Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russia’s air defense forces shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones heading toward the capital overnight. He stated that six enemy drones were destroyed by the Defense Ministry’s air defense units, bringing the total number of downed drones to 46. Emergency services were deployed to areas where drone debris fell.

Sobyanin noted that Ukraine has intensified long-range drone attacks on Russia in recent months, particularly targeting energy infrastructure, which serves as a key revenue source for the Kremlin. The conflict has now entered its fifth year, according to AFP reports from Moscow.

Earlier, Russia claimed to have downed 660 Ukrainian drones between Thursday and Friday, marking one of the largest such incidents since the war began. Last week, a Ukrainian strike caused a fire at an oil refinery in southeastern Moscow.

Five people were killed and around fifteen others went missing after a waste heap collapsed at an abandoned jade mine in Myanmar, according to state media reports on Tuesday. The incident occurred following heavy rainfall that loosened piles of mining waste, burying people who were collecting leftover jade fragments.

The collapse took place in Kachin State, a region known as the world’s largest source of jadeite. Myanmar’s jade industry operates largely without regulation, and many mines are controlled by various armed groups involved in the country’s ongoing civil conflict. Poor local residents often scavenge discarded mining areas to find small jade pieces for survival.

State newspaper The Global New Light of Myanmar reported that search operations were underway to locate the missing individuals. The report added that continuous heavy rain in recent days had triggered the landslide, highlighting the dangerous conditions faced by informal workers in the lucrative but hazardous jade sector.

An opinion piece published on June 30, 2026, analyzes the recent US-Iran war and highlights how Iran, despite facing severe military and economic pressure, avoided collapse and maintained bargaining power in negotiations. The article notes that Iran’s military infrastructure suffered heavy damage and its economy came under strain, yet the country did not surrender or lose political control. Instead, Iran leveraged geography, low-cost defense tactics, and regional networks to impose strategic and economic costs on stronger adversaries.

The analysis argues that the United States demonstrated overwhelming air and intelligence superiority but at a high financial cost, with billions spent in the early stages of the conflict. It suggests that while the US military-industrial complex benefited, ordinary citizens bore the economic burden through inflation and taxes. The author recalls President Eisenhower’s warning about the influence of this complex on democratic decision-making.

Drawing lessons for Bangladesh, the article concludes that military parity with stronger neighbors is unrealistic, but developing affordable domestic defense technologies, coastal and cyber capabilities, and internal unity can strengthen national sovereignty and deterrence.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that its citizens are now permitted to travel to Lebanon again. The travel ban, imposed two months earlier due to security concerns arising from the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, has been officially lifted. According to the announcement, Emirati citizens must register with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs before traveling to Lebanon.

On April 30, the UAE had restricted travel to Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq, urging all Emiratis in those countries to return home immediately. While the Lebanon ban has now been removed, restrictions on travel to Iran and Iraq remain in place. The decision marks a partial easing of the UAE’s regional travel limitations.

The report also notes that, for the first time since the conflict began, air travel between Tehran and Dubai resumed on Monday, signaling a cautious normalization of regional connectivity.

Iran and Oman have reached a general understanding on toll collection in the Strait of Hormuz following the first meeting of their joint committee. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed the agreement, stating that Oman, as a sovereign coastal state, supports the arrangement and believes fees should be charged for services provided. A technical committee will be formed, and experts are expected to prepare a draft within seven to eight days and hold a special meeting to discuss navigation routes.

The future of the strait has been a major point of contention between Iran and the United States. Tehran, in coordination with Oman, seeks to impose a new service fee, while Washington opposes any form of toll collection. Oman’s position had been unclear, as the two countries recently announced they were reviewing management costs of the strait.

Oman later clarified that it had no plan to impose a transit fee and instead launched a temporary UN-coordinated maritime corridor near its coast. In response, Iran attacked ships using that route and reiterated that only routes along its own coastline are authorized.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung announced that 24 of the 26 South Korea-linked vessels previously trapped in the Hormuz Strait have successfully exited the area. The ships had been stranded since February 28, following a joint U.S.-Israel strike on Iran that escalated tensions in the region. Only two vessels remain in the strait, according to the president’s statement.

The conflict had initially left around 11,000 sailors stranded aboard 600 ships. Under an operation led by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), approximately 115 ships carrying 2,500 crew members managed to leave the strait last week. However, renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran forced the UN-affiliated organization to temporarily suspend the rescue mission.

The situation underscores the continuing volatility in the Hormuz Strait, a critical global shipping route, as international efforts to ensure maritime safety remain disrupted by regional tensions.

The bodies of five Bangladeshi expatriates who died in a road accident in Qatar’s Shahaniya area arrived at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred on June 21, resulting in the deaths of five workers from different villages in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila.

According to the Labour Welfare Wing, the bodies were sent from Hamad International Airport on Monday night at 10:15 p.m. local time via Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-226. The flight landed in Sylhet at 6:50 a.m. on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Kadir of Gachbari village, Mustak Ahmed Afnan and Jubayer Ahmed of Majhtaluk village, Jasim Uddin of Agataluk village, and Jibal Ahmed of Amorpur village.

The Bangladesh embassy confirmed that the repatriation process was arranged with financial support from the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board.

At least 4,257 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry. The ministry reported that more than 12,000 others have been injured since the strikes began on March 2. The ongoing violence has severely affected civilians and worsened the humanitarian situation across Lebanon.

After months of direct negotiations, Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement on Friday with mediation from the United States. However, the deal does not include any obligation for Israel to withdraw its forces from occupied Lebanese territories. This omission has raised new concerns about the durability of the agreement and the prospects for peace.

Despite continued diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, the absence of a clear commitment to troop withdrawal has left the situation uncertain, with humanitarian conditions deteriorating further as casualties continue to rise.

The White House announced that US President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will travel to Doha on Tuesday for a high-level meeting with Iranian officials. According to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, the talks aim to continue discussions on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran, alongside planned technical-level meetings. The announcement was also shared earlier by Trump on social media.

However, Iran has denied any plan for such a meeting. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stated that there is no scheduled meeting with US officials in Qatar this week, though consultations with Qatar are ongoing. Initially focused on Iran’s nuclear program, the discussions have now shifted toward reducing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.

The two countries remain at odds over control of the strategic waterway. Iran insists that the MoU grants it control over the Strait, while the United States maintains that it should remain open to international navigation and not be under the authority of any single nation.

Photos of missing persons now cover the outer walls of Miguel Pérez Carreño Hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, as families continue searching for loved ones following a powerful earthquake. Thousands remain unaccounted for, prompting relatives to move from one hospital to another in hopes of finding survivors. Many of the missing are residents of the coastal area of La Guaira.

Eyewitness Yerinker Bermúdez, who narrowly survived the quake, said he is now searching for friends who lived in his collapsed building. He expressed frustration at the government’s lack of assistance, saying that neighbors and volunteers have been conducting rescue operations with their bare hands. Outside the hospital, crowds wait anxiously, scanning patient lists for familiar names.

Inside the hospital, conditions remain tense. Doctor Santiago Casanova said the first few days were extremely difficult, though the number of injured has since declined. However, he cautioned that the decrease is not a positive sign, as the chances of finding survivors under the rubble are diminishing with time.

The Gaza Government Media Office has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement 3,465 times since it took effect in October 2025. According to the office, Israeli attacks during the ceasefire period have killed at least 1,045 Palestinians and injured another 3,380. The office also alleged that Israel failed to comply with the agreement’s humanitarian aid provisions.

Under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, 156,000 aid trucks were supposed to enter Gaza, but the media office claimed Israel allowed only 55,539 trucks. In a statement, it accused Israel of pursuing a “policy of planned genocide” in Gaza and urged the ceasefire mediators to take effective measures to ensure Israel fulfills all terms of the signed agreement.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported that since Israel’s military campaign began in October 2023, at least 73,043 Palestinians have been killed and 173,417 injured in the Gaza Strip.

A doctor at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has accused Israel of carrying out a 'health genocide' in Gaza, citing the collapse of medical services despite a ceasefire agreement. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, under the U.S.-mediated truce signed in October 2025, around 21,000 Palestinians were supposed to receive permission to leave Gaza for medical treatment. However, fewer than 7,500 have been able to leave so far, meaning only about 36 percent of the agreement has been implemented.

Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum reported that thousands of people approved for emergency evacuation remain trapped in Gaza, many of whom are unlikely to survive. Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, head of the pediatric department at Nasser Hospital, said the situation has become the worst in a thousand days, with hospitals lacking supplies and staff. He described Israel’s actions as targeting the health sector and turning hospitals into unusable concrete shells.

The report highlights the ongoing humanitarian and medical crisis in Gaza despite the ceasefire framework intended to facilitate medical relief and patient transfers.

North Korea has strongly criticized the ongoing joint military exercise between the United States and Japan, accusing Tokyo of exploiting global instability to transform itself into a 'militarist state.' According to a report by North Korea’s state news agency KCNA, the exercise, named 'Resolute Dragon,' is being used by Japan to test its ability to conduct overseas military operations.

Pyongyang further alleged that Japan’s deepening military cooperation with the United States is worsening security instability in the Asia-Pacific region. It claimed that Japan had earlier participated for the first time in a US-led multinational drill in April and May, where it tested long-range missile capabilities aimed at potential preemptive strikes against neighboring countries.

The North Korean statement warned that continued military activities of this nature could bring 'terrible consequences' for Japan. The 'Resolute Dragon' exercise began on June 20 in Japan’s southwestern Okinawa and Kyushu islands, involving the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Marine Corps, and is scheduled to conclude on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is set to visit China for a two-day official trip from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The visit comes at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and follows a weekend of reciprocal attacks between the United States and Iran around the Strait of Hormuz.

The trip takes place against the backdrop of escalating regional tensions. Earlier, a memorandum of understanding was signed to halt the conflict between Iran and the US-Israel alliance, followed by technical-level discussions in Switzerland. Since the war began in February, Iran has launched attacks on several Gulf countries hosting US military bases, including Saudi Arabia. These repeated strikes and the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz have severely disrupted Saudi oil exports.

The visit is expected to focus on regional stability and energy security, though specific agenda details were not disclosed in the source.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus stated that lasting peace in the Middle East can only be achieved if Israel’s current far-right government halts its expansionist policies and aggression. Speaking at the opening session of a NATO summit in Istanbul, he said that ending decades of injustice against Palestinians and ensuring justice are essential for regional stability.

Kurtulmus emphasized that stopping Israel’s aggressive actions would not only secure peace and safety for Palestinians but also strengthen global peace. He reaffirmed Turkey’s support for establishing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, reiterating that a two-state solution remains the only viable path to resolving the crisis.

He also welcomed the recent interim agreement between Iran and the United States, expressing hope that such initiatives would lead beyond temporary ceasefires toward a lasting and just peace.