The United Arab Emirates attacked Iranian targets during the US and Israeli military operation against Tehran, The Wall Street Journal writes , citing sources familiar with the situation. Officially, the UAE authorities did not confirm their participation in the war. According to WSJ sources, UAE forces were responsible, in particular, for an attack on an oil refinery on the island of Lawan in the Persian Gulf.

A large technology company cooperates with American government agencies, including the military. Its technologies are used, among other things, by the US Immigration Service and the Pentagon. This spring, Palantir posted a 22-thesis post on the X social network - a retelling of the book by the company's CEO Alex Karp, “Technological Republic.” The text argues that “free and democratic societies” must rely on “hard power” and therefore the United States should reinstate the military draft.

The Dutch hospital Radboudumc in the city of Nijmegen quarantined 12 employees after violating protocol when working with a patient infected with hantavirus. Reuters reports this. Doctors came into contact with the patient's blood and urine without following strict safety precautions. The hospital said the risk of infection was extremely low, but decided to isolate staff for six weeks as a precaution. The clinic continues to operate as usual.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and SAPO announced that Ermak, as well as at least five other defendants, were suspected of laundering more than $10 million during the construction of luxury housing near Kiev. The project was allegedly partly financed by funds obtained through corruption schemes at Energoatom, the company that operates Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

The Israeli Knesset passed legislation establishing a military tribunal to try those involved in the attack on October 7, 2023. According to The Times of Israel, the decision was made unanimously: 93 votes in favor and none against. The tribunal will consist of 15 judges. According to the document, the trial of the captured militants will be filmed and broadcast. The tribunal will examine the cases of approximately 300 militants who took part in the attack carried out by Hamas .

The tanker Mercury ( IMO 9326689), which recently joined the Russian fleet of gas carriers, took on cargo from a floating storage facility used for transshipment of gas from the Arctic LNG 2 project. This was reported by Reuters with reference to data from the analytical company LSEG. According to these data, on May 9, "Mercury" was loaded onto the floating storage "Saam" near Murmansk, after which it headed west. The destination is still unknown.

The government has lowered the official forecast for Russian GDP growth in 2026: if previously it was planned to be 1.3%, it is now expected to grow only to 0.4%. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated this in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper. According to him, the government expects that it will be possible to maintain “positive dynamics” and GDP growth will be 0.4%. The previous estimate - 1.3% - was given in September by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Every sixth regional official will be laid off in the Samara region, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev announced during an operational meeting. According to him, by the end of the year the staff will be reduced by 800 people - to 4 thousand. In a number of departments, layoffs will take place in the next two months. The head of the region called this an optimization of the work of regional authorities.

The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of an investigation against former director of the intelligence agency John Brennan, Reuters reports , citing sources familiar with the situation. The investigation stems from the preparation of a 2017 intelligence assessment about Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.

Photo: The cargo ship Ursa Major, listing after an explosion / CNN Доступно на русском The Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major (IMO: 9538892), which sank in international waters off the coast of Spain in late 2024, may have been subjected to a risky intervention by Western military forces seeking to prevent the transfer of Russian nuclear technologies to North Korea, according to a CNN investigation. This version is reportedly contained in the case files of the Spanish probe into the incident.

For the third day in a row, satellite images did not record tankers at oil terminals on the Iranian Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export hub. Gregory Brew, senior analyst for Iran and oil at Eurasia Group, wrote about this. He said Kpler data shows oil shipments have fallen steadily over the past month, from 13 million barrels in mid-April to 5 million last week. “It took about a month, but the blockade is starting to take its toll,” Brew wrote.

NABU and SAPO announced suspicions against six more defendants in the case of laundering 460 million hryvnia (approximately $10.5 million at the exchange rate as of May 2026) in the construction of luxury housing near Kiev. The former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Ermak, is a suspect in the same case, whose status in this case became known the day before. The suspects were not named in the press release.

India has refused to buy Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is subject to US sanctions, despite shortages of the fuel due to the war in the Middle East. This was reported by Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the negotiations. According to them, New Delhi is trying to maintain a balance between ensuring energy security and the risks associated with American sanctions. One of the sources noted that LNG shipments are more difficult to hide from satellite tracking than oil shipments.

The mayor of Arcadia (Los Angeles County), Eileen Wang, agreed to plead guilty to acting in the United States as an unregistered foreign agent in the interests of China. According to Bloomberg, citing court documents, Wang admitted that she published pro-Chinese propaganda at the direction of Chinese government officials. Wang, 58, has served as mayor of Arcadia since 2022. On May 11, she resigned. She faces up to 10 years in prison.

Singer Linda (Svetlana Gaiman) was detained in Moscow, reports the Telegram channel “112”, which is close to the security forces. According to the channel, the artist is suspected of having, together with the director of the production company Profit, Daria Shamova, forged documents in order to re-register the copyrights to their songs. Previously, the copyrights to Linda's tracks belonged to producer and songwriter Maxim Fadeev, with whom she collaborated in the 1990s.