Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
Axios reports from American officials that Iran and the United States have agreed to halt strikes near the Strait of Hormuz and will hold a Qatar-mediated meeting in Doha on Tuesday. (Axios) (The Kenya Times)
Iran cancels its participation in technical talks scheduled for today due to recent strikes against the country and unfulfilled conditions of the memorandum of understanding ceasefire agreement. (Reuters)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has carried out retaliatory strikes against United States military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, including the Ali Al Salem Air Base and U.S. Fifth Fleet naval base. (The New Region)
2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
The Bahraini Army says on X that Bahrain has successfully intercepted and destroyed "a number" of Iranian missiles and drone attacks on the country. (AA) (AFP via The Times of Israel)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwait's Chief of the General Staff says that his forces have activated air defense systems to intercept missiles and drones. (Times Kuwait)
South Korea's ocean ministry says that two more vessels have transited through the Strait of Hormuz, bringing the total amount of ships to do so to 23 after weeks of disruption caused by the war. The ocean ministry also says that only three more South Korean-operated ships are remaining in the Persian Gulf, including the Panama–flagged HMM Namu, which was damaged in a explosion on May 4. (The Korea Herald)
Iraq in the 2026 Iran war, Iran–Iraq relations, Reactions to the assassination of Ali Khamenei
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, for talks with Iraqi authorities on arrangements for the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei. (AA) (Kurdistan24)
Israel says its military has killed Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, a Hamas naval police commander who ran the Central Camps and took part in the October 7 attacks, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
Israel reports that it has killed three Palestinian police officers in a latest violation of the ceasefire. (MENAFN)
Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon
Israel says its military has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, after notifying the United States. Israeli officials state that the 200-metre (660 ft) tunnel contained weapons and rocket launcher shafts. (AFP via Daily Sun) (Reuters)
Mali War
The Human Rights Watch reports abuses committed against civilians in Mali by the Al-Qaeda-backed Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Tuareg fighters of the Azawad Liberation Front, the Malian Army, and Russia's Africa Corps since fighting escalated in April 2026. (AFP via RFI) (HRW)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian forces launch FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at strategic targets in Russia, striking the Titan-Barrikady complex in Volgograd, which produces launchers for Russia's Yars and Iskander missile systems. Authorities say ten people have been wounded in the strikes. A separate missile strike destroys a Pantsir missile system in occupied Crimea. (The Telegraph)
Disasters and accidents
2026 Saudi Aramco AW139 crash
Fourteen people are killed as a helicopter belonging to the Saudi Aramco oil company crashes in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
2026 Tomblaine Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
Ten passengers and the pilot are killed in a plane crash during a skydiving trip in Tomblaine, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The passengers are identified as five instructors and five students. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)