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According to Mehr, Iran’s military declared the closure of the strait as the “first step” in its retaliation against what it deems violations of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding.
IRGC Navy radio message near Strait of Hormuz: Due to Israeli actions in Lebanon and US violations of commitments, the strait is closed to navigation. All vessels ordered to stay away for their own safety.

Israeli strike kills children in Gaza despite ceasefire claims
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned of the threat of a large-scale Russian attack in the near future.

Ukraine's president said his country was open to "engagement" about "difficult and painful chapters of our shared past".
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Iran negotiators leave for Switzerland to discuss US deal An Iranian negotiating team left Iran for Switzerland on Saturday for discussions on the implementation of its agreement with the United States to halt the war, state media said. The official news agency IRNA reported the delegation's departure, quoting foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei as saying they would "follow up and demand implementation of the other party's commitments" under the deal. "The other side must take the ne
Vance also told Fox that there is no evidence that Iran is closing the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iranian state media reports that Iran’s top joint military command ordered the Strait to be closed.

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Secretariat has terminated all “Fuel Conservation and Additional Austerity Measures” with immediate effect and will return to a regular five-day work week with full staff strength from June 22 (Monday). The rollback comes following a US-Iran deal and a subsequent reduction in fuel prices. According to a notification issued on Saturday, and signed by Deputy Secretary HRM-I Qasim Omer, the measures introduced since March 12, 2026, have been withdrawn. The noti

Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine's second president, has decided to give up the Order of the White Eagle after Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the award.

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Critics say Cepeda, a soft-spoken senator, became a 'hero to the left' after he took on a right-wing president in court.
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Russian forces attacked the outskirts of Sumy with guided aerial bombs (KABs), resulting in one fatality.

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Netanyahu, Katz order forces to cease southern Lebanon attacks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have ordered the Israeli army to cease attacks on southern Lebanon, Channel 12 reported. Israel will not withdraw from the occupied areas, the report said, adding that the decision was made in coordination with the US. Israeli attacks since 2 March 2 have killed at least 4,057 people and wounded 12,121, mostly in southern Lebanon, the country's health mi

Iran's joint military command said the strait had been closed due to Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Iran's negotiators are heading to Switzerland for Iran-US talks on their interim deal. DW has more.

Zaporozhye nuclear power station powered by generators after loss of external power supply
Explosions were reported in Zaporizhzhia. Drones raid

Iran dealt two quick blows to the interim agreement with the United States on Saturday, angered by Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, saying it had closed the Strait of Hormuz and announcing that while its negotiators were going to Switzerland for talks, not much is likely to happen there. Key mediator Pakistan, meanwhile, said the technical-level talks will begin on Sunday in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, with Qatari mediators also taking part. In Tehran’s first salvo, Iran’s joint military...

GILGIT: PPP supporters blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Diamer in protest after the Election Commission notified independent candidate Imam Malik on Friday night, allegedly without preparing Form 49 or counting postal votes in the constituency. Supporters of PPP candidate Attaullah Khan, who contested the GBA-16 Diamer-II election, blocked the KKH at multiple locations in Chilas. The blockade began around 10am on Saturday and remained ongoing as of Saturday evening. PPP Secretary General N

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Iran had announced moments earlier that it was closing the strait in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon, deeming them a violation of its fragile deal with the United States.
On Saturday, June 20, the Russian army struck the territory of one of the enterprises in Poltava district, with no casualties reported so far.
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Representatives of the United States and Iran, as well as mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, will take part in the discussion, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said
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US Vice President noted that the United States now considers navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the elimination of Iran's nuclear program, including exports of enriched uranium from the Islamic Republic, to be a priority
Iran warns of ‘reciprocal action’ if US doesn’t honour MOU commitments.

Two people were killed, and at least five were injured as a result of a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on the evening of 20 June.
Netanyahu and Katz ordered the Israeli military to cease fire while remaining in areas under its control in southern Lebanon. Source: N12
JD Vance is expected to travel to Switzerland today as preparations continue for talks with Iran. Source: CNN
Hillary Clinton: I was stunned when reporting started coming out about conversations in the White House because in the years I was on the Senate Armed Services Committee and I was Secretary of State, anytime we talked about Iran, any kind of war game scenario that we discussed, among the very first questions was, "What if they close the Strait of Hormuz? What do we do?" And then from the reporting, it sounded as though that just hadn't been really discussed or at least not brought to the high

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NATO's training and assistance command for Ukraine has put more than 59,000 Ukrainian personnel through coordinated programmes and now spans 31 nations. NATO hub has trained 59,000 Ukrainian troops first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
The Russian army has attacked the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces 66 times since the beginning of the day. The occupiers are most active in the Pokrovsk direction.
Trump asks his base: POLL: Which do you prefer, Dumocrat or Dumbocrat? In one case, you simply exchange the “e” for “u,” so simple and precise (Many people don’t know, or assume, that DUMB ends in “b”). In the other case, you spell out DUMB, but it seems to lose some of the identity to Democrats when done this way. Which is better? Thank you for your attention to this very important matter!

As a result of guided aerial bomb strikes on the outskirts of Sumy on 20 June, one man was killed and three people were injured.