Archived Antiwar.com News from June 26, 2025

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Updated June 26, 2025 - 9:17 PM EDT

Trump Calls To End Netanyahu's Corruption Trial

Trump Doesn't Think Iran Will Restart Enrichment

		*Iran's Parliament Passes Bill To Suspend Cooperation With IAEA*
		*US Navy Used Munitions at 'Alarming Rate' To Intercept Iranian Missiles*
		*Israel Faces Multi-Billion Shekel Price Tag From Iran War*

Israel Ramps Up Strikes, Killing 103 Gazans

		*Three Palestinians Killed During Israeli Settler Rampage in West Bank*
		*US Approves $30 Million for Gaza Aid Scheme Tied to Mass Killings*

NATO Doesn't Mention Ukrainian Membership

		*NATO To Double Minimum Defense Spending Level to 5% of GDP*
		*UK Will Send Ukraine $100M in Missiles With Seized Russian Assets*

HTS Offshoot Takes Credit for Church Bombing

Israel Confirms 'Direct Normalization Talks' With Syria

43rd US Airstrike in Somalia This Year

Viewpoints

	I Survived a Massacre at a School in Gaza. My Students Did Not by Nour Abo Aisha
	Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers by David Vine

	Trump Just Ended a War That Never Should Have Started by Ted Snider
	Economic Sanctions Adrenaline by Stephen Anderson
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Frontline

	Poll: US Voters Oppose US Joining Israel in Military Strikes on Iran's Sites
	Trump Threatens Spain Tariff Hike Over NATO Defense Spending

Russia

	Russian FM Warns New IAEA Inspections of Iran Can Lead to Sensitive Leaks
	'Yapping Bitches in Brussels a Direct Threat to Russia': Medvedev
	Kremlin Says Tehran's Decision To Suspend Cooperation With IAEA 'Direct' Result of Strikes on Iran

United Kingdom

	Britain's Long History of Spying on Iran
	What Is the Palestine Action Group, and Why Is the UK Banning It?
	Largest British Jewish Body Suspends Members for Criticizing Israel

Europe

	Armenian Authorities Arrest an Archbishop and Accuse Him of Plotting Against the Government
	Germany Federal Court Lifts Ban on Right-Wing Compact Magazine

Sudan

	Power Struggle Grips Major Sudan Party Amid 'Internal Coup' Claims
	Sudan Civilian Bloc To Bypass Appointed PM, Send Peace Plan to Warring Sides
	Sudan's Army Says It Seized Positions in Blue Nile State
	Four Killed in Drone Strike in Sudan's South Kordofan, Sources Say

Africa

	At Least 16 People Killed and 400 Injured in Kenyan Protests
	Heavy Fighting in Somalia's Bay Region as Army, Al-Shabaab Suffer Losses
	US Embassy in Monrovia Tells Visa Applicants To Make Social Media Accounts 'Public' for Vetting
	17 Soldiers Killed as Gunmen Raid Army Bases in Northern Nigeria

Afghanistan

	UNSC Meeting: Afghanistan's Economic Crisis Was a Key Topic
	UN Debates Engagement With Taliban: Mosaic Plan in Focus
	US Announces $5 Million Reward for Information on Habibi in Afghanistan

Pakistan

	Land Mine Blast Kills Four People in Northwestern Pakistan
	Pakistan Army Officer, Soldier, 11 Terrorists Killed in S. Waziristan Operation
	'Why Not an Islamic Bomb?': How Israel Planned and Failed To Stop Pakistan Going Nuclear

North/South Korea

	South Korea's Security Adviser To Discuss Defense Industry With NATO Partners
	The Legacy of the Korean War Is Separated Families and Unknown Fates

Asia Pacific

	Japanese Court Sentences a US Marine to Seven Years in Prison for Sexual Assault on a Woman in Okinawa
	Court Says Australian Broadcaster ABC Wrongfully Dismissed Journalist for Expressing Palestine Support

Gaza

	'Like a Trap': NHS Surgeon Describes Death of Nephew, 16, at Gaza Food Point
	Photos: Young Palestinians in Gaza Turn Plastic Into Fuel
	UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Immediate Sanctions Against Israel Over Gaza Genocide
	Gaza Humanitarian Foundation May Be 'Complicit in War Crimes', Right Groups Say
	Israeli Military Confirms Killing of Seven Soldiers in Khan Younis
	Is There Momentum for a Gaza Deal After Israel-Iran Ceasefire?

Israel/Palestine

	Israel's AG Says Netanyahu Cannot Pick Next Shin Bet Chief Due to Ongoing Probes of Aides
	'I Lost Both Legs': Palestinians Scale Separation Wall for Chance To Work
	Uganda's Museveni Breaks African Silence on Israel-Iran War
	New Israeli Directive Expedites Ethnic Cleansing of Masafer Yatta
	Senior Haredi Lawmaker: 'I Don't Understand What We Are Fighting for in Gaza'
	Family of Grandmother Shot Dead in East Jerusalem Says She Was Killed by Border Police
	Shelters Erected in Israeli Areas Hit Hard by Missiles, but Arab Towns Again Overlooked
	Footage Shows Israeli Settlers Torching Vehicles During Raid of West Bank Bedouin Hamlet
	Macron Reiterates to Netanyahu 'Absolute Necessity' of Establishing Ceasefire in Gaza

Iran

	Iranians Displaced by Israeli Assault Unsure Whether To Return Home After Ceasefire
	Pope Leo XIV Urges All Sides in Iran-Israel War To Reject 'Bullying and Arrogance' and Talk Peace
	Senior IRGC Commander Dies of Injuries From Israeli Attacks, Iran Confirms
	What Targets Did Iran Strike in Israel?
	Iran Eases Internet Curbs After Ceasefire With Israel

Middle East

	Hezbollah Hails Iran's 'Divine Victory' Over Israel
	World Bank Approves $1 Billion for Development Projects in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon
	Pentagon, FBI Launch Probe Into Leaked Report on US Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Sites
	Trump Says Iran, Israel 'Exhausted' After Fighting, Warns It May Resume 'Someday'
	Turkish Space Tech Firm Launches New Satellites Into Space Aboard SpaceX Rocket