Portal:Current events/2026 June 12

June 12, 2026 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2026 Iran war
- 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
  - 2026 Iran war ceasefire
    - Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
      - Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif says that a ceasefire deal between Iran and the United States has a "final, agreed upon text" to end the war. (CNBC)
    - Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that a ceasefire deal with the U.S. to extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and launch negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program has "never been closer". (Axios)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
    - The United States Central Command says that American forces have intercepted multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. They also reaffirm that the "international trade corridor remains open for transit". (Haaretz) (The Hill)
  - Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that the Strait of Hormuz will not return to the way it was before the war, that it will be under Iranian and Omani sovereignty, and will have a fee. (Al Jazeera)
War on cartels
- Operation Southern Spear
  - U.S. president Donald Trump announces that a joint U.S.–Venezuela operation has killed Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero. (Politico)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Eight people are killed after a bus veered off a cliff in Kavrepalanchok, Nepal. (Xinhua)
One person is killed, and twenty-two others are injured after a tent collapses at a church event in Moneta, Virginia, United States. (AA) (AP)

Health and environment

2026 Kent meningitis outbreak
- Health authorities in the United Kingdom launch a vaccination program against the Meningitis B virus in the wake of an outbreak that occurred at the University of Kent in Kent, England, which has killed two people. (Reuters)
- Northern Irish health minister Mike Nesbitt announces that students aged up to 25 in Northern Ireland will be offered the meningitis vaccine in the wake of the outbreak at the University of Kent. (Irish News)

Law and crime

2026 Midland shooting
- One person is killed, and ten others are injured in a mass shooting at an abandoned veterinary clinic in Midland, Texas, United States. The suspect dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (CNN)
2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is found guilty of treason and abuse of power for ordering drones to be flown into North Korea in order to provoke North Korea and help justify his martial law declaration, and is sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on top of a pre-existing life sentence. (AFP via Cebu Daily News) (The Korea Herald)
A judge in Los Angeles County, California, sets a trial date for February 14, 2028, for Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who both allege that they were sexually abused as children by the late American singer Michael Jackson. (Rolling Stone) (People.com)

Politics and elections

2025–2026 Indonesian protests
- Hundreds of students protest against Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto prompted by a fuel price hike, governmental tensions, and mismanaged government spending on the Free Nutritious Meals program. (AP) (Reuters)

Science and technology

Sports