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Saturday 06 June | 12:00

US attacks Iranian sites after Iran launches drones, in latest Gulf flare-up

U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said, in the latest ...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 06 June | 08:55

North Korea to build 10,000-ton destroyer, state media says before Xi visit

North Korea plans to build a 10,000-ton destroyer and develop secret underwater weapons, state media said on Saturday, ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Rodong Sinmun ...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 06 June | 08:50

US approves $1.5bn sale of maritime helicopters to New Zealand

The US approved the $1.5 billion sale of five Seahawk maritime helicopters to New Zealand, which has pledged to nearly double its military spending as it seeks to boost defence capabilities. “...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 06 June | 08:44

India’s ‘Cockroach’ youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi

The founder of India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to lead a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, taking the country’s ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 22:27

US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros

A group of U.S. states including California and New York are preparing a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance’s PSKY.O $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros WBD.O, sources ...

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Friday 05 June | 21:27

‘Albania is not for sale’, protesters say over Kushner-linked luxury resort near a protected wetland

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana late on Thursday in the largest protest this week against a plan by a company linked to President Donald Trump’s ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 21:13

Thousands demand South Korea vote re-run after ballot shortage

Over 6,000 people protested on Friday night at a vote counting centre in Seoul over a shortage of ballot papers, demanding a re-run after voting in local elections was disrupted, the ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 21:03

US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

A federal judge on Friday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration had adopted a series of unlawful policies that have barred people from 39 countries from receiving decisions ...

Friday 05 June | 20:22

French prosecutors open probe over treatment of French nationals on Gaza flotilla

French anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Friday they had opened a preliminary investigation into suspected torture and war crimes over the alleged mistreatment by Israeli authorities of French nationals who were ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 19:49

Putin says he currently sees no reason to meet Ukraine’s Zelenskiy

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he currently saw no reason to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the Ukrainian president published an open letter proposing they hold face-to-face talks to ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 19:47

Iran using Lebanon as bargaining chip in US talks, Lebanese president says

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States on Friday, in some of his toughest criticism yet of ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 18:28

Macron, Starmer and Merz to meet Zelenskiy in London on June 7, Elysee says

French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will hold talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday, the Elysee said in a ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 18:19

Ukraine and Russia exchange 185 prisoners of war each in swap

Ukraine and Russia each exchanged 185 service personnel in the latest prisoner of war swap on Friday, officials in both countries said. Most of the Ukrainians brought back were in Russian ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 18:06

Norway crown princess awaits lung transplant amid ‘dramatic deterioration’ of health

Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health that likely gave her only a year ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 16:24

Iran declares support for Hezbollah with wider peace deal in doubt

Iran has reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ally Hezbollah and demanded Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring complications facing an interim deal to end the broader conflict between the U....

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 15:20

Drone self-detonates in Romanian port as Black Sea threat widens

A maritime drone of the type used in the war in neighbouring Ukraine self-detonated on Friday in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta near an oil terminal, without causing ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 11:58

Trump’s lawyers sought to halt discovery in $10 billion BBC lawsuit

President Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a federal judge in May for a stay of the discovery process in his $10-billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, pending the outcome of ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 10:58

US criticises ‘two-tiered policing’ over UK murder case

The US State Department has waded into a British political storm that has erupted over the murder of a student in England, condemning what it called “ideological conditioning and two-tiered ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 10:53

Thousands protest Jared Kushner’s $1.6 billion resort project on Albania’s protected coast

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana late on Thursday in the largest protest this week against a planned luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive part of the ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 05 June | 08:09

Zelenskiy, in open letter, invites Putin to talks to end the war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in which he proposed the two leaders meet to agree an end to more than four ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 04 June | 22:57

Putin says Trump ideas could bring peace in Ukraine, calls on Kyiv to compromise

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposals for peace in Ukraine could end the fighting, but said Kyiv needed to compromise — and that ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 04 June | 22:47

Libyans block off UN refugee office in protest against migrants

Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the office of the U.N. refugee agency in the capital Tripoli on Thursday during a protest against migrants who have travelled to the ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 04 June | 17:12

Several injured in Boeing 787 nose-gear collapse in Frankfurt

Several staff members were injured when the nose gear of a Boeing 787 jetliner unexpectedly collapsed at a gate at Frankfurt airport on Thursday, its operator Lufthansa said. “Passengers had not ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 04 June | 17:09

Fenerbahce chairman jailed for inciting illegal betting

A Turkish court sentenced Fenerbahce Chairman Sadettin Saran to 2-1/2 years in prison for inciting illegal betting, days before the Turkish club was set to hold a congress to elect ...

By Reuters News Service

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US attacks Iranian sites after Iran launches drones, in latest Gulf flare-up

North Korea to build 10,000-ton destroyer, state media says before Xi visit

US approves $1.5bn sale of maritime helicopters to New Zealand

India’s ‘Cockroach’ youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi

US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros

‘Albania is not for sale’, protesters say over Kushner-linked luxury resort near a protected wetland

Thousands demand South Korea vote re-run after ballot shortage

US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

French prosecutors open probe over treatment of French nationals on Gaza flotilla

Putin says he currently sees no reason to meet Ukraine’s Zelenskiy

Iran using Lebanon as bargaining chip in US talks, Lebanese president says

Macron, Starmer and Merz to meet Zelenskiy in London on June 7, Elysee says

Ukraine and Russia exchange 185 prisoners of war each in swap

Norway crown princess awaits lung transplant amid ‘dramatic deterioration’ of health

Iran declares support for Hezbollah with wider peace deal in doubt

Drone self-detonates in Romanian port as Black Sea threat widens

Trump’s lawyers sought to halt discovery in $10 billion BBC lawsuit

US criticises ‘two-tiered policing’ over UK murder case

Thousands protest Jared Kushner’s $1.6 billion resort project on Albania’s protected coast

Zelenskiy, in open letter, invites Putin to talks to end the war

Putin says Trump ideas could bring peace in Ukraine, calls on Kyiv to compromise

Libyans block off UN refugee office in protest against migrants

Several injured in Boeing 787 nose-gear collapse in Frankfurt

Fenerbahce chairman jailed for inciting illegal betting