Polluter-paid climate damages up for council vote
Sydney [Australia], June 24: Sick of floods, storms and other climate extremes eating into council budgets, local governments are seeking fossil fuel-funded compensation.
UN inquiry finds Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], June 24: Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children , resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in...
US Senate votes to halt Iran war in latest rebuke of Trump
New York [US], June 24: The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest...
Trump allies defend him to Israelis anxious over Iran deal
New York [US], June 24: American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a U.S. interim deal...
NATO is preparing for war against Russia, says Putin
Moscow [Russia], June 24: The West, fronted by NATO, is actively preparing for war against Russia, President Vladimir Putin told hundreds of his country's newest...
More killed as Israel says it targets fighters near Nabatiyeh
Beirut [Lebanon], June 24: Two people were killed and another was wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa...
Eiffel, Louvre shut doors as France swelters in historic heat
Paris [France], June 24: The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris closed early for visitors on Tuesday in response to France's historic heatwave, as...
EU hosts Taliban officials in Brussels for first time since takeover
Brussels [Belgium], June 24: The European Commission hosted Taliban representatives in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time since the group's return to power in...
Jordan resumes executions after nearly a decade with six hangings
Cairo [Egypt], June 24: Jordan has executed six convicted criminals for the first time in nearly a decade, Human Rights Watch reported on Tuesday. "Carrying...
Poland-Ukraine history row escalates
Kiev [Ukraine] / Warsaw [Poland], June 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not expected to travel to a reconstruction conference in the Polish port city...
Iran to hold Khamenei burial on July 9, four months after death
Tehran [Iran], June 24: The funeral of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on February 28, will take...
UN maritime agency to evacuate 11,000 seafarers from Middle East
London [UK], June 24: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will evacuate thousands of sailors from the Middle East following the agreement between the United States...
Protests erupt after two young Palestinians shot dead in West Bank
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 24: Protests erupted in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that two Palestinian males aged...
Starmer resigns as UK prime minister, Andy Burnham poised to take over
London [UK], June 24: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he will resign as prime minister less than two years after coming to power.
US eases sanctions on Iranian oil after 'productive' talks
Washington [US], June 24: The United States Treasury on Monday announced the temporary easing of sanctions on Iranian oil up to August 21 following talks...
Music icon Clive Davis dies at 92
New York [US], June 23: Clive Davis' final public appearance was just weeks before his death.
Ethiopian PM's party gets big parliamentary majority
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 23: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won another large parliamentary majority in this month's elections, results released by the...
Spain swelters in first official heatwave of 2026
Madrid [Spain], June 23: Tourists and locals in Madrid struggled to cope with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as first...
Syria has made no progress on Sweida reintegration plan, UN says
Damascus [Syria], June 23: A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year...
Youths reach breaking point before seeking counselling
New York [US], June 23: Crisis interventions for young people seeking counselling have more than tripled in recent years with kids still worried about the...
Ukraine may recalibrate its offer of ceasefire with Russia, envoy tells UN
Kiev [Ukraine], June 23: Ukraine may revise its offer to Russia of a ceasefire along the de facto frontline if the United Nations Security Council...
North Korea's Kim says country will exercise its position as nuclear state,...
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 23: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said exercising the country's position as a nuclear state is the only way to...
Ukraine's Kyiv issues air raid alert, authorities ask people to seek shelter
Kiev [Ukraine], June 23: Ukraine's capital Kyiv issued an air raid alert authorities in a Telegram post asked people to seek shelter in the early...
All US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship return to home states
New York [US], June 23: The University of Nebraska Medical Center said on Monday all 18 U.S.-resident passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV cruise ship have...
Starmer 'will resign' as he failed on energy, migration: Trump
London [UK], June 23: US President Donald Trump has said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will resign, in a social media post accusing Starmer of...
Four killed as Ukraine targets fuel depot in Russian-occupied Crimea
Moscow [Russia], June 23: At least four people have been killed in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, authorities reported on Sunday, as...
Hungary's new PM Magyar plans anti-corruption drive, new constitution
Budapest [Hungary], June 23: Hungary's new Prime Minister Peter Magyar has announced a shake-up of the top ranks of state institutions, a crackdown on corruption...