Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Strait of Hormuz is under Iranian control and that the total capacity of the waterway will be restored after the removal of obstacles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had hit two oil refineries in Russia in long-range strikes.
Iran said on Sunday it was determined to defend its sovereignty after the latest US strikes on the country, as a fragile truce in the Middle East war hung in the balance.
President Donald Trump threatened to “militarily complete the job” against Iran and warned that the Islamic Republic would “no longer exist” if the United States is forced to resume full-scale war, after a fresh exchange of attacks further strained a fragile ceasefire.
A regional intelligence source told Eagle Intelligence Reports that Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro” survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Hargeisa, on June 23. The attempt came days after Irro returned from an official visit to Israel.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday said that the United States claim that frozen Iranian assets would be used to purchase American agricultural products was false.
The European Union on Thursday paid out the first three billion euros from a mammoth new loan to Ukraine, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
Marco Rubio assured the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states on Thursday that any potential agreement between Washington and Tehran would not undermine Gulf security or the interests of US allies in the region. He emphasized that the Trump administration is open to peace, but not “at any price.”
President Emmanuel Macron will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday in the French seaside resort of Antibes in a bid to smooth often testy ties.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday warned against any crossings of the Strait of Hormuz without authorization, saying vessels not complying “will be dealt with.”
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