May 28, 2026: Foreign Office News Round-Up
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NYT: Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes, Further Threatening Negotiations
Iran said it had retaliated on Thursday against the United States by targeting an unnamed American base in response to strikes in southern Iran, escalating tensions amid negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war.
In recent days, Washington and Tehran have suggested that they were close to agreeing on a narrow agreement to allow commercial shipping to resume in the strait. But on Wednesday, U.S. forces launched new strikes and President Trump reiterated that he did not want the waterway to be under Iranian control.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that it had targeted a base where the U.S. strikes originated but did not say where that was or how it had been attacked. The guards warned that further U.S. strikes would be met by an even ‘more decisive’ response.
On Thursday morning, the Kuwaiti military said that its air defenses had intercepted hostile drones and missiles, but did not specify the origin or extent of the attack. The United States has five military bases in Kuwait.
