U.S. President Donald Trump declared an "Economic D-Day” against Iran after a 60-day negotiating period established under an interim peace deal ended without a breakthrough, Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it interferes in Washington's efforts to manage the Strait of Hormuz, Iran offered a $30,000 bounty for killing U.S. soldiers, escalating threats against American forces amid the widening confrontation,and the USS Abraham Lincoln headed home after a nine-month deployment.This comes as Israel struck a Syrian airbase over allegations that Damascus was preparing to deploy Turkish troops near Aleppo, Lebanon extradited former Maj. Gen. Adel Issa to Syria, marking the first handover of an Assad-era military officer by Beirut since the former leader's ousting, Israel opened a criminal investigation into the 2024 shooting of a vehicle that killed a Palestinian child,and Trump's son-in-law and Middle East envoy Jared Kushner discussed a Gaza peace plan with Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Meanwhile, the U.S. cut military drills with South Korea short, attributing the decision to financial considerations and evolving relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea reissued calls to reclaim wartime operational control of its military from the U.S., renewing debate over allied command in the event of a conflict,and North Korea fired 10 missiles into the East Sea in another weapons launch amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Elsewhere, Russia warned Britain of “consequences” for supplying Ukraine with drones, the U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to accelerate production of Tomahawk cruise missiles, over 300 Rapid Support Forces fighters defected to Sudan’s army, marking a shift of personnel amid the country’s ongoing civil war,and Somali forces retook Baidoa after heavy clashes, regaining control of the strategically important city.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended trade negotiations with the U.S. and vowed to match tariffs "dollar for dollar,"despite a short-lived pause in 50% tariffs on Canada aftera phone conversation between Trump and Carney,and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke with Trump over the phone in an effort to resolve ongoing trade disputes between their countries.Meanwhile, Washington sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane, cutting her off from the U.S. financial system, the United Arab Emirates imposed a trade embargo on Iran, escalating economic pressure on it amid rising regional tensions,and Ghana and Russia deepened their bilateral relationship during talks between the countries' foreign ministers in Moscow.In other news, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to jailafter briefly visiting a hospital amid concerns for his health,Russian opposition leader Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of discrediting the armed forces,and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the deputy head of his office as authorities continued probing allegations of corruption involving members of the government.This comes as former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections, renewing debate over holding a national vote while the country remains at war,Brazilian presidential candidate Pablo Marçal was barred from participating in debates or accessing public campaign funds as authorities reviewed the legitimacy of his candidacy, the Organization of American States called for international support ahead of Haiti’s upcoming general elections,and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema won re-election, securing another term in office.In unrelated developments, Liberia agreed to accept 1,200 deportees from the U.S. under an arrangement expanding cooperation between the two governments on immigration, a U.S. judge struck down a ban on visa issuance to nationals from 75 countries, the U.S. and Iran were accused of coordinating three deportation flights returning over 100 Iranian nationals to Tehran between September 2025 and January 2026,and Iran’s ambassador visited four detained Iranian nationals in Kuwait following coordination with the country's ministries of foreign affairs and interior.

The Justice Department (DOJ) announced plans to deploy 1,000 monitors for the 2026 midterm elections, expanding federal oversight of voting across the country, the Postal Service published new mail-in ballot rules ahead of the November midterm elections, Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary,and a Missouri court upheld a Republican-backed redistricting map, allowing the state’s contested electoral boundaries to remain in place.This comes as Aisha Wahab won a special election to fill the remainder of Eric Swalwell's term in California's 14th Congressional District, Eric Barlow won Wyoming's Republican gubernatorial primary, defeating Trump’s preferred candidate, Angie Nixon secured victory in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, defeating retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman with 56% of the vote,and two Democrat-backed candidates flipped the Sarasota School Board majority, shifting control of the Florida school district’s governing body.Meanwhile, Trump aide Natalie Harp was alleged to have worked without security clearance for more than a year, raising questions about the official’s access and role within the administration, the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez over allegations of sexual misconduct, Trump’s approval rating fell to 33%, its lowest level since his term began,and the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) temporarily allowed work on Trump’s White House ballroom to continue, keeping construction underway while the legal dispute proceeds.In other news, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 161 Haitians on the first such flight since the end of Temporary Protected Status, Customs and Border Protection paused border construction at Big Bend National Park, temporarily halting work in the environmentally sensitive Texas region, Minnesota’s attorney general sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in an effort to extradite an immigration agent who faces assault charges,and the DOJ appealed the dismissal of smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, seeking to revive the federal criminal case.

The DOJ finalized a rule restoring gun rights to certain felons who can demonstrate they no longer pose a threat to public safety, a U.S. judge struck down a Biden-era regulation on ghost guns that broadened the federal definition of "firearm,"and Flock Safety reportedly tested new surveillance cameras capable of tracking driving patterns without relying on license plates, names or suspected criminal activity.Meanwhile, a human rights organization documented 901 alleged executions in Iran since January, including 268 related to drug-related offenses, Japan executed a man convicted of the 2009 Osaka arson killings,and a Hong Kong court convicted three former activists for their involvement in organizing annual Tiananmen Square vigils.This comes as Ghent University suspended an academic who accused the late Jadon Arday of plagiarism, a Swiss tourist was jailed in Indonesia after posting a social media post mocking the Hindu Day of Silence,and Mali sentenced two journalists to seven years in prison after convicting them of criminal conspiracy and discrediting the state.

China Evergrande Group founder Hui Ka Yan was sentenced to life in prison for large-scale financial fraud, the defense opened its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial as attorneys began presenting evidence on behalf of the Massachusetts mother, opening statements began in the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who faces charges in the 1996 death of rapper Tupac Shakur,and a New York woman was charged in connection with an alleged ISIS-linked plot to bomb the state Capitol building.Meanwhile, SCOTUS rejected Trump’s appeal of a $5 million civil judgment stemming from a 2023 jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, a student fatally shot a classmate before taking his own life in the Philippines,and Brazil’s Supreme Court expanded the country’s domestic violence law, broadening legal protections available to victims of abuse.In other news, former U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Chief Anthony Fauci established a legal defense fund amid a growing number of probes into his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic,and a former adviser to Fauci pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal COVID-19 records.

Meta’s youth social-media addiction trial began in California, withCEO Mark Zuckerberg accused of lying about the company's safety commitment to young people, TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to settle a children’s privacy case,and Paramount sought a $1.88 billion bond over delays to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.This comes as Disney sued the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in an effort to block early broadcast license renewals for eight ABC stations,and Australia imposed levies on technology giants that fail to reach commercial deals with at least eight local news publishers.

The U.S. national debt topped $40 trillion for the first time ever,and the U.S. Treasury doubled its bond buybacks as yields reached their highest levels since 2007.

An mRNA cancer vaccine achieved success in a late-stage melanoma trial, offering encouraging results for a new approach to treating the aggressive form of skin cancer, kindergarten vaccine exemptions in the U.S. reached a record 4.2%, highlighting a continued rise in the share of children entering school without required immunizations,and Trump reportedly considered nominating Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration following Dr. Marty Makary's resignation in May.Meanwhile, a jalapeño-linked Salmonella outbreak passed 431 cases across 32 states as health officials worked to trace the source and contain the infections,and a study linked sugary drinks to a higher risk of gastric cancer, adding to research examining the potential health effects of frequent consumption.

The U.S. filed a proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, seeking to eliminate protections that restrict road construction and development in designated areas,and Lula praised a major oil discovery near the Amazon River, highlighting the potential economic importance of new offshore energy resources.Meanwhile, the U.K. warned of a record-breaking El Niño that could make 2027 the hottest year ever seen, a study claimed that climate change is fueling record sea temperatures around Europe, adding approximately 2°C of warming to the Mediterranean and around 1.3-1.4°C to Western European seas,and South Korea’s Geoje region was hit by record rainfall, triggering a landslide that killed at least one person.

OpenAI paused reinforcement learning training on its latest systems after a rogue AI agent hacked AI platform Hugging Face, Anthropic reportedly eyed a $2 trillion IPO with a supervoting stock structure to maintain insider control,and Anthropic reached $65 billion in annualized revenue, marking a more than sevenfold increase since the end of 2025.This comes as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro imposed stricter regulations on data centers, introducing new requirements for the fast-growing sector, Brazil announced a $440 million investment to build two AI supercomputers, ChatGPT tipped off the FBI, leading to the arrest of a Goldman Sachs analyst,and AI startup Relay ceased operations after its CEO returned to Google.Meanwhile, Politico reported that congressional staffers are increasingly relying on AI tools to draft legislation, resulting in error-ridden texts that require extensive legal review, a UC Berkeley professor admitted to using AI in an op-ed addressing student math gaps,and Amazon was accused of purchasing rare books to train its AI systems and subsequently destroying the original works.

NASA unveiled images of a fresh lunar crater created earlier this month when the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon rocket impacted the moon's surface,and the agency abandoned efforts to salvage a failing observatory due to persistent attitude control issues.

FIFA Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour left the organization after criticizing President Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell a stake in the World Cup.

More than 100 people were left dead in a gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic, a plane crashed near Alaska’s Cape Newenham, killing all eight people on board, seven people were killed in a stampede at a temple in the Indian state of Bihar,and nearly two dozen people died in a head-on collision between a minibus and a truck in Brazil.