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A world war in the making? Iran Weighs Attacks on Military Targets in Europe – FT (Iran International) NATO ‘Strong and Effective,’ Prepared to Defend All Allies, Says Official in Iran Threat Response (Jerusalem Post) Iran Issues Warning Against Arab States Aiding US, as UAE Cuts Economic Ties (Middle East Eye) UAE Trade Embargo Could…

Trump “ordered a cutback in joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator — and threatened to bomb Oman, one of the countries mediating between Washington and Tehran”: Trump Burns Allies Over Iran. South Korea and Oman Are Next (Mother Jones) A “mob of…

“Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi … noted that messages are being exchanged between Iran and the United States through mediators, ‘but this does not mean negotiations at all’” … US-Iran Ceasefire Pact Expires Today. Will War Resume Again? (NDTV) … “Over the weekend, only five cargo ships passed through the critical oil passage ……

Qatar denies holding any Iranian pilots while Kuwait says four captives “affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards … were suspected of planning hostile actions against the country”: Iran Disputes Qatar, Kuwait Accounts of Captured Iranian Personnel, Demands to Investigate (Jerusalem Post) “The United Arab Emirates accused Iran on Saturday of attacking another vessel belonging to its…

“[T]he Pentagon acknowledged that at least 153 civilians were killed in its Yemen bombing campaign in 2025, though the number is an undercount”: Pentagon Admits to Committing Major Civilian Massacres in Yemen Last Year (Antiwar.com) “Oil residues from a struck bulk carrier reached Iran’s Qeshm Island and its protected mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian…

“Government officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was ‘sickening’ and a ‘joke’”: “Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes (The Intercept) Iran war updates: Iran-backed Houthis Clash with Yemeni Forces and Other Mideast Developments (AP) US Threatens Iran with ‘Economic Isolation, Like the World…

Actions of both sides have reduced traffic through the strait: Trump Keeps Saying the US Controls the Strait of Hormuz. Does It? (CNN) ‘Hormuz Remains Blocked’: Iran Disputes Trump Claims as Traffic Sinks to Near 3-month Lows (CNBC) Due to the Iran War, Iraq Is Running Out of Money (Deutsche Welle) “Oil prices fell on…

“The twin incidents show how the war is inflicting a toll on two of the world’s most critical shipping lanes”: Houthi Attack Kills Six in First Fatalities in Red Sea in over a Year; U.S. Strikes Container Ship (CNBC) “It is not our mission to replace the Constitution. It is our mission to make it…

“US president’s statement is latest sign that negotiations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled”: Trump Demands Iran Pay Compensation for Decades of US Soldier Deaths (The Guardian) “The consultations include proposals to drop charges punishable by death against opposition leaders and to form a preparatory committee for the proposed conference”: Sudan’s…

“Iran’s demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as laid out in a statement on Saturday, are largely what President Trump had already agreed to do in the memorandum of understanding that was signed on June 17″ … Iran, Holding Firm to Strait, Steers Trump Back to June Deal (NY Times) … but the U.S.…