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n this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire after Russia's air attack in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 24, 2026
Round-up / 25 June 2026
World in brief: June 25, 2026
25 June 2026
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi places a flower during a memorial demonstration to mark two years since more than 60 people died in anti-government demonstrations that resulted in the storming of the parliament, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2026
East Africa / 25 June 2026
Kenyans mark anniversary of bloody protests
25 June 2026
Hanan Qubaisi inspects her house destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the town of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, June 24, 2026
Middle East / 25 June 2026
Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue despite US-Iran talks
25 June 2026
Ivan Cepeda concedes defeat in the presidential election at a news conference in Bogota, Colombia, June 24, 2026
Latin America / 25 June 2026
Cepeda accepts Colombian presidential election result
25 June 2026
Exterior of Cambodia's Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, June 25, 2026
Southeast Asia / 25 June 2026
Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists
25 June 2026
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
rubio
Latin America attacks / 24 June 2026
Cuba accuses US of dishonesty as Washington increases sanctions
24 June 2026
reform
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
RSF
Sudan / 24 June 2026
Fears grow for civilians as Sudanese paramilitary closes in on key city
24 June 2026
france heat
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
World in Brief
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
china and us
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
Rescue workers use an excavator, as they search for victims under the rubble of a building that was hit Monday in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026
Middle East / 9 June 2026
Israel strains ceasefire with evacuation warning for Lebanese city of Tyre
9 June 2026
World / 9 June 2026
Nuclear weapons spending has soared to a record high, says new report
9 June 2026
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second right) attend a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang, June 8, 2026. Photo: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
East Asia / 9 June 2026
Xi returns to China after visit to North Korea
9 June 2026
Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters blocking a highway in Vinto, Bolivia, June 8, 2026
Bolivia / 9 June 2026
Protesters clash with police during clampdown by Bolivian authorities
9 June 2026
Rescuers inspect a damaged building following an earthquake in General Santos, Philippines, June 9, 2026
Philippines / 9 June 2026
Tens of thousands displaced by Philippine earthquake, at least 37 killed
9 June 2026
Youths carry freshly caught fish from the sea in Havana, Cuba, June 1, 2026
Cuba / 9 June 2026
UN rights chief urges US to lift Cuba sanctions
9 June 2026
Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party leaves after appearing on the balcony of his campaign headquarters following the close of polls in the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, June 7, 2026
World / 8 June 2026
World in brief: June 8, 2026
8 June 2026
A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel during an Iranian missile attack, June 7, 2026
Middle East / 8 June 2026
Iran and Israel trade strikes, threatening return to full-scale war
8 June 2026
A street is decorated with the flags of China and North Korea in Pyongyang, June 8, 2026
North Korea / 8 June 2026
Xi and Kim set for talks in North Korea
8 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 / 8 June 2026
Palestinian groups meet mediators in Cairo over Gaza ceasefire implementation
8 June 2026
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2025
South Africa / 8 June 2026
South Africa’s Ramaphosa acknowledges rising anti-migrant tensions
8 June 2026
Military police patrols after clearing a road blocked by protesters, in Carreras, Bolivia, June 5, 2026
Bolivia / 8 June 2026
Bolivia’s parliament authorises use of troops against protesters
8 June 2026
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks at his Armenia Ruling Civil Contract party headquarters after parliamentary elections in Yerevan, Armenia, June 8, 2026
Armenia / 8 June 2026
Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan claims general election win
8 June 2026
World / 7 June 2026
World in brief for June 8 2026
7 June 2026

Snippets of news from around the globe

BEIRUT
Middle East / 7 June 2026
Israel attacks southern Beirut after killing nine people in Lebanon’s south
7 June 2026
Iran
Iran / 7 June 2026
Pakistani minister visits Tehran to try to revive US-Iranian peace talks
7 June 2026
Sam Fahd Abu Haikal
Middle East / 7 June 2026
Israeli troops kill Palestinian baby after opening fire on car
7 June 2026
St Petersburg
Russia / 7 June 2026
St Petersburg targeted by hundreds of Ukrainian drones
7 June 2026
Raul Castro
Cuba / 7 June 2026
Raul Castro seen celebrating 95th birthday in show of defiance following US murder charges
7 June 2026