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21.06.2026 20:11 The latest deployment in one of Defence's longest-running operations has returned to Australia, marking 45 years of Operation Gateway and reinforcing Australia's enduring commitment to regional engagement, cooperation and stability.

21.06.2026 20:11 Technical-level talks between the US and Iranian delegations will be held in Switzerland's luxury alpine resort Burgenstock on June 21, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

21.06.2026 20:11 The Swiss Foreign Ministry announced that talks on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States are continuing in Burgenstock.

21.06.2026 20:11 US Central Command said that dozens of merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz on June 20, following an announcement by Iran's military command of the waterway's closure.

21.06.2026 20:11 Iran's military command says it is closing the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic in response to continued Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.

21.06.2026 20:11 Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping in response to continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon and US violations of the memorandum of understanding regarding a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon, according to a statement from the operational headquarters of the Iranian armed forces.

21.06.2026 20:11 US intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take actions that could undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to secure a lasting peace agreement with Iran, Anadolu Agency reported citing the Washington Post.

21.06.2026 20:11 The United States is working with Qatar on a plan to grant Iran access to $6 billion in frozen assets for humanitarian spending, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing informed sources.

21.06.2026 20:11 An Iranian delegation headed by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has arrived in Switzerland to pursue implementation of commitments contained in a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding recently signed between the Islamic Republic and the US.

21.06.2026 20:11 A top advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khameneihas warned that failure to implement the recently signed US-Iran memorandum of understanding beyond paper will halt energy flows across West Asia.

21.06.2026 20:11 Iran's High Council for Human Rights has strongly condemned recent statements by the US Treasury Secretary regarding the possible use of Iranian assets to compensate for the damage inflicted on some regional allies by the US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

21.06.2026 20:11 The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence has announced the arrest of 17 agents of the US-Israeli enemy, who were involved in acts of sabotage and terror during the foreign-backed riots that swept across Iran in January.

21.06.2026 20:11 Head of the Iranian Judiciary's West Azerbaijan office says 480 individuals suspected of links to hostile actors were arrested during the US-Israeli aggression in the province, of whom 10 were identified as agents of Israel's Mossad spy agency.

21.06.2026 20:11 In accordance with the Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan for 2026 signed between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, a delegation led by Chief of the Troop Service Department of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, Colonel Dmitry Zhukovsky paid a visit to Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

21.06.2026 20:11 The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday announced that Filipino and American naval and air units successfully conducted their fourth bilateral maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea this year.