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A US Army Apache helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz on the night of June 9-10. CENTCOM responded with strikes on Iranian installations near Qeshm and Jask. Trump says negotiations are not compromised; Tehran vows to respond to any further attack and launches drones at US bases in the Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan).
As Israel-Iran exchanges shattered two months of ceasefire on June 7-8, 2026, Donald Trump ordered both sides to stop shooting and promised total victory within two weeks — but Netanyahu ignored the directive and continued strikes, exposing a public command fracture between Washington and Tel Aviv.
Pope Leo XIV drew over one million people to Madrid and delivered the first-ever papal address to the Spanish Parliament, calling for action against polarization, welcoming migrants and repairing clergy abuse survivors — while condemning abortion and euthanasia, igniting sharp political divisions across Europe and Latin America.
Anthropic's filing for a trillion-dollar debut, the $920-million-per-month SpaceX-Google deal, ChatGPT's 'superapp' overhaul before listing — the race for 21st-century tech dominance is playing out this month.
Seven Iranian ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, two drones shot down in Hormuz by the U.S. Navy, the Fifth Fleet targeted: the April 8 ceasefire holds only on paper.
Six days before its IPO at a $965 billion valuation, Claude's maker is asking rivals to slow down before AI learns to build itself — a message that reads as prudent in Europe, suspect in Washington, and inaudible in Beijing, where the acceleration continues unannounced.
Naim Qassem calls it "capitulation", an anti-tank missile kills Captain Lemberg in southern Lebanon, a UNIFIL soldier dies under mortar fire: the peace architecture built in Washington falls apart under Trump's eyes.
After the Supreme Court demolished the 'Liberation Day' tariffs, the Trump administration reinvents its trade war via Section 301 — and triggers a diplomatic mutiny from Brazil to South Korea.
A civilian terminal pulverized in Kuwait City, two Iranian diplomats expelled within 24 hours, oil pushing toward $97 a barrel, and Tehran warning: 'let this be a lesson'.
The Israeli flag flies again over the Crusader castle abandoned in 2000 — and hours later, Trump announces that the tanks rolling toward Beirut have been turned back.
On May 31, 2026, a US federal judge orders the removal of Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and blocks his administration's plan to shut down or restructure the institution. The ruling follows lawsuits by performing-arts groups and former trustees. Conservative outlets: judicial overreach; liberal outlets: institutional checks. 15 capitals weigh in: rule of law, cultural politicization, US democratic signal.
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