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June 7

Law and crime

The Hellenic Police reports that the Greek Anti-Terrorist Service (DAEEB) and National Intelligence Service have arrested a Palestinian-born alleged Hamas operative who resides in Crete after he allegedly joined the militant group.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
A Palestinian man kills one person and injures five others before being shot and killed by police during a rampage through several towns in Central Israel.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

Armenia begins conducting an election for the National Assembly, the first since the expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in late 2023. Incumbent prime minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a third term in office and the retention of a Civil Contract government.
Source: AP external link
Islanders of Jersey vote to elect 49 seats of the States Assembly.
Source: BBC external link
Kosovo holds its third elections for the Kuvendi in 18 months amid continued political deadlock and the lack of a two-thirds majority to elect a president.
Source: AP external link
Peruvians vote in the second round of presidential elections between Together for Peru candidate Roberto Sánchez and Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

U.S. president Donald Trump says that the United States will seize and destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium, with or without their cooperation.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israeli airstrikes hit a building in Beirut, Lebanon, which it claimed to be Hezbollah infrastructure.
Source: The Guardian external link

June 6

Sports

In tennis, Mirra Andreeva wins her first major title after defeating Maja Chwalińska in the women's singles final in two sets, 6–3, 6–2.
Source: CNN external link
American thoroughbred race horse Golden Tempo wins the 158th Belmont Stakes, five weeks after winning the 152nd Kentucky Derby. Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Cherie DeVaux becomes the second female trainer to train a winner in the third leg of the Triple Crown.
Source: CNBC external link

International relations

Pope Leo XIV begins his six-day apostolic visit to Spain, marking the first papal visit to the country in 15 years.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi visits Tehran to talk with Iranian authorities, including foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, regarding ending the war.
Source: AA external link
United States Central Command forces attack surveillance sites on Iran's Qeshm Island after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at four tankers attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with it.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Bahraini army intercepts three Iranian missiles and several drones launched against Bahrain.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least ten people, including three Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is a brigadier general, are killed by Israeli airstrikes on approximately 150 Hezbollah-linked sites across southern Lebanon over two days, including weapon storage areas, command centers, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli military announces that it is investigating the incident that killed three Lebanese troops.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Hamas meets with mediators and Palestinian factions in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss implementing the first phase of the ceasefire signed in October 2025 and arrangements for the second phase.
Source: AA external link
Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin releases a propaganda video of the 25 April 2026 attacks on Mali against a Malian Army camp and Sevaré airport in Mali's Mopti region.
Source: Africanews external link
A drone strike hits a market in the Abu Zaeima area of Hamrat Al Sheikh in North Kordofan, Sudan, killing 11 people.
Source: Hindustan Times external link

Health and environment

The Directorate General of Health Services reports that three children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours.
Source: BSS News external link
The American physician who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is discharged from the Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany.
Source: The Independent external link

Politics and elections

High school students in Iran hold protests in 20 Iranian provinces over the country's education policies, final exam rules and changes affecting the admission policies of universities.
Source: Iran International external link
Armenia's investigative authority arrests six candidates from the opposition Strong Armenia party a day before the election after the Central Election Commission authorized criminal proceedings against them.
Source: Reuters external link
Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party votes to remove Dawn of Nemunas (NA) from the governing coalition and seeks to replace it with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", following disputes involving NA leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis and coalition policy disagreements.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Lebanon inaugurates its second international airport, the Rene Mouawad Airport, amidst the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the war in the country.
Source: The New Arab external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and two more injured after the collapse of a building caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Province of Fermo, Italy.
Source: Il Messaggero external link

June 5

International relations

The Azerbaijani foreign ministry denies a CNN report claiming that the country allowed Israeli military and Mossad personnel to use southern Azerbaijan to launch attacks on Iran, one of which allegedly killed an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps senior officer.
Source: CNN external link
Rights groups file a case against Equatorial Guinea, demanding that the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights order the Equatoguinean government to immediately stop sending people deported from the United States back to their home countries, saying it violates the deportees' rights.
Source: AP external link
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar says that Israel will open its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, after its new prime minister Janez Janša ordered the Palestine flag at the main government building to be removed within an hour after taking office.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A Malian court sentences a French embassy official to 20 years' imprisonment for undermining state security, and imposes a F.CFA 3.5 million (US$6,225) fine and entry ban. France states that the official was engaged in security cooperation.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The United States Department of State approves the potential sale of five Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters and related equipment to New Zealand's military in a deal valued at US$1.5 billion.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from a fire at a nursing home two days ago in Galpatha, Sri Lanka, rises to 13.
Source: CTV News external link

Science and technology

The United States Department of Energy announces that a nuclear microreactor developed by a private company has reached "criticality" for the first time under a program to develop the U.S. nuclear industry by the second Trump administration.
Source: PBS external link

Law and crime

A Dutch court sentences three men to 47 months' imprisonment for stealing Dacian golden artifacts, including the Helmet of Coțofenești, from the Drents Museum in Assen, Drenthe, in 2025.
Source: AP external link

Health and environment

Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and DIOSynVax reports the first human clinical trial of a AI-designed vaccine for coronaviruses including SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 and potentially Ebola.
Source: AA external link

Business and economy

Hotel operator Archipelago International ends management agreements for six hotels in Cuba, citing compliance with United States sanctions.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Hungary suspends the issuance of work visas for nationals of Armenia, Georgia, and the Philippines, citing plans to regulate non-European Union guest workers and concerns about the impact of foreign labor on domestic employment and wages.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

United States Indo-Pacific Command forces intercept the stateless vessel M/T in the Indian Ocean for allegedly supporting Iran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Mohsen Rezaee, the Iranian military advisor to the Supreme Leader, says that negotiations are in a "deadlock" and that it is up to the United States to end it.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
reports that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, to talk with nuclear experts who might take part in future negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program.
Source: Reuters external link
CNN reports that Israel has deployed commandos, military, and intelligence personnel, to Azerbaijan near its border with Iran during the war and carried out a covert intel mission in doing so.
Source: Times of Israel external link
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri rejects the ceasefire deal with Israel, saying it is not a complete ceasefire and does not require an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon at the same time as Hezbollah.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and prime minister Nawaf Salam criticize Iran for the rejection of the ceasefire deal with Israel, stating that Lebanon should not be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations between the United States and Iran.
Source: AP external link
At least five people, including a paramedic, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israel's Southern Command says that it killed a Palestinian fighter in Gaza who was "planning imminent attacks" on the Israeli military and directing attacks inside Israel.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Five Azerbaijani crew members are killed and three others are injured in an Ukrainian drone attack on two commercial vessels in Taganrog Bay, Rostov Oblast, Russia.
Source: The Moscow Times external link
Russian president Vladimir Putin rejects Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposal for a face-to-face meeting, stating that he sees "no point" and "the only point is for the Ukrainian side to halt the advance of our armed forces".
Source: AP external link
A Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel explodes in the Port of Constanța, Romania.
Source: Reuters external link
Jihadist insurgents attack a Nigerian military base in Mandaragirau, Borno State, Nigeria, killing five soldiers.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

South Korea's election commission chairperson resigns after ballot shortages affect dozens of polling stations during elections, prompting protests.
Source: AFP via UCA News external link

June 4

International relations

China imposes travel bans on New Zealand MPs Ingrid Leary, Laura McClure, Simon O'Connor, and Duncan Webb following a visit to Taiwan, prompting New Zealand's foreign ministry to reaffirm the country's One China policy.
Source: AFP via UCA News external link
The United States House of Representatives passes legislation to provide a new batch of aid to Ukraine and impose new sanctions on ​Russia.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

The Indonesian rupiah falls to its lowest recorded level against the United States dollar, reaching Rp 18,028 per $1 amid rising energy costs and increased demand for foreign currency despite central bank intervention.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Science and technology

North Korea unveils a new facility plant that would produce nuclear weapon fuel.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

The office of Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes says that it will seek new indictments against fake electors involved in attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the state following a denial of an appeal by Mayes that would require prosecutors to send the case back to the grand jury.
Source: The Hill external link

Sports

In tennis, Maja Chwalińska becomes the second qualifier to reach a major final, and the first at the French Open, after defeating Diana Shnaider in the women's singles semifinals. Ranked No. 114, she is also the lowest-ranked finalist at the tournament.
Source: India Today external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Esmail Qaani says that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States depends on the ceasefire in Lebanon, and that there will be "no peace in the region" until Israel fully withdraws beyond the internationally recognized border of Lebanon.
Source: NPR external link
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei declares victory over Israel and the United States.
Source: Euronews external link
Secretary-General of Hezbollah Naim Qassem rejects a ceasefire without an Israeli withdrawal, saying that Hezbollah will fight as long as the occupation and attacks continue, and refuses disarmament.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
French president Emmanuel Macron says that France and the U.S. plan to establish a ceasefire coordination mechanism, and calls on Hezbollah to give up its weapons to the Lebanese military.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least four people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley.
Source: AP external link
An Israeli armored corps officer is killed in southern Lebanon.
Source: AP external link
A Serbian soldier is killed and two others are wounded after the artillery shelling of a UNIFIL base near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon.
Source: RTÉ external link
The Israeli military says that the Israeli Air Force and Israeli Navy have conducted strikes in the Gaza Strip killing four Hamas officials and nine Palestinian civilians, in violation of the current ceasefire.
Source: Times of Israel external link
As clashes in Mogadishu that started yesterday continue, former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire accuses president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of ordering a targeted military assault to eliminate opposition, while defence minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi accuses both former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Khaire of orchestrating a coup attempt to destabilise Somalia.
Source: The New York Times external link
The Fourth Infantry Division of the Sudanese Armed Forces says that the army has repelled a major attack by the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N on the town of Al-Barka in the Blue Nile region in Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Around 350 people have been killed in South Darfur during clashes between the Beni Halba and Salamat tribes over the past five days.
Source: EFE external link

Disasters and accidents

Authorities in Niger confirm that at least 49 people died of dehydration in an isolated part of the Sahara desert near the country's borders with Algeria and Mali, after their truck broke down while returning from Mali and stranded for several days. Only two survive after trekking to Assamakka, Agadez Region.
Source: The Brussels Times external link
Seven people are killed in an unauthorized coal mine blast in Sutatausa, Colombia after a buildup of methane gas inside the shaft.
Source: in Spanish external link
At least four people are killed and over 13 others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, India.
Source: NDTV external link
Four industrial workers were killed and 11 others were injured of various degrees when an explosion ripped through a shipyard along the Canal del Dique in Pasacaballos, Cartagena, Colombia.
Source: in Spanish external link

Politics and elections

A court in Bogotá, Colombia, orders presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella to stop using Colombia's national football jersey as a campaign symbol following a legal challenge filed during the country's presidential runoff campaign.
Source: AFP via RFI external link