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Saudi Defence Ministry spokesman Turki al-Maliki said three drones launched from Iraq that morning were intercepted and destroyed after entering Saudi airspace, and that the kingdom reserved the right to respond. Iraq's Foreign Ministry said its air defences had detected no launches and asked Riyadh to share information.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Iran "better get moving, FAST, or there won't be anything left of them". He spoke with Netanyahu for more than half an hour that day about possible renewed fighting, Israel's Kan reported, while Iran's Mehr agency said the latest U.S. reply to Tehran's proposal offered "no tangible concessions".
Ebrahim Azizi, head of parliament's national security committee, said Iran had prepared a mechanism to manage traffic along a designated Hormuz route open only to commercial ships and parties cooperating with Iran, with "necessary fees" collected and the route closed to operators of the U.S. "Project Freedom". First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said Iran would no longer let "enemy" military equipment through.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the April 16 cessation of hostilities would be extended by 45 days after U.S.-hosted talks on May 14 and 15, with a Pentagon security track for military delegations from May 29 and political talks resuming on June 2 and 3. Hezbollah, which rejects the direct talks, was not a party.
Speaking on Air Force One after leaving Beijing, Trump said he would be fine with a 20-year suspension if Iran's commitment was "real", said the U.S. "may have to do a little cleanup work" in Iran, and said he had agreed to the ceasefire largely as a favour to Pakistan.
Speaking in New Delhi after a BRICS ministers' meeting, Iran's foreign minister said the two sides had reached a "deadlock" over Iran's enriched material, which would be left to later stages of talks, and confirmed discussing a Russian offer to store the uranium. He said Iran "cannot trust the Americans at all" but was trying to maintain the "very shaky" ceasefire.
Iranian state TV, quoting the IRGC Navy, said about 30 vessels had crossed the strait since Wednesday evening with Iranian authorisation, and Fars said Chinese ships were being let through under Iran's "management protocols" after talks with Chinese officials. Iranian officials said ships must submit cargo, ownership and route details for a transit permit, and that vessels from "hostile" countries would be refused.
A White House readout of the Beijing summit said both leaders agreed the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that Xi opposed its militarisation and any toll for its use and wanted to buy more U.S. oil, and that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon; Xinhua's account did not mention those points. Trump told Fox News that Xi offered to help and had said China would not give Iran military equipment.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre said a vessel at anchor about 38 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah was "taken by unauthorised personnel" and was heading for Iranian territorial waters; neither the ship nor those who boarded it were identified.
Netanyahu's office said he secretly visited the UAE during the Iran war and met President Mohamed bin Zayed, calling it a "historic breakthrough"; the UAE's WAM agency denied any visit or reception of an Israeli military delegation. Iran's Abbas Araghchi said states "colluding" with Israel would be held to account and on May 14 accused the UAE of direct involvement in attacks on Iran.
In its May oil market report the International Energy Agency forecast 2026 global oil supply falling by 3.9 million barrels a day and demand by 420,000 b/d, and said stocks fell by 117 million barrels in April after a 129-million-barrel draw in March. It said about 164 million of the 400 million barrels pledged from members' emergency stocks had been drawn.
Testifying to Congress, Hegseth said the ceasefire 'is in effect' but the Pentagon had plans 'to escalate if necessary' and Project Freedom could restart, and acting comptroller Jules Hurst put the war's cost at $29 billion, up $4 billion from April. Leaving for China, Trump said he would be 'thinking about' his red line for ending the ceasefire on the flight.
Kuwait said it arrested four men who confessed to IRGC membership after they tried to reach Bubiyan Island by fishing boat to carry out hostile acts; two escaped after clashing with Kuwaiti forces and a Kuwaiti soldier was wounded. Kuwait handed Iran's ambassador a protest note, while Iran said the four were sailors whose navigation system failed and demanded their release.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told a Tel Aviv conference that Israel had sent Iron Dome batteries and personnel to operate them to the UAE, confirming remarks by UN Ambassador Mike Waltz a day earlier. The UAE did not immediately comment.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for parliament's National Security Commission, wrote that 'one of Iran's options in the event of another attack could be 90 percent enrichment', weapons-grade purity, and that parliament would review it.
Treasury sanctioned three Iran-based individuals and nine companies in Hong Kong, the UAE and Oman that it said helped the IRGC sell and ship Iranian oil to China, days before Trump's visit to Beijing.
Trump said Iran's response was a 'piece of garbage' he did not finish reading and that the ceasefire was on 'massive life support', with 'approximately a one-percent chance of living'. He said Iran had agreed to let the US remove its highly enriched uranium but left it out of its paper, and that he was considering reviving Project Freedom.
Qatar's Defense Ministry said a drone hit a cargo ship arriving from Abu Dhabi in Qatari waters, causing a limited fire and no injuries, and Qatar called for an investigation. Kuwait said hostile drones entered its airspace at dawn and the UAE said it intercepted two drones launched from Iran; the UAE blamed Iran, and nobody immediately claimed the attacks.
Putin said Russia was ready to repeat its 2015 removal of Iran's enriched uranium and that all sides had initially agreed, until the US insisted the material go only to US territory and Iran then hardened its position. He said Ali Larijani, who has since died, had proposed diluting it jointly with Russia inside Iran, and that the issue had reached an impasse.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry said it arrested 41 people linked to a group affiliated with the IRGC and that investigations were continuing. Bahrain, home to the US Fifth Fleet, has also stripped dozens of citizenship for allegedly backing Iran; rights groups accuse it of using the war to crack down on dissent.
CENTCOM said a Navy F/A-18 fired precision munitions into the smokestacks of the empty tankers Sea Star III and Sevda to stop them entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman, after US forces disabled a third Iranian-flagged tanker on Wednesday. The IRGC navy warned that any attack on Iranian tankers would be answered with a strike on a US base.
Iran's military said naval commandos boarded the Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman for trying to 'disrupt' Iranian oil exports and escorted it to Iran's southern coast. MarineTraffic data showed the tanker empty, and it had been sanctioned by the US under an earlier name as part of Iran's own shadow fleet.
The UAE Defense Ministry said it engaged two ballistic missiles and three drones launched from Iran, and debris moderately wounded three people. It said it has engaged 551 ballistic missiles, 29 cruise missiles and 2,263 drones since the war began, and the government says 10 civilians have been killed in the UAE.
Treasury sanctioned Iraqi Deputy Oil Minister Ali Maarij al-Bahadly, accusing him of helping pass Iranian oil off as Iraqi, along with four Iraqi companies and three leaders of the Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Asaib Ahl al-Haq militias. Iraq's oil ministry denied the accusations.
Trump said that at the request of Pakistan and other countries, and because 'Great Progress' had been made toward a final agreement with Iran, the operation to move ships through Hormuz would be paused briefly while the blockade stayed 'in full force'. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the decision.
The UAE Defense Ministry said its air defenses were again intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones launched from Iran. Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters said its forces had carried out no missile or drone operations against the UAE and warned against any action from Emirati soil, while the Foreign Ministry said Iran's actions were aimed 'exclusively' at the US.
Hegseth called Project Freedom 'separate and distinct' from the war and said 'right now, the ceasefire certainly holds', while Gen. Dan Caine said Iran had attacked US forces more than 10 times and fired on commercial ships nine times since April 8, below the threshold for resuming major combat. Rubio said that evening that Operation Epic Fury was 'concluded'.
US Ambassador Mike Waltz said Washington, Bahrain and Gulf allies were drafting a Security Council resolution requiring Iran to stop attacking ships, laying mines and charging tolls, and to disclose where mines are. The draft, obtained by AP on Tuesday, threatens sanctions or other measures if Iran does not comply.
Iran's army said it fired cruise missile, rocket and drone 'warning shots' near US destroyers approaching the strait, and CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper said Iran had launched cruise missiles, drones and small boats at protected ships and that the US destroyed six boats. Iranian media said US forces had fired on civilian cargo boats, killing five people, and Trump warned Iran would be 'blown off the face of the Earth' if it attacked US ships.
CENTCOM said Navy destroyers had crossed into the Gulf and two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited the strait, after a US-led center set up an 'enhanced security area' south of the usual lanes and warned of unmapped mines. The IRGC called the claim 'complete lies'; Maersk later said the US-flagged Alliance Fairfax had left the Gulf under US military escort.