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U.S., ISRAEL, IRAN WAR | Day 94.

• The U.S. military's Central Command said its forces struck drone and radar facilities in Iran over the weekend and early today in response to the Iranian targeting of a U.S. drone flying over international waters. [more]
• Kuwait reports having intercepted incoming Iranian drones and missiles today – an attack confirmed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which said the action was in response to the U.S. strikes on Iranian targets. [more]
• Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement today that they have ordered military strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, in response to what they said were repeated violations of the ongoing cease-fire by the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. [more]
• Iranian state media reports that Iran suspended cease-fire talks with the U.S. today in protest of Israel's increased military action in Lebanon. [more]
• The U.S. military fired a missile Saturday into the engine room of a commercial cargo ship attempting to evade the ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and shipping. The U.S. Central Command said the Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from U.S. forces before the missile strike was undertaken. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,556 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that he has ordered a strengthening of his country's northern defenses after intelligence indicated Russia has increased efforts to "draw Belarus much deeper into the war and launch additional aggressive operations precisely from Belarusian territory." Both Belarus and Russia have denied the existence of plans for Belarus to join in military operations against Ukraine. [more]
• Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian oil refineries yesterday, striking facilities in Saratov, Matveev Kurgan, and Lazarevo. Ukrainian officials denied Russian reports, however, that Ukraine also struck the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. [more]
• French President Emmanuel Macron said today that his country's navy, with support from the United Kingdom, intercepted and boarded a Russia-linked oil tanker under international sanctions related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday. [more]

NEW JERSEY | Following several nights of clashes between protesters and law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka yesterday imposed a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew around the center "until further notice." [more]

U.S. DRUG WAR | In the fourth such attack over the past week, U.S. forces struck a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, killing three people and bringing the death toll from similar anti-trafficking strikes to 205 since last September. [more]

AMERICA 250 ANNIVERSARY | Organizers of "The Great American State Fair" marking the United States' 250th anniversary say President Donald Trump will headline the event's opening on June 24 on Washington, DC's National Mall after multiple musical acts scheduled to perform pulled out over concerns that the festival had become politicized. [more]

PROFILES IN COURAGE AWARDS | The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum awarded its annual Profiles in Courage Awards yesterday to former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for "protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve, which is critical to the stability of the global economy, despite years of personal attacks and threats from the highest levels of government" and to the people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota for "risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our Constitutional democracy." [more]

U.S. SMOKING | According to survey data released last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9.1% of Americans reported being current cigarette smokers in 2025– a record-low level. [full report] [more]

KENNEDY CENTER | A federal judge on Friday ordered President Donald Trump's name removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, saying the Center's board "overstepped its statutory bounds" by adding Trump's name to the facility without Congressional approval. [more]

JAPAN AND CHINA | Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi yesterday rejected China's accusations of Japanese "neo-militarism" and, in turn, criticized China for rapidly expanding its military with little transparency. [more]

MYANMAR | Local officials say at least 46 people were killed, and more than 70 others were injured, yesterday in an explosion at a building that stored explosives for mining in the northeastern Myanmar village of Kaungtup. [more]

EBOLA | Health officials say at least 282 cases of Ebola have been confirmed, and more than 1,000 suspected cases have been reported, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's ongoing outbreak of the viral disease. [more]

HUNGARY | Recently installed Prime Minister Péter Magyar said today that Hungary's government will amend its constitution to make way for the removal of President Tamás Sulyok – the latest action by Magyar to remove officials appointed under former long-time populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. [more]

COLOMBIA | After no candidate received at least 50% of the vote in yesterday's presidential election in Colombia, top vote recipients Aberaldo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda will face each other in a run-off election later this month. [more]

MALAYSIA | Joining multiple other countries implementing similar measures, Malaysia began enforcing a social media ban for children under the age of 16 today, requiring social media platforms with at least 8 million users including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, to implement age-verification systems and block users under 16 from creating accounts. [more]

AI INDUSTRY | Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced his company's latest offering today – the RTX Spark PC chip, aimed at putting artificial intelligence capabilities directly on users' home computers and allowing Nvidia to compete directly with traditional PC chip makers such as Intel, Apple, and AMD for the first time. [more]

SOCCER | Following a 1-1 tie with Arsenal at the end of extra time, Paris Saint-Germaine won the Champions League soccer title on penalty kicks Saturday. [more]

HOCKEY | The Carolina Hurricanes won the Eastern Conference Final on Friday and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in which they will play the Vegas Golden Knights. Game 1 of the best-of-seven championship series is scheduled for tomorrow. [more]

BASKETBALL | The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday to win the NBA's Western Conference Finals and advance to the NBA Finals. Game 1 of the Spurs' best-of-seven series against the New York Knicks is scheduled for Wednesday. [more]

WEEKEND MOVIES | "Backrooms" topped the North American box office over the weekend with an estimated $81.5 million in receipts, followed by "Obsession" and "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu." [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 2002, the Czech Republic became the first country to enforce a law to address light pollution, requiring all outdoor lighting fixtures to have a shield preventing light from extending above the horizontal. [more history]