🇨🇺⚡️- CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd, the third and fifth largest container shipping companies in the word, have suspended all shipments to and from Cuba until further notice.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Flotilla of 50 ships heading to Gaza has already reported Naval vessels and speedboats following them. It is likely they will be boarded and seized again as Israel has done in the past.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡️- NATO has commenced its largest special forces exercise in Europe to date, with as many as 3,000 operators from the US, UK, as well as some non-NATO countries, Switzerland, and the Republic of Georgia, and 20 other countries taking part in a 10-day exercise over the territory of 10 different European countries.

The exercise is designed to simulate an enemy force infiltrating NATO territory with the purpose of conducting internal sabotage operations.

🇮🇱⚡️- The head of the Jdeideh-Makar Local Council, a town with a population of over 20,000 people in northern Israel, was ambushed and shot as he left a wedding.

Suhail Malham and his deputy were ambushed by a man on a scooter who opened fire before fleeing the scene. Police have launched a manhunt and haven't found the shooter yet. Israeli media reports Malham's condition as serious, and his deputy's condition as moderate.

🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again had his court testimony cancelled due to "security and political reasons".

🇳🇬⚡️- On Friday, an Islamic militant group attacked a military school that also trains police officers, leaving at least 17 dead police trainees, the spokesperson said. Nigerian soldiers were also killed, but he didn't specify how many.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Israeli Navy has begun to board and arrest boats from the flotilla.

🇺🇸🇳🇬⚡️- "On May 17, 2026, U.S. Africa Command, in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, conducted additional kinetic strikes against ISIS in Northeastern Nigeria.

Intelligence confirmed the targets were ISIS militants. Complete assessments are ongoing. No U.S. or Nigerian forces were harmed.

The removal of these terrorists diminishes the group’s capacity to plan attacks that threaten the safety and security of the U.S. and our partners.

AFRICOM remains committed to leveraging specialized U.S. capabilities in support of our partners to defeat shared security threats." - United States Africa Command.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Reuters reports that Pakistan has given the US a revised Iranian ceasefire proposal on Sunday night.

🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡️- Ukrainian Naval Forces report that a Russian drone hit a Chinese cargo ship in the black sea last night.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow.

🇦🇺🇨🇳⚡️- The Australian government has ordered six Chinese shareholders to sell their stake in the Australian rare earth mineral company, Northern Minerals Ltd. The six shareholders own approximately 17% of the company, which is valued at $220 Million AUD ($157 Million USD), and have been given 14 days to divest from the company.

This is the second time the Australian government has intervened in Northern Minerals Ltd. In 2024, they also forced the sale of 10.4% of the company, which was also owned by Chinese-linked buyers.

The company primarily produces heavy rare earth elements such as dysprosium and terbium, both of which are in heavy demand by defence industries.

Notably, last year, the Australian government and the United States government signed a critical minerals deal that included clauses that Australia would block asset sales due to "security grounds" if needed.