Deported Venezuelans have right to challenge detention
Caracas [Venezuela], June 5: Hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the United States to El Salvador under an 18th-century wartime law must be given the chance...
Trump cannot proceed with gutting US Education Department
New York [US], June 5: A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift a judge's order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out...
US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine], June 5: The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council demand on Wednesday for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and...
Justice Department accuses two Chinese researchers of smuggling
New York [US], June 5: U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be...
Israeli military unleashes strikes on Syria
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 5: The Israeli military said in a statement it struck weapons belonging to the Syrian regime in southern Syria, in a...
China calls on WTO for greater oversight on unilateral tariffs
New York [US], June 5: China's commerce minister has called on the World Trade Organisation to strengthen supervision over unilateral tariffs, and put forward objective...
Judge extends ban on Trump administration canceling COVID school aid
New York [US], June 5: A federal judge in Manhattan has extended an injunction banning the Trump administration from canceling unspent funding to help elementary...
Top Cuban official accuses US of provoking conflict
Havana [Cuba], June 5: A visiting senior Cuban official on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Havana and expressed...
UNICEF spokesman 'shocked' by extent of malnutrition in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], June 5: UNICEF spokesman James Elder, currently in Gaza, has described the "horrors" he witnessed within just 24 hours.
Gaza aid centres shut, access to area prohibited
Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], June 5: Following reports that Israeli forces killed people near a food distribution site in Gaza, all aid centres...
Pro-Palestine protesters in UK call for Israel arms embargo and sanctions
London [UK], June 5: Pro-Palestine campaigners have rallied against Israel's punishing war on Gaza, gathering outside the British Parliament in London and demanding a full...
Russia condemns NATO naval exercise
Moscow [Russia], June 5: Russia on Wednesday criticized a two-week NATO naval exercise in the Baltic Sea as "provocative," one day before it was to...
Taiwan commemorates 1989 Tiananmen anniversary amid China-US war of words
Taipei [Taiwan], June 5: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday commemorated the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, urging democracies to preserve history erased...
Hezbollah chief meets Iran's top diplomat amid Israeli drone activity
Beirut [Lebanon], June 5: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem met on Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, amid heavy Israeli drone activity over Beirut.
Dutch king accepts government's resignation after Wilders withdrawal
The Hague [Netherlands], June 5: Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Dick Schoof, while asking him to remain in office...
Pilgrims arrive in Mina for Day of Al-Tarwiyah
Mecca [Saudi Arabia], June 5: Pilgrims have completed their arrival at Mina, the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah, to observe the Day of Al-Tarwiyah - the beginning...
Ukraine allies pledge continued support
Brussels [Belgium], June 5: Defence ministers from the Ukraine Defence Contact Group pledged further support for Ukraine on Wednesday despite the absence of US Secretary...
No chance for immediate resolution to ongoing Ukraine war, says Trump
Washington [US] / Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], June 5: US President Donald Trump sees no chance for an immediate resolution to the Ukraine war...
Bill Gates to give most of $200 billion fund to Africa
Washington [US], June 4: US billionaire Bill Gates on Tuesday announced that the majority of his philanthropic Gates Foundation's $200 billion (€175 billion) endowment will...
US President remains positive about progress...: White House on Russia-Ukraine war
Washington [US], June 4: US President Donald Trump remains optimistic about the progress being seen amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and urged...
Elon Musk slams Trump's funding bill, calls it 'disgusting abomination'
Washington [US], June 4: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of US President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, describing a major spending bill...
Over 75 per cent of households likely to face extreme weather in...
New Delhi [India], June 4: More than 60 per cent of households and firms have experienced extreme weather in the last five years, and over...
Rubio praises bravery of Chinese people killed in Tiananmen Square
Washington [US], June 4: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday praised the bravery of the Chinese people who were killed in a bloody...
Britain pledges to deliver 100,000 drones to Ukraine
London [UK], June 4: Britain pledged on Wednesday to supply 100,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the current financial year in April 2026,...
Trump administration scraps Biden policy on emergency abortions
Washington [US], June 4: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday rescinded guidance issued during his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden's tenure requiring hospitals to provide...
CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role
Washington [US], June 4: Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that...
Suicide bomber killed in Uganda's capital: Army
Kampala [Uganda], June 4: Two people who the Ugandan army describe as "armed terrorists" have been killed in the capital, Kampala, as the country marks...