🇬🇧🇷🇺⚡️- 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.

🇲🇦🇮🇱⚡- Morocco awards Tomer Bar, Chief of the Israeli Air Force, with the 'Gift of Friendship,' during the African Lion 2025 exercises held in Morocco.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The two aid distribution centers, ran by the US, are open today in Tal as Sultan, Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. A third aid point, at the Netzarim Corridor, has also begun operations for the first time. So far 14,000 aid packages have been delivered.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- During President Trump’s Middle East tour, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE warned that attacking Iran’s nuclear sites could trigger missile retaliation against bases in their own countries. The Arab leaders urged restraint on Iran.

🇮🇶🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Accelerated talks are underway on a prisoner exchange between Hezbollah and Israel with Iraq as the mediator," - MTV, Lebanese media.

🇹🇷🇦🇲🇮🇷⚡- "The Zangezur Corridor [south Armenia] is not only a land route for Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan, but also a new integration line passing through Turkey to the Turkic world. The opening of this corridor in the near future will strengthen the transport and energy infrastructure in the South Caucasus. We expect our neighbor Iran to support these steps, which will serve peace and development in our region. We would like them to benefit from the win-win principle. Every step taken, every door and corridor opened will bring economic benefits and ultimately bring the countries closer together," - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, during an interview with TRT Haber.

🇹🇷🇱🇾⚡- Turkey prepares to withdraw the remaining Syrian National Army forces from western Libya.