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.
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.
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.
Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off Istanbul, unable to leave under maritime rules requiring the vessel to remain manned.
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest level over espionage activities on the negotiation with Iran, U.S. media reported on June 6.
The conflict between Iran and the United States entered its 100th day on June 7, with no clear path toward resolution as negotiations remain deadlocked and the economic repercussions of the crisis continue to reverberate across global markets.
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers, Beirut's military said on June 6, as its chief travelled to Pakistan to meet with a key mediator in efforts to end the Middle East war.
The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war crept into its 100th day on Sunday with no end in sight.
Armenians began voting on June 7 in a parliamentary election set to test Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's tilt to the West, as the country faces threats and allegations of interference from former imperial ruler Russia.
Iran lashed out at the United States on Saturday for refusing visas to some of its World Cup squad support staff as the players were to leave Turkey for Mexico.
Iran fired missiles at U.S. allies Bahrain and Kuwait on June 6, after renewed American strikes against it, drawing a furious response from the Gulf monarchies and further undermining a fragile truce.
New attacks in the Middle East on Friday threatened to unravel an already fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire, even as American officials confirmed that Tehran's football players had received visas for the World Cup.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 185 prisoners of war on Friday, the Russian defense ministry said, in one of the few areas of cooperation between the warring sides.
The head of South Korea's election commission resigned Friday, hours after riot police cleared protesters from a Seoul polling station following a near two-day blockade sparked by a ballot shortage during local elections.
