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12.06.2026 16:41 A Russian woman who pleaded guilty to lying about her contacts with Russia's main intelligence agency -- and was later accused of sending drunken harassing messages to the FBI -- was set to be sentenced in a Manhattan federal court.

12.06.2026 16:41 Like every resource on the island, energy has long been weaponized by Cuba's Communist government as a tool of both repression and self-serving regime kleptocracy.

12.06.2026 16:41 Mr. Tomoki Matsuo, Deputy Director General, Defense Policy Bureau, Japan Ministry of Defense, and Dr. Robert Soofer, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy, held a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Policy Dialogue in Tokyo, Japan, June 10.

12.06.2026 16:41 The United States and the Republic of Korea held the sixth U.S.-ROK Nuclear Consultative Group meeting in Seoul on June 11, 2026. The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy Dr. Robert Soofer and ROK Deputy Minister for National Defense Policy Dr. Hong-Cheol Kim. The participants included U.S. and ROK defense, foreign affairs, and intelligence officials.

12.06.2026 16:41 Despite warnings from the EU, Serbia's government has granted citizenship to four times as many Russian nationals as to all other foreign citizens combined this year -- including individuals under international sanctions, an RFE/RL investigation has found.

12.06.2026 16:41 UN experts* today expressed deep concern about reports of excessive use of force against demonstrators protesting restrictive measures after dozens of women were detained for alleged dress code violations in Herat, Afghanistan, on 6 and 7 June 2026.

12.06.2026 16:41 Patients who can't get their cancer medicine. A couple who had to postpone their wedding indefinitely. Traders stuck at the border, paying fines for truckloads of spoiled goods.

12.06.2026 16:41 Britain's defense crisis has dramatically escalated after Al Carns, the UK Minister for the Armed Forces, resigned on Thursday, just hours after Defense Secretary John Healey stepped down over Prime Minister Keir Starmer's insufficient military spending plans.

12.06.2026 16:41 Deputy Ambassador James Ford welcomed ODIHR's preliminary findings that Armenia's parliamentary elections were orderly and professionally conducted, congratulated Prime Minister Pashinyan, and affirmed UK support for strengthening democratic resilience.

12.06.2026 16:41 Sounds of explosions heard in Sirik County were caused by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy confronting a deviant oil tanker that attempted to illegally transit the Strait of Hormuz in violation of Iranian security directives, according to a report.

12.06.2026 16:41 Iran has condemned attacks carried out by the United States earlier this week on three merchant vessels carrying Indian crew members off the coast of Oman, saying the American "maritime piracy" poses a serious threat to international shipping.

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12.06.2026 16:41 Iran's armed forces carried out coordinated retaliatory operations against US military bases and assets across the region, including a missile strike on the al-Azraq air base in Jordan and attacks on the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

12.06.2026 16:41 The Iranian authority controlling the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf says the strategic waterway is closed until further notice due to tensions initiated by American forces in the region.

12.06.2026 16:41 Iran launched 12 ballistic missile strikes against US F-35, F-15, and F-16 fighter jets, key facilities, and a command center at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near the town of Azraq in Jordan, Press TV reported.