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June 23

Health and environment

French sports minister Marina Ferrari reports that at least 20 people have drowned in France while swimming in unsupervised areas over the weekend during a heat wave.
Source: AFP and Reuters via Al Jazeera external link

International relations

South Korea announces that it will accept any North Korean prisoners of war captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia if they choose resettlement in South Korea. South Korea also opposes any repatriation of such prisoners against their wishes.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation reports that the Bangladesh-flagged vessel has cleared through the Strait of Hormuz at 3:00am BST after it was stranded in the region for 4.5 months.
Source: The Business Standard external link

June 22

Disasters and accidents

At least 15 people are killed, including children, and several others are injured in a fire at a commercial building in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: India Today external link

Sports

In association football, Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi overtakes Germany's Miroslav Klose as the FIFA World Cup's all-time top-goalscorer with 18 goals after scoring a brace in a 2–0 win over Austria in the group stage.
Source: NBC News external link
The International Olympic Committee approves revisions to the venue plan for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, including the proposed use of Thialf in the Netherlands for speed skating, as France lacks a suitable venue for the event.
Source: Toronto Star external link
In college baseball, the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels, 13-2, to win the College World Series for the first time since their 1994 season.
Source: Tar Heel Times external link

Science and technology

U.S. vice president JD Vance says that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of its nuclear program following the first round of post-war peace negotiations at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland.
Source: The Washington Post external link

Health and environment

The total amount of cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches past 1,000.
Source: The Hill external link

Law and crime

A South Korean court sentences former justice minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for being involved in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration. Prosecutors state that Park assisted preparations for implementing the measure.
Source: Khmer Times external link
A police officer, a civilian, and the suspect are killed in a mass shooting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Source: The New York Times external link
Three people are killed and twenty others are injured, one of them critically, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Tacloban, Philippines. Two suspects, both students, are arrested.
Source: DZRH external link
A Spanish court sentences former transport minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison for taking bribes in connection with public contracts for face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. His advisor Koldo García is sentenced to 19 years and businessman Víctor de Aldama to four and a half years.
Source: The Guardian external link
A British court finds former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson guilty of all 18 charges, including one count of rape, in relation to two victims who were children at the time of the offense. In a related trial of the facts, the jury found that his wife, Eleanor, had aided and abetted five offenses.
Source: The New York Times external link
Egypt's security forces detain 87 Egyptians and 136 other foreigners over illegal gold mining and smuggling along the Sudanese border.
Source: The Independent external link

Business and economy

The U.S. treasury department lifts sanctions against Iran and authorizes the production, delivery and sale of Iranian oil for 60 days amidst ongoing talks in Switzerland.
Source: The New York Times external link
U.S. crude oil prices fall 2.7% to about $74 per barrel for the first time since early March after treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced a 60-day waiver of sanctions on the purchase of Iranian oil.
Source: NBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Mediators Pakistan and Qatar say that Iran and the United States have agreed to a roadmap aimed at reaching a final deal within 60 days.
Source: BBC News external link
The Indian government confirms that four India-bound fertilizer cargo ships carrying urea, diammonium phosphate, and sulfur have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Reuters external link
Shipping data from Kpler shows that two crude oil tankers carrying 2 ​million barrels of oil have transited through the Strait of Hormuz coming from the east, including one of the vessels showing Basra, Iraq, as its destination.
Source: Reuters external link
Ukrainian deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba says that Russian drone attacks in Ukraine have killed at least five people, including an Egyptian crew member aboard a Panamanian-flagged vessel in the Black Sea and three members of the same family in Sumy Oblast. The attack also damages the vessel and forces its crew to evacuate.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News external link
The United Nations reports that the Tatmadaw's army has killed over 700 Myanmar civilians in six months.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

China imposes export controls on 10 U.S. companies and bars government procurement from 46 others in response to a U.S. blacklist targeting Chinese firms. The measures take effect immediately.
Source: Daily Tribune external link
Australia and Canada sign a A$2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) agreement for the export of Australia's over-the-horizon radar system, the largest defence export deal in Australian history. The system is intended to support long-range surveillance and monitoring in Northern Canada.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Source: BBC News external link
Romania's parliament rejects the proposed government of prime minister-designate Adrian Veștea, which fails to secure the votes required for approval. President Nicușor Dan is expected to begin a new effort to form a government following the collapse of the nomination.
Source: Xinhua external link
Authorities in South Sudan announce that the first general election in the country will be held on December 22, 2026, the first since its independence in 2011.
Source: The Sudan Times external link
Employees of the Czech public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio are on a 24-hour warning strike to protest against the abolition of licence fees and tying of the public media budget to the government budget.
Source: Swissinfo external link

June 21

Health and environment

The last American passenger exits the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, officially ending the quarantine for Americans who were affected by the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship.
Source: The New York Times external link

Disasters and accidents

Thirteen workers are killed and 66 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a gas facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Al Khor, Qatar. The interior ministry attributes the incident to a technical malfunction and continues search operations.
Source: Euronews external link
Three people are killed, five others are injured and multiple people are trapped after three tornadoes touch down near Witchita, Kansas; Dix, Illinois; and Newburgh, Indiana, United States.
Source: WSIL-TV external link
Six people are killed in a house fire in Luxi County, Hunan, China.
Source: Xinhua external link
Six people are killed and 29 people are injured as a bus crashes into a parked truck in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.
Source: The New Indian Express external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The first talks between Iran and the United States since the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum are held at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland. The talks are mediated by Pakistan and Qatar.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
The Tasnim News Agency reports that Iran will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until the ceasefire is implemented in the Lebanon war and waivers are issued for Iranian oil sales.
Source: Reuters external link
Five known ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz, down from 26 ships the previous day, amidst the closure.
Source: Reuters external link
Saudi Arabia reaffirms its call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a UN Security Council meeting on behalf of the Arab Group.
Source: Saudi Gazette external link
The Israeli military and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Zaki Youssef Mahmoud Abu Mustafa, who participated in the kidnapping of 12-year-old Yagil Yaakov during the Nir Oz attack on October 7, 2023. Additionally, he was also accused of training jihadists at the Nasser Hospital.
Source: Ynetnews external link
Three Palestinians, including an eight-year old girl, are killed in drone strikes by Israel in Gaza.
Source: The New Arab external link
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that Israeli troops will not withdraw from the illegally occupied Beaufort Castle, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says that his country will not intervene in the Israel–Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon following calls from U.S. president Donald Trump to do so.
Source: Times of Israel external link
A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hits civilian facilities in Kosti in Sudan's White Nile state, killing one person and injuring 14 others.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link

Sports

In association football, Kevin Pina scores Cape Verde's first-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup in a 2–2 draw against Uruguay in the group stage.
Source: Fox Sports external link
Egypt win their first-ever World Cup match after defeating New Zealand 3–1 in the group stage.
Source: South China Morning Post external link

Politics and elections

Colombians vote in the second round to determine the presidency, choosing between the far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella and the left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda.
Source: AP external link
De la Espriella wins the presidential election, defeating Cepeda by a narrow margin.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
Source: Reuters external link

June 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

Indian shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal says that three Indian oil tankers, the , , and , have safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz and are on their way to India.
Source: Reuters external link
The Iranian military command announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to traffic because of Israel's violations of the Islamabad Memorandum ceasefire in Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warns ships to stay away from the strait.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The United States Central Command says that 55 ships transporting more than 17 million barrels of oil and cargo have crossed the strait and that traffic on the chokepoint increased, rejecting Iran’s claims that the waterway is closed.
Source: Shafaq external link
At least six people are killed in the Gaza Strip, including two children, from Israeli strikes on a residential area.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
An Israeli airstrike kills Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill at least 32 people, including sixteen people in Nabatieh and two soldiers.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon to protect Israel's northern border for as long as it is believed to be necessary.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Sudanese Army says that they have launched drone strikes to foil preparations by Rapid Support Forces to launch new assaults on the North Kordofan capital of El Obeid in Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Two roadside bomb explosions in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, kill at least seven people and injure three others. The second blast occurred as casualties from the first explosion were being transported for medical treatment.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Business and economy

Turkey exports a warship to Romania, a NATO and European Union member country, for the first time in its history.
Source: TRT World external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed in a fire at a single-story pavilion in West London, London, England.
Source: Sky News external link
One person is killed when two freight trains collide and fall off of a bridge in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In association football, FIFA World Cup debutants Curaçao, the smallest nation by population to play at the World Cup, earn their first-ever point at the tournament after drawing 0–0 against Ecuador in the group stage.
Source: The Philippine Star external link
The 1,000th FIFA World Cup match is held at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico, with Japan defeating Tunisia 4–0 in the group stage.
Source: RTÉ external link

Health and environment

The Australian Government confirms the first detection of the avian influenza subtype H5N1 in the country after identifying the virus in a wild seabird in Western Australia. The strain has now been recorded on every continent.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Météo-France places 35 departments, including Paris, under red heat wave alert as high temperatures persist nationwide. Authorities also prohibit public alcohol consumption during Fête de la Musique events in affected areas and implement measures to reduce pressure on emergency services.
Source: Oman Observer external link
A commercial whaling vessel departs from Reykjavík, marking the resumption of Iceland's whale hunt after a two-year suspension. The season proceeds under reduced catch recommendations issued by the country's Marine and Freshwater Research Institute.
Source: New Zealand Herald external link
In a major recovery from climate-related disaster, thousands of flamingo eggs hatched at Lake Tuz in Turkey.
Source: Good News Network external link

Law and crime

A Spanish court orders Begoña Gómez, the wife of prime minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial on corruption-related charges, confiscates her passport, and restricts her international travel pending proceedings.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Source: Reuters external link
Members of Mexico's Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación end a 20-day strike over wages and pensions. The protests included demonstrations and road blockades in Mexico City, some of which targeted areas associated with the FIFA World Cup.
Source: The Manila Times external link