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17.06.2026 15:40 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed openness to a future Visiting Forces Agreement -like arrangement with Germany as Manila and Berlin continue to deepen defense and security cooperation.

17.06.2026 15:40 Yesterday, the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division filed a motion to intervene and to dismiss a private citizen lawsuit seeking to power down a large artificial intelligence facility in Southaven, Mississippi.

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17.06.2026 15:40 Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has praised Iran for forcing Israel to halt its military aggression against Lebanon, saying the Islamic Republic has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting truth, resistance, and oppressed nations.

17.06.2026 15:40 Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have confronted an Israeli military convoy as it was attempting to infiltrate into southern Lebanon despite an Iran-US agreement that includes complete cessation of Israeli assaults on Lebanon.

17.06.2026 15:40 The Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad have condemned Israel's decision to strip al-Khalil of key municipal powers, warning that the move forms part of an escalating effort to tighten Israeli control over the city's administrative and civic affairs.

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17.06.2026 15:40 Following Israeli military strikes on southern Lebanon on June 16 that left four people dead, Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has threatened retaliation.

17.06.2026 15:40 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says any future Israeli attacks on Lebanon or continued occupation of recently-seized territories in the Arab country would constitute a violation of a memorandum of understanding that is scheduled to be signed between Iran and the US.

17.06.2026 15:40 Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters on Monday warned the Israeli regime to halt repeated ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon or face a "harsh response" from Iran's armed forces.

17.06.2026 15:40 The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the decision by the northwestern region of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the so-called "Somaliland," to open an embassy in the occupied city of Jerusalem.

17.06.2026 15:40 The Media Observatory of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for Israeli Crimes against Palestinians recorded 23 Palestinians murdered between June 9 and 15, 2026, in addition to 95 wounded, 129 detainees, and 128 settler attacks. The Observatory also recorded 293 incursions by occupation forces into cities and villages in the West Bank, as part of a total of 998 crimes committed during the same period, affecting all Palestinian areas. The Observatory documented 74,130 Palestinian deaths and 178,085 injuries between October 7, 2023, and June 15, 2026, during which it recorded 381,973 Israeli crimes. Israeli occupation forces wounded a child and arrested seven others, while settlers shot and wounded a young man with disabilities with three bullets near the entrance to the village of Madama.

17.06.2026 15:40 UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Kumar Iyer.

17.06.2026 15:40 An urgent expansion of refugee resettlement is needed as new projections highlight a continued gap between global needs and available places, according to the latest Projected Global Resettlement Needs report by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

17.06.2026 15:40 The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said China's implementation of the United Nations High Seas Treaty would not "diminish nor forfeit" the Philippines' maritime zones in the West Philippine Sea .