Voltaire, International Newsletter N°179 (original) (raw)

| 5 June 2026

Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world.

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EDITORIAL

• 5547 The United States will cease all direct financial aid to Israel

AMERICAS

• 5548 Donald Trump’s Posts
• 5549 Scott Bessent opposes Oman’s participation in the management of the Strait of Hormuz
• 5550 Donald Trump’s New Proposals for Peace with Iran
• 5551 US Summit Launches Project to Build Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• 5552 CentCom Attacks Iranian Bulk Carriers
• 5553 A Study of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War
• 5554 Arrest of a dual Iranian-US national
• 5555 Trump Administration Abandons Biden Administration Victim Compensation Plan
• 5556 Antifa’s funding soon to be revealed
• 5557 Trump Administration Relaunches Tariff War
• 5558 Two Brazilian mafia groups described as "foreign terrorist organizations"

EUROPE

• 5559 France Commits an Act of Piracy in International Waters
• 5560 Nordic and Baltic countries deny having authorized Ukraine to use their airspace
• 5561 Budapest Pride now authorized
• 5562 Agreement for the Magyar minority in Ukraine paves the way for the country’s accession to the EU
• 5563 European Commission releases €16 billion for Hungary
• 5564 The European Commission is considering three new taxes
5565 The Space Programs of France and the EU
• 5566 Bruegel advises forming a coalition of middle powers to reform the WTO
• 5567 Andrius Kubilius advocates a single European defense market
• 5568 The European Commission’s project for technological sovereignty
• 5569 MEPs call for EU ’sanctions’ against Xenia Fedorova
• 5570 NATO-Ukraine Council

ASIA

• 5571 The Israeli coalition government is preparing to expand the call-up of reserve forces
• 5572 "We have broken through the wall of fear," says Benjamin Netanyahu
• 5573 Ben Gurion Airport Partially Seized by the Pentagon
• 5574 Shmuel Ben Ezra, Israel’s National Security Adviser
• 5575 Benjamin Netanyahu’s position vis-à-vis Donald Trump
• 5576 Israel Katz assures that the war continues
• 5577 Israel resumes bombing in Lebanon, despite its commitments
• 5578 Failure of direct Israeli-Lebanese negotiations
• 5579 Hezbollah’s peace proposal
• 5580 Marco Rubio and Lebanon secure agreements from Hezbollah and Israel for a ceasefire
• 5581 A UNIFIL Serb soldier assassinated
• 5582 Arrest of Adnan al-Jumaili
• 5583 Iran bombs Kuwait International Airport
• 5584 Ansar Allah announces military support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah
• 5585 Tom Barrack will combine his duties as ambassador to Türkiye and special envoy to Syria and Iraq
• 5586 Attack on UAE’s Barakah NPP Could Be an Israeli False Flag
• 5587 Iran recalls that Resolution 2817 is contrary to the United Nations Charter
• 5588 Mohammad Ghalibaf takes note of the blockade of Hormuz and war crimes in Lebanon
• 5589 Iranian Royalists say Masoud Pezeshkian wants to resign
• 5590 Hamid Rasaei appears to be attacking the Leader of the Revolution
• 5591 Ali Bagheri reportedly criticized Mohammad Ghalibaf for being too accommodating toward the United States
• 5592 Ebrahim Rezaei questions the commitment not to build nuclear weapons
• 5593 Iran suspends negotiations with the United States
• 5594 Iran retaliates against MSC Sariska
• 5595 Initial assessment of the action of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA)
• 5596 Min Aung Hlaing visits Bharat
• 5597 Thailand was able to verify freedom of passage through the Strait of Hormuz
• 5598 South Korea Proposes Four-Party Peace Talks for the Korean Peninsula
• 5699 Japan now participates in the training of the Ukrainian army

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

• 5600 UN General Assembly Elects Presidents
• 5601 UN Security Council Considers Situation in Lebanon
• 5602 Russia demands the release of General Ratko Mladic
• 5603 OECD accuses Chinese industry of unfair competitive advantages