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Updated June 26, 2026 - 12:53 PM EDT

Vance: Iran Agreed To Set Up Direct Military Line

		*IMO Pauses Hormuz Ship Evacuations After Vessel Struck Off Oman*
		*Italy Tells Iran It Didn't Support US War, Rejecting NATO Claims*
		*Lockheed Martin Gets $35 Billion THAAD Contract*

Netanyahu: Israel To Stay in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

		*Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Six in Southern Lebanon*
		*Israel Denies Claims of Withdrawal From 'Parts' of South Lebanon*

Israeli Forces in Southwest Syria Harass Civilians

		*Israel Bombs Palestinians in Beach Tents in Gaza*
		*IDF Kills Unarmed Man 'in Bedroom' During West Bank Raid*

Massie Moves To Strike $3.3 Billion in Israel Aid

France Seizes Another Russia-Linked Oil Tanker

US Bombs Somalia for 69th Time This Year

Viewpoints

	Strategic Ambiguity (If We Must) by Joseph Solis-Mullen
	The Illusions of Western Virtue: Ursula Von Der Leyen and Europe's Moral Bankruptcy by Ramzy Baroud

	War and Constitutional Indifference by Andrew P. Napolitano
	After the Iran War, Is UAE the Odd Man Out? by Giorgio Cafiero
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J.D. Vance Infuriates the Neocons
by Jack Hunter

Frontline

	Marines Had Multiple Firefights While Defending US Embassy in Haiti
	$1.1 Trillion Military Funding Bill Clears House Panel With Dept. of War Name Change
	Iran Negotiator Ghalibaf Rejects Claim Unfrozen Funds Will Buy US Goods

Israel/Palestine

	Drones and Decomposing Babies: What's in UN Report on Israel's Genocide of Palestinian Children
	Crimson Thread: The New Israeli Separation Wall That Cuts Through the 'Breadbasket of Palestine'
	'The Face of a Tortured Man': Photos of Palestinian Journalist Released From Israeli Prison Spark Outrage
	Hundreds of Palestinians Protest Israeli Policies of Home Demolitions in Negev
	Israeli Prime Minister Faces Calls To Resign During Military Ceremony: Report
	Why Gazans Are Planning a Mass Mobilization
	Top Israeli Figures Threaten Govt With Legal Action Over 'Jewish Terrorism'
	'Nothing Remains': Israel Destroys Cemetery Holding Canada's Fallen Peacekeepers
	Polls Show Support for Bennett-Lapid Alliance Slipping as Eisenkot's Party Climbs

Iran

	Iran Slams NATO Chief's Comments on US Support in War
	Israel Must Withdraw Entirely From Lebanon, Iran's IRGC Says
	Rubio Says US Wants Deal With Iran but Not 'at Any Price'
	Iran Accuses NATO of 'Complicity' in US War: What Role Did EU Nations Play?
	Trump Demands 'Loyalty' From NATO Allies and Slams Lack of Support in Iran War
	UN Data Shows 57 Ships Sailed Through Hormuz Since June 23
	Iran Warns Against Hormuz Crossings Without Authorization

Lebanon

	Iranian Ambassador Says Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Delayed Next Round of US Talks
	'Leave Lebanon Now or Flee in Defeat': IRGC Quds Force Chief Issues New Warning to Israel

Middle East

	Fear of Mines Alone Could Disrupt Strait of Hormuz Shipping, Warns French Admiral
	Oman Rules out Hormuz Transit Fees as Tehran, Muscat Advance Joint Oversight Plan
	Iraq's New Leader Faces Resistance Trying To Bring Militias Under State Control
	'We Will Not Hesitate': Houthis Warn They Will Target Israeli Presence in Somaliland

China

The War at Home

	Seven Sailors Injured During Fire Aboard USS Indianapolis
	Trump Administration Asks OpenAI To Limit Next Model Release
	House Backs $1.55 Billion To Revive E-7 Wedgetail, Spares Navy Hawkeye
	They Fled War as Child Refugees, Now They're Playing at World Cup 2026
	US Supreme Court Paves Way for Mass Deportation of Haitians, Syrians

Venezuela

	At Least 235 Dead After Powerful Quakes Rock Venezuela
	Venezuela Earthquakes: How Will Sanctions Impact Aid Operations?

Russia/Ukraine

	Ukrainian Attacks Leave Five Civilians Injured in Russia's Belgorod Region in Past Day
	Ukrainian Attack on Crimea Kills Five, Russian Officials Say
	In Tit-for-Tat Move, Russia Expels Romanian Consul General
	Russia Hits Ukrainian Locomotives and Fuel Stations, Leaving One Dead
	Ukraine's Top Strike-Drone Maker Moves Into Ballistic Missile Defense
	Overnight Ukrainian Drone Attacks Cause Casualties in Crimea, Spark Fire at Oil Depot

United Kingdom

	UK Doctors Reject IHRA Definition and Back Protections for Staff Speaking on Palestine
	'Degrading': Why Did a US Fighter Pilot Avoid British Trial After Strangling a Woman in England?
	Trump Meets Defense CEOs as Iran Operations Strain US Missile Stockpiles
	MP Urges UK Government To Take Action on English Football Ties to Israeli Occupation
	Billionaire Who Owns Camden Market 'Finances' Israeli Military Programs

Africa

	US Push for Unified Libyan Government Tests Tripoli Factions
	Nigeria's Senate Passes Bill To Allow Creation of State Police
	Two Killed, Seven Injured in RSF Drone Strike on Fuel Station in Southern Sudan: Medics

Australia

	Last Australia Woman Held at Syria's Roj Camp To Return Home
	US Approves Potential $250 Million Sale of Fighter Jet Training to Australia

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