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Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 The Justice Department on May 21 unsealed a federal indictment charging former Cuban President Raúl Castro with murder, conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, and destruction of aircraft in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two small planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based exile organization [1][2]. The…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted video to social media on May 20 showing himself touring a makeshift detention facility at the Port of Ashdod, where approximately 430 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla were being processed after Israeli naval forces intercepted the convoy in international waters earlier…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 President Donald Trump stated on May 21, 2026, that he intends to speak directly with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, tying a potential call to his administration's unresolved decision on a $14 billion arms package for the island. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that he would…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a formal warning on May 20 that any resumed U.S. or Israeli military action would trigger retaliation extending beyond the Middle East. The IRGC, in a statement released on its Sepah News website, asserted that despite facing the combined military force of the…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on May 20 the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, charging him with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four individual counts of murder [1][2]. The indictment, returned by a…
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 The Pentagon's decision to halt a planned rotation of approximately 4,000 troops to Poland has generated a secondary debate inside the national security community: beyond deterrence, what collection capabilities does the United States lose when it pulls ground forces off Europe's eastern flank? The Pentagon canceled plans to temporarily…
Dispatch Washington · May 20, 2026 Eight of the largest U.S. telecommunications carriers announced Tuesday the formation of the Communications Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a private, nonprofit entity designed to facilitate real-time threat intelligence sharing exclusively among industry peers. The founding members are AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Zayo…
Dispatch Washington · May 20, 2026 The UAE Ministry of Defense announced May 20 that its air defense systems detected and intercepted six hostile drones over the preceding 48 hours, all launched from Iraqi territory and aimed at civilian and critical infrastructure inside the country. [1][2] The announcement followed the conclusion of an investigation into…
Dispatch Washington · May 20, 2026 Reuters reported May 19 that the People's Liberation Army covertly trained approximately 200 Russian military personnel at Chinese facilities in late 2025, and that some of those troops subsequently deployed to Ukraine. The sessions were outlined in a dual-language agreement signed by senior Russian and Chinese officers in Beijing…
Dispatch Washington · May 20, 2026 Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, briefed members of Iran's parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on May 19 on Tehran's latest peace proposal, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Tehran's proposal calls for ending hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon,…