Iran attacked U.S. bases in Jordan and Bahrain on June 10, the latest salvo in tit-for-tat strikes with the United States after the downing of a U.S. helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.
The world saw the highest number of state conflicts since the Second World War in 2025, a study said on June 9, warning of a surge in attacks targeting civilians.
Several Kenyans were arrested on Tuesday in the latest protests against an Ebola quarantine centre being built for U.S. citizens in a tourist town.
Brazil said on June 9 it was temporarily suspending use of the world's first single-dose dengue vaccine following two suspicious deaths.
Pope Leo XIV called for a global response to the “tragic drama” of migration and said world peace was a “true global imperative” in an unprecedented address to the Spanish parliament on June 8.
French NATO jets stationed in the Baltic states shot down a drone in Latvia, the military and the country’s foreign minister confirmed on June 8.
China's President Xi Jinping hailed an "invincible friendship" with Pyongyang on arrival in North Korea Monday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on June 8, killing at least three people, collapsing buildings, and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.
Israel said on June 8 it had struck targets across Iran, defying U.S. President Donald Trump's call to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's barrage of missiles.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling party has won parliamentary elections, preliminary results showed on June 8, a victory seen as endorsement of the nation's pro-Western shift after threats from Moscow and claims of Russian interference.
Israel's military struck terrorist command centers in Beirut's southern suburbs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on June 7.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has developed a “very specific plan” outlining the next steps toward restarting negotiations on the Cyprus issue, Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on June 7.
Russian drone strikes killed two people in Ukraine, officials said on June 7, as European leaders gathered in London to discuss piling pressure on Moscow over its four-year war.
Germany's unpopular conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on June 6 of a potential "big bang" breakthrough by the far right in two regional elections in September.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will stand if a leadership contest is triggered, a senior minister said yesterday, after media reported Starmer had contacted key backers insisting he would run in any race.
More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid on June 7 for a mass by Pope Leo XIV at which he called for a renewal of the Catholic faith in Spain.
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