The US and Iran have kept diplomacy alive, but neither side is ready to surrender its leverage Recently, US President Donald Trump said he is satisfied with the situation regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the progress in negotiations with Iran. US Vice President J. D.
Israeli officials discuss renewed push to expel Palestinians from Gaza Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Wed, 06/24/2026 - 14:03 Senior agencies meet to revisit plan for 'voluntary migration' from besieged enclave, as officials acknowledge no state has agreed to accept Palestinians Israeli tanks and troops deployed by the boundary with Gaza on 10 June 2026 (Jack Guez/AFP) Off Senior Israeli security officials met on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, despite repeated previous failures to advance such plans, according to Haaretz . The Israeli daily reported that Shmuel Ben Ezra, head of the National Security Council, convened an urgent meeting with defence officials to discuss what was described as “encouraging voluntary emigration” from Gaza. Officials from the Israeli army, Shin Bet and Mossad were among those invited.
As the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) released more details of its plan to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, one mariner caught up in the emergency has described the ever-present fear of coming under attack.
The war on Iran was a strategic disaster for America and Israel Submitted by Sami Al-Arian on Mon, 06/22/2026 - 09:58 The Islamabad agreement reads less like terms imposed on a defeated state than like a retreat from the American-Zionist project to remake the region Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signs the memorandum of understanding to end the war with the United States and Israel, in Tehran on 18 June 2026 (Iranian Presidency Handout/AFP) On When neoconservative writer Robert Kagan, who spent decades as a cheerleader for America's forever wars, warned that the confrontation with Iran could become one of the greatest strategic defeats in modern American history, many dismissed his assessment as alarmist and exaggerated. After all, the conventional wisdom in the West is that Iran had suffered extensive damage. Its military infrastructure was targeted, its foremost leaders, senior commanders and scientists were assassinated, its economy was battered, and the Axis of Resistance absorbed serious blows across multiple fronts.
Trump criticises Congress for 'poorly timed and meaningless' Iran war vote US President Donald Trump criticised Congress passing a symbolic resolution calling for an end to the war with Iran, calling it "poorly timed and meaningless. " "So, I have Iran on the 'ropes,' ready to go down for the fall... and the US Senate decides to have a poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act Vote," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform of the 50-48 Senate vote, adding: "These Senators have just made my job more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done!
Killed in Israeli strike, Mona Khalil remembered as the guardian of turtles Submitted by Rita Kabalan on Wed, 06/24/2026 - 08:49 Lebanese marine activist was killed when Israel targeted her home near Tyre in south Lebanon Mona Khalil, a Lebanese ecologist activist, looks at a turtle at a coast in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on 12 August 2002 (Jihad Seqlawi/AFP) Off On the eve of World Environment Day, the Israeli army targeted The Orange House, the south Lebanon home of marine ecologist and environmentalist Mona Khalil, leaving her critically wounded. Two weeks later, on 19 June, Khalil succumbed to her wounds in Beirut. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1949, Khalil spent years living in the Netherlands during Lebanon’s civil war.
Oman opens temporary Strait of Hormuz shipping routes with no tolls Oman has said it will keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping without imposing any tolls, adding that it has designated two temporary routes north and south of the existing shipping lane to facilitate the safe passage of vessels departing the region. In coordination with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Oman established temporary maritime corridors to help ships leave the area safely. Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz - through which a fifth of the world's crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes - since the US-Israeli war began on 28 February.
The first deaths since Sunday have put pressure on a ceasefire with Hezbollah tied to regional peace efforts Israeli troops have killed two people in southern Lebanon, in the first reported fatalities since Sunday. The fragile Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire is a key condition set by Iran for peace talks with the US, a process that has drawn sharp criticism from West Jerusalem.
The first deaths since Sunday have put pressure on a ceasefire with Hezbollah tied to regional peace efforts Israeli troops have killed two people in southern Lebanon, in the first reported fatalities since Sunday. The fragile Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire is a key condition set by Iran for peace talks with the US, a process that has drawn sharp criticism from West Jerusalem.
Washington DC [US], June 24 (ANI): Hours after the United States Senate voted to limit President Donald Trump's war powers in the Iran conflict, President Trump on Tuesday (local time) lambasted the legislative move, stating that the Senators have made his 'job more difficult,' and have 'provided aid and comfort to the enemy.
Washington DC [US], June 24 (ANI): The US Senate on Tuesday (local time) approved a resolution directing US President Donald Trump to remove American military forces from the conflict with Iran, marking a rare bipartisan rebuke of the administration's military authority and signalling concerns in Congress over potential escalation in the region.
Ben-Gvir says Israel may ‘act alone’ against Iran in split with US Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Tuesday that the US would be “very naive” if it expects Iran to abandon its nuclear programme, suggesting that Israel may need to “act alone” in confronting Tehran. “The Americans are very naive if they think the Iranians will abandon their nuclear program and cancel it, and give up their dreams of destroying Israel,” he said during an interview with Israel’s Channel 7 news, adding that “it is Israel’s responsibility to confront this Iranian threat and act against it alone. ” Ben-Gvir stated that under “no circumstances” would Israel be forced to work “according to the dictates of a friend, even if that friend is truly great”.
US Senate votes to halt Iran war The Republican-majority US Senate backed legislation on Tuesday to stop military action against Iran, reflecting the growing unpopularity of the war as peace negotiations continue. The Senate voted 50-48 in favour of the resolution, which passed the House of Representatives in early June. Polling suggests that only one in four Americans believe that the Iran war is worth the cost to the US, affecting Trump’s popularity, which has fallen to record low levels to match the worst recorded in his second term.
Without missiles Iran would have ended up ‘like Gaza’, says Iranian president Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that, if Iran did not have its missile defensives, it would have ended up “razed like Gaza” in the US-Israeli war. “If the missiles we have for our defense did not exist, Israel and the United States would have razed Iran like Gaza,” Pezeshkian said, reiterating that Iran’s defensive capabilities would not be negotiated “under any circumstances”.
Washington wants to expand weapons production after reportedly depleting key stockpiles in the Iran war and Ukraine US automakers could begin producing missiles and other weapons as Washington moves to expand military output and replenish its arsenals, President Donald Trump has said.
Hezbollah chief demands full timetabled Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that Israel must set out a schedule to withdraw completely from Lebanon “without retaining an inch”. “We now have a ceasefire. The withdrawal must take place according to a timetable.
Most Americans say Iran war not worth costs, Trump approval falls to match lowest in second term A majority of Americans (52 percent) now say that the US war on Iran was not worth its costs, while only 24 percent agree that it was, according to a Reuters/IPSOS poll on Tuesday. The poll also showed that only 23 percent of Americans say that the US is in a stronger position with Iran after the war, whereas 35 percent consider the US position to be weaker. US President Donald Trump’s approval rating has also fallen to 34 percent, matching the lowest level that it has reached since the beginning of his second term in office.
UN moves to crack down on attacks on peacekeepers The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday approved a resolution designed to help the agency better identify and prosecute those who target and attack UN peacekeepers. The vote on the resolution, which was sponsored by Pakistan, comes after an escalation in deadly attacks on UN peacekeeping troops, especially in Palestine and Lebanon. Since 2 March, seven blue helmets with the UN peacekeeping mission have been killed by Israel in Lebanon.
Israel-Lebanon ceasefire talks a ‘train wreck’, Israeli ambassador to US says Israel's ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, described the fifth round of US-mediated ceasefire negotiations with Lebanon as a “train wreck” in a statement on Tuesday. “I fear that the concept of ‘deconfliction’ is misplaced. The only issue is Hezbollah.
Israel's military says the two men were Hezbollah operatives, but the Iran-backed group accuses it of a ceasefire violation.
