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Flames rise following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 5, 2025
World / 6 June 2025
World in brief: June 6, 2025
6 June 2025
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization approved by Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 6, 2025
Gaza / 6 June 2025
Israeli shelling near aid hubs kill at least 7 Palestinians
6 June 2025
U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the days following D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy in June 1944 during World War II
France / 6 June 2025
D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary
6 June 2025
An explosion is seen after a Russian air strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, June 6, 2025
Russia-Ukraine / 6 June 2025
Russia launches massive air attack on Ukraine
6 June 2025
Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby, arrives at Beijing Capital Airport ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), September 2, 2024
Chad / 6 June 2025
Chad suspends visas to US citizens
6 June 2025
Demonstrators clash with police during protests against President Jose Raul Mulino's government in the Indigenous Embera community of Arimae, Panama, June 5, 2025
Panama / 6 June 2025
Police clampdown on protesters in eastern Panama
6 June 2025
Guatemala / 6 June 2025
UN Rights Committee slams Guatemala for forcing girl who was raped to carry out her pregnancy
6 June 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, June 5, 2025
World / 5 June 2025
World in brief: June 5, 2025
5 June 2025
Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations stand in northern of Gaza Strip during the sunset as seen from southern Israel, June 3, 2025
Gaza / 5 June 2025
Israel recovers the bodies of two hostages as its bombing of Gaza kills at least 43 Palestinians
5 June 2025
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following Russia's drone attack in the Pryluky, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, June 5, 2025. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP
Europe / 5 June 2025
At least five killed in Ukraine by Russian air strike
5 June 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (left) bangs a gavel to signify the start of a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 5, 2025
Nato / 5 June 2025
Nato set to ramp up military spending
5 June 2025
New Zealand lawmakers Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke (top left) Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (bottom left) and Rawiri Waititi (bottom right) watch as other legislators debate their proposed bans in parliament in Wellington, June 5, 2025
New Zealand / 5 June 2025
New Zealand parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed a Maori haka protest
5 June 2025
President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, June 4, 2025, in Washington
United States / 5 June 2025
Trump announces travel ban and restriction on 19 countries
5 June 2025
South Korean lawmakers pass a bill to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law in December, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, June 5, 2025
South Korea / 5 June 2025
South Korea lawmakers pass bill for special probe into former president
5 June 2025
Palestinian woman holds the body of her daughter Mayar Abu Odeh, 8, who was killed in an Israeli military strike on Gaza, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, June 4, 2025
Gaza / 4 June 2025
‘Day after day, Palestinians are being killed in Gaza while simply trying to eat’
4 June 2025

Aid group pauses deliveries in Gaza as Israeli military kills Palestinians near its sites

The
Tariffs / 4 June 2025
US and EU officials wrangle over tariffs
4 June 2025
Elon Musk attends news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington
World / 4 June 2025
World in brief: June 4, 2025
4 June 2025
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a ceremony outside Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
Iran / 4 June 2025
Iran's leader slams US proposal on nuclear programme
4 June 2025
Australia / 4 June 2025
Aboriginal man with disabilities dies in police custody
4 June 2025
South Korean new President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2025
South Korea / 4 June 2025
South Korea's new President vows to restore 'unity'
4 June 2025
One of the three unexploded bombs from the Second World War is fenced off with screens as specialists prepare to defuse them in Cologne, June 3, 2025. Photo: Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP
Germany / 4 June 2025
20,000 evacuated from Cologne as three unexploded US bombs discovered
4 June 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (centre) speaks to the crowd after laying a wreath at the tomb of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025
World / 3 June 2025
World in brief: June 3, 2025
3 June 2025
Palestinians carry bags filled with food and humanitarian aid provided by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization approved by Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025
Gaza / 3 June 2025
At least 27 Palestinians shot dead by Israelis in another aid centre attack
3 June 2025
People and rescuers gather at the scene following a Russian strike on Sumy, Ukraine, June 3, 2025
Russia-Ukraine / 3 June 2025
Russia launches air attack on Ukraine, at least three killed
3 June 2025
Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders talks to the media after pulling his party out of the four-party Dutch coalition in The Hague, Netherlands, June 3, 2025
Netherlands / 3 June 2025
Dutch government collapses as far-right pulls out of coalition
3 June 2025
A general View of a Next store in London
Sri Lanka / 3 June 2025
Sri Lankan garment unions accuse Next of union busting
3 June 2025
Nigeria / 3 June 2025
Rights group calls for probe into Nigerian air strike that killed at least 20
3 June 2025
Police officer and paramilitary soldiers stand guard outside the district Malir prison, from where more than 100 inmates escaped overnight, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 3, 2025
Pakistan / 3 June 2025
Over 100 inmates escape a Pakistani prison
3 June 2025
People gathered in a flooded area after heavy rainfall in the market town of Mokwa, north-central Nigeria, May 31, 2025
World / 2 June 2025
World in brief: June 2, 2025
2 June 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (front) and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (behind) lay flowers at the memorial wall of the fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 30, 2025
War / 2 June 2025
Ukraine and Russia end their latest round of direct peace talks
2 June 2025
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 1, 2025
Gaza / 2 June 2025
Israeli attack on Gaza kills at least 14 Palestinians
2 June 2025
Presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party greets supporters as he arrives at his headquarters after the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025
Europe / 2 June 2025
Right-winger Nawrocki wins Polish presidency
2 June 2025
US flags are displayed together with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw on September 16, 2018, in Beijing
International Trade / 2 June 2025
China hits back at US for undermining trade talks
2 June 2025
A demonstrator holds a sign reading in Spanish ‘Yes to the referendum’ during a strike called by pro-government labor unions in support of reforms proposed by President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, May 28, 2025
Human Rights / 2 June 2025
Global Rights Index reveals crisis for workers and unions
2 June 2025
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, left, arrives to address a pre
South Asia / 2 June 2025
Bangladesh opens trial of deposed ex PM Hasina
2 June 2025
People march during a protest, seven months after the deadly train station tragedy that sparked mass demonstrations against corruption in Belgrade, Serbia, June 1, 2025
Serbia / 2 June 2025
Serbian students rally to mark train station tragedy
2 June 2025
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 1, 2025
Middle East / 1 June 2025
‘Death follows you as long as you’re in Gaza’
1 June 2025

Israeli military accused of killing at least 40 Palestinians near aid distribution site in Rafah

Firefighters with breathing apparatus and a ladder truck work at the Marienkrankenhaus hospital in Hamburg's Hohenfelde district of Hamburg, Germany June 1, 2025
Round-up / 1 June 2025
World in brief: June 1, 2025
1 June 2025
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his speech during 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore, May 31, 2025
Geopolitics / 1 June 2025
China accuses US Defence Secretary of touting a cold war mentality
1 June 2025
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to journalists attending a weeklong seminar at the agency in Vienna, Austria, May 28, 2025
Middle East / 1 June 2025
UN watchdog accuses Iran of being close to producing a nuclear bomb
1 June 2025
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, his wife Lavinia Valbonesi
Latin America / 1 June 2025
Ecuador apologises to plantation workers for modern slavery conditions
1 June 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, right, speaks during a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Damascus, Syria, May 31, 2025
Middle East / 1 June 2025
Syria and Saudi Arabia agree to boost economic links
1 June 2025
Thousands take on the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, to protest against government plans to adopt the euro and to demand a referendum on the issue, May 31, 2025
The Balkans / 1 June 2025
Bulgarians protest government plans to adopt the Euro
1 June 2025
Rescuers search for victims after a natural stones quarry collapsed in Cirebon district , West Java province, Indonesia, Friday, 30, 2025
World / 30 May 2025
World in brief: May 30, 2025
30 May 2025
An Israeli army vehicle moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, May 29, 2025
Gaza / 30 May 2025
Hamas considers new US ceasefire plan for Gaza
30 May 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre) attends the signing ceremony of the ‘Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation,’ in Hong Kong, May 30, 2025
China / 30 May 2025
China forms new global mediation group
30 May 2025
A man walks on a hot summer day in Srinagar, India-controlled Kashmir, July 25, 2024
Climate / 30 May 2025
Half the world endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change
30 May 2025
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, after he was awarded 100,000 euro in damages after winning his libel action against the BBC, May 30, 2025
Ireland / 30 May 2025
Former Sinn Fein leader Adams wins libel suit against the BBC
30 May 2025
Former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila (centre) meets with religious leaders at his Kinyogote residence in M23 controlled Goma, Eastern Congo, May 29, 2025
Central Africa / 30 May 2025
Former Congolese leader Kabila meets religious leaders in militia controlled city
30 May 2025
Syria / 30 May 2025
Islamic State claims attack on Syrian government forces
30 May 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic after being awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky in Belgrade, Serbia, January 17, 2019
Russia-Ukraine / 30 May 2025
Russia accuses ally Serbia of supplying arms to Ukraine
30 May 2025
A view of the West Bank Israeli outpost of Homesh on Thursday, May 29, 2025
Middle East / 29 May 2025
Israel authorises more settlements in West Bank and kills at least 13 people in Gaza
29 May 2025
Cambodian Chief of Army Mao Sophan (left) meets with Thailand Chief of Army General Pana Claewplodtook (right) at a border checkpoint in Surin province, Thailand, May 29, 2025
Round-up / 29 May 2025
World in brief: May 29, 2025
29 May 2025
A father (centre) mourns his children Tamara Martyniuk (8), Stanislav Martyniuk (12), and Roman Martyniuk (17), killed in a Russian strike on Sunday, during farewell ceremony in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, May 28, 2025
War / 29 May 2025
Russia calls for June 2 Ukraine peace talks
29 May 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim US Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, May 28, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
Trade / 29 May 2025
US federal court blocks Trump's sweeping tariffs
29 May 2025
Skulls of people from the Ovaherero and Nama tribes, which were taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for racial experiments, are returned to Namibian tribal leaders during a ceremony in September 2011, in Berlin, Germany
Colonialism / 29 May 2025
Namibia holds first genocide remembrance day
29 May 2025
A university student attends a protest inside Tehran University after a smoke grenade was thrown by anti-riot police, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017
Workers' Rights / 29 May 2025
Truckers' protests in Iran grow
29 May 2025
Maxim Tajer / Creative Commons
Environment / 29 May 2025
Thousands forced to flee wildfires in Canadian province of Manitoba
29 May 2025
Palestinians carry boxes containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organisation approved by Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2025
Gaza / 28 May 2025
600 days of genocide
28 May 2025

MPs and activists demand British government end its complicity in Israel’s assault on Gaza

A protestor demands climate justice in front of the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, ahead of the verdict in the climate lawsuit brought by Peruvian farmer Luciano Lliuya against German energy company RWE, May 28, 2025
World / 28 May 2025
World in brief: May 28, 2025
28 May 2025
A star fish near a beach [Pic: Jakob Owens]
Climate Emergency / 28 May 2025
World leaders to gather in France to tackle global emergency in the oceans
28 May 2025
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republi
Central Africa / 28 May 2025
Rights group accuses M23 militia of possible war crimes in eastern Congo
28 May 2025
David McBride talks to the media before his court appearance in Canberra, Australia on February 14, 2020
Afghan War / 28 May 2025
Australian war crimes whistleblower loses prison sentence appeal
28 May 2025
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Firefighters extinguish fires at the explosion site of a chemical plant in Gaomi, in east China's Shandong Province, May 27, 2025
East Asia / 28 May 2025
Search continues for people missing after China chemical plant blast
28 May 2025
A bunker in Ban Si Sa At, Tambon Beung Malu, Amphoe Kantharalak, Sisaket Province, Thailand, near site of Cambodian-Thai border dispute, July 2011 [Pic:] Pawyilee / Creative Commons]
Southeast Asia / 28 May 2025
Thai and Cambodian soldiers in brief border clash
28 May 2025
A Tesla garage in Littleton, Colorado, June 18, 2023
Round-up / 27 May 2025
World in brief: May 27, 2025
27 May 2025
Palestinians heading to receive food and humanitarian aid packages from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed group approved by Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on May 27, 2025
Gaza / 27 May 2025
Chaos at US agency's aid distribution centres as mercenaries fire on Palestinian crowds
27 May 2025
Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2024
United States / 27 May 2025
US Supreme Court rejects bid to block copper mine on Apache land
27 May 2025
Supporters of former President Evo Morales march demanding that he be declared eligible to run for president again, in La Paz, Bolivia, May 26, 2025
Latin America / 27 May 2025
Morales' supporters vow to block roads until ex-president given permission to stand again
27 May 2025
People fill water containers at a distribution point due to water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, May 25, 2025
Sudan / 27 May 2025
MSF warns of new cholera outbreak in war-torn Sudan
27 May 2025
People use plastic to cover a roof of a house damaged by a Russian strike in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, May 25, 2025
War / 27 May 2025
Russian troops advance in Ukraine as Kremlin blames Europe for ‘sabotaging’ peace
27 May 2025
Greece / 27 May 2025
17 Greek coastguards indicted over Adriana sinking that killed hundreds in 2023
27 May 2025
Palestinians inspect a site used as a shelter for displaced residents that was hit by Israeli military strike, in Gaza City, May 25, 2025
Gaza / 26 May 2025
Hamas agrees to US Gaza ceasefire proposal
26 May 2025
Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, as his wife, Brigitte Macron, looks on, ahead of a luncheon at Van Mieu, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 26, 2025
World / 26 May 2025
World in brief: May 26, 2025
26 May 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, inspects honor guards during the welcoming ceremony ahead of their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 25, 2025
Indonesia / 26 May 2025
Chinese premier in trade talks with Indonesia’s president
26 May 2025
A voter marks her ballot and candidate in legislative and local elections in Caracas, Venezuela, May 25, 2025
Venezuela / 26 May 2025
Maduro's party wins huge victory in Venezuela’s regional polls
26 May 2025
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., May 25, 2025
Russia-Ukraine / 26 May 2025
Putin slammed as 'crazy' by Trump
26 May 2025
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (centre) together with others ASEAN countries leaders attends the plenary session at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025
Malaysia / 26 May 2025
South East Asian nations develop plan to beat Trump's tariffs
26 May 2025
Demonstrators rally in New York's Union Square on the fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd, May 25, 2025
United States / 26 May 2025
Thousands mark the 5th anniversary of George Floyd's murder
26 May 2025
Palestinian children wait in line to collect water in Gaza City, May 24, 2025
Gaza / 25 May 2025
'New phase of genocide' in Gaza, warns Albanese as relentless killing continues
25 May 2025
Supporters of liberal presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski take part in a march one week ahead of a decisive presidential election in Warsaw, Poland on May 25, 2025
World / 25 May 2025
World in brief: May 25, 2025
25 May 2025
Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan delivers an opening speech at the opening ceremony of the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 25, 2025
Association of South-east Asian Nations / 25 May 2025
Malaysia calls for regional unity in face of US trade wars
25 May 2025
A rescue worker extinguish a fire of a house destroyed by a Russian strike in Markhalivka village, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 25, 2025
Russia-Ukraine / 25 May 2025
Russia and Ukraine complete prisoner exchange without pausing hostilities
25 May 2025
People take part in a protest demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 24, 2025
Israel / 25 May 2025
Hostages' families lead huge Tel Aviv and Jerusalem protests against 'Netanyahu's war'
25 May 2025
Italy / 25 May 2025
50,000 shrouds laid in cities across Italy to represent Palestinian dead
25 May 2025
Antigovernment demonstrators march to protest a reform to the social security system in Panama City, May 23, 2025
Panama / 25 May 2025
Call for papal intervention as Panama's repression of mass strikes escalates
25 May 2025
Gaza
Gaza war / 23 May 2025
Israel keeps up aid chokehold and Gaza blitz
23 May 2025

Barely 100 trucks enter as bombs kill another 60

World
World / 23 May 2025
World in Brief
23 May 2025
Iran United States
World / 23 May 2025
Iran and US continue nuclear talks
23 May 2025
Orban and Zelensky
European Union / 23 May 2025
EU to consider stripping Hungary of its vote due to Ukraine conflict
23 May 2025
Ceasefire / 23 May 2025
No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks scheduled
23 May 2025
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
2016 coup attempt / 23 May 2025
Turkey targets 63 members of military over ties to 2016 coup bid
23 May 2025
Mahmoud Khalil
United States / 23 May 2025
Detained Palestinian activist allowed to hold newborn son for the first time
23 May 2025
People wrapped in rainbow flags take part in the LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Rome, Saturday, June 10, 2023
World / 22 May 2025
World in brief: May 22, 2025
22 May 2025
Smoke rises from an Israeli army airstrike south of Khan Younis, Gaza, May 21, 2025
Gaza / 22 May 2025
No let up in Israeli attacks on Gaza, at least 51 Palestinians killed
22 May 2025
Sri Lanka / 22 May 2025
Union slams sudden Sri Lankan factory closure
22 May 2025
President Donald Trump meets South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, May 21, 2025, in Washington
United States / 22 May 2025
Outrage grows over Trump's Oval Office ambush of South Africa's President
22 May 2025
Rescue personnel patrol in flooded waters at homes in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney, Australia, May 22, 2025. Photo: Lindsay Moller/AAP Image via AP
Australia / 22 May 2025
Record floods in Australia leave at least two dead
22 May 2025
Presidential candidate George Simion speaks to media after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025
Romania / 22 May 2025
Romanian court rejects defeated far-right candidates challenge to election result
22 May 2025
Anti-government demonstrators cut down trees to block a road while protesting a law that overhauls the social security agency, in Piriati, Panama, May 20, 2025
Panama / 22 May 2025
Panamanian union leader seeks asylum from Bolivia
22 May 2025
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Gaza / 21 May 2025
‘We are witnessing medieval barbarity’
21 May 2025

Israel continues to pound Gaza as activists call for a public inquiry into Britain’s role

World / 21 May 2025
World in Brief
21 May 2025

Snippets of news from around the world

Malaysia / 21 May 2025
Bangladeshi migrant workers demand thousands in unpaid wages
21 May 2025
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Bolivia / 21 May 2025
Morales banned from presidential election
21 May 2025
George Simion
Romania elections / 21 May 2025
Defeated far right candidate contests presidential poll result
21 May 2025
Germany / 21 May 2025
Authorities arrest five far-right terror group teens
21 May 2025
Nayib Bukele
El Salvador / 21 May 2025
Mother of arrested Salvadorean human rights lawyer demands her release
21 May 2025
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a memorial in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
World / 20 May 2025
World in brief: May 20, 2025
20 May 2025