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The U.S. military launched a second round of airstrikes Saturday targeting Iran, as Tehran struck Bahrain and Kuwait, further imperiling an interim deal.
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed to have conducted strikes against United States targets located in Kuwait and Bahrain as an act of retaliation.
Iraqi government spokesperson declines to comment further on Iraq's OPEC quota and exit consideration, per Reuters.
Iraq is working to restore full oil export capacity and aims to raise production to 7 million barrels per day over coming years, a government spokesperson told Reuters.
Bahrain's foreign minister welcomes Oman's announcement of a corridor for safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
Sources told Reuters that Iraqi officials are considering withdrawing from OPEC, but the current plan is to stay and obtain a larger production quota.
IRGC states that ships' movement outside Iran's designated routes is extremely dangerous and prohibited.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard states that the only permitted route for crossing the Strait of Hormuz is the route announced by Iran.
Quds News Network reported that Palestinians held a protest in the city of Beersheba, in southern occupied Palestine, rejecting the demolition of their homes carried out by the Israeli occupation, which aimed at forcibly displacing Arab communities from the Negev.
The IRGC Navy warned that vessels must use only Iran-designated routes through the Strait of Hormuz, calling a newly announced alternative route unacceptable and dangerous.
US President Donald Trump said he has seen no evidence that the US was responsible for a missile strike that hit an Iranian primary school on 28 February, while noting an internal US military investigation in March found the US military responsible for the strike, which killed 155 people.
Hezbollah said Israel continues to violate the ceasefire agreement by carrying out fresh attacks on civilians in southern Lebanon.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has approved a 15 percent pension increase effective July 1, which will benefit an estimated 11.5 million pensioners and beneficiaries, according to Egypt's pension authority.
Palestinian Abdulrahman Maher Ziyada has died from injuries sustained days earlier in an Israeli airstrike on Ibn Sina School, west of Gaza City.
Iran's UN envoy demands the United States be held accountable for a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, in late February, describing it as a deliberate assault on civilians protected under international law.
U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft remain parked at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv as Washington pursues diplomacy with Iran and Israel maintains its military presence in southern Lebanon.
Residents and farmers in northeastern Syria fought to extinguish wildfires threatening wheat fields, using water hoses and pieces of clothing to protect their crops from the flames.
Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says the US would be 'very naive' to believe Iran will abandon its nuclear program, adding that 'Israel is not another star on the American flag.'
Qatar's premier visits Muscat following Iran-Oman discussions on Hormuz navigation, as Qatar continues its mediating role between Tehran and Washington in efforts to secure a lasting peace agreement.
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Abbas Araghchi held talks with senior Omani officials in Muscat, issuing a joint statement reaffirming the safe transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz under international law.
A teenager was killed in an Israeli drone strike near a learning centre in Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood, with at least five others wounded in a double-tap attack.
An explosion at the Barzan gas supply facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, killed 13 people and injured 66 others on June 22. Qatar's Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi confirmed the deaths, including 12 Indian nationals among the victims.
Israeli forces stormed the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, Quds News Network reports.
A rescued US F-15 pilot told intelligence officials he saw multiple Iranian drones moving together like a jellyfish before ejecting over Iran, according to four sources cited by American media. The pilot said the drone formation resembled a minefield and the exact cause of the jet's downing remains under investigation.
The UN has said a ceasefire in southern Lebanon appears to be "largely holding," but peacekeepers continue to observe Israeli military "ground and air activities."
A total of 4,192 fatalities have been reported in Lebanon since the start of Israeli military operations.
Israeli forces detonate the homes of displaced Palestinians in eastern Gaza City.
An Israeli strike hit a displacement area sheltering hundreds of Palestinians in the Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, destroying shelters.
According to Middle East Eye, Egyptian dissident Mariam Abdelbasette, who had been held since 25 May in Muscat, Oman, has been released and is returning home with her newborn baby after avoiding extradition to Egypt on false claims of an Interpol red notice.
The insurance industry is set to face significant claims for ships damaged during the Iran war, according to Allianz.