Germany blurs defence lines with bet on Philippines’ old US base
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A multimillion-dollar aviation deal at Clark highlights European economic investment as a tool of strategic power
· Sam Beltran
For U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Iran talks could shape political rise
WASHINGTON/LUCERNE, Switzerland – U.S. Vice President JD Vance is poised to take on his biggest role yet on the international stage as President Donald Trump’s chief negotiator to end the three-month war with Iran, a moment that could shape Vance’s prospects as a White House successor.
· Humeyra Pamuk
"Only The Beginning": How To Profit From The Asymmetric Warfare Boom
Low-cost kamikaze drones are fundamentally reshaping the modern battlefield and forcing militaries to rethink procurement strategies built around expensive, high-end weapons systems.
· Tyler Durden
Saibari strikes after 70 seconds as Morocco puncture Scotland’s World Cup party
Scotland would have taken this outcome after 70 seconds. Ismael Saibiri had fired this highly-rated Moroccan team ahead. Men in kilts gulped under the blazing Massachusetts sun. Scotland may even privately have taken this outcome before a ball was kicked. Avoidance of a comprehensive defeat against Brazil will leave…
· Ewanmurray
Iran accuses French foreign minister of hypocrisy over war comments
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has accused French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot of "hypocrisy" after the French diplomat said the Iranian people were among the principal losers of the war, caught between repression and bombardment.
· Middleeasteye
Lebanon ceasefire deal reached after U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland scrapped
DUBAI/WASHINGTON – Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday after an escalation in fighting there jeopardized the chances of an interim agreement on ending the war in Iran turning into a lasting Middle East peace deal.
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Poland strips Zelensky of country's highest honor over WW2 dispute
Poland's president has decided to strip Volodymyr Zelensky of the country's top honor after the Ukrainian president caused outrage by renaming an army unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), nationalists who massacred Poles in World War Two.
· REUTERS
Grisly photos released of Karmelo Anthony’s victim Austin Metcalf’s wound, bloody coat and murder weapon
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· Priscilla DeGregory, Ariel Zilber
James Bradley, Co-Author of ‘Flags of Our Fathers,’ Dies at 72
James Bradley, who turned his curiosity about his father’s time in the Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima — and the long-held but ultimately mistaken belief that he was in the iconic photograph of six servicemen raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi — into the best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” (2000), …
· Richard Sandomir
Hormuz ship traffic climbs after war deal
PARIS — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose to its busiest in two months after a deal to halt the US-Iran war, maritime trackers said on Friday.
· Agence France-Presse
Israel and Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire as US-Iran deal under strain
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Zelensky stripped of highest Polish honour over WW2 name of army unit
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has been stripped of Poland's highest state honour, the Order of the White Eagle, over Kyiv's decision to name a military unit after controversial World War Two fighters.
· Henry Moore
Here’s why Luigi Mangione might have shockingly scrapped his ‘psych defense’
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· Ben Kochman
Does Trump have to submit the Iran memorandum of understanding to Congress?
Lawmakers and pro-Israel groups have issued calls for United States President Donald Trump to ask Congress to review a recent memorandum of understanding (MoU) designed to end the US-Israeli war with Iran.
· Joseph Stepansky
Ex-NY Gov. George Pataki employs surprising tactic to engage Ukraine’s war-torn youth
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· Xavier Serrano
Tyre in southern Lebanon marks Muharram after destruction from Israel-Hezbollah war
Women weep and mourn during a sermon marking the third day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
· Kareem Chehayeb
Zelensky stripped of Poland’s top honor over Nazi tribute
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of Poland’s highest state honor, the Order of the White Eagle, after Kiev named a military unit after a nationalist group implicated in the wartime massacres of Poles and Jews.
· RT
Lebanon's shattered southern towns and villages, in photos
Buildings damaged by Israeli strikes are seen through shattered glass from the Jabal Amel Hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
· Bilal Hussein
Tartan Army invades Boston as Scotland soccer fans revel at World Cup
Scottish fans drink and sing at a pub in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
· Kyle Hightower
Zelenskyy loses Polish state honor over naming of Ukrainian army unit
Polish President Karol Nawrocki, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend an official welcome ceremony before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
· Claudia Ciobanu
Poland’s president strips Ukraine’s Zelensky of top award
The row began after the Ukrainian leader named a military unit after a WWII insurgent army that took part in massacres against Poles
· Agence France-Presse
Poland’s president strips Ukraine’s Zelensky of top award
The row began after the Ukrainian leader named a military unit after a WWII insurgent army that took part in massacres against Poles
· Agence France-Presse
'Like a bomb explosion': Bedford train passenger describes crash
Emergency services are at the scene of a collision involving two trains in the Bedford area, British Transport Police has confirmed.
Israel and Hezbollah agree ceasefire, US says, as more Lebanon strikes reported
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire, a US official says, following intense Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon that the government said killed 47 people.
· Henry Moore
Kim Gamel, a former AP correspondent, dies
Kim Gamel, a former veteran Associated Press correspondent who covered conflicts and uprisings around the Middle East, including the height of the Iraq war and the Arab Spring, has died, according to her brother-in-law. She was 57.
· Bassem Mroue
US responsible to end war on all fronts, including Lebanon, Iranian FM says
The United States bears the responsibility to end the war “on all fronts, including Lebanon,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday during a call with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
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How the ingenious work of Britain's Arab Bureau a century ago offers lessons for modern diplomacy | The National
TE Lawrence is probably the UK’s best-known Middle East expert, a man whose adventures in the region during the First World War were immortalised in the 1962 Oscar-winning epic Lawrence of Arabia.
· Daniel Bardsley
The Strait of Hormuz will soon be open for business again – but business will never be the same again | The National
This week the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end their confrontation. The blockade of Iranian ports is expected to be lifted, the Strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen within days and Qatar has already begun moving its tankers back towards Ras Laffan. The immediate reaction across energy market…
· Pat Breen
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· The National
Trump claims there are ‘no limits’ on his power
US President Donald Trump has denied that the war on Iran has highlighted the limits of his ability to project power, telling Axios on Thursday that “there are no limits.”
· RT
Russia mistakenly strikes own refinery in Moscow, sending massive roof through air like flying saucer, amazing video shows
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· Patrick Reilly
DND says dual citizenship complaint filed vs Gibo based on ‘unverified claims’
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) dismissed a perjury complaint filed against Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., as the case is based on “unverified allegations” and lacks credible evidence.
· Izel Abanilla
The week around the world in 20 pictures
View image in fullscreenKyiv, UkraineFirefighters try to put out a fire at a city marketplace following a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv. Prior to the attack, amid evidence of mounting battlefield setbacks for Russia, president Vladimir Putin had warned that Moscow would target Ukraine with ‘systemic’ stri…
· Jim Powell
How Iran's World Cup campaign has become an online battleground for regime loyalists and dissidents | The National
The US and Iran have signed an interim agreement to end the war, but their ideological battles continue in the digital world.
· Cody Combs
How Iran's World Cup campaign has become an online battleground for regime loyalists and dissidents | The National
The US and Iran have signed an interim agreement to end the war, but their ideological battles continue in the digital world.
· Cody Combs
How Iran's World Cup campaign has become an online battleground for regime loyalists and dissidents | The National
An ideological war is being waged with apps, AI and hashtags
· Cody Combs
Unit 731: Japan’s most lethal weapons program
UNSTOPPABLE is how Japan’s so-called remilitarization is described by a growing sector of geopolitical analysts.
· Mauro Gia Samonte
China’s sanctions vs Gibo and Beijing’s Taiwan ‘red line’
CHINA’s unilateral sanctions against Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. may look, at first glance, like another episode in the now-familiar diplomatic boxing match between Manila and Beijing. China says Teodoro has repeatedly made irresponsible remarks. Manila calls the sanctions an unfriendly …
· Anna Malindog-Uy
Corentin Moutet hit with $40,000 fine for f-bomb-filled Queen’s Club interview
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· Associated Press
Analysis: Iran sees the deal as a win and is pressing its advantage
Talks planned for Friday in Switzerland between Iran and the United States, which Vice President JD Vance had been scheduled to attend, were postponed as the fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, with Israel’s military claiming Friday its forces struck Hezbollah targets throughout the region.
· Jon Gambrell
‘Destruction is the goal’: Israel steers between the US, Iran, and Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has restrained himself from openly displaying his opposition to the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States. But looking to the positions of Israelis from across the political spectrum, and the military’s actions in Lebanon, the picture is clear: Israe…
· Simon Speakman Cordall
Petrol shortages and ‘oil rain’ bring Ukraine war home to Moscow
Ukraine strikes Moscow: Oil refinery and residential buildings hit
· John T Psaropoulos
Total humiliation: Iran war marks the beginning of the end for Netanyahu - opinion
It may be that when Israelis look back on the war with Iran, they will remember it not because of the operations, assassinations, or brief euphoria, but as the moment one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most important political assets finally collapsed: the belief that he was the man who knew how to preserve …
· DAN PERRY
Demining the Strait of Hormuz
Vance Issues Warning to Israeli Critics of U.S.-Iran Peace Agreement1:16
· John Ismay
Israel and Hezbollah agree ceasefire after escalation threatens US-Iran deal
Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on Friday, after a sharp escalation in fighting threatened to unravel a fragile regional truce, a day after the United States and Iran signed an agreement to end the war.
· Middleeasteye
Three killed in Ukraine a day after drone attack kills child in Moscow
Russia has renewed its strikes on Ukraine, killing three people including an eight-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials said.
· Al Jazeera
US-Iran peace deal: Six things we learned from the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding
Talks between the US and Iran on a final settlement to end the war have been postponed.
· Middleeasteye
Trump takes aim at critics of US-Iran MoU, says Iran ‘finished’
Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has struck out at critics of a memorandum of understanding signed by Washington and Tehran to end the US-Israeli war with Iran.
· Joseph Stepansky
Russia Vows "Massive Group Strikes" On Ukraine After Drone Swarm Attack On Refinery
Ukraine's massive drone swarm attack on the Russian capital, targeting critical energy infrastructure including a major refinery and storage tank farms, has sparked fuel-shortage fears in Moscow while prompting Russia to warn Kyiv of "massive group strikes" in retaliation.
· Tyler Durden