At least 58 states and territories are contaminated by anti-personnel mines, the U.N. rights chief said on June 16, with heavy civilian casualties in Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin hosts a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in the central Russian city of Kazan from Wednesday, as the West pressures Moscow to end its Ukraine offensive.
Alexandros Giotopoulos, the convicted leader of a far-left Greek militant group, was returned to prison on June 16 after Greece’s Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that had granted him conditional release.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 16 that that he “never cared about regime change” in Iran as an objective of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Tehran, while also arguing that the scale of losses among senior Iranian officials effectively amounted to regime change in practice.
The United States said on June 16 that ships will move toll-free through the Strait of Hormuz under an Iran peace deal signed by President Donald Trump, and insisted Tehran would have to fulfill its commitments before getting any economic benefits.
An Oslo court on June 15 sentenced Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son to four years in prison on two counts of rape and 32 other offences, in a high-profile scandal that has rocked the monarchy.
The future of Israel’s offensive against Lebanon remained a major question mark on June 15, as Israeli officials signaled that any U.S.-Iran agreement would not be binding on Israel, raising doubts about prospects for de-escalation.
Gang violence has killed at least 2,300 people in Haiti this year, while nearly 100 have been kidnapped, the United Nations said on June 15.
The United States and Iran announced a deal to end the Middle East war on all fronts and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, sparking relief on June 15 after months of deadly violence and global economic chaos.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on June 15 announced a forthcoming total ban on social media for children under 16, saying that such platforms are "making children unhappy".
U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday with an extraordinary display of political machismo Sunday, staging a cage fight on the White House lawn hours after announcing a peace deal with Iran.
Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities, setting Kiev's historic Dormition Cathedral on fire and killing nine, while Ukraine strikes claimed three lives south of Moscow.
The United States and Iran agreed to a peace deal and an "immediate and permanent" end to military operations on all fronts including Lebanon, signaling the apparent end to more than three months of war in Middle East.
Greece has inked an agreement to join the EU’s SAFE (Security Action for Europe) defense funding program, European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius announced on June 13.
Syria has been invited as a guest country to attend the G7 summit in France next month, marking its first participation in the forum since its establishment in 1975.
Direct charter flights between Turkish Cyprus and Azerbaijan are expected to begin soon, as preparatory work has made significant progress, Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said on June 13.
