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Landslide in Sarangani

• A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines, leaving at least 37 people dead (landslide pictured).
• In Albania, the Flamingo Revolution erupts against a proposed tourism development project on the environmentally protected island of Sazan.
• In Myanmar, an explosion at a Ta'ang National Liberation Army base leaves 43 people dead.
• In Twenty20 cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Gujarat Titans in the final.

Ongoing:

• Ebola epidemic
• Iran war (Lebanon war)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Daniel Costelle
• Kanya King
• Alex Younger
• Chung King-fai
• Tomi Reichental
• Anthony Head

June 9, 2026 (2026-06-09) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least 10 people are killed and 106 others are injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Mindanao earthquake
  • The death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, increases to 41 people killed, with 479 more injured and four missing. All casualties come from the Davao and Soccsksargen regions. (AFP via RFI) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo
  • Philippine police arrest former superintendent Rafael Dumlao, who was convicted in the 2016 kidnapping and killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo at Camp Crame and had been evading imprisonment. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Blackley, Manchester, England. A 14-year-old student is arrested. (BBC News)

June 8, 2026 (2026-06-08) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has agreed to stop the airstrikes on Iran at United States president Donald Trump's request, but an official states that Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon will continue. Netanyahu also warns that Israel will respond if Iran resumes military action. (AFP via Dawn) (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
      • The Israeli Air Force launches strikes against military sites in western and central Iran, making it the first time Israel launched strikes against Iran since the April 7 ceasefire. The strikes come as Iranian state media reported explosions were heard in Isfahan, Kermanshah, Tabriz, and Tehran. (The Jerusalem Post) (Israel National News)
      • The Iranian military says that attacks on Israel will resume if it continues the war against Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
      • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches strikes in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate against the Kurdish opposition group headquarters in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. (AA)
    • 2026 Houthi strikes on Israel
      • The Houthis fire two missiles at Israel, one of which was intercepted, and another that did not reach it. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Iran ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali tells the Russian newspaper Izvestia that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen, but with new conditions set by Iran and Oman, including transit fees. (Reuters)
  • Gaza war
    • Israel Defense Forces confirms that they have killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the central Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Sudanese civil war
  • A U.S.-led coalition consisting of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdom endorses a civilian-led political dialogue for Sudan to end the war under the facilitation of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Union, IGAD, and the United Nations. (Capital FM Kenya) (Radio Tamazuj)
• Kashmir conflict, Protests in Pakistan
  • Eleven people, including four police officers, are killed and dozens others are injured during clashes between police and supporters of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Police arrest more than 70 JAAC members. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reopens Iraq's airspace after Iran announced that it was halting attacks against Israel. Additionally, Syria reopens its airspace, including resuming operations at the Damascus International Airport. (Middle East Eye) (Arabian Business)
  • Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport resumes operations after suspending incoming flights following recent military exchanges between Iran and Israel. (AFP via Arab News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Mindanao earthquake
  • A M_w 7.8 earthquake, whose epicenter is located off Maasim, Sarangani, Philippines, strikes Mindanao, hitting as far as Leyte, the provinces of North Maluku and North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Sabah, Malaysia. At least 35 people are killed while more than 200 others are injured and 12 are missing. (AP and AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) (The Guardian) (Malay Mail) (The Philippine Star)
  • Tsunamis are recorded in Guam, Palau and parts of Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) cancels its tsunami advisory issued for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; while agencies in Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand lift their respective warnings. The PTWC later confirms that the tsunami threat passes hours following its issuance of the warning for parts of the Pacific. (BBC News) (NHK) (The Straits Times) (RNZ) (tsunami.gov)
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders the suspension of classes in affected areas across Mindanao, coinciding with the country's first day of the new school year. (Nikkei Asia)

Health and environment

• Climate change in the United States
  • The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records the country's second-warmest spring since records began, while drought conditions affect more than half of the contiguous states despite above-average precipitation in some regions. (AFP via Terra Daily)
• Brazil's health ministry suspends administration of its single-dose dengue vaccine after two deaths and another severe adverse event among more than 500,000 recipients prompt a safety review, although no causal link has been established. (AFP via The Straits Times)

International relations

• The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons reports that the world's nine nuclear-armed states increased spending on nuclear weapons by nearly 20% to US$119 billion, the highest annual total on record, in 2025. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Law and crime

• Human trafficking in Finland
  • A Finnish court sentences former Polarica chief executive Jukka Kristo to two and a half years' imprisonment for human trafficking after finding that dozens of Thai berry pickers were subjected to forced labour and exploitative working conditions in Finland. (AFP via CNA)
• A Sudanese man is arrested by police after attempting to behead a man on a public street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police have declared a "critical incident" in response to the attack. (Euronews) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
  • Preliminary results from yesterday's election reveal that the governing Civil Contract party won 49.8% of votes, translating to a parliamentary majority, but falling short of the two-thirds majority required to call a constitutional referendum for a peace deal with Azerbaijan and the restart of border trade with Turkey. Opposition alliances Strong Armenia and Armenia Alliance entered parliament after winning 23.2% and 9.9% of the vote ​respectively. A fourth party, Prosperous Armenia, narrowly missed entering parliament after a later tally of electronic votes. (Reuters)
• 2026 Jersey general election
  • Declared results indicate that Reform Jersey leader Sam Mézec will not be re-elected to the States Assembly after placing tenth in the senatorial race. (BBC News)
• Illegal immigration to India
  • The government of West Bengal, India, deports nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals and detains hundreds more as part of a campaign targeting undocumented migrants following the state's recent election. (AFP via Daily Tribune)
• Former Supreme Court justice and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is sworn in as the 31st Governor General of Canada. (CTV)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • 2026 FIFA World Cup controversies
    • Several members from Iran, Iraq, and Somalia, along with international sports delegations including referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, are denied visas and blocked from entering the United States for the FIFA World Cup. (AFP via France 24) (BBC Sport) (The Guardian)

June 7, 2026 (2026-06-07) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
        • At least two people are killed and 11 are injured by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Israel claimed targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
          • Iranian state media reports that Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi handed Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi a "written message" from prime minister Shehbaz Sharif for supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (Arab News PK)
        • U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. He also says that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have "no choice" but to accept any deal that the U.S. reaches with Iran. (Shafaq) (Financial Times)
      • Nuclear program of Iran
        • U.S. president Trump threatens that the United States will seize and destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium, with or without their cooperation. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
      • The Israeli Air Force intercepts multiple waves of Iranian missiles fired at northern Israel, the first launches at Israel since the ceasefire began in April, targeting the Ramat David Airbase. (Axios) (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
      • The Iranian military command says that the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and the Dahieh suburb of Beirut "crossed all red lines" and that there will be a response if they continue. (Axios) (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • At least 13 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and al-Mawasi, in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • Bahrain–Iran relations, Reactions to the assassination of Ali Khamenei
    • Bahraini interior minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa says that the country will prohibit mourning of the former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the Ashura commemorations. (The National News)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Iraq and Syria temporarily close their airspace, and the Damascus International Airport suspends its operations, amidst the Iranian strikes on Israel. (AFP via The Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera)
  • Iran closes its airspace in the western part of the country. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty-one people are killed and 19 others injured after a bus overturned and caught fire near Nasiriyah, Iraq. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed when a Gulfstream G200 private jet crashes at La Romana International Airport in La Romana, Dominican Republic. (AFP via The New Zealand Herald)
• Buildings are seriously damaged and landslides occur after two M_w  5.1 and M_w  4.9 earthquakes strike Euboea, Greece. (Skai)

International relations

• Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
  • Kuwait's civil aviation authority files a second protest complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization over Iran's attacks on the country, including the international airport. (Times Kuwait)

Law and crime

• Terrorism in Greece
  • Greek police reports that the Anti-Terrorist Service and National Intelligence Service have arrested a Palestinian-born alleged Hamas operative who resides in Crete after he allegedly joined the militant group. (The Jerusalem Post)
• A Palestinian man kills one person and injures five others before being shot and killed by police during an attack through several towns in central Israel. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
  • Armenia begins conducting an election for the National Assembly, the first since the expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in late 2023. Incumbent prime minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a third term in office and the retention of a Civil Contract government. (AP)
• 2026 Jersey general election
  • Islanders of Jersey vote to elect 49 seats of the States Assembly. (BBC)
• 2026 Kosovan parliamentary election
  • Kosovo holds its third elections for the Kuvendi in 18 months amid continued political deadlock and the lack of a two-thirds majority to elect a president. Vetëvendosje, led by incumbent prime minister Albin Kurti, remains the largest party in the Kuvendi but falls short of a majority government. (AP)
• 2026 Peruvian general election
  • Peruvians vote in the second round of presidential elections between Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori and Together for Peru candidate Roberto Sánchez. (AP)
• South Korean president Lee Jae Myung names Han Seong-sook as the new prime minister. If parliament approves her appointment, she will become the first woman in twenty years to hold the post. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 Real Madrid CF presidential election
  • In association football, Florentino Pérez is re-elected president of Real Madrid, defeating Enrique Riquelme. (The New York Times)

June 6, 2026 (2026-06-06) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
          • Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi visits Tehran to talk with Iranian authorities, including foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, regarding ending the war. (AA)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • United States Central Command forces attack surveillance sites on Iran's Qeshm Island after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at four tankers attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with it. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
        • The Bahraini army intercepts three Iranian missiles and several drones launched against Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • At least ten people, including three Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is a brigadier general, are killed by Israeli airstrikes on approximately 150 Hezbollah-linked sites across southern Lebanon over two days, including weapon storage areas, command centers, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Al Jazeera)
      • The Israeli military announces that it is investigating the incident that killed three Lebanese troops. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • Gaza peace plan
      • Hamas meets with mediators and Palestinian factions in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss implementing the first phase of the ceasefire signed in October 2025 and arrangements for the second phase. (AA)
• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali offensives
    • Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin releases a propaganda video of the 25 April 2026 attacks on Mali against a Malian Army camp and Sevaré airport in Mali's Mopti region. (Africanews)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • A drone strike hits a market in the Abu Zaeima area of Hamrat Al Sheikh in North Kordofan, Sudan, killing 11 people. (AA) (Hindustan Times)

Business and economy

• Lebanon inaugurates its second international airport, the Rene Mouawad Airport, amidst the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the war in the country. (The New Arab)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed and two more injured after the collapse of a building caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Province of Fermo, Italy. (Il Messaggero)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • The Directorate General of Health Services reports that three children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. (BSS News)
• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The American physician who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is discharged from the Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany. (The Independent)

International relations

• Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Spain
  • Pope Leo XIV begins his six-day apostolic visit to Spain, marking the first papal visit to the country in 15 years. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025–2026 Iranian protests
  • High school students in Iran hold protests in 20 Iranian provinces over the country's education policies, final exam rules and changes affecting the admission policies of universities. (The Times of Israel) (Iran International)
• 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
  • Armenia's investigative authority arrests six candidates from the opposition Strong Armenia party a day before the election after the Central Election Commission authorized criminal proceedings against them. (Reuters)
• Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party votes to remove Dawn of Nemunas (NA) from the governing coalition and seeks to replace it with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", following disputes involving NA leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis and coalition policy disagreements. (Reuters)
• 2026 South Korean local election rerun protests
  • Protests following the ballot paper shortages that disrupted some of the Voters' voting during the 2026 South Korean local elections spread to different parts of the country including Daejeon, Busan, and Gwangju.(Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 WTA Tour
  • 2026 French Open
    • In tennis, Mirra Andreeva wins her first major title after defeating Maja Chwalińska in the women's singles final in two sets, 6–3, 6–2. (CNN)
• 2026 Belmont Stakes
  • American thoroughbred race horse Golden Tempo wins the 158th Belmont Stakes, five weeks after winning the 152nd Kentucky Derby. Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Cherie DeVaux becomes the second female trainer to train a winner in the third leg of the Triple Crown. (CBS News) (CNBC)

June 5, 2026 (2026-06-05) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
      • Naval blockade of Iran
        • United States Indo-Pacific Command forces intercept the stateless vessel M/T Davina in the Indian Ocean for allegedly supporting Iran. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Mohsen Rezaee, the Iranian military advisor to the Supreme Leader, says that negotiations are in a "deadlock" and that it is up to the United States to end it. (Al Jazeera)
      • Axios reports that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, to talk with nuclear experts who might take part in future negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program. (Axios) (Reuters)
    • Azerbaijan–Israel relations
      • 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. (Ynetnews) (Haaretz) (Times of Israel)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • 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. (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. (AP)
    • At least five people, including a paramedic, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh District, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • 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. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • 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. (The Moscow Times)
  • Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • 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". (Reuters) (AP)
  • A Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel explodes in the Port of Constanța, Romania. (Reuters)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Jihadist insurgents attack a Nigerian military base in Mandaragirau, Borno State, Nigeria, killing five soldiers. (AP)

Business and economy

• 2026 Cuban crisis
  • Hotel operator Archipelago International ends management agreements for six hotels in Cuba, citing compliance with United States sanctions. (AFP via 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. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from a fire at a nursing home two days ago in Galpatha, Sri Lanka, rises to 13. (CTV News)

Health and environment

• Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and DIOSynVax reports the first human clinical trial of a AI-designed vaccine for coronaviruses including SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 and potentially Ebola. (Medical Xpress) (AA)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • Azerbaijan–Israel relations, Azerbaijan–Iran 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. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
• Deportation in the second Trump administration
  • 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. (AP)
• Foreign relations of Israel, Foreign relations of Slovenia
  • 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. (Al Jazeera)
• France–Mali relations
  • 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. (AFP via France 24)
• New Zealand–United States relations
  • The United States Department of State approves the potential sale of five Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters and related equipment to New Zealand's military in a deal valued at US$1.5 billion. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Drents Museum heist
  • 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. (AFP via RFI) (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 South Korean local elections
  • South Korea's election commission chairperson resigns after ballot shortages affect dozens of polling stations during elections, prompting protests. (AFP via UCA News)

Science and technology

• The United States Department of Energy announces that a nuclear microreactor developed by a private company has reached "criticality" for the first time under a program to develop the U.S. nuclear industry by the second Trump administration. (PBS)

June 4, 2026 (2026-06-04) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • 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. (Al Jazeera) (NPR)
    • Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei declares victory over Israel and the United States. (Euronews)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • 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. (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. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least four people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. (AP)
    • An Israeli armored corps officer is killed in southern Lebanon. (AP)
    • A Serbian soldier is killed and two others are wounded after the artillery shelling of a UNIFIL base near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. (RTÉ)
  • Gaza war
    • 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. (Times of Israel)
• Somali Civil War
  • Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
    • As clashes in Mogadishu that started yesterday continue, former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire accuses de facto 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. (Garowe Online) (The New York Times)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • 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. (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. (EFE)

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. (AFP via France 24)

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. (BBC) (The Brussels Times)
• Seven people are killed in an unauthorized coal mine blast in Sutatausa, Colombia after a buildup of methane gas inside the shaft. (El Nacional in Spanish) (El Tiempo in Spanish)
• At least four people are killed and over 13 others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, India. (NDTV)
• Four industrial workers were killed and 11 others were injured of various degrees when an explosion ripped through a shipyard along the Canal del Dique in Pasacaballos, Cartagena, Colombia. (El Tiempo in Spanish)

International relations

• China–New Zealand relations, New Zealand–Taiwan 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. (AFP via UCA News)
• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian war, United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war
  • The United States House of Representatives passes legislation to provide a new batch of aid to Ukraine and impose new sanctions on ​Russia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
  • 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. (AP via The Guardian) (The Hill)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Colombian presidential election
  • 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. (AFP via RFI)

Science and technology

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea unveils a new facility plant that would produce nuclear weapon fuel. (AP)

Sports

• 2026 WTA Tour
  • 2026 French Open
    • 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. (The Athletic) (India Today)

June 3, 2026 (2026-06-03) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
        • The Bahraini defense force intercepts three Iranian missiles and multiple drones that it says were targeting "civilian" facilities. (AA)
      • Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
        • 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. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (Reuters)
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 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. (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. (AFP via France 24)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • Israeli strikes kill at least nine people, including two paramedics, in southern Lebanon, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (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. (BBC) (Times of Israel)
• Somali Civil War
  • Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
    • 2026 Mogadishu clashes
      • 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. (Garowe Online) (AFP via Yahoo) (Al Jazeera)
• Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
    • Allied Democratic Forces fighters kill 16 civilians in a village in the Beni Territory, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • 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. (Kyiv Post)
• Sudanese nomadic conflicts
  • A cattle raid in the South Sudanese state of Unity State kills 14 people, including four children. (Medafrica Times)

Arts and culture

• German filmmaker Wim Wenders withdraws his 1975 film The Wrong Move 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. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis, India in the 2026 Iran war
    • 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. (AFP via The Manila Times)
  • Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
    • Kuwait Airways resumes flights from Kuwait International Airport after the latest Iranian attack. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 21 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a fire at a building in New Delhi, India. (AP)
• Twelve people are killed and eight others are injured in an overnight fire at a nursing home in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka. (AP)
• Three people are killed when a Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 crashes into a field in Sourton, Devon, England. (BBC News) (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. (Radio Okapi in French)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The DRC's public health ministry reports that 344 cases of the Ebola virus have been confirmed across three provinces. (Financial Times)
• The U.S. state of Arizona reports its first death of the Sin Nombre strain of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. (Forbes)
• Agricultural minister John Steenhuisen announces that South Africa has approved vaccines for bird flu. (Business Day) (SA News)

International relations

• Iran–Kuwait relations
  • Kuwait expels two Iranian diplomats, declaring them persona non grata, and summons Iran's acting chargé d'affaires to hand him a protest note over the recent attacks. (Reuters) (AA)

Law and crime

• Ecuadorian conflict
  • Ecuadorian police discover the bodies of eight individuals missing since Sunday in plastic bags near Babahoyo, Los Ríos Province. (AFP via CBS News)
• Murder of Natalie McNally
  • 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. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Politics and elections

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • 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. (Politico) (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. (Rappler) (Reuters)

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