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India seeks rare earth samples from Rosneft-owned Siberian deposit, source says

India is keen to study the mineral composition of the deposit before considering deeper engagement, said the source, who has knowledge of the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity as the discussions are confidential

16 Jun 2026 1:12 pm
Moscow oil refinery damaged in Ukrainian drone attack: Mayor

The plant, Gazpromneft refinery, processed 11.6 million tonnes of oil, producing 2.9 million tonnes of petrol and 3.2 million tonnes of diesel in 2024

16 Jun 2026 1:11 pm
Australia declares strong El Nino in tropical Pacific as risks to agriculture loom

The weather pattern is particularly damaging to Australia as it impacts agricultural production in the country

16 Jun 2026 12:27 pm
European Union nears finish line on U.S. tariff deal

The biggest political forces in the Parliament including the largest, the conservative European People's Party, have all made it clear they will endorse the agreement

16 Jun 2026 12:13 pm
What is the B-52 bomber that crashed at a U.S. air base in California?

The B-52 bomber, capable of carrying a wide range of weapons including bombs and cruise missiles, has a wingspan of about 185 feet and a length of 159 feet

16 Jun 2026 12:13 pm
Tesla presented misleading Full Self-Driving safety data to European regulators

Regulators in other European countries have been inundated by drivers citing Teslas safety statistics and urging swift approval of FSD, emails showed

16 Jun 2026 12:08 pm
Trump tells Iran team to skip FIFA World Cup for 'their own life and safety'

Iranian athletes and coaches are exempt from the travel ban Mr. Trump imposed against their country last June

16 Jun 2026 11:10 am
G7 Summit Day 1 LIVE: G7 leaders open summit talks on Ukraine and West Asia as Zelenskyy joins in France

PM Modi is expected to meet Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit

16 Jun 2026 11:10 am
EU tech chief says Europe 'not a security risk' after U.S. AI order

Anthropic said Friday that the US Department of Commerce had ordered it to suspend its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models for ational security reasons

16 Jun 2026 11:08 am
Trump and Iran find a fragile peace as nuclear questions still loom

The draft MoU appears to defer the hardest questions rather than resolve them. This approach will suit Tehran because it preserves Irans existing nuclear capabilities

16 Jun 2026 10:57 am
UNSC reform would border on failure if only non-permanent category expanded: India

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Harish Parvathaneni was addressing the meeting, with focus on the Elements Paper, a document that contains points of convergences and divergences of UN member states on reform of the powerful UN body

16 Jun 2026 10:53 am
Bank of Japan hikes rate to 31-year high, citing inflation

Tokyos benchmark Nikkei 225 index briefly topped 70,000 early Tuesday for the first time ever

16 Jun 2026 10:31 am
U.S. says Hormuz to be toll-free under Iran deal

The signing of the deal on June 19 will kick off a 60-day period in which Tehran and Washington will try to hammer out a full-scale peace deal

16 Jun 2026 9:42 am
British Sikh mans unduly lenient sentence for U.K. murder to be reviewed

The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment, imposing a 21-year minimum timeline before he can be considered for parole a ruling now being challenged for not going far enough

16 Jun 2026 8:01 am
The U.S. govt. policy is to systematically cut off any source of income to Cuba: Mitchell Valdes-Sosa

Mitchell Valdes-Sosa, one of the architects of Cubas biotechnology strategy, says U.S. sanctions are crippling Cubas healthcare and biotech sectors by choking off income, supplies and energy; despite worsening shortages and health outcomes, Cuba is prioritising key research and expanding international collaboration to keep its biotech industry functioning, he adds

16 Jun 2026 7:42 am
Vance to lead U.S. team to ink Iran peace deal in Switzerland: Trump

In media interviews here, Mr. Vance said the peace agreement was signed digitally on June 14, and its full text was likely to be made public later this week

16 Jun 2026 6:59 am
Limited traffic through Hormuz, despite Trumps announcement

Maritime intelligence publication Lloyds List estimates that about 600 ships remain stranded west of the chokepoint; last week, Trump claimed that the U.S. military had quietly assisted around 200 commercial vessels through the Strait since May

15 Jun 2026 11:25 pm
Pentagon chief denies U.S. facing munitions stockpile shortage

Concerns over the West Asia war straining U.S. weapons stockpiles deepened last month after Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hung Cao cited the conflict as a reason for pausing arms sales to Taiwan

15 Jun 2026 10:51 pm
After India trip, Myanmar President Min arrives in China on five-day visit

In recent years, China has deepened its influence in Myanmar, backing the military rulers with major strategic investments

15 Jun 2026 10:48 pm
Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared

Congolese authorities report a large daily increase in Ebola cases as the virus without a approved medicine or vaccine spreads rapidly

15 Jun 2026 10:36 pm
China says growing its military helps world peace

A Lowy Institute report said that China is capable of a direct missile strike on Australia and the threat of such a move is growing as Beijing amasses long-range and hypersonic weapons

15 Jun 2026 10:32 pm
At least 31 dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia

The road where the accident occurred winds through hilly terrain and is widely known as hazardous. The cause of the crash remains under investigation

15 Jun 2026 7:39 pm
G7 Summit 2026 begins in vian: Key leaders, dates, and venue details

World leaders have convened at vian-les-Bains, France, for the 52nd G7 Summit, amid heightened geopolitical tensions following a historic peace deal between the United States and Iran.

15 Jun 2026 7:15 pm
U.K. crime agency arrests Indian man in raid on Russian shadow fleet oil tanker

The National Crime Agency did not clarify the specific offences for which the Indian national was arrested

15 Jun 2026 5:20 pm
Lebanese Army warns residents of border villages to wait before returning

The army command emphasises the need to adhere to instructions of the deployed army units, in order to safeguard their safety from the risk of Israeli violations and attacks a statement said

15 Jun 2026 5:17 pm
Britain wins appeal that Palestine Action ban was unlawful

Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel-linked defence companies in Britain with a particular focus on Israel's largest defence firm Elbit Systems, was proscribed under terrorism laws last year

15 Jun 2026 5:03 pm
Pakistan will host signing ceremony of peace deal between U.S. and Iran in Switzerland: PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the deal between the U.S. and Iran as a historic milestone of peace, hailing the new dawn that emerged as after three months and 16 days of tireless efforts

15 Jun 2026 5:02 pm
Norway oil industry maintenance workers launch strike

The Norwegian Union of Energy Workers (SAFE) said 154 oil service workers would go on strike as of 10:00 am (0800 GMT) on Monday (June 15, 2026), and another 224 would join on Thursday (June 18, 2026).

15 Jun 2026 5:00 pm
6.2-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines: USGS

The quake hit off the coast of Mindanao island at 5:18 p.m. (0918 GMT) at a depth of 112 kilometres (69.5 miles), the USGS reported; no tsunami warning has been issued.

15 Jun 2026 4:27 pm
China welcomes West Asia deal, calls for early opening of Strait of Hormuz

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian also said Beijing appreciates Pakistans mediation efforts

15 Jun 2026 2:49 pm
Marius Borg Hiby, son of Norways Crown Princess, sentenced to four years for rape

Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, Mette-Marit's son from a relationship prior to her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, was accused of 40 charges, carrying a maximum possible sentence of 16 years in prison

15 Jun 2026 1:50 pm
Defence Minister says Israel wont withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

Katz said Israel plans to stay indefinitely in lands it holds in Lebanon, as well as Syria and the Gaza Strip; Iran has tied the interim deal over the war to halting Israel's attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.

15 Jun 2026 1:14 pm
British PM announces ban on social media for under-16s

Keir Starmer said that the government will ban access to social media for all children under the age of 16

15 Jun 2026 1:07 pm
Russia says carried out massive strike on military sites in Kyiv

Ukrainian air force said that Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones, mainly targeting the capital, adding that Ukrainian air defence units had downed 50 missiles and 582 drones

15 Jun 2026 1:04 pm
FIFA World Cup: Iran team arrive in U.S. for opener as nations reach peace deal in West Asia

Iranian fans in Tijuana give team warm sendoff before World Cup opener; Iranian Americans protest in LA over Iranian government's human rights abuses

15 Jun 2026 12:54 pm
Israeli far-right Minister Ben Gvir slams U.S.-Iran deal, urges stronger campaign in Lebanon

Trump's agreement does not bind us... we are not party to this agreement. It does not safeguard our security, Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel, in what was the first reaction from an Israeli official to the deal.

15 Jun 2026 12:40 pm
Deadly strikes on Ukraine leave Kyiv cathedral in flames

Amid near-daily pummelling of its cities by Russian drones and missiles, Ukraine has in recent weeks stepped up its own aerial attacks, which it says mostly target Russia's oil infrastructure to sap its profits that

15 Jun 2026 11:52 am
U.S.-Iran war: Maps, data and the story so far

As the U.S.-Iran war crossed the 100-day mark in June, here are graphics tracking the event

15 Jun 2026 11:02 am
Several Stanford students stage walkout as Google CEO Sundar Pichai begins speech

A report said that over 20,000 people, including 3,600 students, attended Stanfords 135th Commencement ceremony

15 Jun 2026 10:51 am
G7 leaders meet in France after U.S. and Iran declare agreement to end war

Discussing next steps on Iran will be one of several issues the global leaders will wrestle with during the June 15-17 summit, which will also seek common ground on the war in Ukraine

15 Jun 2026 10:14 am
UN chief welcomes announcement of peace deal between U.S. and Iran

The Secretary-General expressed deep appreciation for the constructive role played by Pakistan, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and other regional countries in supporting the negotiations

15 Jun 2026 9:58 am
The Iranian leaders killed in Israeli-U.S. war

With Washington and Tehran agreeing on a deal announced on Monday (June 15, 2026) to halt the conflict, here is a recap of the some of the key figures killed in the war

15 Jun 2026 9:22 am
Oil prices down more than 4% after U.S.-Iran deal to open Hormuz

Meanwhile, Japans Nikkei 225 index jumped 4.99% and South Koreas benchmark Kospi index soared 5.54%

15 Jun 2026 9:02 am
Can India protect its seafarers in the Gulf? | Explained

How many Indian seafarers are working in the Gulf region? What happened to the three vessels attacked by the U.S. Navy? What sanctions were imposed on some ships? Does the foreign-flag status of the vessels limit Indias options? Do international maritime laws protect civilian crews?

15 Jun 2026 8:40 am
Trump celebrates 80th birthday with Iran deal and UFC cage fight at White House

Donald Trump and UFC chief Dana White walked together from the Oval Office to the Blue Room Balcony to survey the Octagon and stood for the National Anthem as fighter jets thundered overhead. The crowd chanted USA! USA!

15 Jun 2026 8:39 am
Young woman who fell to her death in dramatic rope jump tragedy buried in Brazil

The video of Rodrigues de Freitas falling to her death has gone viral on social media platforms, where internet users are describing her death as a surreal case of negligence

15 Jun 2026 7:52 am
West Asia LIVE: Oil prices down more than 4% after U.S.-Iran 'permanent' peace deal

Trump said the Strait of Hormuz will open on Friday after the official signing of the agreement

15 Jun 2026 7:24 am
Protesters set Tesla ablaze, smash UN office's windows in Geneva anti-G7 march

Some 20,000 people gathered for a march that was initially peaceful but protesters later targeted what they depicted as symbols of capitalism and multilateralism, including the parked Tesla and the UN office

14 Jun 2026 11:07 pm