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People chant during a rally in Tehran, Iran. — Reuters
IRAN STUDYING DEAL DEAL TO HALT WAR

Iran is reviewing a ​proposed agreement with the US to halt their war but has ​not communicated with Washington for a few days, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump said negotiations were ongoing. More than three months after the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran, the conflict has morphed into a stalemate with the pivotal...
Smoke rises in Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, June 3, 2026.

Hostilities flare in Iran war, talks at a stalemate
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Kuwait says Iran drone attack forces closure of airport
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Fire in Delhi hotel kills at least 21, police say
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Airbus says it completed first flight of ultra-long-haul jet
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Iran drone attack forces closure of Kuwait airport
Women walk outside a jeweller's shop at the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran on Jon Tuesday. US President Donald Trump said that talks with Iran were moving at a 'rapid pace', even as Tehran threatened to widen the war. - AFP

WILL THERE BE A ​DEAL TO END US-IRAN WAR?
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Region
Smoke rises in Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, June 3, 2026.

Hostilities flare in Iran war, talks at a stalemate

CAIRO/WASHINGTON: Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday, with an Iranian missile ​attack damaging Kuwait's airport and the U.S. military carrying out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, as diplomacy between Washington and Tehran showed...

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Women walk outside a jeweller's shop at the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran on Jon Tuesday. US President Donald Trump said that talks with Iran were moving at a 'rapid pace', even as Tehran threatened to widen the war. - AFP

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People chant during a rally in Tehran, Iran. — Reuters

IRAN STUDYING DEAL DEAL TO HALT WAR
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon. — Reuters

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Americas

Marco Rubio

US lawmakers to grill Rubio over Mideast war

US military fires on ship violating Iran blockade

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad

US allocates extra $80m to tackle Ebola

Trump hails Paxton win

Africa

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus washes his hands as he arrives in DRC to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak. — Reuters

WHO chief calls for more funding to fight Ebola

Kenyan girls' school fire kills 16 students, injures 79

Kenya school fire kills 16 students, government says

Ebola, hantavirus show world's risk preparedness lagging: Expert

Transport protests hit Kenya over fuel prices

Europe

A view of cracked ground at a dam, as Zimbabwe is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought, resulting in malnutrition among children under the age of five, pregnant women and adolescents, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe. — Reuters file photo

UN warns of extreme heat risk from El Nino, urges preparedness

UN warns possibly strong El Nino could push global temperatures higher

France seizes Russia-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic

Israel orders attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs

Kyiv says struck Russian pipeline and oil depot

Asia
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Fire in Delhi hotel kills at least 21, police say

NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were killed ​in a ​fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital in recent ⁠years.The hotel was...
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Migrants try to flee to Bangladesh fearing India crackdown

Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi applaud as Ambassador of the Philippines to Japan Mylene Garcia-Albano and Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines Kazuya Endo exchange documents during the Cooperation Document Exchange Ceremony at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo. — AFP

Japan, Philippines to discuss intelligence sharing

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. — Reuters

Xi praises Pakistan's role in Iran peace efforts

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GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Losing international students could devastate many US colleges

Xiaofeng Wan, a former admissions officer at Amherst College, now works as a private consultant to international students who want to come to the United States. This week, as he held meetings in China with prospective...

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Australia
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Man dies after shark bite off Western Australia coast

SYDNEY: A ⁠man attacked by a shark off Western Australia's ​coast on ​Saturday died of his injuries, police said, in what is the second fatal shark attack in Australia so far this year.The...
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Australia's national flag flutters at half mast at Bondi Beach during Australia's National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Sydney. - Reuters

Australia mourns in candlelight for Beach shooting victims

Emergency services were called to the scene following reports of a shooting in Lake Cargelligo, 450 kilometres west of Sydney.

Gunman at large after 3 killed in eastern Australia

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