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Police officers carry the body of a person on a stretcher after a mass shooting at an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 10, 2026

South Africa / 10 June 2026

Multiple attackers kill 12 people and wound 9 in Johannesburg mass shooting

10 June 2026

Afghanistan / 10 June 2026

Pakistan air attacks on Afghanistan kill at least 13 people

10 June 2026

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike at Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 7, 2026

Gaza / 10 June 2026

Israel blocking more than 16,500 Palestinians from health treatment

10 June 2026

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, November 26 2025

East Asia / 10 June 2026

Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over deadly fire that killed 168

10 June 2026

A health worker disinfects an ambulance at the Mongbwalu treatment center that transported a suspected Ebola patient in Mongbwalu, Congo, June 5, 2026

World / 9 June 2026

World in brief: June 9, 2026

9 June 2026

Rescue workers use an excavator, as they search for victims under the rubble of a building that was hit Monday in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026

Middle East / 9 June 2026

Israel strains ceasefire with evacuation warning for Lebanese city of Tyre

9 June 2026

World / 9 June 2026

Nuclear weapons spending has soared to a record high, says new report

9 June 2026

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second right) attend a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang, June 8, 2026. Photo: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

East Asia / 9 June 2026

Xi returns to China after visit to North Korea

9 June 2026

Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters blocking a highway in Vinto, Bolivia, June 8, 2026

Bolivia / 9 June 2026

Protesters clash with police during clampdown by Bolivian authorities

9 June 2026

Rescuers inspect a damaged building following an earthquake in General Santos, Philippines, June 9, 2026

Philippines / 9 June 2026

Tens of thousands displaced by Philippine earthquake, at least 37 killed

9 June 2026

Youths carry freshly caught fish from the sea in Havana, Cuba, June 1, 2026

Cuba / 9 June 2026

UN rights chief urges US to lift Cuba sanctions

9 June 2026

Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party leaves after appearing on the balcony of his campaign headquarters following the close of polls in the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, June 7, 2026

World / 8 June 2026

World in brief: June 8, 2026

8 June 2026

A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel during an Iranian missile attack, June 7, 2026

Middle East / 8 June 2026

Iran and Israel trade strikes, threatening return to full-scale war

8 June 2026

A street is decorated with the flags of China and North Korea in Pyongyang, June 8, 2026

North Korea / 8 June 2026

Xi and Kim set for talks in North Korea

8 June 2026

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike at Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 7, 2026

Gaza / 8 June 2026

Palestinian groups meet mediators in Cairo over Gaza ceasefire implementation

8 June 2026

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2025

South Africa / 8 June 2026

South Africa’s Ramaphosa acknowledges rising anti-migrant tensions

8 June 2026

Military police patrols after clearing a road blocked by protesters, in Carreras, Bolivia, June 5, 2026

Bolivia / 8 June 2026

Bolivia’s parliament authorises use of troops against protesters

8 June 2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks at his Armenia Ruling Civil Contract party headquarters after parliamentary elections in Yerevan, Armenia, June 8, 2026

Armenia / 8 June 2026

Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan claims general election win

8 June 2026

World / 7 June 2026

World in brief for June 8 2026

7 June 2026

Snippets of news from around the globe

BEIRUT

Middle East / 7 June 2026

Israel attacks southern Beirut after killing nine people in Lebanon’s south

7 June 2026

Iran

Iran / 7 June 2026

Pakistani minister visits Tehran to try to revive US-Iranian peace talks

7 June 2026

Sam Fahd Abu Haikal

Middle East / 7 June 2026

Israeli troops kill Palestinian baby after opening fire on car

7 June 2026

St Petersburg

Russia / 7 June 2026

St Petersburg targeted by hundreds of Ukrainian drones

7 June 2026

Raul Castro

Cuba / 7 June 2026

Raul Castro seen celebrating 95th birthday in show of defiance following US murder charges

7 June 2026

Pete Hegseth

United States / 7 June 2026

Hegseth accuses Europe of allowing migrant ‘invasion’

7 June 2026

Law Enforcement Officers use their riot shields to push and hit anti-ICE protestors outside the Delaney Hall detention center on May 30, 2026, in Newark, N.J.

United States / 5 June 2026

Senate approves $70bn Ice Bill

5 June 2026

Lebanese soldiers deploy at a road in front of destroyed houses in Dibbine village, southeast Lebanon, June 5, 2026, a day after Israeli forces withdrew following clashes with Hezbollah fighters

Lebanon / 5 June 2026

Israel strikes southern Lebanon after evacuation warnings to several villages

5 June 2026

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (second left) and Raul Castro's grandson Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro (center back) take part in a rally in support of former President Raul Castro in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, May 22, 2026

Cuba / 5 June 2026

Trump ‘escalates conflict’ in Cuba after fresh sanctions

5 June 2026

People watch a TV screen showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, June 5, 2026

East Asia / 5 June 2026

Chinese leader Xi will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

5 June 2026

Sri Lankan police and judiciary officials inspect a charred elderly care home following an overnight fire in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, June 4, 2026

Sri Lanka / 5 June 2026

Death toll rises after care home blaze

5 June 2026

Seoul mayoral candidate Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party celebrates his victory at his campaign office in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2026

World / 4 June 2026

World in Brief: June 4, 2026

4 June 2026

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by GOP leaders, prepares to talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 3, 2026

United States / 4 June 2026

Trump rebuked as House of Representatives approve war powers resolution to halt war in Iran

4 June 2026

Armored vehicles carrying Somali security forces patrol a street after supporters of opposition political figures and state security forces clashed in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 4, 2026

Somalia / 4 June 2026

Armed clashes erupt in Somalia's capital

4 June 2026

A rescue worker searches for victims under the rubble of a building that was hit Monday in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026

Lebanon / 4 June 2026

Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire deal reached between Israel and the Lebanese government

4 June 2026

The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane August 27, 2023, in Washington

United States / 4 June 2026

US attack on alleged drug boat kills two in eastern Pacific

4 June 2026

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters

United Nations / 4 June 2026

Germany defeated for seat on UN security council

4 June 2026

Photos of former President Raúl Castro and Fidel Castro decorate a front door in Havana, June 3, 2026

Cuba / 4 June 2026

Cuba rejects US accusations of being a state sponsor of terrorism

4 June 2026

Local people attempt to douse a fire at a hotel in New Delhi, India, June 3, 2026

World / 3 June 2026

World in brief: June 3, 2026

3 June 2026

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit Burj al-Shamali village near the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026

Lebanon / 3 June 2026

Israeli forces continue to strike southern Lebanon

3 June 2026

A giant portrait of President Donald Trump looks down from the Justice Department in Washington, June 2, 2026

Middle East / 3 June 2026

Trump confirms row with Netanyahu over Iran peace talks

3 June 2026

A woman who said she was abducted and sexually assaulted by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, before paying a ransom, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, April 25, 2026

Sudan / 3 June 2026

Women raped and ransomed by fighters in Sudan war

3 June 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, June 2, 2026 in Washington

Latin America / 3 June 2026

Brazil’s Lula slams Rubio as an ‘enemy of Latin America’

3 June 2026

A police officer runs after launching tear gas at protesters during an anti-government demonstration in La Paz, Bolivia, May 25, 2026

Bolivia / 3 June 2026

Bolivia ministers resign as protests continue to rage

3 June 2026

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (left) and 80th President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock (right) flank Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, newly elected President of the 81st UN General Assembly, June 2, 2026

United Nations / 3 June 2026

Bangladesh’s foreign minister elected new UN general assembly president

3 June 2026

Acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen talks to the media after her visit to the King at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 23, 2026. Photo: Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP

World / 2 June 2026

World in brief: June 2, 2026

2 June 2026

Rescue workers use an excavator, as they search for victims under the rubble of a building that was hit Monday in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026

Lebanon / 2 June 2026

Israeli drone strikes kill at least 8 in southern Lebanon

2 June 2026

A Kenyan army soldier cocks his weapon as protesters demonstrate against a proposed Ebola quarantine center to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, June 1, 2026

Kenya / 2 June 2026

Kenya's Ruto under fire as protests engulf the country

2 June 2026

Firefighters work on the site of a burning building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2, 2026

Russia-Ukraine / 2 June 2026

Massive Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 11 people

2 June 2026

Police conduct a search operation at a makeshift camp of migrants who want to cross the English Channel to Britain near Dunkirk, northern France, May 27, 2026

Europe / 2 June 2026

Rights groups blast EU over migration overhaul

2 June 2026

(Left to right) Chris Hazzard MP, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill, Sinead Ennis MLA, and Pat Sheehan MLA, during the launch of the party's reform proposals at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, June 1, 2026

Northern Ireland / 2 June 2026

Sinn Fein propose Stormont power sharing shake up

2 June 2026

Australia / 2 June 2026

Australian ex-minister launches crowd-funded inquiry into Aukus submarine deal

2 June 2026

World / 1 June 2026

World in Brief: June 1, 2026

1 June 2026

lebanon

Lebanon / 1 June 2026

Israel orders attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs

1 June 2026

iran

Middle East war / 1 June 2026

US and Iran exchange attacks as negotiations continue

1 June 2026

Sabah Ishtayeh

Middle East / 1 June 2026

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces at an occupied West Bank barrier

1 June 2026

Left-wing conference / 1 June 2026

South African struggle must be “anchored” in working-class leadership, says Conference of the Left

1 June 2026

Ebola

Health crisis / 1 June 2026

UN health chief reports first five Ebola recoveries

1 June 2026

IVAN CEPEDA

Elections / 1 June 2026

Colombia presidential election heads for run-off

1 June 2026

Deposed leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel arrives for a rally in Izmir, Turkey, May 26, 2026

World / 31 May 2026

World in brief: May 31, 2026

31 May 2026

South Africa / 31 May 2026

Left unity essential to address South Africa’s ‘deep structural’ crisis, says Conference of the Left

31 May 2026

A man stands in the water, appearing to fish, as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 27, 2026

Middle East / 31 May 2026

Iran reasserts control over the Strait of Hormuz

31 May 2026

Servicemen of Ukraine's defense intelligence set up drones against Russian in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, May 28, 2026

Russia-Ukraine / 31 May 2026

Ukraine launches fresh strikes on Russian energy sites

31 May 2026

Villagers inspect the damage to Beaufort Castle, 10 kilometers (6 miles) northwest of the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, May 24, 2000

Lebanon / 31 May 2026

Israeli forces claim capture of strategic Lebanese castle

31 May 2026

Mourners take the last look at the body of Jamal Abu Aoun, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, May 30, 2026

Gaza / 31 May 2026

Israeli forces kill at least two Palestinians during new violations of Gaza ceasefire

31 May 2026

Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (centre) arrives in Bunia, Congo, May 30, 2026

Healthcare / 31 May 2026

Ebola spread in the DRC is ‘deeply alarming,’ warn medics

31 May 2026

A protester holds a sign as ICE agents stand guard outside the Delaney Hall detention during a protest against the transfer of detainees, May 26, 2026, in Newark, N.J.

World / 29 May 2026

World in brief: May 29, 2026

29 May 2026

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, May 27, 2026, in Washington

Middle East / 29 May 2026

Tehran denies memorandum of understanding has been reached with the US

29 May 2026

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2026

Gaza / 29 May 2026

Israeli strikes kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza as Netanyahu vows more control of the strip

29 May 2026

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, May 26, 2026

China / 29 May 2026

Chinese foreign minister calls for global governance reform

29 May 2026

Workers offload medical and emergency supplies donated by European Union to support frontline workers in fighting Ebola upon arrival at the national airport in Bunia, Congo, May 28, 2026

Healthcare / 29 May 2026

Africa CDC director-general warns ebola outbreak could spread to 12 countries

29 May 2026

General view of the flag of Mexico

Mexico / 29 May 2026

Mexico’s lower house supports law change to annul elections over foreign interference

29 May 2026

U.S. Marines drive off on a military truck with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) mounted on after they conducted its live-fire training during a media tour at Camp Fuji, in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, May 20, 2026

Japan / 29 May 2026

Top Russian lawmaker warns against Japan’s military expansion

29 May 2026

A destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, May 28, 2026

World / 28 May 2026

World in brief: May 28, 2026

28 May 2026

A woman crosses a street in front of a painting of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2026

Middle East / 28 May 2026

Iran and US trade attacks as ceasefire continues to strain

28 May 2026

Palestinians mourn over the body of Mohammad Odeh, whom Israel says was a leader of Hamas Qassam Brigades, a day after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in Gaza City, May 27, 2026

Gaza / 28 May 2026

Thousands gather for the funeral of Hamas military leader

28 May 2026

India / 28 May 2026

Indian communists arrested during protests against raid on home of Kerala’s former chief minister

28 May 2026

A statue named

France / 28 May 2026

France takes first step to repeal Code Noir slavery laws

28 May 2026

The 3M chemical manufacturer's building is seen in a suburb of Sydney, May 28, 2026

Australia / 28 May 2026

Australia launches billion dollar lawsuit against US based 3M

28 May 2026

Journalists gather outside the headquarters of Spain's ruling Socialist Party as police search the building in Madrid, May 27, 2026

Spain / 28 May 2026

Spanish police search Socialist Party offices in financial probe

28 May 2026

Ghanaian nationals queue with their luggage at O.R. Tambo International Airport as they prepare to board a repatriation flight home following unrest concerns in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 27, 2026

South Africa / 28 May 2026

Ghana welcomes first group fleeing South African anti-immigration protests

28 May 2026

Rescuers descend into a cave in Laos, where five of seven trapped people have been rescued

World / 27 May 2026

World in brief May 28 2026

27 May 2026

Donald Trump in Cabinet today with War Secretary Pete Hegseth

World / 27 May 2026

Trump gathers Cabinet to discuss Iran peace as Israeli aggression continues in Lebanon

27 May 2026

Israeli soldiers occupy a military position overlooking the so-called Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip

World / 27 May 2026

Israel kills alleged Hamas commander in ceasefire-violating bombing raid on Gaza

27 May 2026

Tsipras

World / 27 May 2026

KKE unimpressed with Tsipras’s new party in Greece

27 May 2026