Cuba tension, US to deploy 5,000 troops to Poland, Iran declared enriched uranium must not be shipped abroad, US pauses arms sale to Taiwan, Greenland protest, Ireland protest over Yves Sakila death

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that Cuba poses a direct national security threat to the United States, prompting Cuba’s foreign minister to accuse him of lying to manufacture a pretext for military aggression. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade enriched uranium must not be shipped abroad. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has officially welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement to deploy 5,000 additional American troops to Poland. The U.S. is pausing a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan to ensure the American military has enough munitions for its ongoing war with Iran. On May 21, 2026, hundreds of Greenlanders gathered in the capital city of Nuuk to protest outside the grand opening of a new, expanded U.S. consulate. An angry crowd burned down Ebola treatment tents at Rwampara General Hospital near Bunia, Congo. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Ireland's parliament on May 21, 2026, to express outrage over the death of Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese-born man who died after being pinned to the ground by security guards in Dublin.