First, links to SIX reports: from National Public Radio, the Cradle, Reuters, and the Associated Press; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, UKRAINE and LEBANON so far, and down for IRAN 5-28-26.) — MCM

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President Trump’s whiplash diplomacy on Iran continues. Reported by A Martínez and Franco Ordoñez | NPR  After a weekend of diplomatic whiplash, uncertainty remains around where President Trump’s negotiations to end the war with Iran stands. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for link to second Iran war-related report today from NPR‘s “Morning Edition.”

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FROM MAY 28  U.S. Treasury slaps sanctions on Iranian authority overseeing Hormuz. From the Cradle. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced on Wednesday the designation of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority as an officially blacklisted entity, effectively freezing the agency’s assets and banning any global business with it. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 28  Iran, U.S. reach deal to extend ceasefire, pending Trump’s approval, by Jonathan Landay, Steve Holland and Yomna Ehab | Reuters   WASHINGTON / CAIRO — The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources said, though U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to approve it and Iranian state media said it had not been ‌finalized. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from AP.

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FROM MAY 28  A look at Trump’s plan to build on the Abraham Accords. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR  President Trump is pushing Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize relations with Israel, as part of an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Experts call that unrealistic. Click HERE to listen and read.

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TO BE CONTINUED