🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- US Secretary of State Rubio held a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. The two discussed the upcoming second round of Russia-Ukraine talks.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Russians have 4 days to submit their ceasefire memorandum. Ukraine has already handed over its document to Russia," - Rustem Umerov, Defense Minister of Ukraine.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The war in Gaza has cost Israel $48.8 billion, approximately $85.6 million a day, according to Israeli Channel 12.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Initial reports of a loud explosion in Herzliya, Israel. Unconfirmed reports of a chemical polymer plant exploding.

🇷🇺⚡- BREAKING: Two million documents detailing Russia's entire nuclear program, including facilities, locations, weapon grades, projects, structural vulnerabilities and very detailed blueprints were leaked online.

The location of the ultra-secret Yasny base, housing Avangard missiles has also been exposed.

The documents were accessed by European journalists from Danwatch and Der Spiegel, and has been described as the largest intelligence leak in Russian military history.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has yet to comment.

🇷🇺⚡- BREAKING: The leakage included the location of the ultra-secret Yasny base, housing the advanced Avangard nuclear missiles, shown above!

Coordinates will not be provided for obvious reasons.

🇨🇳🇻🇳⚡- For the first time in 5 years, China deploys two H-6 bombers to the disputed Woody Island, Paracel Islands, South China Sea.

Coordinates: 16.8332034, 112.3423572.

🇨🇳🇻🇳⚡- EU's Sentinel-2 imagery shows that the Chinese Shandong aircraft carrier has been deployed to the north of the disputed Paracel Islands, South China Sea. The carrier left from a port in Hainan.

This also comes as the USS Nimitz entered the South China Sea from the south west, via Singapore Strait, two days ago. For the first time ever, US and Chinese carriers could come face to face.

Location of Shandong: 17.4798467, 111.0526150.

🇬🇧🇷🇺⚡️- To support NATO and protect critical areas like the Baltic and North Seas, the UK is turning to AI. Through Operation Nordic Warden, advanced systems are being used to monitor undersea infrastructure and track Russian naval activity as Arctic tensions continue to rise.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan says a Chinese vessel attempted to approach the Pratas Island with its Automatic Identification System turned off.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Three Chinese vessels enter Taiwan's Kinmen Islands water spaces, for the third night in a row.

🇺🇸⚡️- Elon Musk's 130 day term as a Special Government Employee has ended.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Washington and Tehran are close to reaching a comprehensive nuclear deal and it could be signed at the next meeting," - CNN reported, citing sources 'familiar with the matter'.

🇮🇷⚡- A shooting incident in Tuyserkan, western Iran, kills one and injured eight, three are in critical conditions.

A man started firing from the rooftop of his house at passersby. Police officers wounded him during a fire exchange, after which he was arrested and taken to the hospital. According to the prosecutor's office, the attacker suffered from a mental disorder.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has not yet officially responded to the updated Witkoff proposal. Doing so is politically tricky for the Netanyahu government," - Israel Today, Israeli outlet.

🇨🇳⚡- China, backed by 20 other countries including Indonesia, Pakistan, Algeria and Serbia, will launch the International Organization for Mediation, IOM, on Friday, May 30.

The IOM will be based in Hong Kong, and will be China's competitor to the International Court of Justice, which is based in The Hague.

🇨🇳🇺🇸 - China's Ministry of Commerce asks the US to drop all "unilateral unjustified tariffs".

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- M23 have crossed the Luhulu River and captured the small town of Peti, Walikale direction, North Kivu region, eastern DR Congo.

M23 have also advanced beyond Peti, towards Kisone. Meanwhile, the group has launched a pincer from the north, taking Kilambo. The attack is aimed at encircling a large number of DR Congo Armed Forces, FARDC, located on the heights of Buhimba, which is vital for the defense of Pinga - just 9km away from the frontline.

Even though the Trump Administration signed mineral deals with both sides, as well as a so-called 'ceasefire' deal - the war remains in full swing.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The war of the drones.

A Russian quadcopter drone spots a Ukrainian fiber optic drone operating over Russian-controlled trenches. In an incredible maneuver, the Russian quadcopter, using its blades, cuts the cable of the fiber optic Ukrainian drone. The Ukrainian drone can then be seen shutting down slowly, having been neutralized.

🇺🇸🇦🇿🇮🇱⚡- "Azerbaijan deserves to be recognized by the US as a key strategic partner. Azerbaijan has been a loyal friend of Israel for many years, and this has not changed even after October 7, despite its geographical and cultural proximity to Iran. It deserves to be recognized by the United States as a key strategic partner. Azerbaijan works closely with Israel, and just as it remains loyal to Jerusalem, it is ready to be a loyal partner to Washington," - The Jerusalem Post.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- US Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, raises the US flag at the US Ambassador's residency in Damascus, Syria, for the first time in 12+ years.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani was also present to mark the occasion.