Thursday, Juneteenth, 2025 

The death toll from Israel’s strikes on Iran rises to more than 240, including 70 women and children. To date, at least 24 people have been killed by Iranian strikes on Israel. (Al Jazeera) 

Iran strikes four sites in central and southern Israel. The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, is hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, injuring at least 240 people. Iran says it was targeting a military site, striking an Israeli military and intelligence centre located near the hospital. (Al Jazeera) (AP) 

The Israeli Air Force strikes the Arak Nuclear Complex, a heavy-water reactor near Arak, Iran. (The Times of Israel) 

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including 16 people waiting for aid assistance near the Netzarim Corridor. (Al Jazeera) 

After three days of dialogue, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda sign a provisional peace treaty and are set to begin negotiations for a draft peace treaty on June 27. (Al Jazeera) 

A rockslide at Bow Glacier Falls near Banff, Alberta, Canada, kills at least two people. Three other hikers sustained injuries. (CTV News) 

A hand grenade is thrown into the courtyard of the residence of the Norwegian ambassador to Israel in Herzliya. (Reuters) 

The Finnish Parliament votes 155–18 to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, citing the threat Russia poses to its national security. (Reuters) (Helsingin Sanomat) 

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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 

Starship flight test 10 SpaceX Starship 36 explodes when a “major anomaly” occurs during a static fire test. (Yahoo!) 

Twenty-five Iranian ballistic missiles are launched at central Israel, with most being intercepted and no injuries reported. (YNet) 

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) 

After 18 months of negotiations, Nippon Steel finalizes its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. The deal allows U.S. Steel to retain its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and gives the U.S. government the ability to veto corporate decisions as needed. (DW)

The U.S. Supreme Court votes 6–3 to uphold a law proposed by Tennessee to ban gender-affirming care for minors, allowing other states to implement similar bans. (BBC News) 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Gilead Sciences‘s new lenacapavir drug, marketed as Yeztugo, for the treatment of HIV after successful clinical trials show the drug nearly eliminated the infection spread. (NBC News)

A court in Córdoba, Argentina, sentences nurse Brenda Agüero to life in prison for the serial murders of five babies and the attempted murder of eight others between March and June 2022, whom she deliberately injected with potassium and insulin. (Página 12) 

The parliament of Ukraine approves a law to allow multiple citizenship for Ukrainians in an attempt to ease a demographic crisis caused by the Russian invasion. (Reuters) 

The Czech government survives a vote of no-confidence called by the opposition ANO party after the justice ministry accepted a bitcoin donation and sold them for nearly 1 billion Kč (US$47 million). (AP) 

The government of New Zealand halts its financial support to the Cook Islands over a partnership agreement signed with China earlier this year. (RNZ) 

North Korea sends thousands of workers to help rebuild Russia’s Kursk. (BBC News) 

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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 

Twenty-five Iranian ballistic missiles are launched at central Israel, with most being intercepted, but no injuries are reported. (YNet) 

Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 

Twenty-five Iranian ballistic missiles are launched at central Israel, with most being intercepted, but no injuries are reported. (YNet) 

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) 

After 18 months of negotiations, Nippon Steel finalizes its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. ThedealallowsU.S.Steeltoretainitsnameandheadquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and gives the U.S. government the ability to veto corporate decisions as needed. (DW) 

The United States Supreme Court votes 6–3 to uphold a law proposed by Tennessee to ban gender-affirming care for minors, allowing other states to implement similar bans.  (BBC News) 

The parliament of Ukraine approves a law to allow multiple citizenship for Ukrainians in an attempt to ease a demographic crisis caused by the Russian invasion. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  June 17th, 2025 

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In hockey, the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers in 6 games in a rematch of last year’s finals, repeating as Stanley Cup champions. (Miami Herald) 

U.S. president Donald Trump calls for the unconditional surrender of Iran amid its war with Israel. Iran rejects the ultimatum.  (The Guardian) 

Israel says it has killed Major General Ali Shadmani, the most senior military commander in Iran who was appointed to his post four days ago. (The New York Times) 

Israel’s air strikes on Iran’s state television headquarters in Tehran yesterday kills three employees and injures some others. (Al Jazeera) 

Israel kills at least 59 Palestinians in Gaza after Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get humanitarian aid from trucks. At least fourteen other people were also killed in separate Israeli gunfire and airstrikes elsewhere in the exclave. (Reuters) 

One Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade is killed and three others are seriously injured in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) 

Democratic senator Tim Kaine of Virginia introduces legislation to prevent U.S. president Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress’s authorization. (Reuters)

Russia’s Ministry of Defence says its air defence units have intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones overnight. (BBC News) 

Russia launches a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles on Kyiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more. (BBC News) 

Twenty-four people are evacuated after two oil tankers collide near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman. (NOS) 

Seven Yemeni fishermen who were detained for nearly two months after entering Puntland waters without authorization from Puntland’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources are released. The fishermen were apprehended by the Puntland Maritime Police Force after their vessel was intercepted by the coastguard in the Ras Aseir region of Puntland. (The Eastleigh Voice) 

Thai police raid a house in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, and arrest thirteen foreigners, mostly Australians and British people, for running a fraudulent electronic trading platform that has stolen over AU$1.9 million (US$1.2 million). (AP) 

Monday,  June 16th, 2025 

Israel announces it has taken “full aerial operational control” of the airspace over Tehran and western Iran after destroying much of the country’s air defence network giving the Israeli Air Force complete air supremacy over Iranian forces. (BBC News) 

Israeli jets strike 120 surface-to-surface missile systems in central Iran and 10 command and control centres belonging to IRGC‘s Quds Force. (AP) 

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Iran rises to at least 220 people, including 70 women and children. (Al Jazeera) 

Israel strikes buildings in Tehran belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran’s state-owned media company, knocking it temporarily off-air for an hour before later returning. (Al-Monitor) (The Wall Street Journal) 

An Iranian ballistic missile barrage kills eight people and injures 287 others in central Israel. (Reuters) 

The death toll from severe weather and flash floods in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, rises to at least 77 with more than 100 others still reported missing. (AP) 

Andorra and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta establish official diplomatic relations. (Diari d’Andorra) 

Israel strikes buildings in Tehran belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran’s state-owned media company, knocking it temporarily off-air for an hour before later returning. (Al Monitor) 

Gary Hoy, a survivor of child sexual abuse at Kincora, resolves a legal action against the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Home Secretary with an undisclosed agreement. The legal action alleged that paedophile housemaster William McGrath was allowed to target children to gather information about the far-right paramilitary organization Tara. (RTÉ). 

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Monday,  June 16th, 2025 

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Iran rises at least 220 people, including 70 women and children. (Al Jazeera) 

Iran says Israel struck a hospital in Kermanshah in western Iran. Video footage published by local platforms showed bloodstains, indicating casualties from the strike. (Al Jazeera) 

Israeli drones strike two Iranian Air Force F-14 Tomcats stationed at Imam Khomeini International Airport. Combat footage released by the IDF confirm both were destroyed. (The Times of Israel) 

An Iranian ballistic missile barrage kills eight people and injures 287 others in central Israel.  (Reuters) 

Iran’s parliament prepares a bill to exit the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Reuters) 

Iran’s parliament is preparing a bill to exit the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Reuters) 

An Iranian ballistic missile barrage kills eight people and injures nearly 287 others in central Israel. (Reuters) 

Israel kills at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza, 23 of them near an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Reuters) 

The death toll from severe weather and flash floods in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, rises to at least 77 with more than 100 others still reported missing. (AP) 

The death toll from the attack by unknown gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria, on Saturday increases to over 150, including many who were burned to death. (AP) 

Gary Hoy, a survivor of child sexual abuse at Kincora, resolves a legal action against the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Home Secretary with an undisclosed agreement. The legal action alleged that paedophile housemaster William McGrath was allowed to target children to gather information about the far-right paramilitary organization Tara. (RTÉ) 

Israeli jets strike 120 surface-to-surface missile systems in central Iran and 10 command and control centres belonging to IRGC‘s Quds Force. (AP) 

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In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third consecutive year, with drivers Phil Hanson, Robert Kubica, and Yifei Ye. (AP) 

An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a residential building kills nine people, including three children, and injures over 200 others in Bat Yam, Israel. (The Times of Israel) 

According to American officials, U.S. president Donald Trump vetoed a plan by Israel to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Reuters) 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a Syrian civilian woman was killed after a drone strikes her home in rural Tartus Governorate, Syria, which the group says was likely an Iranian drone. (The Times of Israel) 

The Israel Defense Forces confirms that they recovered the body of Israeli hostage Aviv Atzili, who was abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the October 7 attacks, in Gaza last Wednesday. (Haaretz) 

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes have killed at least 41 Palestinians across Gaza. (RTÉ News) 

Russia returns the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in action as part of a prisoner exchange agreement. (Reuters) 

Seven people are killed, including an infant, when a Bell 407 aircraft crashes in a forested area in bad weather while en route to the Kedarnath Temple in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India. (The Free Press Journal) 

At least six people are killed, 25 are swept away and 32 others are injured, including six critically, when a bridge over a river collapses at a popular tourist destination in Kundamala, Pune, Maharashtra, India. (Al Arabiya) (CTV News) 

A M_w 6.1 earthquake hits Lima, Peru, leaving one person dead and at least five others injured. (Agencia EFE) 

Three hikers are killed by a lightning strike on Mittagsspitze mountain in the Central Eastern Alps, Austria. (Reuters) 

Between 100,000 and 150,000 protesters march in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding that the Dutch government pressure Israel to halt its military campaign in the Gaza Strip. (AP) 

The 51st G7 summit begins in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. (France24) 

The MI6 appoints Blaise Metreweli to lead as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, making her the first woman to lead the agency. (BBC) 

In tennis, German player Tatjana Maria defeats American player Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 6–4 in the women’s singles final to become the event’s first female winner since Russia‘s Olga Morozova in 1973. At 37 years old, Maria also becomes the oldest winner of a WTA 500 event. (NDTV) 

In golf, JJ Spaun wins the 2025 U.S. Open with a score of one-under-par to win his first major title. (ESPN) (PGA) 

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Tuesday,  May 27th, 2025 

The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla‘s flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants (including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and MEP Rima Hassan) to Israel. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza. (CNN) 

Russia launches drone attacks on Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine. The Odesa attack targets medical facilities and residential buildings, killing two people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC) 

The Walt Disney Company closes a deal to acquire NBCUniversal‘s stake in the streaming service Hulu for $439 million, completing its acquisition of Hulu. (AP) (Variety) 

The British government announces it will invest £14.2 billion (US$19 billion) to construct the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England, to reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. (Reuters) 

The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway impose sanctions on Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and travel bans, due to their conduct during the Gaza war. (Reuters) 

Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 11 others are injured, in a shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria. (BBC) 

Iran executes nine members of the Islamic State for a 2018 attack which killed three Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel. (AP) 

The Federal Police of Brazil arrest at least eleven people in an operation aiming to reduce drug trafficking in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. (AP) 

Monday,  June 9th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of roughly 500 Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings amid the ongoing riots in Los Angeles, California. (The Wall Street Journal) 

The U.S. state of California sues the Donald Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles. (CBS News) 

Amidst protests in Los Angeles, the city of Glendale ends a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees. (The Guardian) 

The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla‘s flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants to Israel. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza. (CNN)

The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, El Chapo‘s sons who are believed to be in Mexico and leading factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. (AP) 

Two people are killed in a shooting at the Fountains of Bellagio attraction on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The suspect is currently at large. (BNO News) 

Fifteen people are killed and 33 others are injured in a traffic collision when a bus carrying students loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. (France 24) 

Five people are killed, including an on duty railway police constable, and seven others are injured when passengers get thrown off two overcrowded local trains at the Mumbra railway station near Mumbra in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (The Indian Express) 

The Indian Coast Guard rescues 18 crew members from a Singaporean-flagged container ship after it catches fire following an explosion 144 km (89 mi) off the coast of Kerala, India. Search operations are underway for the missing four crew members. (DW) 

A court in Prague, Czech Republic, sentences a Colombian national to eight years in prison over a 2024 arson attack on public buses and for planning another similar attack. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the arson attack is part of Russia’s hybrid war against his country. (AP) 

A police car and multiple properties are damaged in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, amid disorder which broke out following an alleged sexual assault. (BBC News) 

At least 15 people are killed, mostly students, and 33 others are injured, including 7 critically, in a traffic collision when a bus loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik in Malaysia. (France 24) 

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, fourteen Palestinians are killed and 150 others are injured by Israeli gunfire at an aid distribution site near Rafah, Gaza. The total death toll from shootings at aid distribution sites increases to 136 with hundreds others wounded. (Al Jazeera) 

Sunday, June 8th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard to quell anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, California. (CNN) 

Iran says it would reduce cooperation with IAEA if anti-Iran resolution passed by agency. (Times of Israel) 

A derecho and tornado outbreak begins in the eastern United States, with three tornado warnings and 22 severe thunderstorm warnings. (Fox News) 

At least twelve Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured by Israeli fire near two aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The Israeli military says they fired warning shots at people who had advanced toward its forces and ignored warnings to turn away but claimed they did not see any casualties. (CTV News) 

Six people are reported missing when a Cessna 414 small aircraft crashes into the ocean off the coast of Point Loma in San Diego, California, United States. (KNSD-TV) 

Multiple people are injured, including at least two critically and three airlifted to hospital by medical helicopters, when a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter skydiving aircraft carrying 20 people crashes while taking off from Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tullahoma near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. (CNN) 

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Bogotá, Colombia resulting in over 25 injuries. (Boyacá 7 Días) 

Rwanda announces that it will withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States following a diplomatic row with other members over its military involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‘s conflict with M23 rebels. (BBC News) 

In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz wins his second men’s singles title at the French Open and his fifth Grand Slam overall after defeating Italian Jannik Sinner 4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(10–2) in the longest-ever French Open final at five hours and 29 minutes. (BBC Sport) 

In association football, Portugal defeats Spain 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, to win its second UEFA Nations League title. Nuno Mendes is named man of the match. (BBC Sport) 

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