Egyptian President Sisi said, “We don't have enough water or land for that... Don’t imagine that Egypt can achieve self-sufficiency in agricultural production; it's absolutely impossible” (Cairo24). This statement by Sisi effectively ended nearly a decade of rosy promises and massive propaganda projects, officially ushering in an era of engineered frustration and deficit management.

On 29 May 2026, the US State Department stated, “Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Washington, DC. Secretary Rubio expressed his condolences for the victims of the recent Balochistan Liberation Army terrorist attack in Quetta.

On Thursday and Friday, May 28 and 29, 2026, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched raids on villages west of Bara town in North Kordofan State, resulting in the deaths of dozens of unarmed civilians. The Sudanese Doctors Network confirmed in a statement on Friday, May 29, 2026,

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said that governments cannot decide whether to release additional strategic oil reserves to mitigate disruptions caused by the Iran war until the likely duration of the conflict becomes clear. In the same context, earlier Iranian missile strikes on the Ras Laffan gas facility in Qatar, one of the largest liquefied natural gas terminals in the world, caused a sharp decline in Britain's gas reserves.