| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
According to the WHO, more than 1,300 people have died from heat in Europe since 21 June, most of them elderly.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
In Venezuela, the disaster following the earthquake has claimed 62 lives.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
After a devastating earthquake in Venezuela, torrential rains are now battering the country.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
In several countries around the world, people who betrayed public trust have been made to apologize to the nation on television to restore public trust.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Only three countries in the world — the US, New Zealand and Australia — legally treat a passport as equivalent to proof of citizenship; even top-ranked Singapore does not, so India is not unique in this regard.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
On 23 June Oman, together with the International Maritime Organization, announced a temporary shipping route in Hormuz to give ships safe passage, but Iran was not informed before the announcement — the root of the new US-Iran dispute.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
On 19 June the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding after delegation talks in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, covering three key issues: Iran's nuclear program, control of Hormuz, and Lebanon.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
On 27 June the US struck 10 Iranian military sites near the Strait of Hormuz, and in response Iran targeted eight American bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
Just 11 days after the US-Iran deal was signed, attacks have resumed in the Middle East, and events of the last two days suggest even the ceasefire, let alone the agreement, is now in danger.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The spark of the battle for supremacy over Hormuz has ignited, and it cannot be said when it will turn into a major fire (full-scale war).
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
During the US-Iran war, the Gulf countries were the worst affected by Iranian attacks, and the US was unable to protect them.
Gulf states security
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
Iran not only wants to keep control over the Strait of Hormuz but wants to end American interference in the entire Middle East.
Iranian ambitions
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Iraq today and went straight from the airport to the memorial of IRGC General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US strike in 2020.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Saturday ordered American forces to leave the country, setting a September deadline.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The Iraqi army has surrounded the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq's most secure area, which houses the American embassy, a CIA office, and the homes and offices of top US commanders.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The IRGC issued a warning against using this new shipping route.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
On 23 June, Oman together with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced a temporary shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz without informing Iran beforehand.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
Under the Hormuz agreement between the two countries, Iran would open the strait, the US would lift its naval blockade, Iran would restore normal traffic within 30 days, and ships would get free passage with no toll collection for 60 days.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
On 25 June an Iranian drone attacked the Singapore-flagged ship Ever Lovely, and on 27 June the Panama-flagged oil tanker Chiku was attacked by Iran.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
After the high-level peace talks concluded, the US permitted Iran to export oil and oil products for 60 days.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The talks covered three main points of contention: stopping Iran's nuclear program, control of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Lebanon issue.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
On 19 June, the US and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding following talks between delegations of both countries in Bürgenstock, Switzerland.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
In response to the American strikes, Iran attacked eight American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, though most of these attacks are claimed to have been neutralized.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The American airstrikes were carried out in Iran's Bandar Lengeh and targeted the Iranian military's surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, and drone storage facilities.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The first paragraph of the US-Iran MOU explicitly states that neither country will attack or threaten the other, but both countries are now openly violating it.
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