S Korea launches probe into ballot paper shortages

UN warns acute hunger will worsen in 13 hotspots

Pete Hegseth hails defense progress by NATO allies

Ukraine sets Moscow refinery ablaze in biggest attack in years

Trump, Iran's president sign deal to end Mideast war

Trump says Iran accord to be signed 'shortly', 'maybe' Thursday or Friday

EU chief says Europe, US need to be 'strong partners in AI'

Europe and the United States must work closely together on artificial intelligence, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on June 17, after U.S. authorities forced Anthropic to block access to its latest models over national security concerns.

West Bank unrest deepens as Israel alters Hebron site control

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on June 16 he has stripped Palestinians of administrative authority over one of the West Bank’s most sensitive religious sites, while settlers set fire to a mosque in a nearby village in an escalating pattern of unrest across the occupied territory.

South Korea president urges Trump to help make peace with North

South Korea’s president has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to help him make peace with North Korea, “just as he has resolved the conflict in the Middle East,” Lee Jae Myung’s office said on June 17.

EU lawmakers to approve migrant detention and deportation boost

European lawmakers gave final approval on June 17 to tougher migration rules that will grant authorities broader powers to detain irregular arrivals and allow for the creation of deportation centers outside the bloc.

US not 'pulling away' from allies by cutting NATO commitments: Rutte

NATO chief Mark Rutte said on June 17 that the United States was not stepping back from Europe by announcing cuts to the forces it makes available to the alliance.

Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon despite Trump, G7 push

Leaders of the G7 countries on June 17 called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and said they would move to diversify global energy supply routes to reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, even as Israeli strikes continued despite renewed calls for restraint.

UK PM says Russian warship’s warning shots ‘reckless’ not ‘sinister’

Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots on June 16 near a yacht making a "dangerous approach" in the English Channel, though Britain evaluated that the shots were "not aimed at the vessel".

At least 58 states, territories contaminated by mines: UN

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.

Trump threatens 'dropping bombs' if Iran doesn't 'behave'

US President Donald Trump on June 17 warned Iran he was ready to resume military action if Tehran did not abide by its obligations, two days ahead of the signing of an accord to end the war between the foes.

Putin hosts ASEAN leaders amid G7 pressure on Ukraine war

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.

Greek far-left terror leader returns to prison

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.

Trump claims no regime change goal in Iran

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.