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Global news / 24 June 2026

World in Brief, June 24 2026

24 June 2026

Snippets of news from around the world

Rafael Grossi

Iran nuclear / 24 June 2026

Row escalates over UN role in Iran’s nuclear programme inspection

24 June 2026

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Latin America attacks / 24 June 2026

Cuba accuses US of dishonesty as Washington increases sanctions

24 June 2026

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Far right / 24 June 2026

Nearly a quarter of voters in Europe support far-right parties, new report

24 June 2026

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Human rights / 24 June 2026

UN adopts resolution on justice for crimes against peacekeepers

24 June 2026

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Sudan / 24 June 2026

Fears grow for civilians as Sudanese paramilitary closes in on key city

24 June 2026

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Europe weather / 24 June 2026

France records its hottest day ever

24 June 2026

KENYA

Ebola facility / 24 June 2026

Kenya’s health minister orders suspension of construction on US-backed Ebola facility

24 June 2026

Police officers gather at the scene of a gunmen attack in Gari Ya Waye community in the Jos North, Nigeria, March 30, 2026

Round-up / 23 June 2026

World in brief: June 23, 2026

23 June 2026

A man walks past a welcoming billboard featuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (centre) with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari (right) and Shehbaz Sharif along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 23, 2026

Middle East / 23 June 2026

Iran’s president heads to Pakistan as US and Iran works to finalise war ending deal

23 June 2026

Malawian migrants stand in a queue for their deportation at a temporary centre, in Durban, South Africa, June 18, 2026

Deportations / 23 June 2026

South African police tighten security as anti-migrant deadline approaches

23 June 2026

A pan containing gold-bearing sediment and heavy mineral concentrate sits at an artisanal mining site in Dalago Mahas, Sudan's Northern State, May 8, 2026

North Africa / 23 June 2026

Egypt detains hundreds near Sudan border in illegal mining crackdown

23 June 2026

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens as Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a joint news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 30, 2025

Southern Europe / 23 June 2026

Turkey detains 209 in raids ahead of July Nato summit

23 June 2026

People prepare solar panels set up on the street to charge batteries during a power outage in Old Havana, Cuba, June 19, 2026

Latin America / 23 June 2026

Mexico’s president seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba

23 June 2026

Coal [Pic: Nikolay Kovalenko / Creative Commons]

Fossil Fuels / 23 June 2026

Australia’s coal and gas exports violate our human rights, say group in UN case

23 June 2026

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Raghad Hassan Ashour, 16, during her funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital after she was killed by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City, June 22, 2026

Genocide / 23 June 2026

Israeli forces are continuing to target children in Gaza, says UN-backed inquiry

23 June 2026

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

Meanwhile, Poland strips Zelensky of its highest honour over naming of military unit after WWII far-right paramilitaries

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

People fill water containers at a free distribution point amid water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, May 18, 2026

World Food Programme / 18 June 2026

UN warns of acute hunger as famine risks rise

18 June 2026

Palestinian children walk between tents at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 20, 2026

Middle East / 18 June 2026

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, Health Ministry says

18 June 2026

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks past flags during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026

Latin America / 18 June 2026

Lula warns Trump not to ‘meddle’ in Brazil’s elections

18 June 2026

Displaced people queue at a deportation site, in Durban, South Africa, June 17, 2026

Human Rights / 18 June 2026

Migrants and police clash in South Africa as thousands processed for deportation

18 June 2026

Ghana's Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, addresses delegates at the opening of the Slavery Reparations Conference in Accra, Ghana, June 17, 2026

Slave Trade / 18 June 2026

Ghana hosts major conference on reparations

18 June 2026

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, front center, walks with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as Guterres arrives to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 16, 2026

Round-up / 17 June 2026

World in brief: June 17, 2026

17 June 2026

In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia Regional Administration, a building burns after a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 16, 2026

Geopolitics / 17 June 2026

G7 leaders pledge more weapons for Ukraine and increased sanctions on Russia

17 June 2026

People returning to their village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, check their destroyed houses in Nabatiyeh town, southern Lebanon, June 16, 2026

Middle East / 17 June 2026

Israel launches fresh attacks on Lebanon despite US-Iran peace moves

17 June 2026

Fish swim near coral on the ocean bed near Shimoni, Kenya, June 13, 2022 [Pic: AP Photo/Brian Inganga]

Climate Crisis / 17 June 2026

African and Commonwealth nations urge implementation of new oceans protection treaty

17 June 2026

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro attends a military ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, June 5, 2026

Latin America / 17 June 2026

Leading economists back Columbia’s structural transformation under Petro

17 June 2026

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo speaks during the Homegoing Celebration of Life for the Reverend Jesse Jackson, March 7, 2026

Central Africa / 17 June 2026

DR Congo opposition blasts new Bill opening way for third term for President Tshisekedi

17 June 2026

Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian politician and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks at a gathering of conservatives, in Mexico City, November 18, 2022

Latin America / 17 June 2026

Top Brazilian court convicts son of ex-president Bolsonaro for coercion

17 June 2026

Kenya's President William Ruto speaks during a joint news conference with Finland's President Alexander Stubb in the Hall of Mirrors of the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, June 10, 2026

Round-up / 16 June 2026

World in brief: June 16, 2026

16 June 2026

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (second right) greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right), as other G7 leaders speak with each other during a working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026

Diplomacy / 16 June 2026

G7 scrambles to put Ukraine back up Trump’s agenda

16 June 2026

Aida Jleilati, who returned to her village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, carries her belongings as she walks on the rubble of her destroyed house in Nabatiyeh town, southern Lebanon, June 16, 2026

Middle East / 16 June 2026

An end to Israel’s occupation of Lebanon is part of peace deal, insists Iran

16 June 2026

A man looks at June 16 iconic image taken by the late Sam Nzima displayed at The Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, in Soweto, South Africa, June 15, 2026

Anniversary / 16 June 2026

South Africa marks 50 years since the Soweto uprising

16 June 2026

Youths carry freshly caught fish from the sea in Havana, Cuba, June 1, 2026

Latin America / 16 June 2026

Cuba spells out the impact of US oil blockade on children’s health

16 June 2026

A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023

Central Asia / 16 June 2026

UN calls on Afghanistan to reverse crackdown on women

16 June 2026

Local residents look at a large crater and heavily damaged residential houses following an overnight Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 15, 2026

Eastern Europe / 16 June 2026

Ukraine starts EU membership talks

16 June 2026

East Africa / 16 June 2026

Uganda opposition leader seized by soldiers

16 June 2026

Rong Chhun, a prominent Cambodian opposition politician, gestures to his supporters after a Supreme Court hearing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 15, 2026

Round-up / 15 June 2026

World in brief: June 15, 2026

15 June 2026

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US and Israeli strikes on February 28, is displayed behind her, Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2026

Middle East / 15 June 2026

Iran and US agree to deal as Israel continues attacks

15 June 2026

A protester throws a flare during a demonstration in Geneva, Switzerland, June 14, 2026

Switzerland / 15 June 2026

Protesters mark start of G7 summit clash with riot police

15 June 2026

A man helps an elderly woman to evacuate from a residential house damaged after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, June 15, 2026

Ukraine Invasion / 15 June 2026

At least 11 killed in overnight strikes on Kiev as heritage site hit

15 June 2026

Residents of Tulkarem refugee camp return to collect their belongings before Israeli occupying forces prepare to demolish 116 homes across the occupied West Bank, May 2, 2025

Palestine / 15 June 2026

West Bank economy heading to collapse under Israeli occupation

15 June 2026

Health workers disinfect themselves after preparing the body of an Ebola victim at Citadelle Clinic in Bunia, Congo, June 12, 2026

Central Africa / 15 June 2026

DR Congo reports record one-day increase in Ebola cases

15 June 2026

Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, June 16, 2022

Monarchy / 15 June 2026

Norwegian Crown Princess’s son sentenced to four years for rape

15 June 2026

News around the world / 14 June 2026

14 June 2026

Snippets of global news

Beirut

Lebanon / 14 June 2026

Israeli military strikes Beirut in run-up to US-Iran peace deal

14 June 2026

Switzerland / 14 June 2026

Swiss voters reject right-wing scheme for 10 million population cap

14 June 2026

Chad

Doctors Without Borders / 14 June 2026

Medics group probe unearths sexual exploitation by its staff in Chad

14 June 2026

anti-racism

Anti-racist demonstration / 14 June 2026

Thousands rally in Belfast to condemn racism

14 June 2026

italy

Italy demonstrations / 14 June 2026

Thousands march in Rome in both anti and pro-immigration protests

14 June 2026

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Pentagon / 14 June 2026

China opposes US listing of top firms as military companies

14 June 2026

Mourners gather to view the caskets of the 16 girls who died in the Utumishi Academy school fire during a memorial service at Gilgil Stadium, Nakuru County, Kenya, June 12, 2026

World / 12 June 2026

World in brief: June 12, 2026

12 June 2026

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, June 11, 2026, in Washington

Middle East / 12 June 2026

Iran and US say text of preliminary peace deal nearly finalised

12 June 2026

China / 12 June 2026

Forum on Global Human Rights Governance opens in Beijing

12 June 2026

Police fire a water cannon towards rioters after they set fire to wheelie bins and removed a garden fence to use as a shield against the water cannon on Antrim Road, at the Sandyknowes roundabout in Newtownabbey, June 10, 2026

Northern Ireland / 12 June 2026

Authorities arrest 19 people over racist violence in Northern Ireland

12 June 2026

Sudan / 12 June 2026

Sudanese paramilitary drone strikes kill at least 15 people

12 June 2026

Palestinians inspect buildings that were destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, at al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, June 12, 2026

Middle East / 12 June 2026

Israel deports French journalist over Gaza and West Bank coverage

12 June 2026

South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2025

South Korea / 12 June 2026

Ousted South Korean President given 30 years prison for drone flights over Pyongyang

12 June 2026

A view of a burnt-out apartment following a fire in the resort town of Magaluf, a tourist area on the Spanish island of Mallorca, June 11, 2026

World / 11 June 2026

World in brief: June 11, 2026

11 June 2026

Protesters set fire to a barricade as police block Antrim Road, at the Sandyknowes roundabout in Newtownabbey, June 10, 2026

Northern Ireland / 11 June 2026

Police blast water cannon during second straight night of racist violence in Belfast

11 June 2026

A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 11, 2026

Middle East / 11 June 2026

Ceasefire ‘meaningless’ as Trump targets Iran and threatens to take over its oil industry

11 June 2026

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters

World / 11 June 2026

One in 70 people worldwide is forcibly displaced, says the UN

11 June 2026

Palestinian students walk on their way home after receiving their year end reports from school, in the West Bank Bedouin hamlets of Khan al-Ahmar, June 10, 2026

West Bank / 11 June 2026

Amnesty accuses Israeli government of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank

11 June 2026

India / 11 June 2026

India summons US envoy over attack on ship carrying Indian sailors

11 June 2026

A view of the construction site of the new U.S. Consulate in Milan, Italy, June 8, 2026

Italy / 11 June 2026

Foreign workers paid less than $2 an hour to build Milan’s new US consulate

11 June 2026

An aerial view of new cars awaiting export to oversea markets is seen at a port in Shanghai, March 10, 2026

World / 10 June 2026

World in brief: June 10, 2026

10 June 2026

Vehicles set on fire by protesters on Lendrick Street in Belfast, as disorder flared in response to Monday night's stabbing attack in the city, June 9, 2026

Northern Ireland / 10 June 2026

Don't use tragedy to fuel hostility

10 June 2026

Knife victim's family calls for calm after night of racist violence

A woman walks past a mural depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier under missile attack in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 8, 2026

Middle East / 10 June 2026

Ceasefire on the brink as US and Iran exchange attacks

10 June 2026

Police officers carry the body of a person on a stretcher after a mass shooting at an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 10, 2026

South Africa / 10 June 2026

Multiple attackers kill 12 people and wound 9 in Johannesburg mass shooting

10 June 2026

Afghanistan / 10 June 2026

Pakistan air attacks on Afghanistan kill at least 13 people

10 June 2026

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike at Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 7, 2026

Gaza / 10 June 2026

Israel blocking more than 16,500 Palestinians from health treatment

10 June 2026

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, November 26 2025

East Asia / 10 June 2026

Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over deadly fire that killed 168

10 June 2026

A health worker disinfects an ambulance at the Mongbwalu treatment center that transported a suspected Ebola patient in Mongbwalu, Congo, June 5, 2026

World / 9 June 2026

World in brief: June 9, 2026

9 June 2026