Headlines- After United States halted its strikes on Iran for the last two nights, the Iranian military said it had halted retaliation airstrikes against US allies in the Middle East.
- Reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their respective territorial waterways is a topic of ongoing talks between Iran and Oman.
- Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, personally blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of carrying out the Caspian Sea attack at Israel's behest.
- After a nearly 24-hour search in downtown Berlin following the Pride attack, Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots killed.
- Since the start of the year, wildfires in France have burned around 115,000 hectares, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on Sunday.
- Eight people, including six children, were discovered dead inside a Michigan home on Friday.
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