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Drone raid sirens were sounded in the early hours of Monday (June 8, 2026) in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a major export hub for oil and grains in Russias Krasnodar region

The preliminary data, from about 16% of Armenia's polling stations, showed the pro-Russian Strong Armenia alliance in second place, with about 22% of the votes

Oil prices were up more than $2 a barrel after Israel launched renewed strikes on Lebanon despite a truce between the two countries

U.S. crude futures were up $2.10, or 2.32%, at $92.64 per barrel as of 0013 GMT, while Brent crude futures rose $2.33, or 2.5%, to $95.42 a barrel

In a separate incident, Israeli naval forces shot dead a fisherman in the early hours of Sunday, on June 7, the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah said after receiving his body.

The comments from Irans Parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, follow Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanons capital, a stronghold of Irans ally Hezbollah.

President Trump has been consistent in his position that the United Kingdom should not give away the British Indian Ocean Territory, which includes our joint U.S.-U.K. military facility on the Diego Garcia atoll, a U.S. official told Reuters.

There was no immediate word of casualties

Police said in a brief statement the man is also under investigation for traveling abroad to undergo training

Local elections in the country last week were hit by a ballot shortage that prevented some eligible voters from casting their ballots

Under Bangladeshi law, death sentences awarded by trial courts must be reviewed and confirmed by the High Court before they can be carried out

He also said that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran

The move came after concerns that Israel had been attempting to spy on top U.S. officials to get information on the Trump administration's internal deliberations on the Middle East

The multi-day exam drills test-takers on subjects including Chinese, mathematics, English, science and the humanities

When we heard that she had been found safe, it felt like our prayers had been answered; it is truly a miracle, said the rescued hikers friend

The shootings took place in three separate areas in central Israel close to the Palestinian West Bank city of Qalqilya.

Seven core members of OPEC+, which groups OPEC and allied producers including Russia, have increased their output quotas from April to June by almost 600,000 barrels per day

In separate statements, Kyivs General Staff and the state atomic agency said a container-receiving building had been partially destroyed, but that no spent fuel had been stored there at the time of the attack

Armenians are voting in parliamentary elections as the government seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and increase cooperation with the West

Khanal kicked off a three-day trip to strengthen bilateral ties, a visit overshadowed by a raging controversy triggered by Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah's recent remarks on the boundary row

While we are working with ESO and National Grid for the new electrical infrastructure, National Grid has formally alerted that the connectivity project is delayed, says Koushik Chatterjee, ED and CFO, Tata Steel.

Ms. Han, who had also previously served as chief executive of South Korean internet giant Naver, is expected to lead the countrys AI transformation, South Koreas presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik said at a press briefing

U.S. CENTCOM said it destroyed two Iranian drones hat threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after announcing it struck four other drones and coastal surveillance radar sites

Accompanied by Indonesias lower house Representative Marlyn Maisarah, Sugionothe Foreign Minister is leading a high-level delegation to the national capital

Beijings Transport Ministry organised maritime police from coastal provinces Fujian and Guangdong to conduct a special maritime traffic law enforcement operation in waters east of Taiwan Island

Why did protests erupt months after a murder? How have Sikhs reacted? What are the debates about the kirpan?

Pakistans Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reached Tehran on Saturday (June 6, 2026) to push for peace amidst rising tensions

North Korea has long insisted on its right to a nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes, although they are forbidden under the terms of UN Security Council sanctions

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also directed a team to assess costs for damage already inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, the source said, adding that the U.S. will consider using Iranian assets for those repairs as well

A 12th-century hilltop castle has emerged as a key strategic flashpoint in Israels war with Hezbollah in occupied southern Lebanon

During his visit, Mr. Naqvi will hold talks with various top officials, including Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iran'ssemi-official news agencyTasnim reported.

British police have charged six more people with violent disorder at a protest over the stabbing death of a university student

The islands between southern Taiwan and Hong Kong are seen by some security experts as vulnerable to Chinese attack due to their distance more than 400 km (250 miles) from Taiwan island

Bill Pulte, a Mr. Trump loyalist who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was named by the Republican president on June 2 as acting Director of National Intelligence

Israeli soldiers accused of harming Palestinians are rarely penalised and were indicted in fewer than 1% of cases based on 2,427 complaints alleging wrongdoing between 2016 and 2024, according to Israeli rights group Yesh Din

The legislation comes amid the Trump administration's crackdown on legal migration programmes through tightening restrictions, prioritisation of higher wages for H-1B applicants, and imposition of a $1,00,000 fee on new petitions.

The Popes seven-day State visit will include an unprecedented address to the Spanish parliament and a meeting with victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church

Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences shot down 376 Ukrainian drones

Henry Nowak died the same way a civilisation dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit, says VP Vance

Shafi Jan, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Minister in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province alleged that the jailed former PM and his wife are denied of legal rights and healthcare

The continued, deliberate, and repeated Israeli aggression against Lebanon, its people and its army only strengthens our resolve, faith and determination, the Lebanese army said in a statement

Dawa Sherpa, 57, disappeared in brutal conditions on the upper slopes of the world's tallest mountain on May 30 during one of the final climbs of the spring season

Bahrain, home to the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, denounced the attacks against its territory and neighbouring Kuwait

J.D. Vance wrote on X that there should be righteous anger in response to the murder of Henry Nowak, which he blamed in part on the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it

Lebanon's largest amnesty since the end of its devastating 1975-90 civil war is expected to occur in the coming weeks, once Parliament approves it and the President signs it

The Health Ministry says specialists from Malbran, together with U.S. CDC, are preparing to test rodents for the hantavirus in Mendoza from June 8-12

North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited the 5,000-tonne destroyer Kang Kon as it underwent capability tests

A reportedly AI-enabled hacking incident that impacted Instagram account users was further complicated by a complete lack of clarity and transparency on Metas end