A group of 8–10 masked men attacked two German soldiers near NATO's operational headquarters in Brunssum, Netherlands.

The soldiers were off-duty and in civilian clothes when the group stopped them, demanded money, then beat one of them while shouting "We hate NATO."

No arrests were made.

Source: Spiegel

Serbia and NATO are holding their first-ever joint military exercise — roughly 600 troops, running until May 23.

NATO bombed Belgrade less than 30 years ago during the Kosovo war.

Serbia officially stays neutral and still buys weapons from Russia and China.

Source: Al Jazeera

German carmaker Volkswagen is close to a joint venture with Israeli defense firm Rafael to convert a VW plant in Osnabrück from car manufacturing to building military trucks for the Iron Dome and possibly Iron Beam laser defense systems.

Missiles and core components stay made in Israel.

Germany handles the vehicles and assembly.

Source: Bloomberg

Chinese satellite imagery startup, MizarVision, got sanctioned by the US Treasury for tracking and publishing open-source images of American bombers during the US-Israel strikes on Iran.

MizarVision then posted the Treasury sanctions notice as a recruitment ad, essentially using it as a job perk.

"Welcome to join us," it read.

WATCH: Poland's Eurovision contestant Alicja Szemplińska walked out of an interview when asked if she had a message for Israeli fans.

The U.S. and China may launch a limited “managed trade” deal at the Trump–Xi summit, focusing on reducing tariffs on roughly $30 billion worth of non-sensitive goods each.

Instead of pushing China to change its economic system, Washington is now aiming for targeted trade balance goals while keeping restrictions on strategic technologies in place.

Likely areas for tariff relief include U.S. energy and agricultural exports and some Chinese consumer goods.

Source: Reuters

Some European and German officials are quietly discussing whether Angela Merkel could help mediate Ukraine-Russia talks.

Unlike Schröder, she still has credibility in much of Europe, personally knows both Putin and Zelensky, and speaks Russian.

Merkel’s office says nobody has approached her, and she hasn’t said whether she’d even consider the role.

Source: Spiegel

Hezbollah FPV drone targets a lone Israeli soldier.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Iran is "frighteningly close" to weapons-grade uranium — already enriched to 60%, with 90% needed for a nuclear weapon.

He says Iran could be weeks away from reaching that threshold.

Keir Starmer:

I am a gooner.

Netanyahu uses Trump for his election campaign.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

In clear attempt to sow discord, Kuwait has unlawfully attacked an Iranian boat and detained 4 of our citizens in the Persian Gulf. This illegal act took place near island used by the U.S. to attack Iran.

We demand immediate release of our nationals and reserve right to respond.

BIG: During the war with Iran, Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates and met with its president, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ).

Armenia's PM Pashinyan on Karabakh:

I was speaking about the territories around Karabakh. And yes, nothing was built there.

What was built there in name only, de facto did not even exist. And whatever was built in Karabakh was at the expense of what was not built elsewhere.

Armenia's PM Pashinyan on Karabakh:

The Karabakh movement was a trap for us, which we entered.

Karabakh had already been lost from the very beginning. We were in the process of losing Armenia.

And when I realized that we were losing Armenia, my task became to preserve Armenia and establish it as a state. And we preserved Armenia and established it as a state.

Armenia's PM Pashinyan on Karabakh:

The people did not live in Karabakh — the people of Karabakh were hostages of the Kocharyan-Serzh clan, who used the name ‘Karabakh, Karabakh’ to preserve power in Armenia.

The people of Karabakh are now finally going to live — and live in Armenia — where they will have homes, peace, jobs, and social guarantees.