The first round of talks between high-ranking U.S. and Iranian officials in Switzerland ended on Monday (June 22, 2026), mediators said, after a tense opening marked by Tehran’s announcement it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. President Donald Trump repeating his threats to resume attacks on Iran. A joint statement from mediating…
The U.S. military on June 21 said it struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing two people. | Photo Credit: X/@Southcom The U.S. military on Sunday (June 21, 2026) said it struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing two people, alleging that the vessel was operated by “designated terrorist organisations” that it did not identify….
Colombia’s presidential candidate for the Defensores de la Patria movement, Abelardo de la Espriella, speaks to supporters from behind bullet-proof glass following the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election at the Ventana al Mundo monument in Barranquilla, Colombia on June 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Colombia elected nationalist lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella…
Pakistani, Qatari mediation delivered major progress to end Lebanon war, says Araghchi Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday (June 22, 2026) there was “major progress” in talks with the United States. “Pakistani and Qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end Lebanon War,” Mr. Araghchi posted on X. “Oil and petrochem exports are waived,…
A diplomat with knowledge of the talks, however, told AFP that the Iranians had not quit the negotiations. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s delegation on Sunday (June 21, 2026) walked out of the Swiss venue where it held talks with the United States towards permanently ending the West Asia war, after Donald Trump threatened…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance listens to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as they attend a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit, aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026….
File photo of Commander of the Revolution and Cuba’s former Vice President Ramiro Valdes. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ramiro Valdes, one of Fidel Castro’s earliest collaborators who was lauded at home as a hero of the Cuban revolution, has died at the age of 94, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on social media on Sunday (June…
Qatar’s Interior Ministry said an explosion resulting from a “technical accident” occurred on Sunday (June 21, 2026) at a factory in Ras Laffan, an industrial city north of the capital Doha and site of the country’s core LNG processing operations. It said several injuries were reported but no leak that “threatens safety”. The Ministry did…
People vote in a runoff between right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo De La Espriella and leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda, in Barranquilla, Colombia, June 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Colombians began voting in a presidential runoff on Sunday (June 21, 2026), choosing between a hard-right, White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator to decide the fate…
The wife of the former Sri Lankan intelligence chief arrested in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings has alleged harassment by the Criminal Investigation Department. Suresh Sallay, a retired major general and former head of Sri Lanka’s State Intelligence Service, was detained by the police on February 25, as part of a reopened investigation into the…