TEHRAN: Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Tuesday said that Iran was prioritising diplomacy with the United States, but remained ready for war. “We are pursuing dialogue, but if the dialogue is not implemented, we are also prepared for war and will respond accordingly,” Qalibaf sai»»»

TEHRAN: Giant portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s late supreme leader killed in US-Israeli airstrikes, hung from Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Tuesday as workers raced to prepare for his grand funeral ceremony. His funeral, initially delayed at the height of the Middle East war, will take place»»»

BERLIN: Germany faces mounting threats from hostile foreign powers, particularly Russia, and polarized domestic politics on both the far right and left, security officials asserted on Tuesday. The BfV domestic security agency warned in its annual report of a growing risk from, among others, Moscow-»»»

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) and Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander (2-L) of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) are pictured during a meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda on June 29, 2026. Photo courtesy Lebanese Presidency/UPI | License Photo BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 30 (UPI) -- The United Stat»»»

Doha: The visit of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Doha forms part of ongoing meetings with mediators in Qatar to discuss regional issues, including Iran negotiations and developments in Lebanon, according to Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Speaking at the weekly press briefing, A»»»

Israel is developing a space-based laser weapon capable of targeting satellites, Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced. The proposed system is intended to give Israel a capability that no other nation currently has, the cabinet member told journalists on Monday. “As of today, no country has th»»»

JERUSALEM: A leading Israeli general who quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s war Cabinet after accusing him of lacking a strategy in Gaza has emerged as one of the premier’s most serious challengers in elections scheduled for the fall. His name is Gadi Eisenkot. On Tuesday in Israel, his centr»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon is moving along two parallel tracks following the framework agreement it signed with Israel under US sponsorship on June 26, with the stated aim of ending decades of hostility between the two countries. The Lebanese government is pressing ahead with the course set during the fifth r»»»

ANKARA, Turkiye: Turkiye’s president on Tuesday dismissed an Israeli proposal to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide, and turned the accusation back at Israel by pointing at the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was »»»

Britain plans to spend almost GBP300 billion ($397 billion) over the next four years to modernise its armed forces to counter rising threats, outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday. More drones, uncrewed vehicles and an upgrade to the UK's nuclear deterrent form part of Starmer's lo»»»

Doha: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari affirmed that the visit of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Doha is part of meetings with mediators in the State of Qatar to discuss various regional issues»»»

Dubai: The United States has imposed sanctions on five financial entities and 16 officials and individuals linked to Hezbollah's financial network, in a move aimed at disrupting the group's funding channels and restricting its access to the formal financial system. The US Treasury Department said t»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, vowing that his country’s forces would stay in the area as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah remained a “threat.” His comments came after Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement under US sponsors»»»

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called for maintaining the momentum in the negotiations between the ‌US and ‌Iran in ‌a meeting in Beijing with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. "The current ceasefire remains fragile, ‌but ‌talking is better ‌than fighting, ‌and »»»

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., faces a primary challenge in Tuesdays elections in his state. File Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI | License Photo June 30 (UPI) -- Colorado voters must turn in their ballots by 7 p.m. MDT Tuesday in the state's primary elections to have their vote count in several hotly c»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Oman has offered the United States a post-war plan on collecting payments for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Washington's public calls to keep the waterway toll-free, media reported on Tuesday, citing an Iranian official and diplomats with the knowledge»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, vowing that the Israeli army would stay in the area as long as Hezbollah remained a "threat". His comments came after Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement under U.S. sponsorship last week to supposed»»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2026. Iranian and U.S. envoys will travel to Doha, Qatar, to discuss the cease-fire with Qatari intermediaries. Photo by Iran MFA/UPI | License Photo June 30 (UPI) -- American and Iranian delegates are»»»

LONDON: The Committee to Protect Journalists has announced a review of its database of journalists killed in Gaza after finding that some listed individuals had been identified as Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad combatants — a decision that has drawn criticism and exposed divisions within the or»»»

BEIRUT: A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel’s underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel’s pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group’s disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unattainab»»»

GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and hundreds of thousands of jobs, potentially causing a development crisis. The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no tested vaccine or treatment, ‌has infected ‌1,307»»»

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) -​ US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that Iran has been unable to sell oil to buyers other than China after the issuance of a waiver because potential purchasers fear possible negative consequences. On Thursday, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said tha»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran will likely conduct talks on July 1 with the Qatari side as a mediator in the dialogue with the United States to discuss the implementation of the Iran-US memorandum and its Article 11, providing for the release of Iran's frozen assets, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esm»»»

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Share: iLLUSTRATION When the Lebanese Army protects the border, peace has a chance to protect the future A durable peace between Lebanon and Israel would restore Lebanon’s sovereignty, strengthen the Lebanese Army, and create the conditions for Hezbollah’s military role to fade naturally By: The Ed»»»

For the US, which is about to celebrate its 250th birthday, the atmosphere this year is far from celebratory. The smoke of the war against Iran has not only impacted the global economy and disrupted international order but has also caused the major pillars of American economic hegemony to shake sim»»»

MARIB: Lt. Gen. Sagheer bin Aziz, Yemen’s chief of the General Staff and commander of joint operations, said the country’s military leadership and decision-making process have been unified as part of efforts to bring all military formations under the umbrella of the Ministry of Defense. He said Yem»»»

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot have held a telephone conversation to review recent developments in the region. During the call late on Monday, the two sides reviewed the latest regional and international developments in light of the provisions o»»»

The head of the European Central Bank defended its June 11 rate hike as justified to ward off real inflationary pressures and said it wasn't just a mere "insurance hike." ECB head Christine Lagarde said Monday that without the quarter percentage-point increase, inflation could have lingered above t»»»

WASHINGTON: US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin celebrated Iran’s elimination from the World Cup, ‌saying he did a “happy dance,” Sports Business Journal reported on Monday. The Iranian team barely missed out on reaching the knockout rounds of the tournament. They drew all three of thei»»»

Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an official said. The visit by Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump's special Mideast envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, comes after a weekend of cro»»»

DOHA (Sputnik) - Qatar is coordinating the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz together with Oman, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said on Tuesday. "We are coordinating with Oman on issues related to the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring the safe passage of ships," Al-Ansari»»»

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In May 2025, Joseph Nye, the American political scientist and Harvard professor who coined the term ‘soft power’, died. For more than three decades, his concept shaped how governments, journalists, scholars, and diplomats thought about influence. Nye insisted that countries could get what they want»»»

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Opposition questions feasibility, alleges political pressure. The facilities of Samsung Electronics in South Korea. The company plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to build a semiconductor cluster in the country’s southwestern region. Photo by Samsung Electronics June 30 (UPI) -- Two So»»»

Mediator Qatar said on Tuesday that no high-level meetings or direct talks between the United States and Iran were planned in Doha after Washington said it had sent a top delegation for negotiations. "To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct meetings scheduled between the two parties in the»»»

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Share: Beirut-A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel’s underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel’s pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group’s disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unat»»»

GENEVA: The UN trade ‌and development agency warned on Tuesday that while the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will bring immediate relief ​to energy markets, vulnerable economies remain at risk from prolonged increases in food and fuel costs. Food and transport systems are likely to take longer t»»»

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reinforced Egypt’s ambition to transform the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) from a global waterway operator into a regional maritime manufacturing and export hub, as the Authority secured its first exports of locally built tug boats to Europe while reporting a recover»»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, that US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are in Doha, but will not engage in direct negotiations with Iran. "Mr. Steve »»»

Iran rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to cooperate on clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening, warning Paris against intervening in one of the world’s most strategically important waterways. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed the bid t»»»

DOHA: Top US envoys are in Qatar ​on Tuesday, but uncertainty over the timing and content of any diplomatic talks raised questions over efforts to bring a lasting halt to the Iran war and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The White House ​said ‌US ⁠President Donald ​Trump’s son-in-law ⁠Jared Kushn»»»

Doha, Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani received Monday a phone call from the Acting Minister of Defense of Iran HE Seyed Majid Ebn Al Reza. During the call, the two sides discussed the latest security developm»»»

DUBAI: A confidential security annex to the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement has revealed new details of how the US-brokered deal is intended to be implemented, according to a document obtained by Asharq Bloomberg. The six-part annex outlines security arrangements, including the disarmament of Ir»»»

RIYADH: Egypt reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund that could unlock another $1.64 billion in funding, taking total program disbursements to about $7.2 billion. The agreement covers the seventh review under the Extended Fund Facility and the second review under the R»»»

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has warned that he and a large parliamentary bloc will strongly oppose a framework accord recently signed between Lebanon and Israel. "They have entangled themselves in a major ordeal. If they believe this agreement will pass through constitutional institutions, they »»»