Report: US & Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks in Oslo + Hostage & Ceasefire Efforts Between Israel and Hamas Advancing + Pentagon Reviews US Military Support to Foreign Countries + More

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1. Syrian state media reported Wednesday that statements on signing a peace deal with Israel were “premature.”

2. The IDF carried out an airstrike Thursday in the Lebanese village of Sil, near Beirut, targeting an operative for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. According to the IDF, the target was involved in smuggling weapons and advancing terror plots, acting on behalf of the Quds Force, the IRGC’s foreign arm.

3. Iran on Wednesday formally suspended its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog- the International Atomic Energy Agency. Following a parliament vote on the matter last week, the bill was approved by the Guardian Council, a body tasked with vetting legislation, before it received a final ratification from the presidency.

4. Axios Report: US & Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks in Oslo. There is not yet a final date for the talks in the Norwegian capital. Neither Washington nor Tehran has publicly confirmed the meeting.

5. Hostage & Ceasefire Efforts Between Israel and Hamas Advancing.

6. US President Trump said on Thursday that a phone call earlier in the day with Russian President Putin resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

7. Pentagon Reviews US Military Support to Foreign Countries. The Trump administration is pausing some weapons shipments to Ukraine, including air defense missiles, following a review of military spending and American support to foreign countries, a senior White House official told CNN.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed off on the review, which the official noted had been underway for months.

8. The House has passed President Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill,” sending the bill with $150 billion for defense to the President’s desk ahead of his 04 July deadline.