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(ILLUSTRATIVE) A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a mission supporting Operation Epic Fury during the Iran war at a base in the Middle East, March 27, 2026. (photo credit: US AIR FORCE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) The US military has carried out new strikes in Iran targeting a military site that officials believed posed a threat to US forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official told Reuters on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the US military has also intercepted and shot down multiple Iranian drones that posed a similar threat. Go to the full article > >

A man holds an Iranian flag near an anti-US billboard depicting US President Donald Trump and the Strait of  Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2026. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS) Iran will not back down from its red lines in negotiations with the US, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee,  Ebrahim Azizi , asserted in a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday. Azizi asserted that the red lines include Iran’s right to enrich uranium, possess enriched uranium, and manage the  Strait of Hormuz , in addition to the lifting of all sanctions. He also lashed out at US President Donald Trump, claiming that Trump is oscillating between issuing threats and begging for a deal “in order to save himself” from the “ strategic deadlock ” created by US-Iran talks.  ایران با لفاظی های ترامپ از خطوط قرمز خود مانند حق غنی سازی و اورانیوم غنی شده، مدیریت تنگه هرمز و لغو تحریم ها عقب نشینی نخواهد کرد. دیگر همه می‌دانند ترامپ برای نجات خود از این بن‌بست...

Iran restores connectivity to create ‘limited amount of relief,’ censorship remains. (photo credit: Courtesy of Kentik) The Islamic Republic has restored some  internet  connectivity, though usage levels remain below those recorded before the January protests, Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at the network intelligence platform Kentik, told  The Jerusalem Post  on Wednesday. “This data just shows that the overall amount of traffic is less than pre Jan 8th levels and even less than the level we saw during the Jan 27 - Feb 28 period of partial restoration,” Madory said, sharing a graph dating back to December 15. Both Netblocks and Kentik reported a "partial" restoration of connectivity on Tuesday, though banned platforms such as Instagram, X/Twitter, and YouTube remain blocked, according to international media reports. Go to the full article > >

  South Carolina state senators voted Tuesday against a plan to advance a new congressional map, putting a pin in the state’s GOP-led redistricting push amid the national back-and-forth ahead of the midterms. “I can no longer support the passage of this bill for one simple reason: South Carolina citizens are going to the polls today,” Republican state Sen. Richard Cash said in a release. “Neither my conscience nor common sense will allow me to stop an election that has already begun.” A motion to end debate on the topic failed in the state’s upper chamber, scrambling a push that could have given Republicans total control of the seven-member congressional delegation. The vote is a blow to President Trump and other national Republicans who have called on red states across the country to consider redistricting as the party seeks to minimize its losses and notch new pickup opportunities ahead of November’s elections. Republicans in the South Carolina state House voted earlier this mont...

Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza. The offer conveyed by Hamas presupposes  that the Board of Peace and its Palestinian administrative committee are up and running, but this is not the case currently, the writer says. (photo credit: Christian Levaux/Reuters) The Board of Peace acknowledged the stalled ceasefire in Gaza and pressed the United Nations Security Council to force Hamas to disarm and allow for the 20-point agreement to proceed. In a briefing to the council,  Nickolay Mladenov , the High Representative for Gaza, urged member states to use “every means at [their] disposal” to pressure Hamas and other armed factions in Gaza to disarm and submit to a supervised decommissioning process under the internationally backed roadmap established by the Board of Peace. Go to the full article > >

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (photo credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio  said negotiations between the United States and Iran would continue for several more days before it becomes clear whether an agreement can be reached. “The president has expressed his desire to make a deal; he’s either going to make a good deal or no deal,”  Rubio  told reporters. An Israeli official states that “Mojtaba is difficult to reach, as he is reportedly in a secure location and recovering from injuries. As a result, every response takes time.” Go to the full article > >

(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement. (photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90) There is a high chance that the IDF succeeded on Tuesday night in assassinating Hamas’s brand new military chief,  Mohammed Ouda . Only 11 days after the IDF assassinated his predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, on May 15,  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that they had attempted the assassination. Ouda served as head of military intelligence for the Qassam Brigades during the October 7 massacre. Go to the full article > >