🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- The first round of US-China talks reportedly lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes.

After the talks President Trump and President Xi Jinping toured the Temple of Heaven.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "On the night of May 14, Russia launched a massive air attack targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure. The aggressor used 731 air attack assets: 675 Shahed-type UAVs, 3 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles, 18 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 35 Kh-101 cruise missiles.

Ukrainian air defenders shot down:
- 652 enemy UAVs
- 29 Kh-101 cruise missiles
- 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles" - Ukrainian Air Force.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- BREAKING: Iran has boarded and seized a vessel 38 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, which is now sailing toward Iranian territorial waters.

The seizure comes as the United States and China are holding a historic summit in Beijing.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah hostile drone intrusion detected in northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "The IDF has begun attacking infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in several areas in southern Lebanon." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇱🇻⚡️- Evika Silina, Latvia's Prime Minister has announced she will resign, that will trigger a collapse of her coalition government.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "A short while ago, an explosive drone launched by the Hezbollah terrorist organization fell within the territory of the State of Israel, near the Lebanon border.

As a result, several Israeli civilians were injured and evacuated for further medical treatment at the hospital.

This is a blatant violation of the ceasefire understandings by the Hezbollah terrorist organization." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah drone intrusion detected in northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- President Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on September 24th.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Israeli government is going to file a defamation lawsuit against the New York times over an article alleging sexual assault against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Jails.

"Following the publication by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times of one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press, which also received the backing of the newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times." - Israel Foreign Ministry.

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️- "Saudi Arabia has discussed the idea of a non-aggression pact between Middle East states and Iran as part of talks with allies on how to manage regional tensions once the US-Israeli war with the Islamic republic ends, diplomats said.

Riyadh is eyeing as a potential model the 1970s Helsinki Process that eased tensions in Europe during the cold war, said two western diplomats, as the region anticipates a postwar Iran that is weakened but still poses a threat to its neighbours. They added that the non-aggression pact was among various ideas being considered.

Gulf states in particular have been concerned since the US and Israel launched the war against Iran that they would be left with a wounded, more hawkish Islamic regime on their doorstep once the conflict ends and the large American military presence in the region is scaled back." - The Financial Times.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The main loading facility for Iranian oil, Kharg island, we've seen there has been no loading in three days, we believe there storage is full, none of the ships are getting out, none are coming in, so they're not able to store oil on the water.

They're gonna start shutting down their production, we can see that that's happening from satellite." - Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “US Central Command was created in direct response to the threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

For 47 years, the Iranian regime has terrorized the region and made hostility to the U.S. a core tenet of its rule.

Their hostile, lethal track record against the U.S. is well documented.

In just the last 30 months prior to the commencement of Epic Fury, Iranian-supported terror groups have attacked U.S. troops and diplomats more than 350 times —the equivalent of an attack more than every third day— killing four U.S. servicemembers and wounding nearly 200 more.

In less than 40 days, CENTCOM forces achieved our military objectives. With 90% of its defense industrial base destroyed, Iran won't be able to reconstitute those weapons for years.” - Admiral Brad Cooper, CENTCOM Commander.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Thai outlet The Standard has clarified earlier reports of possible gunfire or explosions in the Preah Vihear area were false.

The Thai military initially accused Cambodia of a ceasefire violation, but after clarifying the situation, no explosions or gunfire took place.

🇺🇸⚡️- Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks has resigned after 37 years of public service. Thus marking the second major immigration official to resign this month, along with ICE Director Todd Lyons.

🇬🇧⚡- British university student, Henry Nowak, was walking home when he was stabbed at random by a Sikh named Vikrum Digwa, wielding a Sikh ceremonial sword, which is specially permitted in Britain due to religious exemption laws.

Digwa then “aggressively chased” Nowak, leaving a trail of blood, as Nowak looked to flee over a fence. Astoundingly, when Southampton police arrived, they arrested Nowak after Digwa alleged he was racially abused. Shortly after, in police custody, Nowak fell unconscious and died due to his wounds.

The trial is currently underway with Digwa pleading not guilty, and his mother is also on trial for helping cover up the murder.

🇮🇷🇦🇪🇮🇳⚡- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi becomes the first senior Iranian official to openly confirm UAE's involvement in the war against Iran. The comments were made during the BRICS foreign ministries summit in New Delhi.

🇨🇺⚡- BREAKING: Protests erupt in Cuba as Havana cuts power to the country's eastern regions indefinitely.

The government states that they have "absolutely no fuel left," with the situation now "critical."