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Alexander Darchiev stated that "reckless figures in Germany, having forgotten the lessons of history, now dream of a 'Fourth Reich' and a new march eastward"

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Iranian defence official calls for regional Islamic security alliance Iran's acting defence minister, Majid Ibn al-Reza, has called on Islamic countries to establish a regional security belt, arguing that greater cooperation is needed to address shared security challenges. According to the IRNA news agency, al-Reza made the proposal during a telephone conversation with Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif. The remarks come as countries across the Gulf continue to reassess regional security arrangements following the conflict that began in late February. Iran has maintained that its military operations targeted US interests, while several Gulf states have disputed that claim and said civilian infrastructure was also affected.

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Syria president denies wanting to intervene in Lebanon after Trump remarks Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa denied on Sunday that his country sought to intervene militarily in Lebanon after US President Donald Trump repeatedly suggested Damascus could get involved. "We are looking for economic channels between Lebanon and Syria, not military ones," Sharaa said in an interview broadcast on television channel Al Mashhad. On Sunday, Trump told Fox News he was "disappointed Israel can't put Hezbollah away", adding in reference to the fight against the militant group: "I'm close to giving it over to Syria. " " Sharaa said in Sunday's interview that "we proposed with the United States that the war must stop," adding that "there must be various solutions, including economic, political and social, and the re-establishment of relations and the vital economic lifeline between Syria and Lebanon.

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Defence secretary warns of heightened Chinese military activity around Scarborough Shoal

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Israeli defence minister says Israel has 'no intention of withdrawing' from southern Lebanon Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote on X that "Israel will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon. " "Israel has no intention of withdrawing from the Beaufort, which is an integral part of the security zone in Lebanon and essential for the defense of the Galilee communities and Israeli Defense Forces," he said. Israeli troops have captured the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and the strategic ridge surrounding it in southern Lebanon on 31 May. The capture of the medieval castle and ridge deepened Israeli footprint in the country beyond the demarcation zone known as the "Yellow Line", which it established in April following the ceasefire.

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Colombians are heading to the polls this Sunday to elect a new president. The frontrunner is Abelardo de la Esperiella. He has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups. His challenger is leftwing senator Iván Cepeda, he argues for modifying the current peace plan, which seeks disarmament through negotiations. Six decades of conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people, and each candidate has a starkly different vision on how to end it… Analysis by Mariano Aguirre Ernst, associate fellow at Chatam House's International Security Programme.

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Al Jazeera on Sunday rejected Israeli accusations that one of its journalists, killed in Gaza a day earlier, was a Hamas operative, as family and colleagues mourned the cameraman in the Palestinian territory. The Qatar-based network said in a statement that it “condemns the Israeli occupation army’s baseless accusations, which seek to justify its crimes against Al Jazeera journalists and cameramen in Gaza, most recently the killing of cameraman Ahmed Wishah”. The Israeli military said in a...

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China’s state broadcaster CCTV has aired footage showing the launch of a DF-17 hypersonic missile, a weapon that analysts believe could strengthen deterrence across the first island chain. On Saturday, a military news programme carried footage of two live-fire exercises, one of which showed a Dongfeng-17, or “east wind”, missile launcher by the side of a road, followed by a vertical launch. The other segment showed training exercises involving multiple branches of the People’s Liberation Army...

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Polish Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty has described Kyiv's decision to name a military unit after the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army as foolish, but stressed the need for cooperation, arguing that only Russia benefits from escalation.

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Bolivia's government deployed soldiers and bulldozers to raze anti-government roadblocks. This comes after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency, which curbs the right to protest and allows the president to deploy the military. For more than six weeks, unions, Indigenous groups and coca farmers have protested against economic reforms and blocked roads.

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Qatar-based Al Jazeera said on Saturday that an Israeli drone strike targetting a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed its journalist Ahmed Wishah. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the strike on Wishah and alleged he was a "Hamas terrorist", but did not provide any evidence to support the accusation.

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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov says a decision had been made to provide military equipment and supplies

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Former Saudi intelligence chief urges stronger GCC unity Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief and ambassador, has called on Gulf states to establish a joint defence network capable of responding collectively to threats against member countries. Writing in Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, he said the Gulf Cooperation Council had faced repeated challenges and should "stand together like a solid, fortified structure" to strengthen regional security. Turki also called on Iran to abandon what he characterised as ambitions for regional dominance and to end support for groups including Hezbollah and the Houthis. At the same time, he urged Israel to halt what he described as its "bloody brutality" and the seizure of Arab lands. He further argued that Western countries should stop providing what he called diplomatic and military backing that shields Israel from accountability.

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Israeli strike kills journalist in central Gaza An Israeli strike targeting a residential home in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed Palestinian Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist and cameraman Ahmed Samir Wishah on Saturday. Al Jazeera said in a statement that it “strongly condemns the heinous crime of targeting and killing” of the correspondent. “This constitutes a new and flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and reflects a continued systematic policy of targeting journalists and silencing the voice of truth,” the network said in a statement. The Israeli military confirmed carrying out the strike that killed the journalist, claiming he was a "Hamas terrorist", without providing any evidence. Read more: Israeli strike kills journalist in central Gaza Mohammed Samir Wishah during an assignment. (X / tamerqdh)

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On Sunday, Colombians will choose between human rights activist Ivan Cepeda, who would continue a more liberal agenda, or entrepreneur Abelardo de la Espriella, who promises a rightward shift and more military security.

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Iran dealt two quick blows to the interim agreement with the United States on Saturday, angered by Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, saying it had closed the Strait of Hormuz and announcing that while its negotiators were going to Switzerland for talks, not much is likely to happen there. Key mediator Pakistan, meanwhile, said the technical-level talks will begin on Sunday in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, with Qatari mediators also taking part. In Tehran’s first salvo, Iran’s joint military...

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Vance denies Iran is closing Strait of Hormuz US Vice President JD Vance rejected claims that Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz during an interview with Fox News on Saturday. His comments came after Iran's top military command said the strategic waterway had been closed to vessel traffic following what it described as Israel's violation of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.

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Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has drawn Polish President Karol Nawrocki's attention to how Russia reacted to his decision to revoke an award from the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the renaming of one of the Ukrainian units after the heroes of the UPA. ] [The UPA, or Ukrainian Insurgent Army, was a nationalist paramilitary organisation that fought for Ukrainian independence during and after World War II, primarily against Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union – ed.

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Kiev's losses in battlegroup East’s zone of responsibility amounted to over 500 servicemen

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Trump says Israel would have been crushed without US support US President Donald Trump said Israel's position in the region depended heavily on American support, arguing that US military assistance had been central to the country's security. "If it weren't for my intervention, Israel would have been crushed," Trump said, adding that the United States provided key capabilities, including advanced weapons systems, the Iron Dome air defence network and B-2 bombers. Trump also commented on his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing it as positive while suggesting that Washington plays an important role in influencing Israeli decision-making. "Netanyahu, who worked well with me, will tell you that we are the ones who have the weapons, we are the ones who have the Iron Dome, and we are the ones who have the B-2 bombers," Trump said. " He added that Israel has significant respect for him and would listen to his advice, saying: "But we have to keep him a little bit sensible.

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Netanyahu could undermine Iran peace effort, US intelligence warns US intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may take actions that could undermine efforts to secure a lasting agreement with Iran, according to US officials. The assessment, reported by the Washington Post, reflects concerns that Netanyahu is facing growing political pressure at home to continue military operations in Lebanon despite ongoing diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran. According to the officials, intelligence reports indicate that Israel intends to maintain operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, a move that could clash with a key provision of the emerging agreement calling for an end to hostilities there. The analysis comes amid increasing tensions between Netanyahu's government and the Trump administration, with US officials publicly cautioning Israel against actions that could derail the diplomatic process. S. Exclusive: U. intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take steps that will undermine President Trump’s effort to reach a lasting peace deal with Iran. https://t. co/LF1mowtp08 — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 19, 2026

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'All of Lebanon must burn,' Israeli minister Ben Gvir declares Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said "all of Lebanon must burn" in a social media post after the deaths of four Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, drawing a response from the Iranian foreign minister, who labelled the Israeli leadership a "threat to all of humanity". “For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers should cry," Ben Gvir wrote on X on Friday. "With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens is not in vain. All of Lebanon should burn. " He openly stated that he has pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon “measured” military strategies in the region. “Enough with the ping-pong. Erase. In the Middle East, you don't win with measured responses and containment - you have to go crazy. Defeat terrorism. ” Read more: 'All of Lebanon must burn,' Israeli minister Ben Gvir declares

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The Ukrainian defence forces carried out strikes on railway bridges in occupied Crimea, as well as a number of military targets in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on 18 June and on the night of 18-19 June.

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The son of Myanmar’s jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said his mother’s “spirit cannot be caged”, in a moving video greeting for her 81st birthday – a milestone she again marks while confined by the junta. Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader until the 2021 coup removed her administration, was jailed for 33 years following that military takeover on charges including election fraud and corruption. International observers and her pro-democracy supporters say the allegations were...

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Police officers and military enlistment officials in Penza and Penza Oblast, Russia, are carrying out mass round-ups of men.

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Fighting flared in Lebanon on Friday, with authorities reporting 18 killed in Israeli airstrikes across the south and Israel announcing the deaths of four of its soldiers.

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China’s UN envoy calls on Israel to stop Gaza ceasefire violations China 's permanent representative to the United Nations, Fu Cong, called on Israel to stop violating the ceasefire in Gaza, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Speaking on Friday at an emergency UN Security Council session on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Fu said China views Israel's continual expansion of military occupation in Gaza with grave concern. China calls on all parties concerned, particularly Israel, to fully comply with the ceasefire agreement and cease any reckless actions that violate it, Fu added.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ruled out a withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon for the foreseeable future. In a speech, Netanyahu described the “security zone” established by the Israeli military as a barrier between the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and civilians and communities in northern Israel. Israel would not withdraw as long as its security needs required a military presence there, he said. The Lebanese government, however, considers the area...

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The real objective of European leaders is not to negotiate with Russia, but to save the regime of Vladimir Zelensky, Russian Foreign Minister said

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Is the US-Iran agreement a real move toward peace or just a fragile memorandum? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the “deal” and pause in hostilities, the shifting regional dynamics and military forces at play, and how each nation’s internal political pressures could lead us straight back to war. Also: the advantage of defense; the US-Israel divide. The post Why the US-Iran Deal Could End in Crisis appeared first on Geopolitical Futures.