining in permanent contact with them," the department said.
Military radar systems tracked a group of 20 Russian Federation aerial drones operating near NATO airspace, moving towards the area of Ismail, Ukraine, with some objects confirmed to have crossed into Romanian territory.
As a precaution, NATO fighter jets assigned to Romania’s Air Police combat service were scrambled.
Quote:Two senior US Republican lawmakers have criticised a decision by the Pentagon to cut 5,000 US troops stationed in Germany, saying it risked undermining deterrence and would send the wrong signal to Russia.
Roger Wicker and Mike Rogers, who chair the Senate and House armed services committees respectively, said that rather than being withdrawn, those troops should be moved further east.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell on Friday said the move followed a thorough review and recognised "theater requirements and conditions on the ground".
On Saturday, President Donald Trump said further cuts could take place, without providing details. The US has more than 36,000 active duty troops in Germany.
Germany's defence minister said the Pentagon decision was "foreseeable".
Speaking to the DPA news agency, Boris Pistorius also stressed "the presence of American soldiers in Europe, and particularly in Germany, is in our interest and in the interest of the US".
The Nato military alliance said it was seeking clarification from Washington.
In a joint statement, Wicker and Rogers said they were "very concerned by the decision to withdraw a US brigade from Germany" as European allies move towards spending more of their economic output (GDP) on defence.
"Prematurely reducing America's forward presence in Europe before those capabilities are fully realised risks undermining deterrence and sending the wrong signal to Vladimir Putin," the statement said.
"Rather than withdrawing forces from the continent altogether, it is in America's interest to maintain a strong deterrent in Europe by moving these 5,000 U.S. forces to the east."
The senior Democrat on the House armed services committee, Adam Smith, said the decision was "not grounded in any coherent US national security policy, strategy, or even analysis" but based on "the hurt feelings of a president who is seeking political vengeance".
However, Clay Higgins, a Republican on the same committee, appeared to support the administration's move while taking a dig at perceived time-wasting by the upper chamber of Congress.
"Pulling 5K American troops from the arrogant Germans. Maybe we should send them the Senate," he said on X.
"Better match, and western Europe would be so well protected by the League of the Royal Filibuster."
Quote:Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine have killed 10 people and injured at least 76 over the past day, Ukrainian officials say.
Officials in five regions around the country reported fatalities as Moscow continues to target Ukrainian cities with regular drone and missile attacks.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said three Russian oil tankers, a cruise-missile carrier warship and a patrol boat were struck in separate attacks on two Russian ports.
There are no details on damage to the ships, but Zelensky said the tankers were part of Russia's "shadow fleet" used to evade Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's full-scale invasion launched in 2022.
Ukraine's air force said 269 drones were fired by Russia overnight, but 249 of them were shot down or jammed.
It confirmed 19 direct drone hits and one ballistic missile hit in 15 locations, as well as damage caused by falling debris from one drone.
Ukrainian officials said three people were killed in separate incidents in Kherson region, while two died in each of Odesa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and one in Sumy region.
At the same time, Russia's military said Ukraine had fired at least 334 drones, with the north-western Leningrad region heavily targeted.
Export terminals there and in other regions have been targeted by Ukraine in recent weeks in a series of successful strikes launched by Ukraine on Russian oil infrastructure, which Kyiv says has knocked out billions of dollars worth of exports.
On Sunday, Zelensky said infrastructure of the north-western Primorsk terminal on the Baltic Sea, near Finland, had been significantly damaged, and an oil tanker and a patrol boat were hit.
He added that the third vessel struck there was a Karakurt class corvette designed to carry Kalibr cruise missiles.
The Ukrainian leader earlier said that another two oil tankers were hit by Ukrainian drones at the entrance to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
"These tankers were actively used for transporting oil. Now they will not be," he wrote on Telegram.
The post was accompanied by black-and-white video footage apparently showing a naval drone approaching one of the tankers.
Russian authorities have mostly downplayed the impact of such attacks, but the Kremlin is clearly concerned about the deep reach of Ukrainian drones into its territory.
On Wednesday the Kremlin announced it was paring back its annual military parade to mark Victory Day - the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, on 9 May - due to what it said was the "terrorist threat" from Ukraine.
Ukraine has recently intensified its drone strikes deep inside Russia, more than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion.
Kyiv says it is hitting legitimate military targets, and in turn accuses Moscow of attacking civilians in Ukraine.
USA
Quote:The retired Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden told The Post there’s one mission he would have come back for.
“The Maduro raid — I had two immense feelings: I felt extreme pride and a little . . . jealousy,” Robert O’Neill said.
The stealth operation in January saw US forces snatch Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro at his Caracas home. He is now being held in a federal prison in Brooklyn, awaiting trial on narco-terrorism charges.
“Oh man, I wish they recalled me to do that mission, that was so much more complex than what we did — you’re taking out the president of a country without killing him. You couldn’t wipe the smile off my face.”
O’Neill says the Maduro raid and the ongoing war with Iran are not isolated events. He sees them as moves in a larger chess game vs. communist China.
“This is a big push to take away China’s ability to invade Taiwan,” he said. With Venezuelan and Iranian oil cut off, China will lack the resources to launch a full-scale invasion of the island nation.
“They can’t invade Taiwan if they don’t have power,” he explained.
Taiwan represents an essential strategic interest of the US, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. It produces 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductors and lies at a key chokepoint in the South China Sea.
Quote:Liberal icon, former Rep. Barney Frank, who is dying of congestive heart failure, spoke out from hospice to deliver a stark warning to Democrats for swinging too far to the left on social issues — and said it will cost them with voters.
The 86-year-old former congressman, who is famous for fighting to legalize same-sex marriage and pushing to regulate Wall Street after the 2008 financial meltdown, hopes his lefty bona fides will help his message resonate with the far left.
“It’s precisely because I have been on the left that I have undertaken this,” Frank told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “Many of us fought to get inequality on the Democratic agenda.”
“But the problem was, as we succeeded in bringing the mainstream of the left into a concern with inequality, we also enabled people who wanted to use that as a platform for a wide range of social and cultural changes, some of which the public isn’t ready for.”
Frank is set to release a scathing book rebuking the left flank of the Democratic Party later this year. His main message to lefties is to be more strategic about how far to push on social issues.
“We didn’t get to marriage until after these other things had been resolved,” Frank argued.
“And that’s what I’m suggesting that we do today. The analogy is males and female transsexuals playing sports that are for women.”
“I understand there’s a lot of anger about that,” he continued. “And I think, in the interest of the transgender community, as well as others, it would be better to go at that in a more granular way, and not simply announce that, if you don’t support it, you’re a homophobe.”
Quote:U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the government now has evidence suspected gunman Cole Allen shot a federal agent during an alleged attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump at last weekend’s White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner.
“We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer,” Pirro said during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday.
Why It Matters
Until now, it had been unclear whether investigators would be able to produce direct forensic evidence linking the suspect’s weapon to an injury during the chaotic exchange of gunfire.
Early accounts focused on intent and the rapid intervention by security, with officials noting the Secret Service officer was protected by a ballistic vest and no serious injuries were immediately reported. Determining whether a round physically struck an officer—and conclusively tying that projectile to a specific weapon—can take time, making Pirro’s disclosure of ballistic evidence a significant development in the case.
What to Know
Pirro’s comments come as Allen faces federal charges connected to the shooting, including attempted assassination of the president and assault on a federal officer. Authorities allege Allen rushed a security checkpoint outside the dinner at the Washington Hilton armed with a shotgun, prompting an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service personnel tasked with protecting Trump and other attendees. The president was not injured.
"It is definitively his bullet he hit at that Secret Service agent," Pirro told host Jake Tapper on Sunday about Allen. "He had every intention to kill him, and anyone who got in his way, on his way to killing the president of the United States. This was a premeditated, violent act, calculated to take down the president, and anyone who was in the line of fire."
Sunday's disclosure by Pirro strengthens the government’s narrative Allen fired directly at law enforcement during the incident, a key element in supporting the most serious charges filed in the case. Allen has not entered a plea, and his attorneys have previously questioned aspects of the government’s evidence. The investigation remains ongoing as the case moves through federal court.
Quote:Cole Allen thought he was “Rambo” and armed himself “to the teeth” to try to kill President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, DC’s top law-enforcement official revealed Sunday.
Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for the District of Columbia, stressed it wasn’t friendly fire but Allen, 31, who shot a Secret Service officer when he stormed the Washington Hilton last month, and that she is confident her team can prove the “brilliant Caltech grad intended to kill Trump.
“Clearly, the president is a target. And make no mistake, it is not just the manifesto. It is his actions,” Pirro told CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to Allen’s alleged hate-fueled missive in which the mechanical-engineering grad and former NASA intern outlined his violent plans while calling himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen.”
“I mean, this guy thought he was Rambo,” said Pirro, who was among the administration officials at the dinner at the time of the shooting.
“I mean, he was armed to the teeth.
“And he takes a picture of himself. He is smug, he is proud, and he is focused on what he’s doing,” she said, noting selfies the suspect took in his hotel before the shooting.
Allen, the son of a church leader, was armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives when he stormed the security perimeter a floor above the ballroom where Trump, administration officials and hundreds of reporters were on April 25, according to authorities.
In the suspect’s alleged manifesto, which was first revealed by The Post, he stated his targets were “Administration officials (not including [FBI chief] Mr. [Kash] Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.”
The manifesto did not mention Trump by name, though there was one line that said, “And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
Pirro was unsure about whether that was a reference to Trump when asked about it Sunday.
“You’re going to have to ask him that. I don’t really care,” she said, referring to Allen.
Quote:An unruly man was hauled into custody by the Secret Service at President Trump’s Florida golf course Saturday afternoon – just one week after gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The unidentified suspect was arrested at a security checkpoint at Trump Doral National Golf Club around 4:15 p.m. after allegedly causing a chaotic scene, defying orders, and getting physical with a Secret Service agent, according to the Secret Service and the Doral Police Department.
Trump was not on site when the incident unfolded.
Video shared on social media by conservative provocateur Nick Sortor showed the individual shuffling in place as he was cuffed after allegedly “setting off magnetometers” at an entry screening area.
The security stop was manned by federal agents and law enforcement officers.
“At no point did this situation impact the established security posture for any upcoming visits to Trump Doral National Golf Club by Secret Service protectees,” Michael Townsend, acting special agent in charge of Secret Service Miami told The Post.
The agitator was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting without violence.
He is now being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami, police said.
The incident comes after alleged shooter Cole Allen charged through a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton while armed with a shotgun, knives and other weapons, in an attempt to assassinate Trump and members of his cabinet during last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The California teacher is charged with attempting to assassinate the president, transporting weapons across state lines with intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
If convicted, the 31-year-old would-be assassin faces up to life in prison.
Quote:Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has revealed he has more damning evidence of former FBI Director James Comey’s alleged threats against President Trump — and said it wasn’t just the viral “86 47” Instagram post that got him arrested again.
“Rest assured that the career assistant United States attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents, the career Secret Service agents that investigated this case didn’t just look at the Instagram post and walk away,” Blanche told Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“That’s why you saw an indictment last week, notwithstanding the fact that it was last May that the post was made,” he added.
“So I am not permitted to get into the details of what the grand jury heard or found, as you know. But rest assured that it’s not just the Instagram post that leads somebody to get indicted,” Blanche said.
Comey was indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina over his alleged threats against Trump.
The only potential threat mentioned in the three-page indictment was a photo he posted on Instagram in May 2025 of seashells on a beach spelling out “86 47,” which the Justice Department said was a threat to kill the president.
But on “Meet the Press,” Blanche said that other people who wore or posted those letters would not be indicted.
“[It is] posted constantly — that phrase is used constantly,” Blanche said.
Quote:The chair of the California Republican Party and other conservatives on social media are calling for the vice mayor of Los Altos, California, Larry Lang, to resign after he posted “86 47” on social media multiple times, including in response to one of the state Republican Party’s Facebook posts.
The now-deleted posts, screenshots of which were shared by the California Republican Party and reviewed by Fox News Digital, show that at some point this week Lang updated his Facebook “cover photo” so it was the same image of a “86 47” seashell formation reading that resulted in former FBI Director James Comey getting indicted in federal court last month for threats against the president.
Meanwhile, Lang also commented “86 47” on a post shared by the California Republican Party earlier this week on Facebook. The clip included a news segment featuring California GOP Chairperson Corrin Rankin talking about a recent debate between California’s current gubernatorial candidates. She argued during the segment that Democrats in the state “have no solutions,” adding that Californians are ready for new leadership after 16 years of Democratic Party rule in the state.
“This death threat directed at Donald Trump is unacceptable. Either this elected ‘leader’ is completely unaware of recent events, or he is somehow fueling the violence that erodes our political system,” Rankin said Friday in a post on X that included calls for Lang to resign. “Los Altos deserves leaders who unite the community and focus on solutions.”
The California GOP also echoed Rankin’s remarks, pleading with Democrats to “stop advocating for the death of Donald Trump and Republicans.”
When reached for comment about the “86 47” posts, Lang’s email address returned an automatic response indicating he was “traveling” until May 4. His Facebook “cover photo” indicated it had been changed Friday.
Lang is the vice mayor of the Los Altos City Council and also sits on over half-a-dozen regional boards of directors. Fox News Digital also reached out to city council members in Los Altos for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
Southwest Airlines flight attendant called for Trump’s assassination in sickening social media posts
Quote:A Southwest Airlines flight attendant prayed for President Trump’s assassination on social media after a gunman breached security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Michele Carpino made the perverse plea on her Facebook page just minutes after news broke that would-be assassin Cole Allen stormed the annual black-tie Washington press bash last Saturday.
“Oh please sweet baby Jesus,” Carpino wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post, Libs of TikTok reported.
“WE NEED BETTER ASSASSIN’S! [sic],” she commented after Allen was thwarted by Secret Service agents.
Carpino has a history of posting disturbing anti-Trump screeds on social media.
“One day we will wake up to his obituary,” read one post from July 10, 2024, just three days before the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt on Trump.
Another post uncovered by Libs of TikTok, Carpino posted the phrase “86 47.” The term “86” is commonly used in restaurants and bars to mean that an item should be discarded or that service should be refused. “47” referred to Trump.
That term was posted to social media by former FBI director James Comey on May 15, 2025, leading to his federal indictment April 28. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called Comey’s post an illegal threat to “take the life of” the president.
Elsewhere, Carpino referred to MAGA as “hillbilly ISIS” and had multiple Facebook posts using the phrase “F–K ICE.”
Potential Southwest customers were mortified by the posts.
That flight attendant is totally 
crazy! How could she ask for Trump's assassination!? 
Quote:Nine people were arrested as a mob of anti-ICE protesters descended on a Brooklyn hospital and tangled with law enforcement in a chaotic, caught-on-video clash on Saturday night, cops said.
The unruly group of around 100 activists arrived outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick after they got wind that federal immigration agents were in the neighborhood and had taken a man in their custody to the hospital for medical attention, City Council member Sandy Nurse said on X.
The mob quickly flooded the streets in front of and around the hospital in what appeared to be an attempt to block the ICE agents from leaving with the man, video shows.
Cops responded to the disorderly crowd – who were blocking traffic and emergency entrances and exits to the hospital – around 10:25 p.m., the NYPD said.
Officers on the scene requested that protesters disperse and step back onto the sidewalk, cops said.
But tensions between cops and protesters quickly heated up, leading to an hours-long standoff between the groups.
Videos on social media show scenes of bedlam around the hospital.
Protesters are seen jeering and yelling obscenities at cops as trash cans are strewn across the street.
In one instance, a small scuffle between a police officer and a protester turns into a massive brawl, with cops and demonstrators tackling and swinging on each other.
The chaos came to its peak when ICE agents left the hospital with the man in their custody around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, wildly dousing the crowd with pepper spray and speeding away in an SUV – but not before banging into a person in the crowd, amNY reported.
Quote:An illegal migrant on Long Island fatally butchered a beloved mom of two and another woman in separate savage attacks — before calling cops and calmly confessing he “killed somebody,’’ police said.
Rony Yahir Alvarenga Rivera, 22, of El Salvador — who entered the US as an unaccompanied 12-year-old in 2016 — knifed a 42-year-old coworker to death at an Island Park Wendy’s around 12:30 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
The victim, identified by CBS-TV News as Ana Maria de Aguila Cordova, a mother of two from Long Beach, was taking out the trash when she was ambushed.
“I can’t stop crying,’’ a weeping female Wendy’s coworker told The Post on Sunday, pointing to the blood-stained spot on the sidewalk outside the fast-food restaurant where the hardworking mother was killed.
Three hours earlier, around 9 p.m. Thursday, Rivera had hacked his 32-year-old roommate to death at their Valley Stream apartment, according to Nassau County police.
He later went to his job at Wendy’s and killed his second victim, cops said.
Both of the dead women suffered brutal stab wounds to the neck and torso.
Rivera then allegedly called the police and told them what he had done.
“While we were at the [Wendy’s] scene, we received information that an individual was stopped at 169 Atlantic Avenue in Lynbrook,” Detective Lt. George Darienzo said.
“He asked to see police and when police arrived, he said he killed somebody that night,” he said.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said at a press briefing, “This didn’t have to happen.
“This is just an example of what happens when you have open borders.
“Why are we letting an unaccompanied minor into our country to run around, basically without any supervision whatsoever?” Blakeman said. “And then that individual grows up and automatically gets legal status in our country. This is a policy today that resulted in two women getting killed.
Durianzo said police had first responded to a 911 call at the Wendy’s at 33 Austin Blvd. in North Long Beach on reports of a man with a knife.
Quote:A crazed United Airlines passenger has been arrested after allegedly attacking a flight attendant and trying to storm the cockpit as the plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport.
United Flight 1837 had just arrived from the Dominican Republic at around 6 p.m. Saturday when the pilot was forced to declare an emergency on board.
Wild audio of the conversation between air traffic control and one of the crew members captures the chaotic scenes on arrival at the New Jersey hub.
“We’re declaring an emergency, seems like someone just attacked one of our flight attendants,” the crew member tells air traffic controllers.
The crew member asks for emergency vehicles to come and meet the plane on the runway and deal with the passenger.
“A gentleman just attacked one of the flight attendants and tried to open the forward main cabin door,” the crew member continues.
United Airlines Flight 1837, a Boeing 737 Max, declared an emergency at Newark this evening after a passenger allegedly attacked a flight attendant and attempted to access the cockpit. pic.twitter.com/Bwls83oYEU
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 3, 2026
“Tried to gain access to the flight deck.”
“Oh my god,” the ATC worker responds.
Police detained a 48-year-old passenger at the gate and took him to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, Newark Airport’s operator The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told The post.
Quote:Passengers were left scrambling to find their way home from Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend after Spirit Airlines abruptly shuttered operations.
“There’s no way that we can get it back, especially the Airbnb and all the expenses that we did for trips,” Paloma Zuniga, who was supposed to fly from LAX to New York this week, told NBC Los Angeles. “It’s crazy what’s going on.”
The budget airline made the shocking announcement on Saturday, citing the increase in oil prices and “other pressures” that left the company with “no choice” but to shut down after 34 years in business.
“The wind-down follows the Company’s extensive and comprehensive efforts to restructure the business and pursue transactions to strengthen Spirit’s financial position and create a sustainable path forward,” the company said in a statement.
“Unfortunately, despite the Company’s efforts, the recent material increase in oil prices and other pressures on the business have significantly impacted Spirit’s financial outlook.”
The Spirit counter at LAX in Terminal 2 looked like a ghost town, with no one working the counters and the kiosks informing passengers the airline is no longer in business, according to the outlet.
“All Spirit flights have been cancelled, and Spirit Guests should not go to the airport,” the company said in a statement.
Frequent flyers are now demanding Spirit issue refunds as they struggle to find a new way home with the high cost of travel and booking a last minute ticket that costs hundreds of dollars with a different airline.
“We need to be compensated,” Artyna Thomas Luke, who was planning to head back home to Texas from LA, said. “We need to be taken care of and we need to be able to get back to our destination.”
While Spirit said it will automatically issue refunds, some flyers told the outlet that they have yet to receive any money.
Luke questioned why the airline didn’t give passengers more of a notice.
Quote:Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., pushed back against criticism of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner over his "Nazi tattoo" and past online comments, arguing that Platner’s behavior may be linked to PTSD stemming from his deployment to Afghanistan and that he deserves a second chance.
Platner, an Army and Marine Corps veteran, is vying to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Now that Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign Thursday, Platner has become the leading Democratic candidate in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
In an interview with Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer, Van Hollen described Platner as a candidate that "can beat Susan Collins" and appeal to a broad coalition of supporters, particularly blue-collar workers, labor groups and Native American tribes. Van Hollen said although Platner has had his "ups and downs," he has proven able to connect with voters.
"The dude has a Nazi tattoo," Sherman asked. "How do you view that?" He went on to suggest that would be "disqualifying" to run for office.
"Let's take a couple issues, including the comments he's made in the past," Van Hollen said. "I mean, he's been very clear that he went into combat on behalf of the United States. He went through a really rough period, a PTSD-type period."
"He himself said there are lots of things he's done and said that he completely regrets, and I do believe people should have second chances and that people can learn from their mistakes, and I think he's been doing that," Van Hollen continued.
In October, Platner told reporters that a tattoo on his chest resembling the Totenkopf, a skull-and-crossbones symbol associated with Nazi police, had been covered.
In past Reddit posts, Platner said he was a "communist," accused rural White Americans of being racist and stupid, and said police officers were "bastards." Platner said he was seeking "to get a rise out of people" with his Reddit posts.
Platner has received the endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and shares his vision of implementing socialist policies like "Medicare-for-all" and dismantling the billionaire class.
Quote:A US Senate candidate in Michigan is under fire for past social media posts where she not only looked down on “Middle America” but also proclaimed her love for California — so much so that she even voted in California elections while supposedly in Michigan.
Democrat Mallory McMorrow deleted thousands of tweets, some of which defended “coastal elites,” after The New York Post first reported on them last year.
McMurrow wrote in her 2025 autobiography that she “relocated permanently” to Michigan in 2014. But there are tweets where she said she was a California resident and voter as late as July 2016.
Born in New Jersey, the candidate had lived in the Golden State to work various jobs, according to her LinkedIn.
She was a designer for toy company Mattel in El Segundo in 2012, and she was later back in the state after a stint in New York as a director of creative strategy for a production studio in Venice, California, until 2015.
Her first Michigan-based job listed on her LinkedIn began in July 2017.
McMurrow’s campaign explained the discrepancy to news outlets, saying her move was a “process” completed by mid-2016 and that she remained registered in California until then.
Analysis of the deleted posts indicated that she voted in California’s June 2016 Democratic primary and November 2014 election. Public records showed she registered to vote in Michigan in August 2016.
In her tweets, she reminisced often about the West Coast.
“There are days like these that make me miss California even more,” McMorrow groused on Jan. 5, 2017, the day before Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton was certified by Congress.
She seemed to agree with the sentiment that white working-class voters in the Midwest were sheltered and needed to understand diverse communities on the coasts more, not the other way around.
McMorrow is up against Representative Haley Stevens and former Detroit public health official Abdul El-Sayed in a tight primary race of national interest.
PANAMA CANAL
Quote:China has touched sensitivities in Latin America after ramping up detentions of Panamanian ships in what is widely viewed as retaliation over the seizure of two Panama ports previously leased to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.
Five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean joined the United States on Tuesday in issuing a joint statement, saying they were monitoring "China’s targeted economic pressure and the recent actions that have affected Panama-flagged vessels."
"These actions—following the decision of Panama’s independent Supreme Court regarding the Balboa and Cristóbal terminals—are a blatant attempt to politicize maritime trade and infringe on the sovereignty of the nations of our hemisphere," it said.
Panama-flagged ships accounted for 91 of the 123 detained for inspections in March by China's state port controllers, according to Loadstar’s analysis of records released by 22 maritime authorities in the Asia-Pacific region.
In February, China detained only 45 ships, of which 19 were Panamanian.
Latin American Solidarity
China is the second-largest trading partner for Latin America, trailing only the United States, and the largest for South America. Beijing’s increasing clout has heightened competition in a region Washington has long considered its backyard.
Though only a handful of countries—Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago—signed onto the statement, China’s strong response against Panama has undercut its pitch as a favorable alternative to the United States, whose popularity has dipped in parts of the region amid the hardline policies of President Donald Trump.
China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday insisted that the inspections were routine and in accordance with laws and regulations.
EUROPE
Quote:A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria in connection with a case in which rat poison was found in jars of baby food, police say.
Two weeks ago, a jar of carrot and potato purée was found to contain the poison in the eastern state of Burgenland, prompting manufacturer HiPP to recall an entire range of its products.
A total of five contaminated jars were safely recovered in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia before they could be consumed.
Austria's Die Presse newspaper reported that an email demanding €2m (£1.73m) had not been noticed by HiPP until after the ransom deadline expired.
The German firm's CEO told the newspaper the message, which gave the company six days to pay the money, was sent on 27 March to an email address that is checked every two to three weeks.
The arrest was announced on Saturday by police in Burgenland. Spokesman Helmut Marban told the BBC no further details regarding the suspect or the circumstances of his arrest could be disclosed, as the investigation was ongoing.
Authorities believe at least one more poisoned jar is still in circulation and have issued guidance on how to recognise tampered jars.
Consumers have been urged to look out for damaged or open lids, a missing safety seal, an unusual or spoiled odour, or a white sticker with a red circle on the bottom of the glass jar.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety warned parents whose babies had consumed the brand's food to consult a doctor if their children showed signs of bleeding, extreme weakness or paleness.
Quote:A British tech tycoon’s luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily wasn’t caused by a catastrophic storm — but was doomed because of the actions of the ship’s crew, a bombshell report argued.
Experts contracted by Italian prosecutors were asked to investigate the weather over the Tyrrhenian Sea on Aug 19, 2024, when billionaire Mike Lynch’s Bayesian yacht capsized and sank, killing him, his teen daughter and five others.
An initial report found the perceived deadly storm was “a little more than a squall” and manageable when it collided with the 184-foot ship in the Italian waters, Sky News reported.
The preliminary report pinned blame on crew members for underestimating the storm’s strength, taking improper actions during the chaotic scene, and the lack of certain security devices used.
Experts have previously theorized that the craft capsized during a “black swan” event when a spontaneous formation of a tornado-like waterspout struck the vessel.
The public prosecutor’s office in the Sicilian town of Termini Imerese is running a criminal investigation into the deadly shipwreck, The Post exclusively reported last May.
Captain James Cutfield, chief engineer Timothy Parker Eaton and deckhand Matthew Griffiths could face criminal charges, including negligent shipwreck and multiple counts of manslaughter.
Griffiths, who was on the night watch at the time, “did not realize … that the boat had taken on water” and is accused of being negligent through “malpractice, recklessness and inexperience,” according to the prosecutor’s decree.
AFRICA
Quote:Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has arrived in Eswatini, days after his government said a trip had been cancelled due to China pressuring African countries to stop him flying over their territories.
His visit to Eswatini - Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Africa - followed "days of careful arrangements by the diplomatic and national security teams", he said, without giving further details on how he reached the country.
China described the visit as a "stowaway-style escape farce". China views Taiwan as part of its territory with no right to state-to-state relations.
Images showed Lai being welcomed by Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Dlamini as he walked past a guard of honour.
Taiwan's delegation also included Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and National Security Council Adviser Alex Huang, according to its presidential office.
Lai's visit this time was not announced in advance by either government.
The trip had originally been set for 22 to 26 April, to mark the 40th anniversary of Eswatini's King Mswati III's accession. It was suspended after Taiwan said Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar had unilaterally revoked flight permits for Lai's aircraft to cross airspace they manage, citing Chinese pressure.
On social media, Lai said: "Taiwan will never be deterred by external pressures. Our resolve & commitment are underpinned by the understanding that Taiwan will continue to engage with the world - no matter the challenges faced."
In another post, he praised Eswatini for "standing firm against various diplomatic and economic pressure, speaking out for Taiwan's international place through concrete actions".
"I hope this trip will contribute to even deeper friendship between Taiwan and Eswatini, thanks to closer economic, agricultural, cultural and educational links, as well as promote Taiwan's international co-operation," he said.
Lai's schedule in Eswatini includes bilateral talks with Eswatini's King Mswati III and signing an agreement on customs, according to Taiwan's presidential office.
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is one of just 12 small states that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Keeping these ties is a priority for the Taiwanese government.
China has for years pressured countries to end diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
Quote:Two US service members have gone missing during military exercises in Morocco, the US African Command (Africom) has said.
Officials said they were last seen on Saturday near ocean cliffs in the vicinity of the Cap Draa Training Area, which is close to the city of Tan Tan in Morocco.
Initial reports indicate the missing soldiers, who were participating in African Lion 2026, an annual joint training exercise, may have fallen into the ocean, a US defence official told the BBC.
A search and rescue mission involving ground, air, and maritime resources from the US, Morocco and other countries is underway for the service members, Africom said.
"The incident remains under investigation and the search is ongoing," Africom said in a statement released on Sunday. "Our focus is on the service members involved and their families."
Authorities believe the incident was an accident and was not an act of terrorism or kidnapping, a US official told the BBC.
The soldiers were reported missing after they failed to return to the training area, and US and Moroccan forces then launched a search, the official said.
African Lion is an annual joint exercise designed to strengthen operations between US forces, Nato allies, and African nations.
It is the continent's largest annual joint military exercise, and is hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia.
It focuses on all-domain operations, crisis response, and multinational coordination to enhance regional security and prepare for emergencies.
The exercise, which involves 5,000 personnel from over 40 countries and more than 30 US-based industry partners, is scheduled to run from 27 April to 8 May.
Quote:Nigeria has summoned South Africa's acting High Commissioner over a spate of recent attacks on foreigners in the southern African nation.
Nigeria will formally convey its "profound concern" at a meeting on Monday over incidents in South Africa, saying they could affect existing relations between the countries, according to a foreign ministry statement, external.
The meeting will focus on recent marches held by anti-immigrant groups and "documented instances of mistreatment of Nigerian citizens and attacks on their businesses", it said.
At least two Nigerians and four Ethiopians have been killed in recent weeks, local media reported, while there have been attacks on citizens of other African countries.
As Africa's most industrialised country, people from elsewhere in the continent have long travelled to South Africa to seek work.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the attacks but also cautioned foreigners to respect local laws.
He used his Freedom Day address last week - marking the country's first democratic elections in 1994 - to remind South Africans of the support other African nations had given in the struggle against the racist system of apartheid.
But some South Africans accuse foreigners of being in the county illegally, taking jobs from locals and having links to crime, especially drugs trafficking.
Anti-immigrant groups have been stopping people outside hospitals and schools demanding to see their identity papers.
During a march by one such group in the capital, Pretoria, last week, foreign-owned businesses were urged to close in case of violence.
At the time, one Nigerian man told BBC Pidgin: "It is not okay because we are blacks, we are brothers... everybody comes here just to survive."
A security guard, who was unable to go to work because of the protest, told the BBC: "It's not what we expected as fellow Africans."
"It's just making us scared - imagine if we're scared in our own African continent - what if we go to Europe?" he asked.
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