Diplomacy & International Relations

Germany moves two ships to Djibouti, eyeing multinational Hormuz mission this summer

(Linus Höller - Defense News) The German Navy is moving two ships to the Red Sea in preparation for a possible mine-clearing mission in...

UK to send Ukraine 150,000 drones, air defense systems using proceeds from frozen Russian assets

(Tania Myronyshena - The Kyiv Independent) The U.K. will provide Ukraine with 150,000 drones and more than 350 air defense missiles and radar systems...

Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands announce new military aid, F-16s for Ukraine ahead of NATO defense ministers’ meeting

(Tania Myronyshena - The Kyiv Independent) Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands announced new military assistance for Ukraine on June 18, including F-16 fighter...

Trump’s Iran Accord And The 2015 Nuclear Deal: What’s Different This Time?

(Ray Furlong - RFE/RL) The US-Iranian deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is inevitably being compared with the 2015...

Ukraine sets Moscow refinery ablaze in biggest attack in years

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Ukraine on Thursday launched its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires, hitting a major oil refinery and forcing evacuations...

Israel military says will keep operating in south Lebanon

(AFP) The Israeli military said on Thursday it will continue operating in southern Lebanon and “remove threats” beyond its so-called security zone, after the...

Tech World, Cybersecurity and Surveillance (18 june 2026)

North Korean Hiring Fraud Runs on AI and US Laptop Farms (Alessandro Mascellino - Infosecurity Magazine) A North Korean scheme to plant fake IT workers...

Pentagon chief lashes out at NATO allies and announces a review of US forces in Europe

(The Associated Press/Al Arabiya) US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a six-month Pentagon review of American forces...

IAEA says ready to help formulate ‘concrete steps’ towards implementing US-Iran deal

(AFP/Al Arabiya) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday that it was ready to begin defining the “concrete steps” that will need to...

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