🇦🇪🇮🇷 - British maritime security firm Ambrey says a UAE-linked products tanker was hijacked near Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 - US intelligence says Israel is preparing to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, though it remains unclear whether a final decision has been made.

🇦🇪🇾🇪 - UAE completes repairs to an airstrip on Samhah Island, off the coast of Yemen.

🇦🇲🇦🇿 - Work is underway to set up a "3+3" format meeting between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - IDF admits its soldiers mistakenly fired warning shots at foreign diplomats visiting Jenin, West Bank.

🇷🇺🇱🇾 - Libya to resume energy contracts with Russian companies.

🇺🇸🇦🇲🇦🇿 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says his department is working to prevent an Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia:

There’s a real risk there of a conflict that we’re trying to prevent from happening. Our teams have been very engaged in that regard in trying to make something come about and prevent an armed intervention there.

🇹🇷 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he's not seeking another term, but emphasizes the country needs a new constitution.

🇬🇧🇮🇴🇲🇺 - UK officially transfers the sovereignty of British territory of Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

🇸🇩🇦🇪 - Unverified footage indicates the RSF is operating armored personnel carriers produced in the UAE.

🇦🇱🇪🇺 - Albania opens "Cluster 3: Competitiveness and inclusive growth" chapters for EU accession talks.

🇫🇷🇮🇶 - France takes command of the NATO mission in Iraq.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Iran threatens to move its nuclear material to undeclared sites to protect it from a potential Israeli military strike.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russia announces plans to establish a buffer zone along its border with Ukraine.

🇱🇧🇵🇸 - Lebanese authorities announce plans to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps in June.

🇳🇪🇨🇳 - Nigerien junta ends contracts and expels Chinese oil firms accused of failing to promote local employment.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iran says US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff prematurely left the nuclear talks in Rome, Italy.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia is ready to hand over to Ukraine a draft document to end the war.

🇸🇾 - Kurdish delegation to meet HTS officials in Damascus.

🇩🇪🇱🇹 - Germany's 45th Panzer Brigade deploys to Lithuania to bolster NATO's eastern flank.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US Treasury Department officially eases sanctions on Syria.