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Vol. I · No. 168
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
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  • 22:14:00ZRNINTELPresident Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian electronically signed the MoU, the first known bilateral U.S.-Ira
  • 22:13:01ZDDGEOPOLITIran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmail Baghaei: "Iran's missiles are meant to be fired, not negotiated over. Our missiles don't eve
  • 22:12:25ZRNINTELThe U.S. and Iran digitally signed the MoU to end the war tonight, according to Axios, citing two senior U.S. officia
  • 22:11:18ZTASNIMNEWSBaqaei, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: It is our power to guarantee the implementation of this memorandum; The leve
  • 22:10:43ZMIDDLEEAST/🇮🇷 NEW: At 00:00 Eastern time, U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, gas, and petrochemical products will be lifted
  • 22:10:24ZFRANCE24ENWorld Cup 2026: Kane, Bellingham and Rashford fire England past CroatiaEngland claimed a convincing 4-2 victory over Croatia in an enthralli
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