An explosive-laden Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania early Friday, injuring two people, its government said, as Moscow’s forces attacked a nearby Ukrainian port. The strike drew swift condemnation from the European Union and NATO, with US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker calling the strike a “reckless incursion.” “We will defend every inch of NATO territory,” he said on X.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/europe/romania-ukraine-russia-drone-intl-hnk
When gangs set fire to the FIFA Goal Center in Haiti’s capital this year, it wasn’t just a key sports ground that went up in flames. It was the center of Haitian youth sports, a training ground for talent and home to the dreams held by young athletes in a country battered by violence. Months earlier, Louicius Deedson –– who used to be one of those budding athletes –– had helped make history with the Haitian national team in Curaçao. They beat Nicaragua in the World Cup qualifier and secured Haiti’s place in the world’s biggest single-sport event for the first time in over 50 years. The streets of Port-au-Prince came alive with euphoric fans in a brief moment of respite that punctuated the turbulence and overlapping crises that have engulfed the country.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/29/americas/haiti-world-cup-intl-latam
When Israeli and American fighter jets struck Iran in unison on February 28, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated each other’s “historic decisions.” The alliance between the two countries, Netanyahu told Israelis, had never been closer. Three months later, what began as a joint military campaign appears to be ending as an American-led diplomatic process in which Netanyahu finds himself largely sidelined. The Israeli prime minister has refrained from openly criticizing Trump, but behind closed doors, Israeli sources say, he has acknowledged Israel has limited influence on the outcome of US-Iran negotiations to end the war.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/29/middleeast/iran-deal-trump-netanyahu-legacy-intl
As negotiations between the United States and Iran edge toward a possible agreement, Tehran is increasingly signaling that any return to war would look very different from the last. US officials said Thursday that a tentative agreement had been reached in talks between Tehran and Washington and was awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Yet even as negotiators reported progress, the military confrontation showed little sign of disappearing. The US launched its second round of strikes on Iran in a matter of days this week, while skirmishes continued Thursday evening in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials have used the negotiations to project confidence that they retain significant military options should diplomacy fail. The Revolutionary Guards said any renewed conflict would spread “far beyond the region,” threatening “crushing blows” and “utter ruin” in places opponents “cannot even imagine.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/29/middleeast/iran-ceasefire-prepare-war-next-intl
As the United States and Iran try to hammer out a deal to start winding down the war, few particulars loom as large as what happens with Iran’s nuclear stockpile. It’s not only a major point of contention — with Iran signaling it won’t turn over its highly enriched uranium — but extracting it could be very complicated. And the fate of these materials will go a long way toward determining just how much President Donald Trump’s war has truly “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear threat. But as with many of its other goals, the Trump administration has been very inconsistent about its demands on this one.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/29/politics/trump-nuclear-iran