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June 2

Business and economy

Bloomberg reports that Russia's exports of crude oil have reached their highest level since before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine during 2026, with the country benefiting from the overall rise in oil prices amidst the Iran war fuel crisis.
Source: OilPrice.com external link

Politics and elections

The Philippine House of Representatives votes 265–14 with eight abstentions to expel Cavite 4th district representative Kiko Barzaga over "disruptive" and "disorderly" behavior following two prior suspensions. Barzaga is the third representative in Philippine history to have been expelled.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Disasters and accidents

Seven more bodies are retrieved from the collapsed under-construction building in Angeles, Philippines, raising the death toll to 21.
Source: GMA News external link
Fifteen people are killed and 25 others severely injured after two vehicles collide head-on in the Volta Region, Ghana.
Source: Xinhua external link
Eight people are killed and 16 others injured after a vehicle veers off a mountain road and plunges into a deep ravine in Parwan Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Xinhua external link
Six children are killed and one injured after the roof of a mud house collapses in Shangla District, Pakistan.
Source: Dawn external link

International relations

The Bahraini interior ministry bans its citizens from traveling to Iran or Iraq due to "the ongoing tension in the current security situation."
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli airstrikes are reported in Nabatieh, in other towns of the Nabatieh District, and in the Tyre District, Lebanon, in violation of an ongoing ceasefire.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Lebanon's health ministry updates the toll from yesterday's Israeli airstrike near a hospital in Tyre to at least four people killed and 127 wounded, including 39 health workers.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israel accuses Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire negotiated yesterday by launching drones and missiles.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy coordinates the passage of 24 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz over the past day after they obtained permission.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Explosions are reported in Kyiv, Ukraine, with at least 20 people killed and more than 100 wounded. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported power outages and a fire in the Podil district on a non-residential property and nine-story apartment building.
Source: Reuters external link

June 1

Disasters and accidents

A total of 82,921 people are evacuated across five municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Nine people are injured in Naha and 27 municipalities in the prefecture lose power.
Source: Ryūkyū Shimpō external link
Five employees are killed and two others are injured after an explosion at a Hanwha Group aerospace plant in Daejeon, South Korea.
Source: Reuters external link
A British Army soldier is killed in an accident during a military training exercise in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the UK defence ministry.
Source: BBC News external link
Two people are hospitalized, livestock are killed, and serious property damage is reported after a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in Magħtab, Malta.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran announces a pause on peace talks with the United States, and, alongside the Axis of Resistance, announces plans to "completely block" the Strait of Hormuz and threatens to close the Strait of Mandeb, ruling out any further talks until Israel ends its military operations in Lebanon and Gaza.
Source: CNBC external link
Iranian parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that the U.S. naval blockade of Iran and the Israeli attacks on Lebanon are violations of the Iran–U.S. ceasefire agreement.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Source: Radio Pakistan external link
U.S. president Donald Trump says that ceasefire negotiations are still ongoing, contradicting reports of Iran backing out of talks.
Source: The Hill external link
United States president Donald Trump says that Iran's pause on peace talks does not mean the U.S. will resume airstrikes, but the naval blockade will continue.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will allow ships from Japan to pass the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are the only two countries with the right to "exercise sovereignty" over the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran implemented a new process for controlling maritime traffic in coordination with Oman.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The U.S. Central Command intercepts two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the U.S. military base in Kuwait that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says was used for on attack on Bandar Sirik, Iran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that their naval forces have attacked the Panama-flagged "US-owned" container ship MSC in response to an alleged US attack on an Iranian ship in the Sea of Oman.
Source: ANI News external link
U.S. president Donald Trump says that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back on fighting after holding a call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah.
Source: PBS external link
The U.S. embassy in Beirut confirms that Hezbollah has accepted a proposal by the United States for a “mutual cessation of attacks" after Israel threatened Beirut with strikes on the eve of a fourth round of peace talks.
Source: The Guardian external link
The Lebanese government receives confirmation about Hezbollah’s agreement to a new ceasefire with Israel.
Source: Times of Israel external link
The Iranian military command warns residents of northern Israel to evacuate if the Israeli military strikes the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, in response to an Israeli evacuation order.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Staff Sergeant Adam Tzarfati of Maglan, a sayeret of the IDF's Commando Brigade, is confirmed to be killed in a Hezbollah drone attack in southern Lebanon. Three other soldiers are injured in the attack.
Source: Times of Israel external link
An early-morning bandit attack in Kabba/Bunu, Kogi State, Nigeria, leaves two people dead and five injured, with 30 civilians kidnapped. Twenty-three civilians are later rescued by the Nigerian Army.
Source: Daily Post Nigeria external link
Fifty-eight people are killed in multiple Rapid Support Forces attacks over the past four days in various villages near Bara, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: Dabanga Sudan external link

Health and environment

Youths gather in Nanyuki, Kenya to protest against the establishment of a quarantine center at the Laikipia Air Base for American citizens exposed to the Ebola virus.
Source: AP external link
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises citizens and residents against traveling to South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo amidst the Ebola outbreak in these African countries.
Source: Sudans Post external link
Moderna announces that it will partner with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus.
Source: The Hill external link
Around 200 cases of mpox are reported in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, Sudan.
Source: The Telegraph external link
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that five people who had been in quarantine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Nebraska, after being exposed to the hantavirus on the MV  cruise ship, have returned to their respective home states.
Source: NBC News external link

International relations

The United Kingdom bans co-creator Cenk Uygur and American Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, as well as others, from entering the country, citing security reasons.
Source: The New York Times external link
The French military, with military assistance from a U.K. Royal Navy warship, seizes a Russian shadow fleet tanker in international waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Russia says the "illegal" seizure was "bordering on international piracy".
Source: BBC News external link
The Philippines and Vietnam upgrade bilateral relations to an enhanced strategic partnership during Vietnamese president Tô Lâm's state visit to Manila.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Ethiopians vote to elect the House of Peoples' Representatives amid continued tensions in Tigray and the ongoing Fano insurgency.
Source: AP external link

Business and economy

Oil prices increase by nearly 8% on the announcement of the peace talks ending, with West Texas Intermediate rising to US$94.20 per barrel and Brent Crude to US$97.23 per barrel.
Source: CNBC external link
Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport resumes operations as part of a phased reopening plan following repair, development, and upgrade works. Additionally, the airport resumes operations to Arab and foreign airlines after the airport has been closed since the war started on February 28.
Source: Arab Times Kuwait external link
Canadian hotel operator Blue Diamond Resorts ends its operations in Cuba, citing reduced air service and operational challenges after managing 62 properties on the island.
Source: AFP via Indo Premier external link

Law and crime

Seven people, including the gunman, are killed in spree shootings across Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
Source: Reuters external link
A ban on children under the age of 16 using social media formally enters force in Malaysia. Companies that fail to comply with the new rules could face penalties of up to 10 million ringgit (US$2.5 million).
Source: AP external link
Philippine senator Jinggoy Estrada and former public works secretary Manuel Bonoan surrender to police after an anti-graft court orders their arrest on plunder charges related to an alleged ₱573-million (US$9.3-million) corruption scheme involving flood control projects.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man, is sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 21 years, for murdering 18-year-old University of Southampton student Henry Nowak in Southampton, England, on 3 December 2025. Digwa's mother is also found guilty of assisting an offender by hiding the murder weapon, a knife.
Source: The Guardian external link
One person is killed and another is seriously injured in a shooting at a clinic in Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, Canada. The shooter flees on foot but is later arrested.
Source: BNO News external link
The U.S. state of Florida files a lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AI-chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the chatbot of putting profit over safety. This lawsuit is the first to be filed by a U.S. state against ChatGPT.
Source: NPR external link

May 31

Business and economy

Sri Lanka increases fuel prices by up to six percent as part of economic reforms linked to its International Monetary Fund assistance program, which includes plans to phase out fuel subsidies and achieve cost recovery in the energy sector.
Source: The Hindu external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the collapse of an under construction nine-story building in Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines, on May 24, rises to twelve.
Source: The Philippine Star external link
More than 55 people are killed, including six children, and 74 others are injured in an explosion at a building storing explosives for mining in Namhkam Township, Shan State, Myanmar.
Source: BBC News external link
Five people are killed, at least 19 others are injured and three are reported missing after a suspected shell from World War II explodes under a stilt house in Papua, Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Source: CBS News external link
Five people are killed and another is injured when an illegal mine collapses in Huize County, Yunnan, China.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

Sudan holds an emergency meeting led by Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim after the Federal Ministry of Health reports 308 cases and 77 deaths in West Kordofan from cholera since the outbreak in Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A U.S. official says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to push for a new ceasefire in Lebanon, including an ending of Hezbollah attacks on Israel with Israel refraining from escelation in Beirut in return.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
Israeli forces capture the Beaufort medieval castle in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, during a ground offensive despite a temporary ceasefire.
Source: BBC News external link
Eight people are killed and 19 others are injured in an Israeli strike on Deir ez-Zahrani, Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Hezbollah launches drones and over 50 rockets at Northern Israel despite a temporary ceasefire.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
An Israeli airstrike kills at least two Palestinians at a cafe in Gaza City. ‌
Source: Reuters external link
Two teenage girls are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at a bus stop in Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank. The perpetrator, identified as a Palestinian, is shot dead by Israeli troops.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
reports that the U.S. Central Command has guided 70 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the last three weeks, using routes closer to the Omani coast.
Source: The New York Times external link
At least eight villagers are killed and 15 others were injured after more than a hundred Fulani bandits carried out a shooting in Plateau State
Source: Daily Post external link
Two policemen are killed after unidentified gunmen attacked them on a road in Anambra State.
Source: Daily Post external link
The National Umma Party says that ten people, including eight children, have been killed in a drone strike on two civilian vehicles driving on the Abu Zabad–Al-Fula road in West Kordofan state, Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
An Allied Democratic Forces attack kills at least 19 civilians in the Ruwenzori commune, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Source: in French external link

Politics and elections

The National Salvation Movement's candidate Abelardo de la Espriella wins the election and will face Iván Cepeda from Historic Pact in the runoff on 21 June.
Source: AP external link
President Gustavo Petro announces that it does not recognize the results due to doubts about the computerised vote-counting system.
Source: NBC News external link
Guineans vote to elect 147 members of the National Assembly.
Source: AFP via Free Malaysia Today external link
Preliminary results from yesterday's election revealed that the Labour Party, currently led by incumbent prime minister Robert Abela, won a record fourth consecutive term in government.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

Source: Telegraph India external link

May 30

International relations

Russia recalls its ambassador to Armenia over Armenia's closer relations with the European Union, citing concerns about its commitments within the Eurasian Economic Union.
Source: Reuters external link
India signs a 60 billion rupees (US$629 million) deal to supply BrahMos missiles to Vietnam, which will also include training and logistical support.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Maltese citizens vote to elect the members of the House of Representatives.
Source: AFP with France 24 external link

Sports

In association football, defending champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) win their second Champions League title after defeating Arsenal 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time during the final at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.
Source: CNN external link
Following PSG's Champions League victory, police arrest more than 280 people in Paris, France, following clashes, vandalism, arson, an attempted intrusion into a police station, and disruptions to traffic and public transport during celebrations.
Source: Reuters external link
In basketball, the San Antonio Spurs defeat the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in seven games to win the Western Conference finals and reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, where they will face the New York Knicks.
Source: The Chosun Daily external link

Law and crime

A court in the Turks and Caicos Islands sentences former premier Michael Misick to over four years in prison for corruption, embezzlement, and accepting bribery.
Source: AP external link

Arts and culture

Source: ABS-CBN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

U.S. military aircraft disable The Gambia-flagged bulk carrier and leave it adrift in the Gulf of Oman after it ignored warnings while attempting to reach a port in Iran.
Source: Politico external link
Falling debris from a Fateh-110 missile intercepted by air defenses hit the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, mildly injuring an estimated 5 American servicemen and contractors, and damaging two MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Source: Stars and Stripes external link
Israeli Air Force strikes and artillery shelling are reported near Beaufort Castle as Israeli troops approach the outskirts of Nabatieh, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The United States military carries out a strike on a boat accused of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.
Source: NPR external link
At least eight people are killed during clashes between forces loyal to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and ousted South West State president Abdiaziz Laftagareen after they enter the regional capital Baidoa.
Source: Horseed Media external link

Disasters and accidents

A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan overturns on a highway in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, killing 22 people and injuring 36 others.
Source: AP external link
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a four-story commercial building collapses in Saidul Ajaib, Delhi, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
Four more men trapped in a flooded cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos, are rescued after 10 days, bringing the total number of survivors recovered to five, while search operations continue for two missing persons.
Source: Reuters external link
The driver is killed and 23 people are wounded when a bus crashes in Baranya County, Hungary.
Source: AP external link
A meteor lands off the coast of Massachusetts, United States, causing an explosion and a loud sonic boom. The explosion occurred at 2:11 p.m. local time, causing major disruption. The remnants of the meteor are presumed to be located in Cape Cod Bay.
Source: DW external link

Health and environment

Uganda's health ministry reports two more cases of ebola in Kampala, bringing the total number of cases in the country to nine.
Source: AFP via Channel Africa external link
The MV Hondius cruise ship, which was at center of hantavirus infections including the Andes strain during the outbreak, is cleared to sail again after undergoing cleaning and disinfection.
Source: The Straits Times external link