Iran sends tankers loaded with oil past US military blockade
Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil have passed the US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data shows.
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Iran sends tankers loaded with oil past US military blockade
Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil have passed the US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data shows.
Somaliland denies reports of Israeli military base
Somaliland denies reports of Israeli military base Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel will deepen its cooperation with Somaliland , whose officials denied rumours that the Israeli military is building a base there. Israel was training Somaliland's military and police, but reports on negotiations to establish an Israeli military base in the territory were "rumours", Somaliland's Defence Minister Mohamed Yusuf Ali said, speaking on the sidelines of a business conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi arrived last week in Israel for his first-ever state visit, during which the country opened an embassy in Jerusalem.
Journalists Visit Ruins of Iranian Space Research Center
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A group of journalists and photographers visited the site of the Iranian Space Research Center in Tehran, which has been destroyed in a US-Israeli military strike during the war of aggression against Iran in March.
HRW Warns of Surging Home Demolitions, Evictions in al-Quds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Palestinian families in the East al-Quds neighborhood of Silwan are facing an unprecedented wave of displacement, a rights group said.
Tunisia: Quash unjust convictions of anti-racism activists Saadia Mosbah and Mnemty staff
Ahead of an upcoming hearing on 19 June during which the Tunis appeals court will re-examine the conviction of Saadia Mosbah, a prominent Tunisian Black human rights defender, and five of her colleagues from the anti-racist organization Mnemty, based on unfounded financial criminal charges stemming from their human rights work, Amnesty International’s North Africa researcher Safia Rayan said: “The initial verdict issued on 19 March against Saadia Mosbah and other Mnemty staff and collaborators, among them four who now risk imminent arrest, is shocking and profoundly unjust. It is another appalling indictment of the Tunisian authorities’ ongoing weaponization of the criminal justice system to silence civil […] The post Tunisia: Quash unjust convictions of anti-racism activists Saadia Mosbah and Mnemty staff appeared first on Amnesty International .
Russia's Lavrov discusses US-Iran framework deal with Iranian counterpart
Russia's Lavrov discusses US-Iran framework deal with Iranian counterpart Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday about the US-Iran deal, and said Moscow was ready to help. Russia is ready to support efforts to resolve the crisis "based on its unique experience and expertise", the Russian foreign ministry stated. "The Russian minister expressed support for the understandings reached through effective mediation by Pakistan and Qatar to de-escalate tensions in the region.
Trump denies reports of US funding as part of Iran deal
Trump denies reports of US funding as part of Iran deal US President Donald Trump denied recent reports that the US-Iran deal includes provisions for $300bn in investments for Tehran. “We're not investing, we're not putting up 10 cents,” he said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France. He added that he’s not asking Gulf countries to invest in Iran either, but “if they do it, fine”.
Trump Says US Could Start 'Dropping Bombs' If Iran Doesn't 'Behave'
US President Donald Trump said the United States could resume military action against Iran if he is dissatisfied with the implementation of the memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran, as world leaders hailed the potential end to the war.
Oil Prices Waver as Traders Hope the Strait of Hormuz Will Reopen
Traders are waiting for U. S. and Iranian officials to meet in Switzerland on Friday, when they are expected to sign an initial agreement and being a 60-day cease-fire.
Lebanon: 12 children killed, maimed daily despite truce between Hezbollah and Israel
More than 100 days of war reveals a shattering snapshot of life for civilians in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes and forced displacement, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Wednesday.
Israeli official says Iran war may not have been worth launching
Israeli official says Iran war may not have been worth launching Submitted by Mera Aladam on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 11:11 The senior official's remarks come amid a wave of criticism over Netanyahu's handling of the war An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-Israel mural on a street in Tehran on 8 June 2026 (Majid Asgaripour/Wana/Reuters) Off A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger. "If we had known that these would be the final results of the operation in terms of political habit, it is highly doubtful that we would have embarked on this event," the official was quoted as saying on Israeli channel i24News. The terms of the deal reached between Iran and the US underline how Israel’s war on Iran has left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing pressure not only from the Islamic Republic, but from inside his own political and security establishment.
In Belfast, ancient grudges and new furies leave a city burned
In Belfast, ancient grudges and new furies leave a city burned Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 12:01 In Northern Ireland's capital, locals described a growing racism problem made worse by an absent government A street in east Belfast on 12 June 2026, after homes were attacked and cars burned during the race riots (Oscar Rickett/MEE) On In the streets off east Belfast's Newtownards Road, houses are blackened and boarded up. Cars sit burned to their shells. Ash is in the air.
Iran Urges Global Condemnation of Attacks on Universities during US-Israeli Aggression
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian minister called on the international scientific community and global organizations to take a clear and decisive stance against US-Israeli strikes on universities, scientists, and research centers, saying academic institutions must never become targets of war.
Trump's U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel's Middle East dream
Trump's U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel's Middle East dream Submitted by David Hearst on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 08:11 The failure to subdue Iran has halted, or shattered, a much larger ambition: a project to change the shape of the Middle East, with a reborn and rejuvenated 'greater Israel' at its head A woman holds an Iranian flag on a street in Tehran, Iran, on 10 June, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters) On Of all the military failures the US has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran war is probably the most consequential. Unlike America’s military interventions in Afghanistan , Iraq , Yemen , Libya and Syria , the Islamic Republic did not just survive another US attempt at regime change.
Trump threatens 'dropping bombs on their head' if Iran doesn't 'behave'
Trump threatens 'dropping bombs on their head' if Iran doesn't 'behave' US President Donald Trump said that the memorandum of understanding on Iran was not final, and that he could resume bombing Iran if he did not like the agreement. "It's a memorandum of understanding. And if I don't like it, we'll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head.
Why the US-Israel war on Iran failed
Tehran just showed why military supremacy no longer guarantees political victory The war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran deserves a place in contemporary international relations textbooks. Not because it overturns everything we know about power, but because it shows how the use of power is changing.
Goldman Sachs cuts Brent forecast to $80 as Hormuz reopening eases supply fears
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Goldman Sachs has cut its Brent crude oil price forecast for the fourth quarter of 2026 to USD 80 per barrel from USD 90 earlier, citing an expected faster recovery in Middle East oil supply following a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
EU and US spy agencies buying personal data for surveillance survey
Intelligence services reportedly spend millions on commercially available datasets gathered through the advertising industry Spy agencies in the EU and the US are spending millions of taxpayers' money to access commercially available personal data, according tofindingspublished on Tuesday by Interface, a European think tank that gathered evidence from 11 intelligence watchdogs.
EU and US spy agencies buying personal data for surveillance report
Intelligence services reportedly spend millions on commercially available datasets gathered through the advertising industry Spy agencies in the EU and the US are spending millions of taxpayers' money to access commercially available personal data, according tofindingspublished on Tuesday by Interface, a European think tank that gathered evidence from 11 intelligence watchdogs.
