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The United States and Iran have formally signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending months of war, but President Donald Trump made clear that military action remains on the table should Tehran fail to honour the terms. Both Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the agreement on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, with…
The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end their war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, though the two sides offered little clarity on the thorny question of Tehran’s nuclear programme. Washington and Islamabad said the agreement would be signed on Friday in Switzerland, signalling a…
Iran’s football federation says the United States has revoked the ticket allocation reserved for its supporters at the 2026 World Cup, accusing the co-host of shutting out Iranian fans from all three of the team’s group stage matches as a bitter diplomatic standoff bleeds into the tournament. The Iranian Football Federation said the United…
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to the highest category, reflecting deepening concern within the United States defence establishment that one of Washington’s closest allies is intensifying efforts to spy on senior American officials. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions…
Democratic senators have forced a vote on Donald Trump’s controversial 1.8 billion dollar settlement fund. The opposition party used a marathon legislative session known as a “vote-a-rama” to compel lawmakers to state their positions on the record. This maneuver targeted a fiscal structure that critics call a presidential piggy bank. It places congressional allies of…
Nigeria has emerged as the most affected country in the latest United States deportation operation, with at least 110 of its nationals listed among 355 West Africans earmarked for removal under the Trump administration’s newly expanded West Africa Operations Watch (WOW) initiative. The list, released by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
United States President Donald Trump has announced his intention to decouple the conflict in Lebanon from ongoing broader peace negotiations with Iran. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office, Trump stated that the two conflicts are fundamentally different and should be managed under separate diplomatic tracks. The administration aims to isolate regional proxy skirmishes to…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered immediate air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs in response to persistent rocket and drone attacks. The directive, issued jointly with Defence Minister Israel Katz, targets the Dahiyeh district, a densely populated stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah. This military escalation effectively shatters the fragile ceasefire brokered in mid-April….
The United States and Iran accused each other of breaching their fragile truce on Thursday following a serious exchange of fire, the most dangerous flare up since the ceasefire took hold in April and a stark reminder of how close the Middle East remains to renewed all out war three months after it began. The…
Global crude prices tumbled as traders weighed erratic diplomatic signals regarding a potential peace deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Brent crude fell 5 percent on Sunday to stand at $98.47 a barrel for July futures. This represents a 9 percent drop over the past month. Despite the decline, global prices remain more…
