With Possible Raúl Castro Indictment, U.S. Eyes Venezuela Playbook

Amid stepped-up surveillance flights, a visit of the C.I.A. director and an energy embargo, the White House is trying to increase pressure on Cuba.

The New York Times
The Guardian view on Trump in Beijing: the US and China are playing the waiting game

Editorial: The president’s meeting with Xi Jinping was superficially cordial, extending a truce borne of necessity

The Guardian
Oman caught between US and Iran after Tehran claims joint strait of Hormuz plan

Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting ships

The Guardian
Seth Meyers on Trump sucking up to Xi: ‘What happened to standing up to China?’

Late-night hosts poked fun at the US president’s fawning China trip in which he said it was an ‘honor’ to be Xi’s friend

The Guardian
What was actually achieved at Trump and Xi’s ‘stalemate summit’ in Beijing?

US president has said he and Chinese leader ‘settled a lot of different problems’ but has given little detail on solutions

The Guardian
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The Monster They Made (Part 1)

The coup did not sow the seeds for the Islamic Revolution. It constructed the machinery. SAVAK liquidated every secular democrat who might have led a modern Iran. The mosque was left standing because it was the one institution the secret police found too difficult to penetrate. Every morning the Australian media tells us the bombing is regrettable but the regime is monstrous. It does not explain who built the regime.

https://urbanwronski.com/2026/05/15/the-monster-they-made-part-1/

Trump-Xi accord on Iran elusive as US president’s China trip winds down

China calls for ceasefire and opening of seaway, while Donald Trump says Xi feels ‘very similar’ about ending the war in Iran

The Guardian