International News from Monday, June 29th, 2026

Pakistan's security forces carried out ground and air operations along the western border with Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 29 militants, while the Afghan Taliban condemned the attacks as "cowardly act of aggression".

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will continue its military push to fully capture four Ukrainian regions, rejecting what he described as a Ukrainian proposal to scale back long-range attacks.

Iran and the United States agreed to halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and renew talks regarding their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said on Sunday, raising hopes of saving an interim peace deal that was under pressure from days of tit-for-tat strikes.