Stephanie Nebehay

Spotted this vanity plate with a purpose - campaign against repression of the Uyghur people in #Xinjiang #China

(Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday, citing an official after a near-90-day blackout in the wake of the war against U.S. and Israel.

Senior Trump admin official: 1) Trade to reopen Strait for blockade lift 2) No upfront pledge to unfreeze assets or lift sanctions 3) Iran disposes of LEU & HEU--how unclear 4) Sanx relief proportional to Iran's actions 5) No agreed timeline for enrichment restriction

The deal in play looks like a win for Iran. But Tehran is not convinced that it is not a dress rehearsal for war now or in 30 days. In fact the more generous the terms for Iran the more the suspicion that U.S. is not serious about peace and wants to distract Iran ahead of another attack. Iran will be focused on evidence of US military backdown. And the final decision for such a gamble on trusting U.S. will fall squarely on Mojtaba’s shoulders. It is the first big decision he will take as Supreme Leader with big consequences.

Russia threatened to do this if Ukraine attacked the May 9 parade on the Red Square. After Trump’s intervention on Putin’s behalf, Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire so Russia could hold the parade. Two weeks later, Putin unleashed the ballistic missile barrage on central Kyiv anyway.

Confirmed to me by President Zelenskyy's office and Ukraine's Air Force: Russia overnight launched an "Oreshnik" intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) capable of carrying multiple conventional or nuclear warheads.

Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles and drones in heavy overnight assault ft.trib.al/FPPFx3X

🚨שני הצדדים יחתמו על מזכר הבנות שיימשך 60 יום ויוכל להיות מוארך בהסכמה הדדית 🚨במהלך תקופת 60 הימים, מצר הורמוז יהיה פתוח ללא תשלום אגרות, ואיראן תסכים לפנות את המוקשים שפרסה במצר כדי לאפשר מעבר חופשי של ספינות 🚨בתמורה, ארה"ב תסיר את המצור שלה על נמלי איראן ותעניק כמה פטורים זמניים מסנקציות כדי לאפשר לאיראן למכור נפט באופן חופשי למשך 60 יום

☢️The draft MOU includes commitments from Iran to never pursue nuclear weapons and to negotiate over a suspension of its uranium enrichment program and the removal of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, the U.S. official said ☢️According to two sources with knowledge, Iran gave the U.S. through the mediators verbal commitments about the scope of the concessions it's willing to make on suspending enrichment and giving up the nuclear material

Breaking News: President Trump said the U.S. and Iran are close to a deal toward ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran did not immediately confirm. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4tWObMb

There’s so much going on that it’s easy to overlook the fact that the president is telling so many lies. Here’s a fact check of 28 different false claims President Donald Trump made from Monday through Friday. cnn.com/2026/05/23/pol…

Exclusive: Supreme Leader says enriched uranium must stay in Iran - reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Rosenberg: Putin enjoys Xi's Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal bbc.in/4tSKyXr

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷New: Trump and Netanyahu held "tough" call on new Iran peace proposal. My story on @axios axios.com/2026/05/20/tru…

On Iran, the key question now is not when this might end—but how the world might adapt to a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Today on @CNN with @Boris_Sanchez.

Gosh, maybe time to rejoin and refund @WHO

A NYTimes Exclusive: Days after Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader, President Trump mused publicly that it would be best if “someone from within” Iran took over the country. It turns out that the United States and Israel went into the conflict with a particular and very surprising someone in mind: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former Iranian president known for his hard-line, anti-Israel and anti-American views. To say that Mr. Ahmadinejad was an unusual choice would be a vast understatement. But U.S. officials spoke during the early days of the war about plans developed with Israel to identify a pragmatist who could take over the country. Officials insisted that there was intelligence that some within the Iranian regime would be willing to work with the United States, even if those people couldn’t be described as “moderates.” But the audacious plan, developed by the Israelis and which Ahmadinejad had been consulted about, quickly went awry, according to the U.S. officials who were briefed on it. There are many unanswered questions about how Israel and the United States planned to put Mr. Ahmadinejad in power, and the circumstances surrounding the airstrike that injured him. American officials said that the strike — carried out by the Israeli Air Force — was meant to kill the guards watching over Mr. Ahmadinejad as part of a plan to release him from house arrest. W\ @MarkMazzettiNYT @julianbarnes and @farnazfassihi via @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/…

FLASH: DOJ expands settlement in Trump-IRS leak suit to cover audits of all tax returns filed by Trump, family members, companies and trusts. Waiver of IRS' claims contained in addendum signed by AAG Blanche that was not in agreement released Monday politico.com/news/2026/05/1…

"Putin is facing a challenge to assert his authority." The war in Ukraine is "causing a lot of problems for Russia." These include "rising utility bills" and "rising prices," the BBC's Russia Editor Steve Rosenburg tells @vicderbyshire. #Newsnight

The outbreak of #Ebola #Bundibugyo is now the 3rd largest on record. The #WHO country rep in DRC, Anne Ancia, told the World Health Assembly today that the suspected case count is now over 500, with 130 suspected deaths. This will be hugely difficult to contain. unognewsroom.org/story/en/3126/…