🇨🇭 — Switzerland’s government pledges to bolster the country’s ground-based air defenses with European systems.

🇧🇫 — Over 50% of the deaths attributed to terrorism in 2025 occurred in the Sahel, with Burkina Faso as the epicenter (IEP)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — The White House says that the US can “take out” Iran’s Kharg Island at “any time.”

🇮🇶 — Sources with Iraq’s oil ministry say that force majeure is declared on all oilfields developed by foreign firms (Reuters)

🇮🇷🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s president says that his country is helping five Middle Eastern nations fend off Iranian drones.

🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇸 — Officials say that Danish forces were ready to blow up runways in Greenland to prevent an invasion by the US (DR)

🇮🇹🇱🇾🇷🇺 — Italian officials say that a drifting damaged Russian LNG tanker is days away from Libya’s shores.

🇰🇼 — Kuwait’s military says that its air defenses are intercepting hostile missiles and drones.

🇩🇪🇳🇪 — Germany’s embassy in Niamey says that its staff has been evacuated from Niger for security reasons.

🇮🇷🇹🇯 — Tajikistan’s government confirms that humanitarian aid will soon reach “friendly and brotherly” Iran.

🇮🇷 — Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has blocked 30% of global fertilizer trade (Bloomberg)

🇦🇲 — Armenia's prime minister warns of a war “very soon” if his political opponents come to power in June.

🇮🇳🇮🇷 — India’s prime minister says that he spoke with Iran’s president.

🇳🇬🇺🇸 — A US defense official says that multiple MQ-9 drones are operating in Nigeria to collect intelligence (Reuters)

🇮🇷🇮🇶 — Iraq’s electricity ministry confirms that natural gas supplies from Iran have partially resumed (INA)

🇪🇺 — The EU urges member states to lower natural-gas storage targets and start refilling reserves gradually.