🇺🇸🇪🇬🇦🇪🇮🇷 — The U.S. Department of the Treasury has proposed sanctioning Banque Misr UAE, the Emirati branch of one of Egypt's largest banks, and cutting off its access to the U.S. financial system.
The Treasury accuses the Emirati branch of helping Iran evade sanctions and facilitating funding for the IRGC and the Iranian Defense Ministry.
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🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezai:
"Iran will send Netanyahu to hell".
🇮🇱🇮🇷🇮🇷 — Israeli Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel:
"Reza Pahlavi will return to Iran in a big way and will be received with the royal pomp and ceremony he deserves.
It will happen very soon, God willing".
🇸🇦🇾🇪 — Saudi Arabia appears to be preparing for a renewed war with the Houthis following weeks of attacks targeting Saudi ships, airports, and oil facilities.
Analysts warn that a new escalation could open another front in the Iran war.
Saudi officials say the kingdom still prefers a peaceful solution but is prepared to take action if the attacks continue.
— The New York Times | @TheWarReporter
🇵🇰🇰🇼 — Pakistan and Kuwait have signed a joint defense and military cooperation agreement in Islamabad.
Under the agreement, Pakistan will help train the Kuwaiti Armed Forces, strengthen border management, and enhance military coordination, preparedness, and operational readiness.
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🇺🇸🇬🇧🇵🇸 — The U.S. has designated UK-based Palestine Action as a 'terrorist organization' and imposed sanctions, freezing its assets.
The UK already banned the group in 2025 under anti-terror legislation. More than 2,000 people face potential prosecution for expressing support for the group during mass demonstrations against the ban.
Palestine Action has been granted permission to challenge the UK ban in the Supreme Court.
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🇺🇸🏴 — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks, is set to go on trial at Guantanamo Bay on June 5, 2028, alongside three alleged accomplices.
Captured in Pakistan in 2003, Mohammed has been held at Guantanamo since 2006.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Iranian Armed Forces Spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi:
"Hostile media outlets are placed in our military target bank.
Networks like BBC, Iran International, and Radio Farda are directly connected to Mossad, the CIA, and enemy intelligence agencies. They receive their directives and support from them.
The Iranian Armed Forces do not view these outlets as media. They are soldiers of the Zionists and America, and they are placed in our military target bank".
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told U.S. allies that Washington does not plan to resume major strikes on Iran for the time being.
Instead, the administration is shifting its focus toward sanctions, the naval blockade, and moving as much oil as possible through the Strait of Hormuz and into global markets.
— Axios | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇱 — Israel is reconsidering its public hostility toward U.S. envoy Tom Barrack after he called the Israeli strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur Air Base an 'unnecessary escalation'.
A senior Israeli diplomatic source said Barrack may 'not be perfect for us', but he is President Trump's man and has a long-standing relationship with him. According to the source, Israel does not expect him to be replaced and should instead turn the situation to its advantage.
"Barrack should not be the problem, but the solution," the source said.
The shift may be linked to Netanyahu's desire to secure Trump's support ahead of Israel's October elections.
— Al Monitor | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — US President Trump:
"I have just been informed by the US Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed.
Through Space Force, we are watching every square inch of the Strait. We are also monitoring Pickaxe Mountain and the already destroyed three other nuclear sites.
A zero tolerance policy on mine placement is now in full force".
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Iranian state television Channel 3 aired a video targeting U.S. President Donald Trump's son, Barron Trump, and claimed that his movements and security arrangements had been monitored.
The video referenced a $10 million reward for targeting Barron and identified locations he is known to visit.
The U.S. Secret Service said it is aware of the material and investigates threats against its protectees. The bounty and surveillance claims have not been independently verified.
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🇮🇱🇸🇾🇸🇾 — Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria:
"We are an inseparable part of Israel, and we share its beliefs and ideology".
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million and possible relocation for information on senior IRGC commanders.
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🇺🇸🇸🇾🇸🇾 — The U.S. State Department has officially removed Syria from its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, ending the restrictions associated with that designation.
The State Department also revoked the designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization, while the Treasury Department removed HTS from its sanctions list.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reports Iranian popular forces headed toward the Strait of Hormuz by boat following what it described as US President Trump's 'nonsensical' remarks about the waterway.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezai:
"The claim that there was a plot against Trump's son [Barron] is nothing but a major lie devised by Netanyahu to deceive and frighten the U.S. president.
Netanyahu, by spreading false reports about an 'Iranian plot to assassinate Trump', has terrified him and disrupted his decision-making.
If we make a decision, nothing will prevent us from carrying it out. But these reports are simply Netanyahu's nonsense".
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧🇱🇧 — An Israeli security source told Walla:
"Israel has informed the US through security channels that the pilot zones plan in southern Lebanon has failed.
The Lebanese Army did not destroy any Hezbollah infrastructure based on coordinates provided by the IDF. There is growing Israeli dissatisfaction with the Lebanese Army's actions against Hezbollah's infrastructure".
🇷🇺🇦🇲 — Armenia has dropped Russia from the top of its list of strategic partners in its new government program.
Russia has fallen from first place in the previous plan to roughly eighth in the new 2026–2031 program.
The new strategy prioritizes peace with Azerbaijan, normalization with Turkey, and relations with Iran, Georgia, the EU, the U.S., France, and China before mentioning Russia.
Armenia is also preparing an application for EU membership while remaining part of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union for now.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲 — A U.S. source told Al Jazeera:
"Any agreements reached between Iran and Oman are of no significance to us".
🇮🇶 — The Iraqi National Security Service says it has thwarted an attempt to manufacture drones in the capital, Baghdad, and arrested three suspects.
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🇮🇶☀️🇮🇷 — Reports of a drone attack in Soran, Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — US President Trump:
"I don't think Mojtaba Khamenei is dead.
He was very seriously wounded, left side of his body, the arm, the leg, the whole thing was seriously wounded. But I don't think he is dead.
If he is dead, they are putting on a pretty good show because they are talking about going back to talk to him all the time to get his final blessings".
🇸🇾☀️ — SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi announces the dissolution of the SDF, the Autonomous Administration, and all affiliated military and civilian structures, and their full integration into Syrian state institutions.
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🇮🇱🇳🇱🇵🇸 — Israel is expelling Dutch representatives from the Gaza aid coordination center in Kiryat Gat, giving them one week to leave the country.
The move follows a series of Dutch measures that Israel considers 'anti-Israel'.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷 — China warned the US against interfering with its commercial ties to Iran, signaling potential retaliation if Washington broadens sanctions against Chinese companies.
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🇮🇱 — Israel is planning to expand its military capabilities in space, including the eventual development of space-to-ground strike capabilities.
Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel aims to become the first country to develop a true space-to-ground attack capability. The broader plan includes advanced satellites, encrypted communications, cyberwarfare, and missile-defense systems.
One concept under discussion is the U.S. 'Rods from God' idea, involving satellites deploying dense tungsten rods at extreme speeds to strike targets on Earth without using explosives. However, major challenges remain, including cost, weight, and effectiveness.
Israel is considering an investment of around 16 billion shekels ($5.4 billion) in space capabilities over the next decade, although the funding has not yet been secured.
— Haaretz | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇪🇬🇮🇷 — The U.S. is preparing to return diplomats to embassies in Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the UAE, signaling reduced concerns about a renewed full-scale war with Iran.
Some diplomatic posts will remain below full staffing levels, with restrictions on family members still in place due to ongoing security risks.
— The New York Times | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Israeli PM's Office:
"Congratulations President Trump and Secretary Scott Bessent on the latest sanctions against the Iranian regime.
You justly exact a steep price from that cruel dictatorship and from those who assist its continued aggression".
🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷 — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on China:
"We want to make clear here today that no one is above the reach of U.S. sanctions.
That if they facilitate transactions and are part of the ecosystem that turns Iranian oil into money, into repression, they will be targeted".
