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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".
Abu Dhabi said a drone hit an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah plant in al-Dhafra, causing a fire with no injuries and no radiological impact; the Defence Ministry said three drones crossed the western border and two were intercepted, and on May 19 said they came from Iraqi territory. The IAEA said it was following the situation closely.
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.
India's foreign ministry said an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman on May 13 and its crew were rescued by Omani authorities, without naming the attacker. Maritime security firm Vanguard identified it as the livestock carrier MSV Haj Ali, a wooden dhow with 14 crew, and said it sank off Limah after a suspected drone or missile strike.
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.
Israeli drones hit seven vehicles on Wednesday, three of them on or beside the Beirut-Sidon highway near Jiyeh and Saadiyat about 20km south of the capital, killing 12 people including a woman and her two children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Israel said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure after ordering residents of six southern villages to leave.
Israeli air strikes killed 13 people across southern Lebanon, including two civil defence paramedics in Nabatieh who the Health Ministry said were 'directly targeted' while rescuing a wounded man, and a Lebanese army soldier in Jebchit, the National News Agency reported. The government's disaster unit put the toll since March 2 at 2,883.
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.
US officials told CBS that Pakistan, while mediating, quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park at its airfields, potentially shielding them from US strikes, and that Iran also sent civilian planes to Afghanistan. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry called the reports 'misleading and sensationalised', saying Iranian aircraft at Nur Khan air base arrived during the ceasefire and had no military purpose.
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.