🇪🇹🇪🇬⚡- Ethiopia has accused Egypt of preventing the country from gaining "access to the sea," something which Addis Ababa describes as "unacceptable."

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇼⚡️- The United States is pausing arms sales to Taiwan because of the war with Iran, according to Navy Secretary Hung Cao.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "It's a very challenging mission to escort ships in a contested strait, we have to get to a place where there is a generally accepted ceasefire before we can demine or escort ships in the Strait of Hormuz." - Chief of Naval Operations Daryl Caudle.

🇨🇩⚡️- A large angry crowd attempted to seize a temporary Ebola treatment center in the DRC.

The incident happened after health authorities denied the return of the body of a local man who had died from the virus, due to health protocols. The locals refused to acknowledge his corpse was a health risk and trying to storm the temporary health center.

Several tents were burnt, at least one isolation ward was fully destroyed.

The crowd dispersed after law enforcement fired warning shots.

Health officials indicated this would impact the ongoing efforts to fight the outbreak.

🇨🇩⚡️- "People are not properly informed or sensitised about what is happening. For a certain segment of the population, especially in remote areas, Ebola is an invention by outsiders - it does not exist." - A local politician from the Ebola outbreak epicenter in the DRC.

🇺🇸🕊 - After being hospitalized as the result of a severe illness earlier today American Stock Car Racer Kyle Busch has passed away at the age of 41. Busch is survived by his wife Samantha and their two children.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Venezuelan Foreign Minister announced that on May 23rd, US (assumed military) aircraft will be flying over Caracas, Venezuela, and doing rehearsals for diplomatic evacuation procedures.

🇺🇸🇱🇧⚡️- "Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated nine Hizballah-aligned officials, including individuals embedded across Lebanon’s government seeking to influence key state decisions. Hizballah’s continued militant activity and coercive influence over the Lebanese state undermine the Lebanese government’s ability to assert its authority over state institutions and disarm the terrorist group." - US Treasury Department.

"Hizballah is a terrorist organization and must be fully disarmed. Treasury will continue to take action against officials who have infiltrated the Lebanese government and are enabling Hizballah to wage its senseless campaign of violence against the Lebanese people and obstruct lasting peace." - Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- The Largest US energy company, Exxon Mobil, is in talks with the Venezuelan government to reacquire oil production rights in Venezuela, after being kicked out of Venezuela almost 20 years ago when then-President Hugo Chavez began to nationalise the Venezuelan oil industry.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The House of Representatives has cancelled their vote on the war powers, which would stop new strikes on Iran, as they lack the votes to pass.

The House has now failed 4 votes on the war powers resolution.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran says 35 ships have paid the toll and have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours.

🇸🇴🇾🇪⚡- UKMTO reports a vessel in the waters north of Socotra, Yemen, was approached by a small boat with five people on board. The vessel fired warning shots, which forced the small boat, likely Somali pirates, to alter their course.

🇺🇳🇨🇩⚡️- WHO increases the severity of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC from "high" to "very high".

🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡️- Zelensky will attend NATO's summit in Ankara in July.

🇫🇷🇸🇾⚡- Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa will attend the G7 summit in France next month.

🇮🇷🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir has departed for Tehran.

🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡- A Qatari delegation has also arrived in Tehran.

🇫🇷🇲🇱🇷🇺⚡- The Russians are negotiating with Bamako on their possible departure from Mali, says Bruno Fuchs, Deputy of the French National Assembly.