Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in retaliation for yesterday's strikes by the United States, accusing the U.S. of attacking a water plant and telecommunications mast in Sirik. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) (The Times of Israel)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
        • The Jordanian military says that it has successfully intercepted five missiles from Iran in the Azraq area of the Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, in which Iran said that it has targeted the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. No casualties or material damage is reported. (Asharq Al-Awsat) (ANI)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • Kuwait's army general staff says that its army air defense systems intercepted "hostile" aerial targets. (AA) (Kuwait Times)
    • The United States Central Command launches airstrikes on targets throughout Iran. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 12 people and injure 13 across southern Lebanon, including two paramedics. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Odesa strikes
    • Two merchant ships operated by Barbados and Panama in Ukraine's Black Sea shipping corridor sustain damage and fire during reported drone attacks near Odesa. No injuries are reported. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • The Sudan Doctors Network reports that four people have been killed and 12 others were injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces in civilian areas across El-Obeid, North Kordofan, including a cemetery during a funeral procession and fuel station. (AA)
• 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
  • The Pakistani military conducts airstrikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border targeting militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) following cross-border attacks. Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid states that 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed. Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claims the precision strikes targeted and killed 26 militants. (Reuters)
• Communal conflicts in Nigeria
  • Three people are killed in an attack on a secondary school and its surrounding community in Kogi State, Nigeria, where security forces repelled the assailants after a shootout and launched operations to locate those who escaped. (Reuters)
• 2026 Northern Ireland riots
  • Police use water cannons as anti-migrant rioting continues for a second day in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

• Pope Leo XIV blesses and inaugurates the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, coinciding with the centenary of the death of its architect Antoni Gaudí, during his visit to the country. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economy of Sudan
  • The amount of the Sudanese pound plunges to a record-low against other foreign currencies amidst the ongoing civil war in the country. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes during takeoff near Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, killing all personnel on board. The military attributes the crash to a technical fault. (Reuters)
• A minibus carrying schoolchildren catches fire in Gweru, Zimbabwe, killing seven people. ZBC confirms that all of the dead are children, while the driver and conductor are both being treated in hospital. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Colombian presidential election
  • An investigatory commission in the Chamber of Representatives proposes to suspend the powers of Colombian president Gustavo Petro until election day on 21 June 2026. (CNN in Spanish) (Reuters)
• Protests against the 2026 Iran war
  • Hundreds of people rally in Hezbollah strongholds in southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, in support of Iran and its allies during the war. Additionally, the Al-Masirah, a TV channel run by the Houthis, reports a similar gathering in Yemen's capital Sanaa. (Arab News)

Science and technology

• Chinese scientists discover the largest known whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean, identifying nearly 500 whale skeletons spanning millions of years and documenting deep-sea ecosystems associated with the remains. (AFP via France 24) (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members are rescued by an unmanned vessel. In response, the U.S. Central Command launches "self-defense" missile strikes at targets across Iran at 5 p.m. ET, with an American official claiming the helicopter was downed by an Iranian drone. (BBC News) (NBC News)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Israel issues an evacuation warning for Tyre, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike there killed at least eight civilians and injured 32, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli troops kill one civilian in northern Israel, near the border of Israel and Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • The administration of the Rapid Support Forces in West Darfur accuses the Sudanese Army of destroying the Ardamata bridge in a drone strike in Geneina, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
  • A study published by the Journal of Peace Research, using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program at Uppsala University in Sweden, reports that 2025 saw 65 active conflicts, the highest amount of conflicts between states since World War II and the highest amount of fatalities since the Rwandan genocide. (NPR) (JPR)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • The United States Energy Information Administration reports that Middle Eastern oil producers have reduced output by more than 11 million barrels per day, due to the Strait of Hormuz closure. (Al Jazeera)
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Stellantis has recalled over 1 million Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator models from 2021 to 2025 in the United States over fire concerns. (Reuters) (CBS News)

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

• 2026 Johannesburg shooting
  • Twelve people are killed in a mass shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa. (BBC News)
• 2026 Northern Ireland riots
  • Riots erupt in Belfast and Newtownards, Northern Ireland due to yesterday’s knife attack. (BBC)
• Corruption in Sri Lanka
  • The Sri Lankan High Court sentences former deputy minister Sarana Gunawardena to 16 years' imprisonment after convicting him on corruption charges related to kickbacks from government procurement contracts. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• 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)

Science and technology

• Artemis program
  • NASA announces that its astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will crew the Artemis III mission in late 2027. The mission's goal is to evaluate rendezvous and docking operations with SpaceX's Starship HLS and Blue Origin's Blue Moon spacecraft. (NBC News)

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)
• Foreign relations of Kyrgyzstan, Foreign relations of the European Union
  • The Kyrgyz foreign ministry says that the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport removed Kyrgyzstan from the European Union aviation safety blacklist after 20 years. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Mindanao earthquake
  • A 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)
• Eight people are killed and six others injured after an explosion at a steel plant in Visakhapatnam, India. (Xinhua)

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 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)