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"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789
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When Trump won, my phone started filling up with the same question from friends back home: "what is the world saying about this?" I’d answer, they’d go quiet for a second, and then: "why aren’t we hearing that?"
That second question I couldn’t quite answer.

Then the war in Iran started. The messages became a flood.
Fifteen thousand people found this in three weeks without me asking them to. I’m still not entirely sure what that means. But I think it means the question my friends were asking — "why aren’t we hearing that?" — isn’t just their question.

This is me answering that second question.
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The Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, June 9, 2026 — Evening Edition

The US launched strikes against Iran tonight. Two officials say the Iranian drone that downed the Apache may not have been deliberate. Trump called it “not a big deal.” CENTCOM launched strikes anyway.

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The Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, June 9, 2026 — Morning Edition

The United States is hosting the World Cup. It sent Africa’s Referee of the Year home from Miami. Iran’s federation president couldn’t get a visa. Mexico’s president said the US doesn’t want Iran to stay overnight. The tournament starts Thursday.

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The Rest of the World Report | Monday, June 8, 2026 — Evening Edition

A 7.8 earthquake hit the Philippines on the first day of school. Europe set its own Ukraine peace terms without Washington. Xi Jinping landed in Pyongyang. And Trump posted on Truth Social that the Iran war is “ENDED” while Iran and Israel were still exchanging missiles.

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The Rest of the World Report | Monday, June 8, 2026 — Morning Edition

The View From Everywhere Else Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. THE CEASEFIRE IS OVER Israel struck Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb Sunday afternoon without warning, killing two people and wounding eleven in a densely populated civilian neighborhood. Iran responded Sunday evening by firing approximately ten ballistic missiles at […]

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Rudy Martinez is the founder of The Rest of the World Report. He publishes daily international news coverage sourced from the world's press, translated for American readers. ROTWR is free, independent, and sustained entirely by its readers.