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First Iranian Tankers Break Through Hormuz, but the Deal They’re Sailing Under Is Already in Dispute For the first time since a U.S. naval blockade began approximately two months ago, Iranian crude oil is moving through the Strait of Hormuz. The ship-tracking service TankerTrackers confirmed on June 17 using satellite imagery that at least three…

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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Outrunning the Response as Cases Jump Across the Border The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Health reported 782 confirmed Ebola cases and 181 confirmed deaths as of June 14-15, 2026, including 72 new cases logged in a single 24-hour period on Sunday, one of the largest daily jumps since…

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Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Is Cracking Before the Ink Dries as Israel Vows to Stay in Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 15, 2026, that Israeli forces will remain in a roughly 570-square-kilometer buffer zone inside Lebanon “for as long as necessary,” territory that extends beyond the Litani River and beyond Israel’s…

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Norway’s Crown Princess’s Son Gets 4 Years as Royal Rape Verdict Splits Down the Middle An Oslo court on Monday, June 15, 2026, sentenced Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, to four years in prison after convicting him on two of four rape charges and acquitting him on the…

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Trump and Iran Shook Hands on a Peace Deal — Nobody Agreed on What They Actually Signed The United States and Iran reached a framework agreement on June 14, 2026, to formally end the war that began on February 28, 2026, when the US and Israel launched military operations against Iran — a conflict that…

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Israel Bombed Beirut on the Same Day Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Was Supposed to Be Signed Israel’s military struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Dahiyeh — the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut — on Sunday, June 14, 2026, killing at least three people and wounding seven others, according to Lebanese health officials [1]. The Israeli Defense…

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Russia Firebombs a UNESCO Monastery and Kills First Responders — The World Watches Russia launched a large-scale ballistic missile and Shahed drone assault on Ukraine overnight June 14–15, 2026, killing five emergency responders in the eastern city of Kharkiv and wounding at least 29 people in the capital Kyiv, including a pregnant woman and two…

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Belfast’s Two Cities: Thousands Rally Against Racism While Anti-Immigrant Protesters Dig In On Saturday, June 13, 2026, thousands of people gathered at Belfast City Hall for an anti-racism rally organized by United Against Racism, backed by trade unions including the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance, Unison, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, the National Union of…

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Trump Says the Iran Deal Signs Sunday — and Every Faction Still Has Something to Hate President Donald Trump announced Saturday, June 13, that a peace agreement between the United States and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, June 14, with the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world’s most critical oil…

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Hezbollah Sends Drones, Israel Bombs Beirut: The War That Won’t Wait for a Peace Deal Israeli Air Force jets struck Hezbollah targets in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, June 14, 2026, hours after three Hezbollah-launched drones exploded in northern Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed…

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