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24.06.2026 18:20 China has conducted port state control inspections on incoming vessels in accordance with Chinese laws and international conventions, which do not target any specific country or flag and are fully legitimate, Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng said on Tuesday at the Dialogue with Permanent Observers of the Organization of American States held in Panama.

24.06.2026 18:20 There is absolutely no so-called "forced relocation" or "forced labor" and such claims are extremely absurd and ridiculous, Chen Ruifeng, vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, said at a press conference on Wednesday in response to some Western media's claims about "forced labor" regarding China's Xinjiang region.

24.06.2026 18:20 Commodity vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz reached its highest level since the start of the Middle East war, with at least 36 carriers transiting the waterway on June 22, according to maritime tracking firm Kpler.

24.06.2026 18:20 Oman and Iran have agreed to continue discussions on the future administration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including maritime services and the costs associated with operating them in the strategic waterway.

24.06.2026 18:20 Iran and Oman have agreed to form a joint committee to discuss the future administration of the Strait of Hormuz, including shipping management, related services, and associated fees.

24.06.2026 18:20 US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim that Iran has agreed to the highest level of nuclear inspections of its facilities and that the inspections will continue indefinitely

24.06.2026 18:20 The US Senate has narrowly voted in favor of a bill demanding the war against Iran be stopped and requiring US President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval if he decides to resume it, the first such war powers resolution to ever pass in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

24.06.2026 18:20 The US Senate has approved a war powers resolution aimed at preventing President Donald Trump from waging military aggression against Iran without congressional authorization, marking a significant political rebuke of the administration's military adventurism.

24.06.2026 18:20 Iran says it has no plans to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to visit nuclear facilities damaged in US and Israeli strikes last year, contradicting claims by US Vice President JD Vance.

24.06.2026 18:20 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran would never negotiate over its defense and deterrence capabilities, arguing that the country's missile arsenal had prevented it from suffering the same fate as Gaza.

24.06.2026 18:20 Iran's armed forces have transitioned from a defensive to an offensive military doctrine, with preemptive operations now on the table, a senior Iranian commander has declared, warning that the country has yet to deploy a significant portion of its military capabilities.

24.06.2026 18:20 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Islamabad on Monday, where he was welcomed by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the start of his visit to the Pakistani capital.

24.06.2026 18:20 Iran's Parliament speaker and top negotiator in the talks with the United States, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has met Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat, as they discussed the bilateral ties and the latest developments regarding the negotiations on the Iran-US MoU.

24.06.2026 18:20 The Swiss Armed Forces have successfully completed their mission as a partner of the Canton of Nidwalden to ensure the safe conduct of the LAKE LUCERNE SUMMIT on the Bürgenstock in the canton of Nidwalden. Approximately 1,300 military personnel were on duty each day. A total of five violations occurred in the restricted airspace. Two aircraft were escorted out of the restricted airspace by the Air Force.

24.06.2026 18:20 Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has admitted that Israel secretly smuggled Starlink satellite internet receivers into Iran to help organize riot groups and undermine the Islamic government.