Trump:

If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon.

Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet. So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about.

Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!

The UK joined France, Italy, Spain and Canada in blocking a NATO plan that would have required allies to spend 0.25% of GDP on military aid for Ukraine.

Mark Rutte dropped the proposal after failing to secure unanimous support ahead of the alliance summit in Türkiye.

Source: The Telegraph

Trump urged several Muslim and Arab leaders to join the Abraham Accords with Israel if a deal ends the Iran war.

The push is mainly aimed at securing a Saudi-Israel normalization deal, though major political obstacles remain.

Leaders on the call reportedly reacted with surprise and silence, especially Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Pakistan, which do not recognize Israel.

Source: Axios

Trump:

Former Israeli soldier Alex Miller, 23, died by suicide in Miami after reportedly struggling with trauma from a 2022 West Bank attack in which he was wounded and the later death of a close friend in Gaza.

Source: Haaretz

Iran's Tasnim:

Iran does not trust the U.S. despite ongoing indirect talks through Pakistan.

No final deal has been reached, and even if an agreement happens, Iran will closely monitor the U.S. and keep leverage in case Washington fails to honor its commitments.

Hezbollah released a five-minute drone strike compilation showing Ababil FPV kamikaze drones systematically hitting Israeli military positions in Rashaf, southern Lebanon.

The footage shows strikes on at least two Merkava Mk4 tanks, armored bulldozers, heavy trucks, and Humvees.

Hezbollah claims the operations forced an IDF withdrawal from the town.

The Ababil drones are low-cost FPV quadcopters, often fiber-optic guided to defeat jamming, and typically armed with RPG-style anti-tank warheads.

Satellite imagery from May 24 shows Iran has fully cleared all five entrances at its Larestan underground missile facility in Fars Province, southern Iran.

Iran used heavy machinery to excavate debris and reopen the tunnels, restoring full access with no apparent long-term damage to the hardened entrances.

The same recovery pattern has been observed at other Iranian missile sites, including Abyek.

Syria's government sharply raised public sector salaries since the fall of Assad in late 2024.

Under Assad, teachers earned as little as $18–50 a month and specialist doctors around $20–40.

Presidential decrees issued in March 2026 added a 50% general raise plus targeted increases for teachers, doctors, nurses, and university professors.

New pay scales now place school teachers at around $300 a month, specialist doctors at $700, and university professors at $1,000.

Gulf states, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, are contributing roughly $29 million a month to cover public sector wages.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

Our finger is on the trigger for the fourth battle.

On the other hand, of course, our officials are also negotiating to properly restore the rights of the Iranian nation.

This is the final stage, where the entirety of these 47 years, by the grace of Almighty God, will reach a conclusion that will ensure security is established in Iran for the next 50 years.

NEW: The United States and Iran have reached an agreement in principle on a preliminary deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and commit Iran to disposing of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, enriched to 60%.

The deal still requires approval from President Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader.

Under the framework, Iran would clear mines from the strait and allow free passage of commercial shipping, while the US would lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports.

Iran would also be allowed to resume oil sales.

A 60-day ceasefire extension is part of the package, with broader nuclear issues deferred to later talks.

No final agreement has been signed.

Source: NYT

Hezbollah Leader Naim Qassem says disarming the group would amount to the "annihilation" of Lebanon's defensive capabilities.

Qassem said the weapons would remain in Hezbollah's hands "until the Lebanese state is capable of carrying out its duties."

Two Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles hit Kyiv overnight, deploying decoy flares during the approach.

Germany's far-right AfD is on course to win the September 6 regional election in Saxony-Anhalt and could govern alone, which would make it the first AfD-led state government in German history.

Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund, 35, says the victory would create a "domino effect" across Germany.

He has pledged to detain all rejected asylum seekers pending deportation, remove diversity and LGBTQ+ content from school curricula, and restore Russian language courses and exchange programs.

Source: DW

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said "it is possible that I will submit my resignation soon."

He clarified that his presidential mandate expires in 2027 and said he would not shorten it in what he called a "senseless" way.

Vučić dismissed the latest protest at Belgrade's Slavija Square on May 23, calling it "empty."

No formal resignation has been submitted.

A small group of protesters in Venezuela burned large printed portraits of Donald Trump and Marco Rubio in a public square.

The demonstration appears to have been organized by Maduro loyalists reacting to recent US actions.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

They had planned the 40-day war to last only 4 or 5 days. And in the most pessimistic scenario, they had said it wouldn't take more than 15 days.

This thief who had broken into Iran's house was caught in the trap of the Strait of Hormuz while trying to flee.

They had no preparation for a prolonged war.

They said, 'I will now pull a theatrical stunt, take these enriched materials from Isfahan, and claim that I was victorious.'

Well, you saw they came to Isfahan, and how God Almighty struck them down.