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June 30

Law and crime

Former Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim, who co-founded the super app Gojek, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption.
Source: BBC News external link
The Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that president Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the 14th Amendment, with chief justice John Roberts writing that citizenship "was the right to have rights."
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung says that all but two Korean vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the waterway amidst the war.
Source: Korea Herald external link
Ukrainian forces launch a major drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia, striking the Dubna Space Communications Center to the north of Moscow. Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in Yegoryevsk, killing an infant, while another drone strike reportedly kills a 61-year-old woman in Tver Oblast.
Source: CNN external link
Somalia's defence ministry says a Turkish F-16 conducted an airstrike in the Godey area of Lower Shabelle region, South West State, killing 35 Al-Shabaab and injuring more than 20 other.
Source: Somali Guardian external link

Politics and elections

The South Korean National Assembly approves the nomination of Han Seong-sook as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Kim Min-seok, as well as the country's first female prime minister in 20 years. The main opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote.
Source: Yonhap News Agency external link
More than 14,000 people participate in rallies organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Metro Manila, Philippines, mainly to support senator and INC member Rodante Marcoleta who is under investigation for plunder. Five people are arrested at the People Power Monument in Quezon City and three police officers are injured.
Source: Xinhua external link

Disasters and accidents

A truck veers off a road in River Nile State, Sudan, and collides with a passenger vehicle, killing 18 people and wounding another.
Source: Xinhua external link
Five people are killed and fifteen others missing after monsoon rains cause a jade mine to collapse in Kachin State, Myanmar.
Source: The Hindu external link

Business and economy

CNBC reports that the Brent Crude oil price declined by 21% during June 2026, its largest monthly decline since March 2020, amidst the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States.
Source: CNBC external link

June 29

International relations

China adds 20 Japanese organizations to a dual-use export blacklist and places 20 others on a watchlist, citing concerns over Japan's military capabilities amid worsening relations between China and Japan.
Source: The Straits Times external link
Australia and Vanuatu sign the Nakamal Agreement, which expands Australian economic support and bars foreign military bases in Vanuatu. Vanuatu also commits to rejecting the militarisation of infrastructure.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five aid workers are killed and four more injured in an ambush against a convoy by unknown gunmen in Duk County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Several civilians are also killed and wounded.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Iran holds its first joint committee meeting with Oman in Muscat to discuss future management of the Strait of Hormuz following a preliminary agreement with the United States to end the war. U.S. officials say shipping can resume freely.
Source: The Straits Times external link
Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says that 12 LPG vessels from India have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz without paying tolls.
Source: United News of India external link
The National News Agency reports that over 40,000 displaced people have returned to Lebanon since the ceasefire.
Source: L'Orient Today external link
Israeli forces hit a tent in central Gaza, killing three Palestinians, including an 8-year old boy.
Source: AP external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have retaken the towns of Sirkum and Mugaja in Sudan's Blue Nile State.
Source: Sudans Post external link
The joint forces allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces recapture the West Darfur town of Kulbus, two years after it was captured by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in October 2024.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data publishes an article accusing the Rapid Support Forces of killing more civilians in Sudan, including in 2025, than other rebel groups.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link
Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar says that Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting alleged Jamaat-ul-Ahrar headquarters, killing 25 militants in border regions and the eastern provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar.
Source: Free Malaysia Today external link
Afghan officials say that over 36 civilians have been killed in overnight strikes by Pakistan, and more than 160 have been injured.
Source: AP external link
Source: India Today external link

Disasters and accidents

Malaysia extends the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people aboard, until June 30, 2027, under a contingent fee agreement with Ocean Infinity.
Source: Reuters external link
Fifteen people are killed and one injured after the collision of a vehicle with a cargo truck in Mamou Region, Guinea.
Source: Xinhua external link

Arts and culture

American film grosses to US$977 million in worldwide box offices, surpassing as the highest-grossing biopic.
Source: The Independent external link

Science and technology

Palaeontologists identify a fossil vertebra collected on James Ross Island in 1985 as the earliest-known dinosaur bone collected in Antarctica, which was identified to be a tail bone from a titanosaur.
Source: BBC external link
WhatsApp announces that it will include usernames and allow users to share their profiles without disclosing their phone numbers.
Source: TechCrunch external link

Law and crime

Six people are killed and several more injured in a mass shooting at a mother-child group home facility in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. Two people are arrested, including the alleged gunman.
Source: DW external link
Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Iermolaiev is critically injured alongside his wife and daughter after the explosion of a parcel bomb at a building in Monaco, in what seems like an assassination attempt.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

South Korea holds joint burial ceremonies in Seoul and Daejeon for the remains of seven soldiers killed in the Korean War, after recovery efforts from 2007 to 2025 and DNA identification with surviving relatives.
Source: Yonhap News Agency external link
The National Office of Electoral Processes confirms the victory of Popular Force's candidate Keiko Fujimori in the presidential election after 22 days of vote counting. Fujimori becomes the first elected female president of Peru.
Source: DW external link

Health and environment

The death toll from the heatwaves across Europe increases to over 1,300 people killed, including 1,000 in France and over 300 in Spain.
Source: The Independent external link
Sudan's health ministry declares a new cholera outbreak, with 117 deaths in the West Kordofan state, four months after declaring an end to an previous outbreak that started in July 2024.
Source: CBC external link

Sports

The International Weightlifting Federation announces that Russian and Belarusian weightlifters can return to competition under their national symbols.
Source: Inside the Games external link

June 28

Armed conflicts and attacks

reports from American officials that Iran and the United States have agreed to halt strikes near the Strait of Hormuz and will hold a Qatar-mediated meeting in Doha on Tuesday.
Source: The Kenya Times external link
Iran cancels its participation in technical talks scheduled for today due to recent strikes against the country and unfulfilled conditions of ⁠the memorandum of understanding ceasefire agreement.
Source: Reuters external link
The Bahraini Army says on X that Bahrain has successfully intercepted and destroyed "a number" of Iranian missiles and drone attacks on the country.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Kuwait's Chief of the General Staff says that his forces have activated air defense systems to intercept missiles and drones.
Source: Times Kuwait external link
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has carried out retaliatory strikes against United States military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, including the Ali Al Salem Air Base and U.S. Fifth Fleet naval base.
Source: The New Region external link
South Korea's ocean ministry says that two more vessels have transited through the Strait of Hormuz, bringing the total amount of ships to do so to 23 after weeks of disruption caused by the war. The ocean ministry also says that only three more South Korean-operated ships are remaining in the Persian Gulf, including the Panama–flagged , which was damaged in a explosion on May 4.
Source: The Korea Herald external link
Source: Kurdistan24 external link
Israel reports that it has killed three Palestinian police officers in a latest violation of the ceasefire.
Source: MENAFN external link
Israel says its military has killed Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, a Hamas naval police commander who ran the Central Camps and took part in the October 7 attacks, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Israel says its military has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, after notifying the United States. Israeli officials state that the 200-metre (660 ft) tunnel contained weapons and rocket launcher shafts.
Source: Reuters external link
Ukrainian forces launch FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at strategic targets in Russia, striking the Titan-Barrikady complex in Volgograd, which produces launchers for Russia's Yars and Iskander missile systems. Authorities say ten people have been wounded in the strikes. A separate missile strike destroys a Pantsir missile system in occupied Crimea.
Source: The Telegraph external link

Sports

In association football, World Cup co-hosts Canada advance to the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time after defeating South Africa 1–0 in the round of 32.
Source: Star News external link

Politics and elections

Chadchart Sittipunt is reelected to a second term as governor of Bangkok, Thailand.
Source: Thai PBS external link
New Caledonians vote to elect 54 seats of Congress for the first time since 2019, after the vote was delayed three times following unrest in 2024 and the Bougival Accord in 2025. Preliminary results indicate the loyalist bloc taking 24 seats and the separatist bloc taking 26 seats, with Oceanian Awakening taking a crossbench position with four seats.
Source: France Info external link
Uganda's military surrounds the offices of Nation Media Group outlets in Kampala after army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba orders the shutdown of the company's newspapers, television station, and radio networks.
Source: The Daily Star external link
The British government announces that it will scrap the 202-year-old Vagrancy Act that criminalizes rough sleeping in England and Wales, saying that a new law will aim at "preventing homelessness" rather than "punishing" it.
Source: The Independent external link

Disasters and accidents

Fourteen people are killed as a helicopter belonging to the Saudi Aramco oil company crashes in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.
Source: CNN external link
Ten passengers and the pilot are killed in a plane crash during a skydiving trip in Tomblaine, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The passengers are identified as five instructors and five students.
Source: CNN external link

Health and environment

France records an additional 1,000 deaths as the country grapples with a severe heat wave.
Source: AP external link
Poland records a provisional national high temperature of 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) in Słubice, Lubusz Voivodeship, exceeding a 1921 record.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

Israel's government unanimously approves recognition of the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman empire as genocide, pending parliamentary ratification.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Five people are killed and a child is injured in car bombing attacks and murders in Tel Aviv, Holon, and Arab-Israeli communities in Israel. The attacks are linked to organized crime or criminal violence.
Source: DPA via Yahoo News external link
Iraqi forces raid the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly arresting at least 47 officials suspected of corruption, including lawmakers and senior government officials. Videos on social media appear to show Iraqi Army tanks entering the diplomatic district. The military also begins arresting officials in Salahuddin, Al Anbar, and Nineveh.
Source: Middle East Eye external link

June 27

Politics and elections

Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić announces his intention to resign within weeks amid anti-corruption protests and will call for early presidential and parliamentary elections.
Source: Reuters external link
Demonstrators rally in central Stockholm, Sweden, including the Odenplan area, against Israeli strikes against Gaza and restrictions on humanitarian aid entering the enclave.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
Australia introduces legislation to increase penalties for social media platforms that fail to enforce its under-16 ban, raising the maximum fine to A$99 million (US$68 million) and expanding regulatory powers to investigate compliance.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
Argentine cabinet chief and government spokesperson Manuel Adorni resigns following weeks of controversy over his wealth.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy and Aerospace Force launch retaliatory strikes against Bahrain and Kuwait, including the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, in response to the U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM's) strikes against Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, which were in response to the attack on the Singapore-flagged container ship in the strait.
Source: Times of Israel external link
The U.S. CENTCOM conducts retaliatory strikes against Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities in response to an attack on the Panama-flagged oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, which carried more than two-million barrels of crude oil.
Source: The Hill external link
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that the Panama-flagged oil tanker had been struck by unknown projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Reuters external link
The South Korean ocean ministry reports that two vessels operated by Korean shipping companies have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded for months during the war.
Source: Yonhap News Agency external link
Hezbollah secretary-general Naim Qassem rejects the framework agreement signed by Israel and Lebanon, which requires Hezbollah to disarm before an Israeli military withdrawal, and accuses the Lebanese government of legitimizing the Israeli occupation.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Lebanese health ministry reports that at least one person was killed and two others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on Nabatieh al-Fawqa, southern Lebanon.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Israeli military confirms that Walid Haniyeh, a Nukhba Force deputy commander and nephew of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Ukraine's Security Service announces that the Ukrainian forces have struck the Vtorovo oil pumping station in Russia's Vladimir Oblast as part of a 40-day campaign by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort at "compelling" Russia to end the war.
Source: Kyiv Independent external link
A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 is destroyed by a Russian Geran kamikaze drone on the ground at an airbase in southern Ukraine, while another MiG-29 is lost during a combat mission over Poltava Oblast, with the pilot successfully ejecting and reaching safety.
Source: Defence Blog external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have recaptured the North Darfur town of Abu Qamra from the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in a joint offensive with allied joint military forces.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) says that the Rapid Support Forces have targeted an aid truck heading to El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Three soldiers and four gunmen are killed in a shootout at a security compound in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Source: Toronto Star external link

Health and environment

Germany records its highest ever temperature of 41.5°C (106.7 F) in Saxony-Anhalt, according to Deutscher Wetterdienst, as an Autobahn highway is closed near Berlin due to the concrete bursting. The Czech Republic records its hottest day on record, with 40.6°C (105 F) recorded in Doksany, and Denmark records a record high temperature of 37.0°C (98.6 F) in Aarhus Municipality, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

The Cottonwood Fire, currently the largest burning in the United States, destroys more than 100 condos and cabins as it spreads across Elk Mountain, Utah. Governor Spencer Cox declares it the "most destructive fire in the state's history" in terms of property loss.
Source: The New York Times external link
Three firefighters are killed and two others are injured when the Snyder Fire grows in size and crosses the Colorado border.
Source: KJCT-CD external link
A mandatory evacuation in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada, is ordered after a wildfire has grown to over 1,600 hectares near the area.
Source: CTV News external link
The confirmed toll of the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela rises to over 1400 people killed.
Source: Reuters external link
The United Nations estimates that the earthquakes caused approximately US$6.7 billion in direct physical damage, equivalent to about 6% of Venezuela's gross domestic product.
Source: AFP via TRT World external link
Five people are confirmed to have died in rain-related incidents in Afghanistan, over the past 48 hours.
Source: Xinhua external link
Governor Andy Beshear declares a state of emergency in the U.S. state of Kentucky after four people have killed by flooding from thunderstorms in Madison and Jackson counties.
Source: AP external link

Sports

In association football, Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi becomes the first male player to score in seven consecutive FIFA World Cup matches (including matches from the previous edition) after scoring in the team's 3–1 win against Jordan in their final group-stage match.
Source: USA Today external link
DR Congo qualifies for the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup for the first time after winning 3–1 over Uzbekistan in their final group-stage match to finish as the best third-place team in the round.
Source: The Guardian external link

Arts and culture

Over 10,000 people gather at the Budapest Pride in Hungary, the first pride march in the city since former prime minister Viktor Orbán was voted out in April. The event occurs following attempts by the Orban government to ban the event and amidst a heat wave in Europe.
Source: Reuters external link