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.
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.
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.
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 […]
Some good news in an otherwise not-so-good world.
Ukraine’s war landed in Romania today — literally. A NATO ally absorbed four drone incidents in one week, one Russian and one Ukrainian. Meanwhile, the legislation moving through Congress wouldn’t phase out US military aid to Israel. It would replace a check with an architecture. And European governments are cutting ties with a US data company because they no longer trust Washington with their most sensitive information.
Agostina Vega: A 14-year-old girl in Córdoba, Argentina left home on May 23 to walk to her grandfather’s store. Her body was found a week later. She had been asphyxiated and dismembered. The sole suspect’s account changed four times. Thursday’s Ni Una Menos march drew tens of thousands demanding justice. Argentina’s government denies femicide exists as a category.
Israel signed a ceasefire Wednesday. Israel said it would keep fighting Thursday. Hezbollah rejected the whole thing. Meanwhile, the war that the president called “not a big thing” has added more than a dollar to every gallon of gas in America — and food prices haven’t even caught up yet.
