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Trump to Fox News: I was briefed on the attacks in advance, there were no surprises. The United States is not involved, hopes Iran will return to the negotiating table

"The IAEA is closely monitoring the deeply concerning situation in Iran. Agency can confirm Natanz site among targets. The Agency is in contact with Iranian authorities regarding radiation levels. We are also in contact with our inspectors in the country." - DG @rafaelmgrossi

The Iranian Speaker of Parliament, Qalibaf, says cooperation with the IAEA is "counterproductive" and says Iran will pursue "enrichment with advanced machines", launch a new enrichment facility, and reduce any supervision of their nuclear program

Statement by Chancellor Friedrich Merz: „You remember, 5 weeks ago I launched the initiative in Kyiv together with other European leaders, aiming to achieve a diplomatic success in reference to opening up peace talks with Russia. This has not been achieved. Russia is not willing to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine.“ „Therefore, we are doing now what have previously announced. There will be more sanctions. The (EU) Commission made yesterday proposals. Next week these might be already issued in Brussels, targeting Russian banks and the Russian energy sector.“ „The answer is clear: we support Ukraine militarily and we will take more measures against Russia.“

The "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran's oil exports has not yielded any significant results so far this year. Instead, the global Dark Fleet has grown past 1200 vessels and re-shuffled itself. Tankers that used to handle Russian oil are now moving plenty of Iranian oil

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says the country will reconsider its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency

Israeli Foreign Ministry: Iran is involved in a secret and systematic nuclear weapons program.

Iran: Grossi is responsible for undermining the credibility of the IAEA

IAEA Board of Governors passes resolution declaring Iran in non-compliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations, the first such censure in nearly 20 years

China is putting a six-month limit on rare earth export licenses for U.S. businesses, giving Beijing leverage if trade tensions flare up again

In the Kherson region, Russian army had struck an important electrical power facility — Regional Administration

The European Union to Al-Hadath: Smotrich's suspension of financial transactions with Palestinian banks could lead to the collapse of the Palestinian Authority.

Blackout reported in Mykolaiv

U.S. today sanctioned five individuals and five sham charities for financially supporting Hamas under the guise of humanitarian work, per Department of the State. "Additionally, we are targeting a fraudulent charity linked to the PFLP," DoS Spox

Citing trade wars, World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast for this year

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Los Chapitos, a powerful faction of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel that facilitates illicit fentanyl trafficking and production. Los Chapitos-controlled laboratories are responsible for introducing fentanyl in counterfeit pills manufactured by the Sinaloa Cartel and trafficked to the United States

Russia is contracted to build eight nuclear power plants in Iran, including four in the southern city of Bushehr, Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the national security and foreign policy committee, said on Monday

Blackout at the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, - occupational authorities

Iranian Foreign Ministry: US sanctions imposed on Tehran this week once again demonstrate Washington's lack of seriousness.

Grossi: We cannot confirm that Iran's nuclear program is civilian due to a lack of information from the Iranian side.

IAEA Director General: The situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is fragile as military operations escalate

Blackout in Rylsk district of Kursk region, authorities blame Ukrainian strike at the substation

Trump says fresh US-China trade talks in London next week

Mexico Economy Minister Ebrard: I held a cordial conversation with US Trade Representative Greer

The US has issued a new round of Iran-related sanctions targeting 10 individuals and 27 entities

The Bank of Russia lowered the key rate to 20%

.@POTUS on his call with President Xi: "We had a very good talk. the agreement was we're going to have @SecScottBessent, and @howardlutnick, and @USTradeRep will be going and meeting with their top people."

ECB officials expect rate cuts to be paused at the July meeting

Trump: US and Chinese teams will meet soon after contacting Chinese President

Trump administration directive (handed down by the Press Secretary, for some reason):- Paused all new sanctions on Iran;- includes the vast oil sales to China;- one routine sanctions notice blocked, two "stalled";- no end-date to the order