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US and Iran sign interim deal to reopen Hormuz, with nuclear dispute deferred
An interim US-Iran memorandum reopens the Strait of Hormuz and ends the naval blockade, but Iran's nuclear programme is left to 60 days of later talks.
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ICC sets 30 November trial date for Duterte and unseals warrant for his police chief
The ICC has set Rodrigo Duterte's crimes against humanity trial for 30 November 2026 and unsealed a warrant for his former police chief, now a fugitive senator.
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Russian attacks set fire to the 1,000 year old Dormition Cathedral at Kyiv's UNESCO-listed Pechersk Lavra, kills civilians overnight
Fire tore through the roof of the Dormition Cathedral at the 1,000-year-old UNESCO monastery, which Ukraine says holds Enhanced Protection under the 1954 Hague Convention.
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German air force chief names Russian targets NATO would hit in a war
Luftwaffe chief Holger Neumann says NATO would strike Kaliningrad, the Kola Peninsula, St. Petersburg and the Black Sea fleet in a war with Russia.
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US - Israel - Iran war situationship allegedly reaches an agreement to negotiate a peace deal, end war.
Pakistan's PM Sharif and US President Trump claim the US and Iran have reached a deal to end the 2026 war, with a signing ceremony set for 19 June in Switzerland.
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Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4 Billion Resort Triggers 'Flamingo Revolution', Asset Freeze and an EU Warning
Anti-corruption prosecutors have frozen developer accounts as people nationwide demand the cancellation of a Trump family-linked megaproject carved from protected wetlands.
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Ukrainian Drones hit St. Petersburg during Putin's International Economic Forum, Kremlin humilated
Russia's would-be Davos drew the Taliban, North Korea and fringe USian influencers while smoke from Ukrainian strikes rose over the port and the Kronstadt naval base. The Kremlin refused Kyiv's offer to negotiate.
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Zelensky offers Putin direct talks and a ceasefire in an open letter, "Enough of war," the Kremlin rejects offer
In a 4 June open letter, Zelensky offered Putin talks and a full ceasefire. Putin rejected it within a day.
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Pashinyan's Civil Contract wins election, Armenia tilts to EU over Moscow
Pashinyan's Civil Contract won Armenia's 7 June election with 49.81 per cent, deepening the EU turn and signalling Moscow's fading influence on Yerevan.
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US House passes Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions bill over Trump's objections
The 226-195 vote was forced past Republican leaders. The bill imposes 500% tariffs on Russian goods, sanctions Rosatom, and bans Russian crude oil imports. Faces the Senate and Trump's veto.
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US House votes to halt Trump's Iran war.
The resolution cleared the chamber 215-208, but Senate arithmetic and a near-certain veto leave lawmakers unable to force the president to stop the fighting.
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Russia attacks Ukraine in latest war crime spree, killing at least 12 civilians.
73 missiles and 656 drones hit Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv overnight. A residential building collapsed in the capital after a Russian double-tap. The tactics mirror Israel in Gaza.
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Israel's 'scorched-earth' invasion in Lebanon triggers war crime warnings, sabotages US-Iran negotiations.
An ICC-wanted Netanyahu pushes deeper into Lebanon. The UN rights office says the strikes may be serious violations of international humanitarian law, the toll has passed 3,400, and analysts say the campaign is sabotaging the Iran-US negotiations.
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Israel and Russia added to UN rape and sexual violence blacklist for the first time
The annual report verified cases against Palestinian detainees and Ukrainian prisoners of war, placing both countries' armed forces alongside Hamas and ISIS.
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Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine established, the first of its kind since Nuremberg
Thirty-six states and the EU signed the founding agreement that gives the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine its governing body. It was the last document the tribunal needed before it can open.