NATO's Rutte:

Let there be no mistake, our ability and our resolve to defend every ally is absolute.

Any attack… the response would be devastating.

NATO Secretary General Rutte on U.S. arms production: Trump pressured major defense CEOs at the White House to quadruple output.

"I spoke with one of those CEOs a couple of days later, he was still trembling from that meeting."

"So that was good news."

President Ahmed al-Sharaa will represent Syria at the upcoming G7 summit in France as a guest nation. Syria has never participated in the G7 since the forum was established in 1975, making this its first appearance in the group's 50-year history. - Reuters

Trumps latest post on Iran

IDF: A suspected ramming attack occurred near the Tapuah Junction in the Samaria region. No casualties. The driver was apprehended in the village of Huwara following an arrest operation and will be transferred for interrogation by security forces.

Starting May 21, Americans and permanent residents who have been in the DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan within 21 days of arriving in the U.S. must enter through Dulles Airport for enhanced Ebola screening. The State Department warns of possible flight changes and cancellations tied to the Central Africa outbreak.

Iranian local authorities attribute explosions on Qeshm Island to the destruction of unexploded munitions, following earlier reports of blasts on the island.

Russian Defence Ministry: A Zircon hypersonic missile was launched as part of nuclear exercises.

The Trump administration added 82 immigration judges in an effort to speed up deportation cases. - Fox News

U.S. national debt hit $39 trillion. Up roughly $5 billion a day since October, per Fortune.

Iran and Oman in talks on a permanent Hormuz toll, per an Iranian envoy.

CENTCOM says 94 commercial vessels have been redirected as of May 21.

Hezbollah rockets aimed at IDF troops in the southern Lebanon security zone struck the Christian village of Debl yesterday and today, damaging property. Residents who remained in the village with Israeli permission were unharmed.

Portugal's Dom Francisco de Almeida frigate pursued a Russian Yury Ivanov-class intelligence vessel after it approached NATO's Dynamic Mongoose exercise in the Baltic.

- @Osinttechnical

Putin and Xi discussed a proposal to move Iran's enriched uranium to Russia for storage, according to the Russian Interfax news agency.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells CNBC that AI will become a multitrillion-dollar industry.

Kuwait has closed its airspace to overflights, restricting the flight information region to arrivals and departures only. All previous approvals suspended. Flights require prior clearance from Kuwait's Civil Aviation Authority through May 23, per NOTAM A0222/26.

Iraqi Airways flights have been observed rerouting around Kuwaiti airspace since the restriction took effect.

Rubio: Venezuela's interim president will travel to India next week.

NEW: US Secretary of State Rubio: The Pakistanis will travel to Iran today.

US Secretary of State Rubio: Let's see if we can get a deal with Iran, there are some good signs.

Trump's planned signing ceremony for a new AI and cybersecurity executive order has been cancelled. - Axios