June 5
Disasters and accidents
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.
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AP 
Business and economy
Hotel operator Archipelago International ends management agreements for six hotels in Cuba, citing compliance with United States sanctions.
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The Manila Times
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.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian military advisor to the Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaee, says that negotiations are in a "deadlock" and that it is up to the United States to end it.
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Al Jazeera
United States Indo-Pacific Command forces intercept the stateless vessel M/T in the Indian Ocean for allegedly supporting Iran.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz campaignNaval blockade of Iran
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Times of Israel
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.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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AP
At least five people, including a paramedic, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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The Moscow Times
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Reuters
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".
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AP
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.
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CNN
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.
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AP
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.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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AFP via France 24
June 4
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.
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India Today
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.
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The Brussels Times
At least four people are killed and over 13 others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, India.
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NDTV
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.
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The Hill
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.
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AFP via France 24
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.
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AFP via RFI
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.
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AFP via UCA News
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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NPR
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Euronews
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.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Al Jazeera
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AP
An Israeli armored corps officer is killed in southern Lebanon.
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AP
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.
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Times of Israel
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.
Somali Civil War (2009–present)Constitutional crisis in SomaliaControversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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The New York Times
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.
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Sudan Tribune
Around 350 people have been killed in South Darfur during clashes between the Beni Halba and Salamat tribes over the past five days.
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EFE
Science and technology
North Korea unveils a new facility plant that would produce nuclear weapon fuel.
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AP
June 3
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.
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PBS
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.
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Reuters
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.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Bahraini defense force intercepts three Iranian missiles and multiple drones that it says were targeting "civilian" facilities.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
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AA
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countriesKuwait in the 2026 Iran war
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Reuters
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.
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France 24
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.
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AFP via France 24
Israeli strikes kill at least nine people, including two paramedics, in southern Lebanon, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
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BBC News
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.
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Times of Israel
Allied Democratic Forces fighters kill 16 civilians in a village in the Beni Territory, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Reuters
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.
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Kyiv Post
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.
Somali Civil War (2009–present)Constitutional crisis in SomaliaControversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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Al Jazeera
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Medafrica Times
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.
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The Manila Times
Kuwait Airways resumes flights from Kuwait International Airport after the latest Iranian attack.
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Reuters
Law and crime
Ecuadorian police discover the bodies of eight individuals missing since Sunday in plastic bags near Babahoyo, Los Ríos Province.
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AFP via CBS News
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.
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The Manila Times
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.
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AA
Disasters and accidents
Three people are killed when a Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 crashes into a field in Sourton, Devon, England.
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ASN
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.
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in French
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
The U.S. state of Arizona reports its first death of the Sin Nombre strain of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
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Forbes
Agricultural minister John Steenhuisen announces that South Africa has approved vaccines for bird flu.
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SA News
June 2
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."
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Al Jazeera
Cambodia initiates a compulsory conciliation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to address its maritime boundary dispute with Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Reuters
reports that Hungary will abandon its opposition to Ukraine joining the European Union ahead of the upcoming EU conference in Luxembourg after previously blocking it from doing so under former prime minister Viktor Orbán.
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Politico EU
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.
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OilPrice.com
Law and crime
Protesters clash with police in Southampton, England, as thousands gather to protest against the murder of 18‑year‑old university student Henry Nowak.
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BBC News
The Independent Office for Police Conduct confirms it has launched an investigation into police handling of the incident.
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BBC News
Mozambique reports that five of its nationals were killed during anti-immigration violence in Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, over the weekend.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Seven more bodies are retrieved from the collapsed under-construction building in Angeles, Philippines, raising the death toll to 21.
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GMA News
At least 15 people are injured as Tropical Storm Jangmi brings heavy rainfall, lanslides, floods, and strong winds from Kyushu and the Okinawa Islands to the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan, prompting evacuation advisories for more than 800,000 residents.
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Kyodo News
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The epicenter was located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of Gliwice. The quake was felt across a large area of the Silesian metropolitan area.
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TwojaPogoda.pl
Fifteen people are killed and 25 others severely injured after two vehicles collide head-on in the Volta Region, Ghana.
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Xinhua
Eleven people are killed after a landslide at an illegal mining site in Vatomandry, Madagascar.
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Xinhua
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.
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Xinhua
Seven people are killed while two others are injured when a tricycle is hit by an SUV attempting to overtake a coaster bus in San Juan, Batangas, Philippines.
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The Philippine Star
Six children are killed and one injured after the roof of a mud house collapses in Shangla District, Pakistan.
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Dawn
Health and environment
U.S Secretary of State Rubio says the United States will reengage with GAVI amidst the Ebola outbreak.
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Irish Independent
Politics and elections
Iranian officials and state media announce a three-day funeral plan in the cities of Mashhad, Tehran, and Qom for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the initial phase of the Israeli–US airstrikes on his compound.
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Iran International
Bolivian defense minister Marcelo Salinas and education minister Beatriz García resign amid ongoing anti-government protests, becoming the highest-ranking officials to leave President Rodrigo Paz's administration since the protests began.
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Reuters
Thousands of people gather in Tirana, Albania, to protest against a development planned by Jared Kushner on the Adriatic coast that would intrude on environmentally protected areas of the Vjosa-Narta regions.
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The Independent
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.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Armed conflicts and attacks
The U.S., Bahraini, and Kuwaiti militaries intercept ballistic missiles and drones fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait after a U.S. "self-defense" strike on Iran's Qeshm Island.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on BahrainKuwait in the 2026 Iran war
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The Warzone
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.
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Al Jazeera
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Congress testimony says that Iran has agreed to negotiate aspects of its nuclear program despite pausing peace talks and closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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The Guardian
U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says that ceasefire talks are ongoing, contradicting Iranian media statements.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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CNBC
The Iran-backed militia groups Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Imam Ali Brigades say that they will hand their weapons to the Iraqi government. However, Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba reject an offer and will keep theirs.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warIraq in the 2026 Iran warDisarmament of Iraqi militias
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AP
The U.S. Central Command says that a fighter jet has fired a Hellfire missile to disable the Botswana-flagged oil tanker M/T as it was transiting towards Kharg Island.
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The Hill
Israel accuses Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire negotiated yesterday by launching drones and missiles.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Al Jazeera
Hamas reaffirms that it is ready to hand control of governance of the Gaza Strip.
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Bastille Post
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Middle East Eye
A series of Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, including the cities of Kyiv and Dnipro, kill at least 23 people and injure more than 100 others. Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko reports power outages and a fire in the Podil district on a non-residential property and nine-story apartment building.
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Reuters
Popular Mobilization Forces in Nineveh announce that three Islamic State suspects have been killed during a military operation in the Al-Ba'aj District.
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Shafaq