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June 10

Disasters and accidents

A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes during takeoff near Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, killing all personnel on board. The military attributes the crash to a technical fault.
Source: Reuters external link

Science and technology

Chinese scientists discover the largest known whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean, identifying nearly 500 whale skeletons spanning millions of years and documenting deep-sea ecosystems associated with the remains.
Source: The Guardian external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in retaliation for yesterday's strikes by the United States, accusing the U.S. of attacking a water plant and telecommunications mast in Sirik.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Jordanian military says that it has successfully intercepted five missiles from Iran in the Azraq area of the Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, in which Iran said that it has targeted the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. No casualties or material damage is reported.
Source: ANI external link
Kuwait's army general staff says that its army air defense systems intercepted "hostile" aerial targets.
Source: Kuwait Times external link
The United States Central Command launches airstrikes on targets throughout Iran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 12 people and injure 13 across southern Lebanon, including two paramedics.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Two merchant ships operated by Barbados and Panama in Ukraine's Black Sea shipping corridor sustain damage and fire during reported drone attacks near Odesa. No injuries are reported.
Source: Reuters external link
The Pakistani military conducts airstrikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border targeting militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) following cross-border attacks. Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid states that 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed. Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claims the precision strikes targeted and killed 26 militants.
Source: Reuters external link
Three people are killed in an attack on a secondary school and its surrounding community in Kogi State, Nigeria, where security forces repelled the assailants after a shootout and launched operations to locate those who escaped.
Source: Reuters external link
Police use water cannons as anti-migrant rioting continues for a second day in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

An investigatory commission in the Chamber of Representatives proposes to suspend the powers of Colombian president Gustavo Petro until election day on 21 June 2026.
Source: Reuters external link

June 9

Science and technology

NASA announces that its astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will crew the Artemis III mission in late 2027. The mission's goal is to evaluate rendezvous and docking operations with SpaceX's Starship HLS and Blue Origin's Blue Moon spacecraft.
Source: NBC News external link

Business and economy

The United States Energy Information Administration reports that Middle Eastern oil producers have reduced output by more than 11 million barrels per day, due to the Strait of Hormuz closure.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Stellantis has recalled over 1 million Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator models from 2021 to 2025 in the United States over fire concerns.
Source: CBS News external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, increases to 41 people killed, with 479 more injured and four missing. All casualties come from the Davao and Soccsksargen regions.
Source: The Guardian external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members are rescued by an unmanned vessel. In response, the U.S. Central Command launches "self-defense" missile strikes at targets across Iran at 5 p.m. ET, with an American official claiming the helicopter was downed by an Iranian drone.
Source: NBC News external link
Israel issues an evacuation warning for Tyre, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike there killed at least eight civilians and injured 32, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 10 people are killed and 106 others are injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: Kyiv Independent external link
The administration of the Rapid Support Forces in West Darfur accuses the Sudanese Army of destroying the Ardamata bridge in a drone strike in Geneina, Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
A study published by the , using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program at Uppsala University in Sweden, reports that 2025 saw 65 active conflicts, the highest amount of conflicts between states since World War II and the highest amount of fatalities since the Rwandan genocide.
Source: JPR external link

Law and crime

Twelve people are killed in a mass shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Source: BBC News external link
Riots erupt in Belfast and Newtownards, Northern Ireland due to yesterday’s knife attack.
Source: BBC external link
The Sri Lankan High Court sentences former deputy minister Sarana Gunawardena to 16 years' imprisonment after convicting him on corruption charges related to kickbacks from government procurement contracts.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Philippine police arrest former superintendent Rafael Dumlao, who was convicted in the 2016 kidnapping and killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo at Camp Crame and had been evading imprisonment.
Source: The Straits Times external link
Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Blackley, Manchester, England. A 14-year-old student is arrested.
Source: BBC News external link

June 8

Law and crime

A Finnish court sentences former Polarica chief executive Jukka Kristo to two and a half years' imprisonment for human trafficking after finding that dozens of Thai berry pickers were subjected to forced labour and exploitative working conditions in Finland.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
A Sudanese man is arrested by police after attempting to behead a man on a public street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police have declared a "critical incident" in response to the attack.
Source: BBC News external link

Disasters and accidents

A M 7.8 earthquake, whose epicenter is located off Maasim, Sarangani, Philippines, strikes Mindanao, hitting as far as Leyte, the provinces of North Maluku and North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Sabah, Malaysia. At least 35 people are killed while more than 200 others are injured and 12 are missing.
Source: The Philippine Star external link
Tsunamis are recorded in Guam, Palau and parts of Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) cancels its tsunami advisory issued for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; while agencies in Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand lift their respective warnings. The PTWC later confirms that the tsunami threat passes hours following its issuance of the warning for parts of the Pacific.
Source: tsunami.gov external link
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders the suspension of classes in affected areas across Mindanao, coinciding with the country's first day of the new school year.
Source: Nikkei Asia external link
Eight people are killed and six others injured after an explosion at a steel plant in Visakhapatnam, India.
Source: Xinhua external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has agreed to stop the airstrikes on Iran at United States president Donald Trump's request, but an official states that Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon will continue. Netanyahu also warns that Israel will respond if Iran resumes military action.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli Air Force launches strikes against military sites in western and central Iran, making it the first time Israel launched strikes against Iran since the April 7 ceasefire. The strikes come as Iranian state media reported explosions were heard in Isfahan, Kermanshah, Tabriz, and Tehran.
Source: Israel National News external link
The Iranian military says that attacks on Israel will resume if it continues the war against Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches strikes in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate against the Kurdish opposition group headquarters in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Source: AA external link
The Houthis fire two missiles at Israel, one of which was intercepted, and another that did not reach it.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Iran ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali tells the Russian newspaper that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen, but with new conditions set by Iran and Oman, including transit fees.
Source: Reuters external link
Israel Defense Forces confirms that they have killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the central Gaza Strip.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
A U.S.-led coalition consisting of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdom endorses a civilian-led political dialogue for Sudan to end the war under the facilitation of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Union, IGAD, and the United Nations.
Source: Radio Tamazuj external link
Eleven people, including four police officers, are killed and dozens others are injured during clashes between police and supporters of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Police arrest more than 70 JAAC members.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

International relations

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons reports that the world's nine nuclear-armed states increased spending on nuclear weapons by nearly 20% to US$119 billion, the highest annual total on record, in 2025.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Sports

Several members from Iran, Iraq, and Somalia, along with international sports delegations including referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, are denied visas and blocked from entering the United States for the FIFA World Cup.
Source: The Guardian external link

Politics and elections

Preliminary results from yesterday's election reveal that the governing Civil Contract party won 49.8% of votes, translating to a parliamentary majority, but falling short of the two-thirds majority required to call a constitutional referendum for a peace deal with Azerbaijan and the restart of border trade with Turkey. Opposition alliances Strong Armenia and Armenia Alliance entered parliament after winning 23.2% and 9.9% of the vote ​respectively. A fourth party, Prosperous Armenia, narrowly missed entering parliament after a later tally of electronic votes.
Source: Reuters external link
Declared results indicate that Reform Jersey leader Sam Mézec will not be re-elected to the States Assembly after placing tenth in the senatorial race.
Source: BBC News external link
The government of West Bengal, India, deports nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals and detains hundreds more as part of a campaign targeting undocumented migrants following the state's recent election.
Source: Daily Tribune external link
Source: CTV external link

Health and environment

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records the country's second-warmest spring since records began, while drought conditions affect more than half of the contiguous states despite above-average precipitation in some regions.
Source: AFP via Terra Daily external link
Brazil's health ministry suspends administration of its single-dose dengue vaccine after two deaths and another severe adverse event among more than 500,000 recipients prompt a safety review, although no causal link has been established.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Business and economy

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reopens Iraq's airspace after Iran announced that it was halting attacks against Israel. Additionally, Syria reopens its airspace, including resuming operations at the Damascus International Airport.
Source: Arabian Business external link
Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport resumes operations after suspending incoming flights following recent military exchanges between Iran and Israel.
Source: Arab News external link
Source: AA external link

June 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least two people are killed and 11 are injured by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Israel claimed targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: The Guardian external link
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 threatens 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 13 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and al-Mawasi, in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: Al Jazeera 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 Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori and Together for Peru candidate Roberto Sánchez.
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

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-one people are killed and 19 others injured after a bus overturned and caught fire near Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are killed after a van collided with a truck in Sichuan Province, China.
Source: Xinhua 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
Buildings are seriously damaged and landslides occur after two M  5.1 and M  4.9 earthquakes strike Euboea, Greece.
Source: Skai external link

Sports

Source: The New York Times 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

Arts and culture

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

International relations

Kuwait's civil aviation authority files a second protest complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization over Iran's attacks on the country, including the international airport.
Source: Times Kuwait external link

Law and crime

Greek police reports that the Anti-Terrorist Service 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