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Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here . A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR – CEASEFIRE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that the (unpublished) agreement between the United States and Iran, signed electronically on Sunday, was Trump’s decision, adding that for Israel “the stru...
Buyers of crude from the Persian Gulf will want to make sure they are better prepared to cope with any future disruptions.
Months of fighting revealed that multiple countries can impose costs, but none can impose order.
Israel has been sidelined in the agreement between the U.S. and Iran. It could spoil peace negotiations. And, it's been a thrilling start to the World Cup. (Image credit: Atta Kenare)
A day earlier, Russia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles and drones, killing at least 11 people and damaging a holy cathedral.
The global economy still faces multiple risks even as the US and Iran agree to halt the war in the Middle East, the head of Irish bank AIB Group Plc warned.
Despite military setbacks during the war, Tehran is presenting a narrative of victory before negotiations with Washington.
German investor optimism improved more than anticipated on hopes that a swift end to the Iran war will ease pressure on Europe’s largest economy.
Iranian official says end of war includes end of Israel’s occupation of Lebanon AP News
Iran war is a ‘wake-up call’ for Southeast Asia’s energy sector, report says AP News
One of two Israeli banks giving Palestinians access to financial services plans to end the relationship in September, a move Palestinian officials warn could put further pressure on an economy already in turmoil.
Pricing out a Middle East war looks like the easy part for equities, which must still confront a potentially hawkish new Federal Reserve chair, Washington’s disruptive intervention in the AI trade, and the biggest wave of stock supply in market history.
The US-Iran MOU may offer GCC countries some relief after months of conflict, but it has also exposed vulnerabilities including the reliability of US security guarantees. Mehran Kamrava, Professor of Government at Georgetown University Qatar spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the GCC’s response to the deal & the rebuild that lies ahead. (Source: Bloomberg)
The talks come on the heels of President Trump's announcement of an agreement to end the U.S. war against Iran. In recent weeks, the Iranian conflict has overshadowed the war in Ukraine. (Image credit: Christopher Katsarov)
Higher prices for gas, groceries and flights will outlast the Iran war, experts say AP News
The US’s emergency supply of crude oil has fallen to its lowest level since 1983 as the Trump administration moves toward completing its plan to release 172 million barrels to ease surging fuel prices spurred by the war in Iran.
• Fertilizer ships face backlog. • Strait of Hormuz may reopen. • Shipowners await safety details.
• Israel reacts to Trump-Iran deal • Deal ends war after months talks • Details of deal remain unclear
The US and Iran said they reached an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, setting the stage for 60 days of negotiations on the fate of Tehran’s nuclear program. Officials from the two countries will meet in Switzerland on June 19 to formally sign the agreement. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
• Oil prices are falling. • Lower oil prices help stocks. • JPMorgan's Ward made statement.
• US stocks and bonds rally. • Oil falls to 3-month low. • US and Iran agree to interim deal.
• Trump announces US-Iran deal • War between US and Iran ends • Tips given for heat safety
• Iran claims victory over US. • Deal re-opens Strait of Hormuz. • Signing ceremony on June 19.
NPR joins a Ukrainian military unit that launches long-range drones deep inside Russia, including Moscow, in an effort to weaken Russia's war machine.
• French Army shows Leclerc tank • Fitted with roof-mounted cage • Protects against drones
PARIS — France is working on a “kill web” to connect sensors and weapon systems on the battlefield for faster decision making and firing, similar to Ukraine’s Delta system, according to the head of the French Army’s technical section STAT. The kill web will initially be built around France’s Atlas artillery-weapon system provided by Thales, with the intention to expand “to enable dynamic target...
Iran's decision to hold a July funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a high-stakes bet that any emerging peace deal with the United States will hold, potentially creating a "target-rich" gathering of Tehran's most isolated leaders, a counterterrorism expert warned Sunday. The multi-day state funeral, announced by Iranian state media on June 13, is scheduled to begin in Tehran on ...
• Zelenskyy congratulates Trump. • Trump turns 80 years old. • G7 peace talks upcoming.
PARIS — French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill, in the job since July 2021, has led the country’s land forces in a push toward higher readiness and preparation for high-intensity warfare, incorporating lessons from Ukraine while preparing for networked and drone-enabled conflict. In an interview ahead of the Eurosatory defense show here , which runs June 15-19, the general discussed how ...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) fired 70 staff members working in Gaza after long-standing claims from Israeli authorities that the agency is a collaborator with the Hamas terrorist group. "Today, the Commissioner-General ad interim of UNRWA, Christian Saunders, took the decision to terminate the employment of 70 UNRWA staff members in ...
The U.S. has hit back against threats to now block another Middle East waterway by Iranian terror proxy, the Houthis. Earlier this week, the group declared a complete ban on Israeli-owned ships using the Red Sea, declaring them to be "legitimate targets." The Red Sea and the waterway through its narrow Bab-el Mandeb Strait has become the main route for oil to ship out of the Middle East to Asia...
• US to cut jets in Europe. • Warships reduced for NATO. • Limits long-range strikes.
PARIS — This year’s Eurosatory defense show near Paris may be the last chance for European countries to shop for weapons that will still be delivered in time for a possible conflict with Russia, according to the retired French general who heads the company running the event. With some military experts warning Europe risks a direct confrontation with Russia in the next two years, defense equipme...
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***Iran Hostilities have increased notably in the last few days, effectively ending the U.S.-Iranian truce that had somewhat held since April. At the start of June, fighting further intensified b...
A fragile ceasefire that many Iranians say does not feel like a ceasefire has given some people inside Iran the courage to speak out, despite what they describe as enormous personal risk. The accounts come as President Donald Trump said from the Oval Office that the U.S. had reached what he called "a great settlement of the war with Iran," adding that the agreement was still "subject to finaliz...
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to seize Kharg Island — the linchpin of Iran’s oil industry — as he escalated pressure on Tehran amid a fraying ceasefire. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote the United States would be hitting Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” adding that “at some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island , and other oil infrastructure ...
In 2022, Scott Sweetow wrote, “Of Roadside Bombs and Drones: Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem,” where he argued Ukraine’s fight against Russia would rely on a combination of conventional and asymmetrical insurgent tactics. Four years of combat later, we asked Scott to revisit his arguments.Image: National Information Warfare Center PacificIn your 2022 article, you...
JERUSALEM — The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) convened an emergency summit this week amid growing concern over the global rise in antisemitism following the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre in 2023. The three-day conference in the Israeli capital comes at a time when social media influencers are consistently pushing antisemitic hate to their millions of followers. "Attacking the Jew...
A few months ago, I attended a panel discussion for a wargame simulating rapid industrial mobilization for armed conflict. Conducted by a leading university, with teams composed of former senior defense officials, the game probed how government and industry collaboration would play out given minimal coordination before the onset of a crisis. On the panel, the defense leaders confessed how infre...
The next war over Taiwan may be deterred not by aircraft carriers or nuclear arsenals, but by a Dutch lithography machine. ASML, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, is the sole manufacturer of the extreme ultraviolet lithography systems required to produce the world’s most advanced semiconductors. Without its machines, the most sophisticated foundries on earth — including t...
