Monday,  June 9th, 2025 

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. (The Guardian) 

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) 

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) 

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. (AP) 

Sunday, June 8th, 2025 

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) 

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

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

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) 

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

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) 

Saturday, June 7th, 2025 

Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades during the October 7 attacks. (BBC News) 

Israeli airstrikes kill 55 people in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) 

Israel announces that it killed Asaad Abu Sharia, leader of the Mujahideen Brigades which was responsible for the abductions of several hostages during the October 7 attacks, including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons. (The Times of Israel) 

A Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, involving Shahed drones, cruise missiles and glide bombs kills four people and wounds at least 60 others, according to local officials. (Reuters) 

Ukraine scores the first shooting down of a SU-35 fighter. (msn) 

Kyrgyzstan takes down a 23-meter-tall statue of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin which was thought to be the tallest statue of Lenin in Central Asia. (BBC News) 

Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campaign event in Bogotá, leaving him in serious condition. Police arrest a 15-year-old suspect at the scene. (Infobae) (NBC News) 

Afghan prime minister Hasan Akhund announces that no Afghan refugees who left the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 will be prosecuted if they return to Afghanistan. (Arab News) 

Municipal elections are held in Latvia. (Euractiv) 

In tennis, American player Coco Gauff defeats Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka 6⁵–7⁷, 6–2, 6–4 in the women’s singles final to win her first French Open title. (ESPN) (The Guardian) 

Friday,  June 6th, 2025 

An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills three people, injures 49 others and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. At least 2,000 homes lose power, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. At least 407 drones and 45 missiles are launched in total. (Reuters)

Widespread power outages are reported in Ternopil after several cruise missiles hit energy infrastructure supplying the city. (Ukrinform) 

Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the United States, two months after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador and spending time at the CECOT prison. He now faces criminal charges in Tennessee for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants. (ABC News) 

Radar on the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Canberra (L02) accidentally blocks wireless internet and radio services in New Zealand before the incident is resolved. (The Guardian) 

The End Monday 

Above posted monday 06.09.2025 

D-Day 2025 

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously blocks a 10-billion dollar lawsuit by the Mexican government against large American firearms manufacturers alleging their failure to prevent firearms sales to drug cartels and other criminal organisations due to a lack of evidence that the companies allow such transactions. (Politico) 

An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills three people, injures 49 others and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. At least 2,000 homes lose power due to the strikes, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. At least 407 drones and 45 missiles are launched in total. (Reuters) (AP) 

Widespread power outages are reported in Ternopil after several cruise missiles hit energy infrastructure supplying the city. (Ukrinform) 

Thursday, June 5th, 2025 

The Freedom Flotilla, a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, Irish actor Liam Cunningham, and French European Parliament member Rima Hassan, rescue four Sudanese civil war refugees from a dinghy near Libya. (The Times of Israel)

Nintendo‘s Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide. (The Verge) 

Two members of the Ta’ Maksar gang are convicted as accessories to murder for supplying the explosive that killed the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. (Times of Malta) 

Zia Yusuf announces via X that he is stepping down as the Chairman of Reform UK. (The Telegraph) 

Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes on southern Beirut, Lebanon, targeting alleged underground Hezbollah drone manufacturing facilities. (Türkiye Today)

A CNN investigation points to the Israel Defense Forces opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to get humanitarian aid in Rafah, Gaza. (CNN) 

Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of an American-Israeli couple abducted and killed by militants during the October 7 attacks. (NBC News) 

An overnight Russian Shahed drone strike kills five people, including a 1-year-old child, and injures nine others in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (AP) 

A Russian drone strike injures nineteen people in Kharkiv, including children and a pregnant woman. (AP) 

The Kherson Regional State Administration headquarters in Kherson is destroyed in a Russian missile strike. (Ukrinform) 

The government of the Ivory Coast declares an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven recent deaths from the disease, and calling on the population to remain vigilant. (AP) 

Chad suspends the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to a new travel ban announced by U.S. president Donald Trump, that includes Chad among twelve countries facing entry restrictions. (BBC News) 

Citizens of Burundi vote to elect 100 of the 123 members of the National Assembly. (BBC News)

In association football, Uzbekistan and Jordan qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, with Uzbekistan securing a top-two finish in Group A and Jordan advancing from Group B following Iraq’s loss to secure their places in the 2026 tournament. (Reuters) 

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Thursday, June 5th, 2025 

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously blocks a 10-billion dollar lawsuit by the Mexican government against large American firearms manufacturers alleging their failure to prevent firearms sales to drug cartels and other criminal organisations due to a lack of evidence that the companies allow such transactions. (Al Jazeera) (AP) (Politico) 

Zia Yusuf announces via X that he is stepping down as the Chairman of Reform UK. (BBC News) (The Telegraph) 

An overnight Russian Shahed drone strike kills five people, including a 1-year-old child, and injures nine others in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (AP) 

A Russian drone strike injures nineteen people in Kharkiv, including children and a pregnant woman. (AP) 

The Kherson Regional State Administration headquarters in Kherson is destroyed in a Russian missile strike. (Ukrinform) 

Chad suspends the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to a new travel ban announced by U.S. president Donald Trump, that includes Chad among twelve countries facing entry restrictions. (BBC News) 

Two members of the Ta’ Maksar gang are convicted as accessories to murder for supplying the explosive that killed the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. (Times of Malta) 

Citizens of Burundi vote to elect 100 of the 123 members of the National Assembly. (BBC News) (DW) 

Nintendo‘s Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide. (BBC News) (The Verge) 

In association football, Uzbekistan and Jordan qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, with Uzbekistan securing a top-two finish in Group A and Jordan advancing from Group B following Iraq‘s loss to secure their places in the 2026 tournament. (Reuters) 

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Above posted 06.06.2025 1pm 

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 

Puntland’s elite security forces kills over 35 ISIS militants, including several foreign fighters, in a major military operation conducted in the mountainous rural areas in the Bari region of Puntland. The troops also destroy weapons caches and military equipment used by the group. (Shabelle Media) (AllAfrica) 

Israel launches airstrikes against Syria in retaliation for the alleged firing of two projectiles at Israel yesterday. Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that Israel holds Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa “directly responsible” for the attacks. (Arab News) 

The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the remaining fourteen other members voting in favor. (Reuters) 

Eleven people are killed and 50 others are injured in a stampede at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Anadolu Agency) 

U.S. president Donald Trump signs a proclamation banning entry into the United States for nationals of 12 countries deemed “very high-risk” due to terrorist activity, hostile governments, and high visa overstay rates, while imposing additional restrictions on visitors from several others. Exemptions apply for select categories, including athletes and diplomats. Trump cited the recent firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, as reason for the ban. (NPR) 

Lee Jae-myung is inaugurated as President of South Korea at the National Assembly Building in Yeouido, Seoul, one day after winning the presidential election. (Reuters) 

Vietnam formally ends the two-child policy in effect since 2009 amid record-low total fertility rates of 1.91 per woman in 2024, causing declining birth rate and a shrinking workforce. (NPR)

U.S. president Donald Trump issues an order banning new visas for foreign nationals enrolling at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, citing national security concerns and alleging the institution’s lack of cooperation in disclosing foreign student misconduct. The directive also allows for possible visa revocations of currently enrolled international students. (ABS-CBN News) 

Chile signs an agreement with Google to build the first submarine fiber-optic cable connecting between South America and Australia. Google invested at least $300 million while the Chilean government will invest $25 million. (DW)

Tuesday,  June 3rd, 2025 

The Crimean Bridge is temporarily closed and subsequently reopened by Russian authorities after several underwater C-4 explosives planted under the bridge detonated. The Security Service of Ukraine claims responsibility, saying its agents planted 1.1 tonnes of TNT equivalent at a support section of the bridge. (BBC News) 

A court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentences a Syrian man to life in prison under universal jurisdiction for leading a Hezbollah-backed group and committing alleged war crimes against Sunni Muslims in Busra al-Sham, Syria, during the Syrian civil war. (DW) 

MI5 apologizes to the UK High Courts for providing false evidence in regards to agent an who abused their partner. (BBC) 

Police in Hungary deny the request for permission to hold the Budapest Pride event, citing the recent ban by the Hungarian government. (AP) 

Three Israeli soldiers from the Givati Brigade are killed by an IED explosion in Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, during clashes with Hamas militants. (The Times of Israel) 

At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, Gaza. (AP) (Reuters) 

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defend Supreme Court chief Alexandre de Moraes from potential U.S. sanctions, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened over the ongoing trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. (Reuters) 

Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia are elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term. (Reuters) 

A French police officer goes on trial after being charged with killing 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023, whose death sparked the riots across France and other French territories. (Reuters) 

Two hundred and sixteen prisoners escape from a prison in the Malir District, Pakistan. During the escape, which was a result of panic caused by an earthquake, one prisoner is killed and two prison officers are injured. A search operation is ongoing and 80 prisoners have been recaptured. (BBC News) 

Nineteen prisoners, including eleven members of the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army, escape from a prison in Nabire, Central Papua, Indonesia. Three prison staff were critically injured. A search around the city is ongoing. (Tempo) 

Mongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns after weeks of protests. (The Guardian) 

Citizens of South Korea vote in a snap election to elect their president between five candidates. The election is held 60 days after Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court of Korea six months after the failed declaration of martial law. (Financial Times) 

Prime Minister Dick Schoof announces his resignation. (The Guardian) 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru win their maiden IPL finale in 18 years against the Punjab Kings. (Hindustan Times) 

Tuesday,  June 3rd, 2025 (first)

Four people are killed and 25 others are wounded after Russian forces launch an MLRS rocket barrage at the centre of Sumy, Ukraine. (AP) 

Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda, on Uganda Martyrs’ Day. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. (Reuters) 

Five aid workers are killed in an attack on a 15-vehicle convoy delivering food to families in the Darfur region, Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blame each other for the attack. (DW) 

CJ Opiaza is officially crowned as Miss Grand International 2024 following Rachel Gupta‘s resignation and termination from the title. (ABS-CBN News) 

Bill Gates, who previously announced he would wind down the Gates Foundation’s operations by 2045, pledges that the majority of the charitable foundation’s $200 billion endowment will be invested in providing humanitarian aid and developing infrastructure in Africa. (The Seattle Times) 

Suriname announces a national day of mourning after the Albina boat disaster last Sunday killing seven people. (NOS) 

A bus crash leaves eleven people dead and 17 others injured in Hualahuises, Nuevo León, Mexico. (Reuters) 

Mongolian prime minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai resigns after weeks of protests. (The Guardian) 

Lee Jae-Myung of the Democratic Party is elected the 14th president of South Korea  (NPR) 

The Party for Freedom withdraws from the current Dutch cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners over amending the Netherlands‘s asylum rules. (NLTimes) 

Prime Minister Dick Schoof announces his resignation. (The Guardian) 

Monday,  June 2nd, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the recent U.S. proposal for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program does not allow any uranium enrichment by Iran, despite previous media reports to the contrary. (France24) 

German financial regulator BaFin president Mark Branson says artificial intelligence systems were introduced to its operations last year to detect market abuse and suspicious patterns in trading. (Reuters) 

Al-Shabaab militants reportedly seize control of Hawadley village in the Middle Shabelle region of Hirshabelle State following the withdrawal of Burundian forces under the AUSSOM from the strategic military base. (Kaab TV) (FTL Somalia) 

Cambodia says it will seek a ruling from the United Nations’s International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand, which triggered a fatal military clash last week. (AP) 

The European Commission passes a measure to limit Chinese medical device supply bids on public contracts, alleging unfair access for EU companies to China’s tenders. The measures are the first under the International Procurement Instrument. (Reuters) 

United States Midwest aluminum premiums rise by 164% as demand for aluminum in the physical market increased following US president Donald Trump’s announcement of plans to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. (Reuters) 

The Damascus Securities Exchange reopens in Syria after six months of closure following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. (Al Arabiya) 

The death toll from the flooding caused by torrential rain in Mokwa, Nigeria, increases to over 200. (DW) 

A Swedish commission recommends that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. The commission was formed in 2021 following a report by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter detailing Sweden’s problematic international adoption system. (AP) 

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Monday,  June 2nd, 2025 (first)

New America, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, reports that U.S. airstrikes in Somalia targeting Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants resulted in up to 174 fatalities, including an estimated six to 30 civilian casualties, in 2025. (Garowe Online) 

Al-Shabaab militants reportedly seize control of Hawadley village in the Middle Shabelle region of Hirshabelle State following the withdrawal of Burundian forces under the AUSSOM from the strategic military base.  (FTL Somalia) 

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for shooting down an African Union helicopter near Xawaadley. (Kaab TV) 

North Macedonia announces that it will take import taxes on US goods to zero in hopes of a reciprocal measure from the United States, as Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski says that the country is negotiating a free trade agreement with the US. (AP) 

The Philippine Department of Transportation orders AirAsia to halt the sale of airline tickets in the country, citing alleged overpricing after reports revealed that fares on the airline’s website significantly exceeded government-approved price ceilings. (Bloomberg) 

The death toll from the flooding caused by torrential rain in Mokwa, Nigeria, increases to over 200. (DW) 

Russia and Ukraine hold further negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in an agreement for a prisoner of war exchange. Officials confirm that all sick and severely wounded prisoners of war, along with those younger than 25, will be exchanged. Russia and Ukraine also exchanged ceasefire proposals during the negotiations. (BBC) 

Sunday, June 1st, 2025 

Israeli gunfire and tank shelling kills at least 31 Palestinians and injures 170 while thousands of people went to receive aid from a United States-funded humanitarian aid distribution centre in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine. Israel denies its responsibility.  (BBC News) 

Ukraine says at least 40 Russian warplanes, including several strategic bombers were destroyed or damaged by drone attacks on four air bases in Russia. (BBC News) 

Russia launches the largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, comprising 472 drones and seven ballistic missiles. (AP News) 

Twelve Ukrainian servicemembers are killed and 60 more are injured in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi, submits a resignation request following the incident. (Ukrainian Pravda) (RBC-Ukraine) 

A support on a bridge explodes and collapses in Kursk Oblast, Russia, causing a freight train to derail, killing a worker and injuring two others, including the driver. The previous day, another bridge exploded causing it to fall onto a passenger train, killing 7 people and injuring 70 others. Both incidents are being probed as acts of terrorism. (BBC News) 

Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a firebombing attack when a man attacks protestors demanding the release of Israeli captives who remain in Gaza at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, United States. FBI director Kash Patel claims it was a “targeted terror attack”.  (BBC News) 

Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin militants seize a Malian Armed Forces base near the border with Burkina Faso, killing more than 30 Malian troops, while also launching an attack on Timbuktu Airport where Wagner Group forces are stationed. (Reuters) 

Twelve people are killed and several others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation center in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico. The cause is still under investigation. (Barron’s) (

One person is killed and six others are injured, including three who were flown to a hospital in an air ambulance, after a woman suffers a seizure and causes a five-vehicle collision between traffic lights in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States. (Lokmat Times) 

Fireworks and flares are fired in Paris, France, after Paris Saint-Germain FC‘s Champions League title win. Two people are killed, a police officer is in a coma, 201 others are injured, four stores are looted and hundreds are arrested in clashes with riot police for violence and looting.  (BBC News) 

A court in Bangladesh indicts former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan on mass murder charges in relation to the deaths of protesters that ousted Hasina in 2024. The government of Bangladesh informs India of the arrest warrant and asks for Hasina’s repatriation, following her escape to India. (Financial Express) 

Three people are killed and 34 others are injured in a suspected arson attack at a hospital in Hamburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested. (AP) 

A ban on the sale of disposable vapes enters force in the United Kingdom. (BBC News) 

Poles vote in the second round to choose their president. Right-wing populist President of the Institute of National Remembrance Karol Nawrocki wins 50.89% of popular vote over pro-European incumbent Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. (The Guardian) 

Nationwide elections are held to elect over 2,700 members of the Mexican judiciary branch in the first ever judicial election in the country’s history. (Reuters) 

Independent presidential candidate Hwang Kyo-ahn resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election and declares his support for People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo. (The Chosun Ilbo) 

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This is a very interesting piece. There is a wealth of information and some absolutely superb camera work and footage. It is a gold mine. But it is impossible to watch. I don’t understand how anybody can watch this straight through. The whole 40 minutes. I couldn’t. I had the advantage of knowing what I was looking for so I could fast forward and rewind. I watched probably 15 minutes of it in total. What is wrong with Elon? Why can he not talk faster? He looked like he was trying to decide if he should just lay down and go to sleep the entire thing. What is happening? The whole thing makes me feel like we are all living inside a Philip K. Dick novel. Read the first 50 pages of The Three Stigmata of Eldritch Palmer and tell me that isn’t exactly what is being proposed here. And he is pleading for people to be convinced that going to Mars is the greatest thing anybody alive and listening to him could aspire to. It is really quite funny. Is he serious? He does a poor job selling it. But even if you buy it the fact of the matter is the rockets keep exploding. Tricky, I know. But also awkward. More about my relationship with Elon some other time…

This next one is really good. For people interested in cameras and photography. I’ve never seen this guy before. He has some good takes on things. But he is angry. Too excited at least. I get it. I can say these things because I play in this world. I own a lot of cameras. I don’t need any more. And I’m happy. The companies aren’t making me buy anything and I am more than happy with what I have received made by Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Fuji, Minolta, Yashica, Zeiss, Sony, Panasonic, Kodak, Polaroid and a multitude of others. The technology has been amazing. But you need to understand it to make decent purchase decisions. You have to research.