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17.06.2026 15:40 Overnight, the management of the Eurosatory exhibition boarded up Israeli defense industry pavilions - despite these companies having met the French government's outrageous demands and displayed solely defensive systems.

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15.06.2026 16:01 US President Donald Trump said a framework agreement has been reached to halt fighting in the Middle East, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and end the US blockade of Iranian ports.

15.06.2026 16:01 A chorus of international praise has greeted the memorandum of understanding finalized between Iran and the United States, which brings an immediate and permanent end to the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, lifts the naval blockade, and reopens the Strait of Hormuz.

15.06.2026 16:01 Russia struck the UNESCO-protected Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine's most important Orthodox monastery, during a massive overnight missile and drone barrage that killed at least nine people across the country, hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and said he wanted to help end the war.

15.06.2026 16:01 The Japanese government plans to rename the Air Self-Defense Force as the "Air and Space Self-Defense Force" within fiscal 2026, further extending Japan's security framework into outer space, a move that has sparked concerns in Japan over military expansion, according to a report by the Nikkei.

15.06.2026 16:01 The European Union is preparing to host the Taliban in Brussels for the first time for "technical talks" on the repatriation of Afghans despite sharp criticism from rights groups and signs Afghanistan's rulers are cracking down further on women.

15.06.2026 16:01 Israel has carried out a new airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs, escalating tensions in Lebanon despite a ceasefire that Iran says remains a key condition for any broader agreement to end the war in the region.

15.06.2026 16:01 US President Donald Trump said the Israeli attack on Beirut "should not have happened," adding that the timing of the strikes coincided with a "special day" when Washington and Tehran could reach a deal to end the war in the Middle East.

15.06.2026 16:01 The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

15.06.2026 16:01 Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov: President of Russia Vladimir Putin telephoned the US President today to extend birthday greetings on his 80th birthday. The conversation was friendly and candid, lasting just under an hour - 55 minutes to be precise.

15.06.2026 16:01 Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that a deal had been reached between Tehran and Washington to end the US-imposed war on the Islamic Republic.

15.06.2026 16:01 US President Donald Trump said a peace deal with Iran is "now complete" and that he has ordered an end to the naval blockade of Iran's ports in exchange for the free flow of traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

15.06.2026 16:01 Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the announced memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.