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June 8

Disasters and accidents

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake, whose epicenter is located off General Santos, Philippines, strikes Mindanao with damages reported; hitting as far as the provinces of North Sulawesi and North Maluku in Indonesia. Tsunami warnings are issued in two ​countries.
Source: Reuters external link

June 7

International relations

The Public Authority of Civil Aviation files a second protest complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization over Iran's attacks on Kuwait, including the international airport.
Source: Times Kuwait external link

Arts and culture

Bahrain Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa says that the country will prohibit mourning of the former supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the Ashura commemorations.
Source: The National News external link

Business and economy

Iraq and Syria temporarily close their airspace, and the Damascus International Airport suspends its operations, amidst the Iranian strikes on Israel.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Iran closes its airspace in the western part of the country.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israel's Ben Gurion Airport will remain open despite Iranian missile launches at Israel. However, officials say that they are prepared to close the airport if missile fire from Iran or Hezbollah expands.
Source: Ynetnews 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. Vetëvendosje, led by incumbent prime minister Albin Kurti, remains the largest party in the Kuvendi but falls short of a majority government.
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
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung names Han Seong-sook as the new prime minister. If Parliament approves her appointment, she will become the first woman in twenty years to hold the post.
Source: Reuters external link

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 an attack through several towns in central Israel.
Source: AP external link

Sports

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Disasters and accidents

One person is killed, four others are injured and multiple convenience stores and buildings collapse after a M  7.8 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines. Tsunami warnings are issued.
Source: CNN external link
Two people are killed when a Gulfstream G200 private jet crashes at La Romana International Airport in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
Source: The New Zealand Herald external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Source: Arab News PK external link
U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. He also says that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have "no choice" but to accept any deal that the U.S. reaches with Iran.
Source: Financial Times external link
U.S. president 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
The Israeli Air Force intercepts multiple waves of Iranian missiles fired at northern Israel, the first launches at Israel since the ceasefire began in April, targeting the Ramat David Airbase.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Iranian military command says that the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and the Dahieh suburb of Beirut "crossed all red lines" and that there will be a response if they continue.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least two people are killed and 11 are injured by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Israel claimed targeted Hezbollah infrastructure.
Source: The Guardian external link
At least 13 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and al-Mawasi, in Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

June 6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

June 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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