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The Rest of the World Report | May 28, 2026 — Morning Edition
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The Ceasefire Is a Word
Overnight, the United States shot down four Iranian attack drones in the Strait of Hormuz and struck a ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was preparing to launch a fifth. Iran fired on a US tanker crossing the strait with its radar switched off, then the IRGC struck a US airbase, believed to be in Kuwait, at 4:50am local…
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