U.S. sanctions Iran's fuel-smuggling network.
Today's events
Iran fuel network.
The U.S. blacklisted a network that smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars of Iranian petroleum gas to Asia through front companies in the United Arab Emirates and China and Iran's shadow fleet, plus a currency-exchange house moving billions in illicit funds.1Jun 5 · StateMilitary AI directive.
President Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 11, a directive governing how the United States deploys artificial intelligence across its national-security and intelligence agencies.2Jun 5 · WHMay jobs report.
U.S. payrolls grew by 172,000 in May and unemployment held at 4.3 percent, with gains in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care while financial-activities employment fell.3Jun 5 · BLSCuba's military business arm.
The State Department sanctioned Cuban military business instrumentalities and other actors it holds responsible for subversive anti-American activities.4Jun 4 · StateContainer price-fixing.
The Justice Department indicted four of the world's largest shipping-container manufacturers and seven executives over a global price-fixing conspiracy during the pandemic that prosecutors say affected billions of dollars of commerce.5Jun 4 · DOJAgent of Beijing.
An American citizen pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of the People's Republic of China, the Justice Department said.6Jun 4 · DOJExploited software flaw.
CISA added an actively exploited SolarWinds Serv-U file-transfer vulnerability (CVE-2026-28318) to its catalog and ordered federal agencies to patch the resource-exhaustion flaw under Binding Operational Directive 22-01.7Jun 5 · CISAEbola outbreak.
The CDC reported 378 confirmed cases and 63 deaths from a Bundibugyo-virus Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, opened a public-health emergency response, and assessed U.S. risk as low.8Jun 5 · CDCSeoul nuclear talks.
U.S. and South Korean officials held a Nuclear Cooperation Working Group consultation in Seoul, advancing civil-nuclear and nonproliferation coordination between the allies.9Jun 4 · State
Allied Governments
UK trains Ukraine.
Britain's Operation Interflex entered a new phase of specialist training for Ukrainian forces, the UK Ministry of Defence said.aJun 5 · UK MoDSyria's chemical weapons.
At the UN Security Council, Britain said chemical-weapons inspectors reached priority sites in early May and identified dozens of munitions from Assad's programme, disproving the former regime's claim it held none after 2014.bJun 4 · UK FCDOHormuz diplomacy.
Japan's foreign minister, meeting Egypt's, urged a swift U.S.–Iran agreement ensuring free and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and briefed on Tokyo's de-escalation efforts.cJun 4 · Japan MoFA
Voices
“Today, the United States is disrupting Iran's efforts to evade our sanctions and fund its destabilizing activities.”
Spokesperson Tommy Pigott, State Dept. · Jun 51
“[T]hese defendants conspired to support ISIS, a ruthless terrorist organization, with the intent… to fund plans to kill American servicemembers abroad.”
AAG John A. Eisenberg, DOJ National Security · Jun 5↗
“Righteous operations like this show this FBI is only getting started and will continue delivering the most prolific run of crime reduction in U.S. history.”
FBI Director Kash Patel, Operation Spring Cleaning · Jun 5↗
“Colluding with your competitors to set race-based quotas for hiring is not only immoral, but it also may violate the antitrust laws.”
FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson · Jun 5↗
“CDC assessed the risk posed by this ongoing outbreak to the U.S. population during the next 3 months as low.”
CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · Jun 58
“Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent.”
Bureau of Labor Statistics · Jun 53
Sources
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Sanctions to Strangle Iran's Energy Smuggling and Illicit Financial Networks,” June 5, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/iran-energy-smuggling-sanctions
- White House, “National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-11,” June 2026. whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/…/nspm-11
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The Employment Situation — May 2026,” June 5, 2026. bls.gov/news.release/…/empsit-may-2026
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Sanctions on Cuban Military Instrumentalities & Other Actors Responsible for Subversive Anti-American Activities,” June 4, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/cuban-military-instrumentalities
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “Four of the World's Largest Container Manufacturing Companies and Seven of Their Executives Indicted for a Global Conspiracy,” 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/container-manufacturers-indicted
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “American Citizen Pleads Guilty to Working as an Agent for the People's Republic of China,” June 4, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/agent-prc
- CISA, “CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog” (CVE-2026-28318, SolarWinds Serv-U), June 5, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/…/kev-cve-2026-28318
- CDC, “Outbreak of Ebola Disease Caused by Bundibugyo Virus — DRC and Uganda, May 2026” (MMWR Early Release), June 5, 2026. cdc.gov/mmwr/…/bundibugyo-ebola-drc-uganda
- U.S. Dept. of State, “U.S.-ROK Nuclear Cooperation Working Group Consultations Held in Seoul,” June 4, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/us-rok-nuclear-cooperation-seoul
- UK Ministry of Defence, “UK-led Operation Interflex enters new phase of specialist training for Ukraine,” June 5, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/operation-interflex-ukraine
- UK Foreign Office (FCDO), “The United Kingdom remains steadfast in our commitment to the complete elimination of chemical weapons in Syria: UK statement at the UN Security Council,” June 4, 2026. gov.uk/government/speeches/…/syria-chemical-weapons-unsc
- Japan MoFA, “Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers' Working Dinner (Third Strategic Dialogue between Foreign Ministers),” June 4, 2026. mofa.go.jp/press/release/…/japan-egypt-strategic-dialogue