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CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned senior U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump, that American intelligence had gathered evidence raising serious doubts about Iran’s willingness to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program, according to an Axios report citing three sources familiar with the matter.

Vice President JD Vance on Monday denied that American taxpayers would finance a reported $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran, saying any such assistance would come from Gulf nations and only if Tehran fulfills strict commitments to end its nuclear weapons ambitions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Monday of committing “one of the biggest Russian crimes against Christian culture today” after a massive missile and drone attack damaged an ancient cathedral in Kyiv and left nearly a dozen people dead across Ukraine.

Hungary’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment Monday barring former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from ever returning as head of government after serving more than eight years in office, a move the longtime leader swiftly condemned as politically motivated.

World leaders on Monday cautiously welcomed the announcement of a U.S.-Iran framework agreement aimed at ending hostilities, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and launching negotiations toward a permanent peace deal, as U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in France for the Group of Seven summit.

The United States secretly approved a financial and maritime arrangement between Qatar and Iran that allowed billions of dollars to flow to Tehran in exchange for safe passage for Qatari tankers and ships through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Israel Hayom.

Swiss voters narrowly rejected a proposal Sunday to cap the Alpine nation’s population at 10 million people by 2050 amid concerns over rising immigration, including from predominantly Muslim countries, dealing a setback to the country’s largest right-wing party and avoiding a clash with the European Union over freedom of movement.

Hungary’s largest opposition party, Fidesz, re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as its leader Saturday despite the party’s crushing election defeat in April and fresh allegations that his government secretly considered establishing a migrant reception center while publicly opposing migration.

Brazil was rocked by a second fatal accident in less than 48 hours Sunday when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro, killing all six people aboard, including American singer and internet personality Oliver Tree, a day after a young woman died in a rope-jumping accident in São Paulo state.

A teenage girl has been released from hospital after she was stabbed in the neck while walking down the street in an incident that heightened tensions over migration across the United Kingdom.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced Sunday that the United States and Iran had reached what they described as a peace agreement aimed at ending months of conflict and reopening the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.

British commandos and law enforcement officers boarded and detained a Russian-linked “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel on Sunday in what officials described as the first UK-led operation of its kind aimed at disrupting Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine.

Iran has denied instigating massive protests in Albania, a member of the NATO military alliance, against a multi-billion-dollar luxury resort linked to the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

Iran will begin funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on July 4, a date widely viewed as a deliberate message to the United States after his death in the opening strikes of Operation Epic Fury.

The United States and Iran are reportedly days away from signing an initial agreement that would require Tehran to surrender and destroy enriched nuclear material, dismantle major components of its nuclear program, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to a senior White House official cited by Israel Hayom and confirmed in separate Reuters reporting.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that U.S. forces killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, in what he described as a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” carried out by U.S. Southern Command.

The European Union’s long-debated Migration and Asylum Pact entered into force Friday, introducing sweeping new rules aimed at speeding up asylum procedures, strengthening border controls, and sharing responsibility for migrants among member states.

Thousands of Indonesian students rallied in Jakarta on Friday to protest President Prabowo Subianto’s spending priorities and what critics describe as the growing militarization of civilian life amid mounting economic hardship and rising fuel prices, witnesses told Worthy News.

Thailand was mourning Friday after Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the eldest daughter of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, died at the age of 47, the Royal Palace confirmed.

Eight people were killed Friday in two successive traffic accidents on Hungary’s main highway linking Budapest with Austria’s capital Vienna and Western Europe, prompting the government to order an extraordinary investigation into the circumstances of the crashes.