US partially lifted Iranian oil sanctions https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/22/us-partially-lifts-iran-oil-sanctions-amid-encouraging-talks
Israel says troops in Lebanon have full freedom of action https://aje.news/x8jdl1?update=4688638
US suggests it could unfreeze Iranian assets if they use it to purchase American goods https://aje.news/x8jdl1?update=4688123
Libya warlord convicted for abuses in detention centers https://apnews.com/article/libya-warlord-conviction-court-tripoli-war-migrants-843eb55fce4d5dc880db246c7388a76e
St Lucia telecommunications company had an outage https://stluciatimes.com/181215/2026/06/flow-outage-knocks-out-services-across-saint-lucia/
Mexico looking to restart oil shipments to Cuba https://apnews.com/article/mexico-oil-fuel-shipments-cuba-petroleum-1c4e1b2c17185cd3e3e924c6dd963b0c
Mexico, Merlin the duck https://apnews.com/article/merlin-duck-mexico-sheinbaum-news-briefing-fifa-2d8f9bd2e4354c8c9c87fbd1dc8f1bc6
Egypt arrested workers along Sudan border in crackdown on illegal mining https://apnews.com/article/egypt-sudan-illegal-gold-mining-war-e0db6f6428abf1800b502747cc02037d
Wearing a cooling head cap for 30 minutes could improve mood https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/06/22/enfriar-la-cabeza-30-minutos-reduce-los-sintomas-de-la-depresion/
US raises concerns over buildup and encirclement of city by RSF https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/22/us-raises-concern-as-rsf-forces-encircle-sudanese-city-of-el-obeid
UK sworn in new MP as stand in for PM https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckger03mrl0t
