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Trump Confirms US-Iran Deal; Israel Strike Delays
The US and Iran agreed a peace deal with an immediate and permanent end to military operations on all fronts including Lebanon, mediated by Pakistan and confirmed by President Trump on his 80th birthd
Israel Strikes Beirut Hours Before Expected US-Iran
Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern Dahiyeh neighborhood on June 14, 2026 — the same day U.S. and Pakistani leaders were forecasting the signing of a deal to end the three-month-plus
Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM
Wes Streeting will pitch himself as Keir Starmer's successor with a plan to recruit 20,000 leading scientists to Britain and to redirect North Sea oil and gas tax revenues toward cutting energy bills.
Early results show Swiss voters reject right-wing’s bid to cap population at 10 million
Swiss voters on Sunday rejected by nearly 55% a right-wing initiative to cap the country's population at 10 million by 2050, according to early federal results.
Putin, Zelenskyy Call Trump; Ukraine Strikes Hit Russia
Putin and Zelenskyy each held separate phone calls with Trump on Sunday, as Ukrainian drone strikes killed two in Russia and ignited fires at a fuel storage facility, and the UK detained a sanctioned
Trump to Host $60M UFC Event at White House for 80th
President Trump will host UFC fights on the White House South Lawn Sunday for his 80th birthday, with TKO Group Holdings covering the $60 million cost, as Democrats and political scientists warn the s
Ukraine Urges Trump to Help Return 20,000 Abducted Children
Ukraine's top child-return official Maksym Maksymov warned in Washington that Russia is accelerating its campaign to 'reprogram' an estimated 1.5-to-1.6 million Ukrainian children under occupation, pr
Canadian prime minister heads west to ancestral homeland - BBC
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is making a multi-stop diplomatic push ahead of the G7 summit, calling for middle-power solidarity and Canada-EU unity while softening his tone toward Trump on trad
UK Royal Marines Board Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker
British Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officers boarded the Russian oil tanker SMYRTOS in the English Channel — the first UK-led operation of its kind against a sanctioned shadow fle
UK Detains Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Smyrtos
British armed forces boarded and detained the oil tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel on Sunday, marking what the Defense Ministry called the first UK-led operation against Russia's shadow fleet of
Trump Turns 80 With UFC Cage Fight at White House
President Trump celebrates turning 80 on Sunday with a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House South Lawn, drawing 4,000-plus spectators, seven government agencies, and more than $60 million in res
ISW: Russia Outproduces US on Ballistic Missiles
The Institute for the Study of War's June 13, 2026 assessment finds Russia's monthly ballistic missile production now exceeds the US's monthly PAC-3 Patriot interceptor output, as Moscow raises milita
Russia's Amur-1650 Submarine Push Runs Into Sanctions
Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation unveiled a missile-armed Amur-1650 stealth submarine at Fleet 2026 to court Asian buyers, but Western sanctions, wartime production strain, and a manufacturing
North Korea Declares Nuclear Status 'Irreversible'
North Korea declared its nuclear weapons state status "irreversible" on Sunday, rejecting denuclearisation calls from the US, South Korea, and Japan made at a trilateral summit in Tokyo.
Trump: Iran Deal Signs Sunday; Tehran Denies
President Trump announced on Truth Social that a deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran would be signed Sunday, but Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman directly contradicted the timeline, saying a sig
Russians Use AI to Fake Dead Soldiers Coming Home
Russian families are paying AI creators to generate deepfake videos depicting soldiers killed in Ukraine returning home or appearing in heaven, a trend that has gone viral on social media since mid-20
North Korea Declares Denuclearisation 'Terminated
North Korea's foreign ministry declared denuclearisation 'an irreversibly finalised matter,' directly rebuking US-South Korea nuclear deterrence talks held three days earlier in Seoul under the Nuclea
Carney Pitches Canada-EU Bloc Ahead of G7
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a Dublin lecture to call for Canada and the EU to band together as "middle powers" against a fragmenting global order, two days before he and Donald Trump both
Ukraine drone strikes kills one, triggers fire at Russia sea terminal
Ukrainian drones struck oil and gas infrastructure in southern Russia overnight, killing one person at a sea terminal in Temryuk and igniting fires at energy facilities in the Krasnodar and Volgograd
White students fall below 50% of US enrollment
White students now account for less than half of all Americans enrolled in school from nursery through graduate programs, according to an Axios analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data showing a 24-yea
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