Trump finished Beijing summit, Iran clashed with UAE in BRICS meeting, Musk and OpenAI court closes, DOJ drops charges against Adani and plans to indict Castro, Saudi non-aggression pact with Iran

On May 15, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted their final round of high-stakes talks at the walled-off Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing to conclude a landmark two-day state summit. On May 14, 2026, a commercial vessel was boarded and seized by Iranian personnel while anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and redirected toward Iranian territorial waters. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi publicly clashed with the UAE delegation at the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, accusing Abu Dhabi of direct involvement in military operations against Tehran. The federal court battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI reached its closing arguments, with OpenAI’s legal team accusing Musk of "selective amnesia" while Musk’s lawyers aggressively painted CEO Sam Altman as a habitual liar. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is poised to drop criminal fraud and bribery charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. Seventeen gravesites were desecrated at the historic Old Memphis Cemetery in Palmetto, Florida, a predominantly African American burial ground. The United States Department of Justice plans to indict Cuba's 94-year-old former president, Raúl Castro. Saudi Arabia is actively pursuing a "non-aggression" pact between Iran and Middle Eastern nations to foster regional stability once the current US-Israel-Iran war concludes.