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Human Rights / 26 June 2026

Refugee rescuers accuse Malta of ignoring 35 refugees stranded in rubber boat in its waters

26 June 2026

Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Middle East / 26 June 2026

UN agency pauses evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz after attack on vessel

26 June 2026

US senator Bernie Sanders addresses the crowd at a campaign event for a proposed

Round-up / 26 June 2026

World in brief: June 26, 2026

26 June 2026

Neighbours carry a man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building the day after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026

Latin America / 26 June 2026

As death toll climbs following earthquake, Labour MP calls on Britain to send emergency relief and return stolen gold

26 June 2026

A person cools off at Trocadero fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave in Paris, Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Climate Crisis / 26 June 2026

French court orders fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies to report environmental risks caused by its oil and gas

26 June 2026

Three boys use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, December 8, 2025

Big Tech / 26 June 2026

Australia to strengthen social media ban for under-16s as evidence shows kids still using platforms

26 June 2026

Rescue workers put out a fire at a building destroyed after a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 26, 2026

Eastern Europe / 26 June 2026

Russia intercepts over 600 drones as Ukraine launches largest attack in four years of war

26 June 2026

n this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire after Russia's air attack in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 24, 2026

Round-up / 25 June 2026

World in brief: June 25, 2026

25 June 2026

Rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2026

Latin America / 25 June 2026

Venezuela reels as huge earthquakes kill at least 164

25 June 2026

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi places a flower during a memorial demonstration to mark two years since more than 60 people died in anti-government demonstrations that resulted in the storming of the parliament, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2026

East Africa / 25 June 2026

Kenyans mark anniversary of bloody protests

25 June 2026

Hanan Qubaisi inspects her house destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the town of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, June 24, 2026

Middle East / 25 June 2026

Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue despite US-Iran talks

25 June 2026

US President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at the opening of the ‘Great American State Fair’ on the National Mall in Washington, June 24, 2026

Global Relations / 25 June 2026

Survey finds global trust in the US has plummeted

25 June 2026

Ivan Cepeda concedes defeat in the presidential election at a news conference in Bogota, Colombia, June 24, 2026

Latin America / 25 June 2026

Cepeda accepts Colombian presidential election result

25 June 2026

Exterior of Cambodia's Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, June 25, 2026

Southeast Asia / 25 June 2026

Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists

25 June 2026

Global news / 24 June 2026

World in Brief, June 24 2026

24 June 2026

Snippets of news from around the world

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Iran nuclear / 24 June 2026

Row escalates over UN role in Iran’s nuclear programme inspection

24 June 2026

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Latin America attacks / 24 June 2026

Cuba accuses US of dishonesty as Washington increases sanctions

24 June 2026

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Far right / 24 June 2026

Nearly a quarter of voters in Europe support far-right parties, new report

24 June 2026

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Human rights / 24 June 2026

UN adopts resolution on justice for crimes against peacekeepers

24 June 2026

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Sudan / 24 June 2026

Fears grow for civilians as Sudanese paramilitary closes in on key city

24 June 2026

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Europe weather / 24 June 2026

France records its hottest day ever

24 June 2026

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Ebola facility / 24 June 2026

Kenya’s health minister orders suspension of construction on US-backed Ebola facility

24 June 2026

Police officers gather at the scene of a gunmen attack in Gari Ya Waye community in the Jos North, Nigeria, March 30, 2026

Round-up / 23 June 2026

World in brief: June 23, 2026

23 June 2026

A man walks past a welcoming billboard featuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (centre) with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari (right) and Shehbaz Sharif along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 23, 2026

Middle East / 23 June 2026

Iran’s president heads to Pakistan as US and Iran works to finalise war ending deal

23 June 2026

Malawian migrants stand in a queue for their deportation at a temporary centre, in Durban, South Africa, June 18, 2026

Deportations / 23 June 2026

South African police tighten security as anti-migrant deadline approaches

23 June 2026

A pan containing gold-bearing sediment and heavy mineral concentrate sits at an artisanal mining site in Dalago Mahas, Sudan's Northern State, May 8, 2026

North Africa / 23 June 2026

Egypt detains hundreds near Sudan border in illegal mining crackdown

23 June 2026

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens as Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a joint news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 30, 2025

Southern Europe / 23 June 2026

Turkey detains 209 in raids ahead of July Nato summit

23 June 2026

People prepare solar panels set up on the street to charge batteries during a power outage in Old Havana, Cuba, June 19, 2026

Latin America / 23 June 2026

Mexico’s president seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba

23 June 2026

Coal [Pic: Nikolay Kovalenko / Creative Commons]

Fossil Fuels / 23 June 2026

Australia’s coal and gas exports violate our human rights, say group in UN case

23 June 2026

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Raghad Hassan Ashour, 16, during her funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital after she was killed by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City, June 22, 2026

Genocide / 23 June 2026

Israeli forces are continuing to target children in Gaza, says UN-backed inquiry

23 June 2026

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (right), Raul Castro (centre), Commander Ramiro Valdes (center left), and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura (left) attend an event marking the 172nd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Jan 2025

Round-up / 22 June 2026

World in brief: June 22, 2026

22 June 2026

US Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two, after the US and Iran held high-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, June 22, 2026

Middle East / 22 June 2026

Marathon US and Iran talks agree roadmap for a final peace deal

22 June 2026

Relatives of Vanisa Anifa, a six-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, attend her burial, in Bunia, Congo, June 19, 2026

Central Africa / 22 June 2026

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo tops 100 with 254 deaths

22 June 2026

Presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda of the ruling Historic Pact coalition embraces his vice-presidential running mate, Aida Quilcue, during an election night appearance after election results showed him trailing in Bogota, Colombia, June 21, 2026

Latin America / 22 June 2026

Capeda cries foul over Colombia presidential vote result

22 June 2026

The US and Chinese flags at the Great Hall of the People prior to the state dinner of US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14, 2026

World / 22 June 2026

China hits back at US sanctions on its tech companies

22 June 2026

Military police clear a highway blocked by anti-government protesters in Llavini, Bolivia, June 21, 2026

Latin America / 22 June 2026

Bolivia clears anti-government roadblocks after emergency decree

22 June 2026

A one-day warning strike by employees of Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio (CRo) over planned changes to the funding of public media, in Prague, Czech Republic, June 22, 2026

Central Europe / 22 June 2026

Czech public broadcasters stage warning strike over plans to change funding

22 June 2026

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Begona Gomez arrive before a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, June 10, 2026

Round-up / 21 June 2026

World in brief: June 21, 2026

21 June 2026

US Vice President JD Vance waits to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during high-level talks to end the Middle East conflict, at the Burgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, Switzerland, June 21, 2026

Middle East / 21 June 2026

US and Iranian officials arrive in Switzerland for peace talks

21 June 2026

Mourners take the last look at the bodies of two Palestinian girls — Zeina Safadi and her sister Lana, who were killed by an Israeli air strike on their home — during their funeral in Gaza city, June 20, 2026

Middle East / 21 June 2026

Israeli strikes kills at least 15 people in Gaza, including two kids and an Al Jazeera cameraman

21 June 2026

Residents walk on a highway after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades, in El Alto, Bolivia, June 20, 2026

Latin America / 21 June 2026

Bolivian government declares state of emergency to crack down on anti-government road blockades

21 June 2026

Rescuers carry a body that they removed from under the rubble of an apartment building following Russia's missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 20, 2026

Eastern Europe / 21 June 2026

Russian strikes kill at least one in Ukraine's second city

21 June 2026

Meanwhile, Poland strips Zelensky of its highest honour over naming of military unit after WWII far-right paramilitaries

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama (centre) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (right) and other dignitaries attend a wreath-laying ceremony to honour victims of the transatlantic slave trade in Accra, Ghana, June 19, 2026

Reparations / 21 June 2026

African and Caribbean leaders urge former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations

21 June 2026

Supporters of Historic Pact coalition presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda attend his campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, June 13, 2026

Latin America / 21 June 2026

Colombian voters to choose next president in run-off election between leftist and far-right candidates

21 June 2026

Rong Chhun, a top adviser to the Nation Power Party and a prominent opposition politician, speaks to supporters outside Cambodia's Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, June 19, 2026

Round-up / 19 June 2026

World in brief: June 19, 2026

19 June 2026

Barber Wissam Srour, 41, holds his daughter's bicycle recovered from his barbershop as he searches for belongings in the rubble of the shop, damaged in an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 19, 2026

Middle East / 19 June 2026

Fears grow for the US-Iran deal as talks postponed over Israeli attacks on Lebanon

19 June 2026

In this photo provided by Yaseen Jajeeb, Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour smiles, June 18, 2026, shortly after his release from a county jail in Indiana, US

Immigration / 19 June 2026

US judge orders release of Palestinian rights activist detained by ICE

19 June 2026

People sit on a driveway ahead of their deportation to Malawia at a temporary centre in Durban, South Africa, June 19, 2026

Human Rights / 19 June 2026

South Africa builds another site to speed up deportations of Malawians

19 June 2026