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Jun 28, 2026 - World

Flare-up in tensions comes as Washington and Tehran have been negotiating a memorandum of understanding to end an unpopular warThe US military has launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after it struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz.US Central Command (Centcom) said its strikes were in “direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping” and that it had targeted Iran’s “military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities” in response. Continue reading...

Jun 28, 2026 - World

Pakistan’s military says three paramilitary soldiers were killed and four others wounded in fighting after militants launched an overnight attack on a Rangers regional headquarters in the southern port city of Karachi

Jun 28, 2026 - World

A British columnist's phone call with Trump was so "strange" that he began looking for a way to end it.Financial Times columnist Ed Luce recounted the interaction during an episode of The Mona Charen Show. Luce said that, at the request of his editor, he called Trump around the start of the Iran war."I wondered about the usefulness of this," Luce said about the call, which he described as "very strange." The call even reminded him of "Alice in Wonderland," Luce said.Luce said that he had called Trump before, saying, "He's perfectly friendly. He answers my questions, and sometimes talks for quite a long time."In this phone call, Trump "started repeating himself" after 15 minutes, Luce said. "I contrived to end the call, which I never expected. I said, 'Mr. President, I know you're really busy.'"Luce said Trump started to ask him questions about the Iran war, like, "Should I take the oil? Should I take Kharg Island?""The response I gave was, 'I'm not qualified to answer that, Mr. President,' and I tried finding out, 'Is this an option you're considering?'" Luce said. "But it became very clear to me, and everyone else really, by about between the 7th and 10th of March, very early on into Operation Epic Fury, that he was looking for an offramp."However, the show's host, conservative writer Mona Charen, added that "people who are members of his golf club" say that Trump often asks for advice from random people."He would just bump into people on the links, and he would say to any random golfer, 'So what should I do about North Korea and the nukes?'" Charen said. "It's just mindboggling."

Jun 28, 2026 - World

Election will determine balance of power in New Caledonia before fresh negotiations with France on the territory’s statusPolls opened in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia on Sunday for the archipelago’s first provincial elections since 2019, after the vote was delayed as talks stalled over its political future.The election, initially planned for 2024, will determine the balance of power in New Caledonia ahead of fresh negotiations with France on the territory’s status, with independence remaining the defining political issue. Continue reading...

Jun 28, 2026 - World

Argentine President Javier Milei’s Cabinet chief and close ally, Manuel Adorni, has resigned following a corruption scandal that has roiled the government, undermining its flagship campaign pledge to stamp out endemic graft in the political elite