Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday, June 28, 2026, that Iran alone is responsible for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restoring shipping traffic, directly challenging terms of a June 17 U.S.-Iran ceasefire memorandum. He warned that any alternative maritime arrangements, including a newly expanded commercial corridor announced...
Washington, United States — President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran "will no longer exist" if the United States is forced to resume full-scale military operations, issuing his most direct annihilation threat since the U.S.-Iran war began on February 28, 2026. In a pair of...
TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of people have marched nightly for weeks in the capital to oppose a proposed luxury development on the uninhabited island of Sazan and along the nearby Narta Lagoon, a protected wildlife reserve known for its flamingos and other wetland species. The project, linked internationally to Jared...
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Representative Julia Letlow has won the Republican primary runoff for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat, defeating State Treasurer John Fleming on Saturday, June 27, 2026, in a closely watched contest that capped an explosive primary season. Letlow, who has represented Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S....
Anthropic has accused Chinese technology conglomerate Alibaba of organizing what it calls the largest known artificial intelligence distillation attack against its Claude models, according to a June 10, 2026 letter sent to US Senate Banking Committee leaders and shared with the White House. The company alleges operators linked to Alibaba...
The United States and Iran have carried out direct military strikes against each other over the past 48 hours in the Persian Gulf region, raising fears for a fragile ceasefire agreed in June 2026. The confrontation began Thursday when an Iranian drone attacked the Singapore-flagged cargo ship M/V Ever Lovely...
Argentina has launched a coordinated campaign to restrict World Cup access for parents who have failed to pay court-ordered child support. Authorities compiled a database of about 13,000 delinquent payers, mostly fathers, from Buenos Aires and several provinces, using the Public Registry of Child Support Debtors. This list has been...
WASHINGTON — The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., has been placed under heavy security following a failed multimillion-dollar rehabilitation project and subsequent claims of vandalism. As of Saturday, June 27, National Guard troops and U.S. Park Police have surrounded the landmark, erecting chain-link fences and posting warning signs...
In Washington, D.C. on June 26, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered a keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference, outlining a new campaign strategy ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Speaking to religious conservatives at the Washington Hilton, he labeled Democrats “godless communists” and cited...
Greenbelt, Maryland, saw a major legal development on June 27, 2026, when former U.S. National Security Advisor John R. Bolton II pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony charge of willfully retaining national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act. The longtime foreign policy figure and former adviser...
