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13.06.2026 16:30 US forces have shot down multiple Iranian attack drones flying toward the Strait of Hormuz, in another flare-up of violence even as Washington and Tehran are suggesting a peace deal is imminent.

13.06.2026 16:30 As part of their operations in defense of Lebanon amid ongoing Israeli aggression, fighters from the Hezbollah resistance movement have struck and destroyed technical devices belonging to Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon.

13.06.2026 16:30 A US senior administration official on Friday laid out elements of a potential short-term agreement between the US and Iran, and said the best degree of confidence that the deal will be signed in the near term is 80 to 85 percent, according to multiple media reports on Friday. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced on Friday that significant progress has been made toward finalizing a memorandum of understanding reached between Tehran and Washington in Islamabad, stating that the agreement has "never been closer" to completion, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

13.06.2026 16:30 Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Friday night that the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the United States to end the war could take place within the next few days.

13.06.2026 16:30 North Korea has denounced the US for approving the sale of advanced air-to-air missiles and related military equipment to South Korea, warning that the move will further increase tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

13.06.2026 16:30 China's Ministry of Commerce expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition after the US Department of Defense added several Chinese companies to its so-called "Chinese Military Companies" list, urging Washington to immediately reverse discriminatory and unjustified measures.

13.06.2026 16:30 China has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with a US move to blacklist several major Chinese companies over alleged military ties, warning of retaliation if the firms are not treated fairly.

13.06.2026 16:30 Regarding China's recent decision to impose sanctions on Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and his relatives, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday Teodoro's reckless behaviors are bound to backfire and undermine the interests of the Philippines and its people as a whole.

13.06.2026 16:30 The United States and Iran traded new rounds of strikes in the past few days, raising fears of regional escalation amid a fragile ceasefire situation.

13.06.2026 16:30 The United States and Iran are about "75 percent there" on reaching a proposed memorandum to end the war in the Persian Gulf, but senior administration officials said a full deal that would dismantle Tehran's nuclear program, remove and destroy nuclear material, and keep the Strait of Hormuz open is not yet complete.

13.06.2026 16:30 US President Donald Trump says Iran has misrepresented the status and contents of ongoing US-Iran negotiations, asserting that details reportedly leaked to the media "have NOTHING to do" with terms he says were already agreed to in writing.

13.06.2026 16:30 US President Donald Trump has agreed that one possible solution to Iran's nuclear issue would be the dilution of highly enriched uranium inside Iran under the supervision of UN inspectors, Axios reported on Friday, citing a senior source in Washington.

13.06.2026 16:30 Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has voiced concerns about a potential US-Iran agreement to end the Middle East war, saying the deal being pursued by US President Donald Trump was primarily focused on American interests.

13.06.2026 16:30 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has outlined the structure of a potential memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, while highlighting that diplomacy is intended to consolidate the gains achieved by the Islamic Republic on the battlefield.