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June 6

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

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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visits Tehran to hold talks with Iranian authorities including Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi regarding Islamabad's efforts to end 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 are killed by Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon, including three Lebanese soldiers, one of them a brigadier general.
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 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 releasee 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

June 5

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

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

Sports

In American football, the National Football League's Chicago Bears vote to advance plans for stadium development in Hammond in northwest Indiana to replace Soldier Field as its home stadium. However, the site of the stadium still remains determined.
Source: AP 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

Armed conflicts and attacks

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
Axios 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
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
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
A Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel explodes in the Port of Constanța, Romania.
Source: Reuters 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
Jihadist insurgents attack a Nigerian military base in Mandaragirau, Borno State, Nigeria, killing five soldiers.
Source: AP 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

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
The U.S. FDA in a statement announces that Target has recalled two types of baby wipes, the and , over contamination concerns.
Source: FDA 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Science and technology

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

June 3

Arts and culture

German filmmaker Wim Wenders withdraws his 1975 film from distribution after actress Nastassja Kinski objected to a nude scene filmed when she was 13 years old, calling for the film to be re-edited.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Ecuadorian police discover the bodies of eight individuals missing since Sunday in plastic bags near Babahoyo, Los Ríos Province.
Source: AFP via CBS News external link
The Belfast Crown Court in Northern Ireland sentences Stephen McCullagh to 31 years' imprisonment for the murder of his pregnant partner, Natalie McNally, after investigators determine that a gaming livestream presented as an alibi was pre-recorded before the killing.
Source: The Manila Times external link

Business and economy

India approves a ₹96 billion (US$1 billion) support package for airlines through interest-free advances to oil companies to help stabilize aviation fuel prices amid rising costs linked to disruptions in global oil supplies.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Kuwait Airways resumes flights from Kuwait International Airport after the latest Iranian attack.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The U.S. House of Representatives votes 215–208 to pass a resolution to limit war powers and halt military operations in Iran following previous failed attempts.
Source: PBS external link
Democratic Party sweeps local elections, but loses the Seoul mayoral race to Oh Se-hoon.
Philippine senators end a gridlock after a quorum allows the election of senator Sherwin Gatchalian as Senate president pro tempore, while senators also reorganize committee leadership.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 21 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a fire at a building in New Delhi, India.
Source: AP external link
Twelve people are killed and eight others are injured in an overnight fire at a nursing home in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka.
Source: AP external link
Three people are killed when a Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 crashes into a field in Sourton, Devon, England.
Source: ASN external link
Local authorities report that more than 60 people are missing after a boat sank on the Aruwimi River the previous day in the Banalia Territory, Tshopo Province, DRC.
Source: in French external link

International relations

Kuwait expels two Iranian diplomats, declaring them , and summons Iran's acting chargé d'affaires to hand him a protest note over the recent attacks.
Source: AA external link

Health and environment

The DRC's public health ministry reports that 344 cases of the Ebola virus have been confirmed across three provinces.
Source: Financial Times external link
The U.S. state of Arizona reports its first death of the Sin Nombre strain of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Source: Forbes external link
Source: SA News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Bahraini defense force intercepts three Iranian missiles and multiple drones that it says were targeting "civilian" facilities.
Source: AA external link
The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military shot down 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones from Iran, during attacks that killed one person and injured 63 at Kuwait International Airport.
Source: Reuters external link
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that "no tangible progress" has been made in the peace talks, though Iran is still in contact with the United States to prevent an attack on Beirut, Lebanon, which would cause "full-scale resumption" of war.
Source: France 24 external link
Amidst a continuation of strikes, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing reaffirms that Operation Epic Fury, the codename for the initial phase of U.S. military operations during the war, has concluded.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Israeli strikes kill at least nine people, including two paramedics, in southern Lebanon, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: BBC News external link
Following a fourth round of peace talks, the governments of Israel and Lebanon reach an agreement to renew the ceasefire if Hezbollah ceases its attacks and both countries will implement pilot zones in security zones across Lebanon where Hezbollah militants would be banned.
Source: Times of Israel external link
Heavy fights erupt with several casualties reported across major routes in Mogadishu after opposition Somali Future Council was attacked by forces loyal to disputed president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, ahead of planned anti-government protests.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Allied Democratic Forces fighters kill 16 civilians in a village in the Beni Territory, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Source: Reuters external link
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukrainian drones have struck an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, amidst the economic forum scheduled to be held in the city and military facilities at a naval base in Kronstadt.
Source: Kyiv Post external link
A cattle raid in the South Sudanese state of Unity State kills 14 people, including four children.
Source: Medafrica Times external link