18 workers are missing and at least 54 injured, as a result of a large industrial explosion overnight, caused by a “technical ⁠accident,” at the Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Plant near Doha, according to the latest release from Qatar’s Interior Ministry.

According to a release from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), at the direction of SOUTHCOM Commander General Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a strike on a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization in the Caribbean. The vessel was operating in known narco-trafficking routes. Per the release, 2 narco-terrorists were killed in the strike and 6 narco-terrorists survived the strike. Following the strike, SOUTHCOM coordinated with the U.S. Coast Guard to begin search and rescue operations for the remaining 6.

Last Thursday, Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada launched the first of its Magallanes-class of amphibious landing ships from Talcahuano, Chile, the Magallanes (LPD-93), which will be the basis behind the future of the Chilean Navy.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party.

Smoke pours from and fires burn inside the Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Factory–Assembly (VZPP-S) in Voronezh, Western Russia, following several earlier morning strikes Monday against the defense factory by cruise missiles launched from Ukraine.

The Voronezh Semiconductor Factory, which provides computer products to the Russian Defense Ministry for use in Kh-101 and Iskander-K cruise missiles as well as the Pantsir-S1 air-defense system, appears to have been entirely destroyed in this morning’s cruise missile attack by Ukraine.

The aircraft that transported members of the Iranian delegation to Switzerland for talks with the United States, Qatar, and Pakistan has now departed Switzerland.

EP-SSM, operating as IRAN03, is currently en route back to Tehran.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, speaking this morning from Bürgenstock, Switzerland, said that yesterday was a “very, very good day,” and that a “lot of progress” was made during negotiations with Iran. Vance stated that all four goals of the talks were achieved, including those related to freedom-of-navigation and coordination regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear program, and deconfliction across the Middle East.

According to @TreyYingst of Fox News, Iran has committed to allowing inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) back into Iran to work to locate and dismantle key nuclear facilities. Per the report, Vice President JD Vance, alongside Envoy Jared Kushner, were also able to secure a framework where frozen Iranian funds are used to purchase U.S. farm products for Iran.

Traffic visible via MarineTraffic.com in the Strait of Hormuz shows at least 2 dozen vessels have transited over the last 24 hours, with all but one vessel visible using the Iranian traffic separation scheme. It is highly likely more transits occurred than are shown with vessels turning off their automatic identification system transponder for the transit.

The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) has revised the threat level for the Middle East Maritime Region from Substantial to Moderate, as oil prices continue to fall and news of more progress on the U.S.-Iran talks than was previously reported comes in.

Statement from U.S. Treasury Secretary on the recently released sanctions waiver for the “production, delivery, and sale of Iranian oil.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit the Middle East for a diplomatic tour, following the meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials in Lucerne, Switzerland over the weekend. Per a State Department release, Secretary Rubio will visit the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait between the 23-25 of June. Rubio will discuss the U.S.-Iran MOU and the safe passage of maritime commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Additionally, Rubio is set to meet officials from the Gulf Cooperation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

U.S. President Donald J. Trump said that Iran will agree to what he calls “Major Weapons Inspections.” Per the president, such inspections, likely referring to the previously reported resumption of IAEA inspections, will help ensure “nuclear honesty.”

Vice President J.D. Vance has departed Emmen, Switzerland returning to Joint Base Andrews on board Air Force 2.

Authorities are responding to a reported U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 "Jayhawk" crash near Sitka, Alaska. Search and rescue is ongoing at this time. The crash site has not yet been located and the fate of the personnel on board is not yet known.

U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District has confirmed the crash of an MH-60 earlier today stating that authorities located the crash site in less than an hour and transported all four personnel on board to a local hospital. There are no fatalities in the incident, which remains under investigation.

After traders late last week appeared hopeful that Iran would soon agree to halt its enrichment of uranium as part of a deal to end the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, those hopes appear to have been dashed following yesterday’s fragile and uneventful talks in Switzerland. Chances that Iran would agree to end enrichment by December 31, 2026, fell from roughly 80%, to now only 33%.

Post made to TruthSocial earlier by President Trump, after he told reporters today in the Oval Office that vandals were cutting holes and “Pro-Algae Protesters” were creating algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.