A new United States screwworm case brings the total in the country to sixteen. Mexico has nearly 30,000 reported cases since November 2024, with 1,800 still active, meaning this could quickly escalate if failures to eliminate the parasite persist. 

23 June 2026

Glaring war hawk, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, has emphatically rejected the United States and Iran's calls to cease military operations in Lebanon. The minister added that Israel can "achieve results if Lebanon is our playground.” 

23 June 2026

Iran has agreed to set up a hotline between itself and the United States to solve disputes in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said that the Strait will henceforth be “managed under Iranian arrangements” and will “never return to what it was before the war."

23 June 2026

Moscow’s Foreign Ministry warned on June 18 that any North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attack on Russia would trigger a "decisive and devastating" retaliation, according to officials. The warning followed what Russian authorities described as the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow in years, with more than 200 drones intercepted by Russian air defense systems.

23 June 2026

Why is there so much excitement about an agreement with Iran that literally resolves none of the key issues that the two sides were fighting about? The long-term status of the Strait of Hormuz is not resolved. The war between Israel and Hezbollah is not resolved. Nobody seems to have any idea where the 300 billion dollar “investment fund” for Iran is going to come from, and none of the nuclear issues that this war was supposedly about in the first place have been resolved either. So what in the world did the “Memorandum of Understanding” actually accomplish?

22 June 2026

The Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or DR Congo) has continued to spread. There are now over 1,000 confirmed cases, 254 deaths, and health officials see no end in sight right now.

22 June 2026

The New World screwworm has just been confirmed in two more animals in Edwards County, Texas. Could this parasite be a major issue for the meat supply? Already, it's likely to affect prices as safety protocols are put in place. 

22 June 2026

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that only the US, which does not have sovereign control over the Strait of Hormuz, can impose a toll on vessels traversing the vital waterway. He has rejected the idea that Iran will impose tolls in the aftermath of the ceasefire agreement that many argue is simply a US "surrender."

22 June 2026

Ukraine launched what Russian officials described as the largest drone attack on Moscow since the start of the full-scale war on Thursday, June 18 – striking the Moscow Oil Refinery and causing "oil rain" to fall over parts of the city, according to multiple reports.

22 June 2026

The Ebola virus is still making its way through the Democratic Republic of Congo. SO far, there have been 952 confirmed cases and 247 deaths. There doesn't seem to be an end in sight either. 

21 June 2026