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Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (right), Raul Castro (centre), Commander Ramiro Valdes (center left), and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura (left) attend an event marking the 172nd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Jan 2025
Round-up / 22 June 2026
World in brief: June 22, 2026
22 June 2026
US Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two, after the US and Iran held high-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, June 22, 2026
Middle East / 22 June 2026
Marathon US and Iran talks agree roadmap for a final peace deal
22 June 2026
Relatives of Vanisa Anifa, a six-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, attend her burial, in Bunia, Congo, June 19, 2026
Central Africa / 22 June 2026
Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo tops 100 with 254 deaths
22 June 2026
Presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda of the ruling Historic Pact coalition embraces his vice-presidential running mate, Aida Quilcue, during an election night appearance after election results showed him trailing in Bogota, Colombia, June 21, 2026
Latin America / 22 June 2026
Capeda cries foul over Colombia presidential vote result
22 June 2026
The US and Chinese flags at the Great Hall of the People prior to the state dinner of US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14, 2026
World / 22 June 2026
China hits back at US sanctions on its tech companies
22 June 2026
Military police clear a highway blocked by anti-government protesters in Llavini, Bolivia, June 21, 2026
Latin America / 22 June 2026
Bolivia clears anti-government roadblocks after emergency decree
22 June 2026
A one-day warning strike by employees of Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio (CRo) over planned changes to the funding of public media, in Prague, Czech Republic, June 22, 2026
Central Europe / 22 June 2026
Czech public broadcasters stage warning strike over plans to change funding
22 June 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Begona Gomez arrive before a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, June 10, 2026
Round-up / 21 June 2026
World in brief: June 21, 2026
21 June 2026
US Vice President JD Vance waits to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during high-level talks to end the Middle East conflict, at the Burgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, Switzerland, June 21, 2026
Middle East / 21 June 2026
US and Iranian officials arrive in Switzerland for peace talks
21 June 2026
Mourners take the last look at the bodies of two Palestinian girls — Zeina Safadi and her sister Lana, who were killed by an Israeli air strike on their home — during their funeral in Gaza city, June 20, 2026
Middle East / 21 June 2026
Israeli strikes kills at least 15 people in Gaza, including two kids and an Al Jazeera cameraman
21 June 2026
Residents walk on a highway after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades, in El Alto, Bolivia, June 20, 2026
Latin America / 21 June 2026
Bolivian government declares state of emergency to crack down on anti-government road blockades
21 June 2026
Rescuers carry a body that they removed from under the rubble of an apartment building following Russia's missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 20, 2026
Eastern Europe / 21 June 2026
Russian strikes kill at least one in Ukraine's second city
21 June 2026

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Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama (centre) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (right) and other dignitaries attend a wreath-laying ceremony to honour victims of the transatlantic slave trade in Accra, Ghana, June 19, 2026
Reparations / 21 June 2026
African and Caribbean leaders urge former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations
21 June 2026
Supporters of Historic Pact coalition presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda attend his campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, June 13, 2026
Latin America / 21 June 2026
Colombian voters to choose next president in run-off election between leftist and far-right candidates
21 June 2026
Rong Chhun, a top adviser to the Nation Power Party and a prominent opposition politician, speaks to supporters outside Cambodia's Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, June 19, 2026
Round-up / 19 June 2026
World in brief: June 19, 2026
19 June 2026
Barber Wissam Srour, 41, holds his daughter's bicycle recovered from his barbershop as he searches for belongings in the rubble of the shop, damaged in an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 19, 2026
Middle East / 19 June 2026
Fears grow for the US-Iran deal as talks postponed over Israeli attacks on Lebanon
19 June 2026
In this photo provided by Yaseen Jajeeb, Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour smiles, June 18, 2026, shortly after his release from a county jail in Indiana, US
Immigration / 19 June 2026
US judge orders release of Palestinian rights activist detained by ICE
19 June 2026
People sit on a driveway ahead of their deportation to Malawia at a temporary centre in Durban, South Africa, June 19, 2026
Human Rights / 19 June 2026
South Africa builds another site to speed up deportations of Malawians
19 June 2026
A recue carried out in the Mediterranean Sea by SOS Mediterranean [Pic: Marcel Beloqui Evardone / SOS Humanity]
Human Rights / 19 June 2026
Humanitarian groups warn of crisis in EU migration policies
19 June 2026
A large banner is seen at a campaign event for a proposed ‘billionaires tax’ in Los Angeles on February 18, 2026
Economy / 19 June 2026
Californian union offers to scale back billionaire tax proposal
19 June 2026
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a media conference in Archamps, France, after a meeting of the G7 in Evian-les-Bains, June 17, 2026
Geopolitics / 19 June 2026
Russia sounds alarm bells over Japanese ‘remilitarisation’
19 June 2026
President Gustavo Petro speaks after voting during the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, May 31, 2026
Latin America / 19 June 2026
Around 100 Colombian guerillas disarm under peace process
19 June 2026
A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 17, 2026
Middle East / 18 June 2026
Iran and US sign agreement aimed at ending Trump and Israel's unprovoked war
18 June 2026
Firefighters extinguish a burning car after a Ukrainian drone attack outside Moscow, June 18, 2026
Round-up / 18 June 2026
World in brief: June 18, 2026
18 June 2026