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June 25, 2026
June 25, 2026
On June 22, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Finance rolled out a coordinated response to a U.S. Department of Defense action two weeks earlier. The package combines an export-control measure targeting ten specific U.S. defense and rare-earth companies with a government-procurement ban touchi…
The November 2024 Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, anchored in UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and brokered by the United States and France, has been in an almost continuous state of stress since it took effect at 04:00 on 27 November 2024. The arrangement has not collapsed, but successive "renewals," extensions, and tr…
Two weeks into the 60-day window created by a 14-point memorandum of understanding signed remotely on June 17, 2026 by President Donald Trump and President Masoud Pezeshkian, the US-Iran nuclear track has produced more public disagreement than substantive progress. The interim deal - the so-called Islamabad Memorandum…
On June 24, 2026, three International Criminal Court judges - Canadian Judge Kimberly Prost, Ugandan Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa, and Judge Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou of Benin - filed a 66-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against President Donald J. Trump, Secreta…
The 2026 Iran war (Feb 28 to Jun 17, 2026) closed with a Versailles peace agreement signed by President Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and French President Emmanuel Macron, but the political phase that war opened is now driving the agenda for the 2026 Ankara NATO summit on Jul 7-8, 2026. The shootin…