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🇺🇳 Security Council turns war into courtroom theater. The United Nations (UN) Security Council met Saturday after American and Israeli strikes on Iran. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the strikes violated international law and the United Nations Charter. Guterres also condemned Iran’s retaliation against Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said hundreds of Iranian civilians were killed or wounded. Iravani called the strikes a war crime and a crime against humanity. Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon defended the operation as stopping an existential threat. United States ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz insisted the military action was lawful. Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia demanded the strikes stop immediately and diplomacy restart. China’s UN ambassador Fu Cong urged de-escalation as the presidency rotated into March.

🌍 Capitals hedge, condemn, and beg for talks to resume. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Washington and Tehran to restart talks. The trio said their countries did not take part in the strikes and want a negotiated settlement. Macron later said France was neither warned nor involved, and bombs will not settle everything. Saudi Arabia condemned what it called Iran’s aggression and a sovereignty violation. Oman, a mediator, said the American action breaches international law and peaceful dispute norms. European Union (EU) leaders called for restraint and regional diplomacy, citing nuclear safety. The Arab League urged de-escalation and a return to dialogue. Syria’s foreign ministry condemned Iran, reflecting a new government’s regional recalibration. In the West Bank, gas lines grew as residents stocked spare canisters for shortages.

🚓 FBI investigates Austin bar attack which left 2 dead. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a Sunday attack outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on 6th Street. Authorities said a gunman killed 2 people and wounded 14 in downtown Austin. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect drove by repeatedly, then fired from an SUV window. Davis said he later parked, grabbed a rifle, and shot at people along the street. Officers rushed to the intersection and killed him, police said. Police said the attacker used both a pistol and a rifle. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified him as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a Senegalese-American naturalized citizen. FBI San Antonio acting agent in charge Alex Doran said “indicators” on him and in the vehicle triggered a potential domestic terror review. Three victims were in critical condition Sunday morning, and officials said motive remains unclear.

🗳️ Texas Senate primary becomes a $110M referendum on swagger. Incumbent Senator John Cornyn is fighting off Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Representative Wesley Hunt. Cornyn warned voters that “complacency is a killer” as he worked suburban stops. Campaign spending for ads and reserved airtime has topped $110M, the most ever for a Senate primary. More than $67M came from Cornyn and allied groups, much of it attacking Paxton. Senate Republican leaders worry Democrats could compete if Paxton is nominated amid years of legal problems. President Donald Trump visited the Port of Corpus Christi on Friday and teased an endorsement. Trump praised Cornyn and Paxton but refused to name a pick. If no one clears 50% on Tuesday, a runoff follows on May 26th. Representative Jasmine Crockett pitched her record of bringing millions in federal funding back home. State Representative James Talarico, a seminarian, touted crossover support as former Vice President Kamala Harris and Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Ayanna Presley campaigned for Crockett.

🛢️ Oil jumps as the Gulf risk premium snaps back. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) traded near $72 a barrel early Monday. That was about 7.3% above Friday’s roughly $67 level. Brent crude rose to about $78.55, up around 7.8% from $72.87. Traders priced in disruptions after strikes and retaliation near Gulf installations. Analysts warned the Strait of Hormuz is the choke point that matters most. About 15M barrels a day, roughly 20% of global oil, moves through it. Rystad Energy analyst Jorge León said markets care more about flow than spare capacity. The fear is not scarcity on paper, but bottlenecks in water. Higher energy prices can lift pump costs and ripple into groceries and freight. With inflation elevated, households may feel geopolitics at the checkout.

🌕 Blood moon arrives Tuesday, then disappears until 2028. A total lunar eclipse will tint the full moon red as Earth’s shadow deepens. The spectacle is visible Tuesday morning from North America, Central America, and western South America. Australia and eastern Asia can catch it Tuesday night. Viewers in central Asia and much of South America get partial stages. Africa and Europe will be shut out of the show. Totality lasts about an hour, with the event unfolding over several hours. Astronomer Bennett Maruca of the University of Delaware said you need not watch every minute. The red hue comes from sunlight filtered through Earth’s atmosphere. This is the kind of cosmic reminder that time still moves, even when news does not. Another partial lunar eclipse is expected in August, and the next total one comes in late 2028.

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