- Russia reports one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on its soil and annexed Crimea AP News
- Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments of Russia NBC News
- Zelenskyy says Russia is shifting air defenses to protect Moscow and other key sites after drone strikes PBS
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 18, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia-Ukraine: Drones Target Russian City With Three Rosneft Oil Refineries Bloomberg.com
Asia stock markets slide as tech shares slump
Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.
Iran war day 119: Israel hits Lebanon as IAEA says it will return to Iran – Al Jazeera
- Iran war day 119: Israel hits Lebanon as IAEA says it will return to Iran Al Jazeera
- IDF: 4 soldiers hurt in clash with Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon The Times of Israel
- 2 Dead After Israeli Soldiers Open Fire In Southern Lebanon, Health Officials Say The New York Times
- Israel fire kills two in Lebanon, testing Iran-linked ceasefire Reuters
- Three Killed in Israeli Drone Strike on Vehicle in South Lebanon, Local Reports Say Haaretz
Oil prices ease after spiking over halt to Strait of Hormuz evacuation plan – Al Jazeera
- Oil prices ease after spiking over halt to Strait of Hormuz evacuation plan Al Jazeera
- Iran strikes vessel, pausing UN efforts to evacuate ships from Hormuz CNN
- Iran behind attack on cargo vessel near Oman in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. official tells MS NOW CNBC
- UN agency pauses evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz after attack on vessel NPR
- Iran Strikes Vessel in Strait of Hormuz, Pausing Escort Operations Time Magazine
Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached ‘alarming’ levels since aid cuts, survey finds
Fears hard-won gains in reducing child mortality over 20 years are at risk after end of USAID funding for nutrition programmes
Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached “alarming” levels, according to the largest ever survey of under-fives in the country.
The new figures came just over a year after USAID, the former US flagship agency closed by the Trump administration in 2025, stopped funding work on child nutrition in Nepal.
Continue reading...Reflecting Pool liner cut with sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says
Earlier in the week Donald Trump blamed vandals for "a 300 foot long gash" in the pool and accused someone of putting fertiliser in the water.
Reflecting Pool liner cut with sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says
Earlier in the week Donald Trump blamed vandals for "a 300 foot long gash" in the pool and accused someone of putting fertiliser in the water.
Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs – AP News
King Charles won’t live in Buckingham Palace, reveals taxes – dw.com
- King Charles won't live in Buckingham Palace, reveals taxes dw.com
- King Charles will not live in Buckingham Palace after costly refit, reveals $17 million tax bill CNN
- King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations BBC
- King Charles will not live in Buckingham Palace after $487 million renovation CBS News
- King and queen will not live at Buckingham Palace after £369m refit The Guardian
South Korea to train half a million military personnel to become ‘drone warriors’
All branches of the military will be taught how to use technology that has become a ‘game changer on the battlefield’, says defence minister
All of South Korea’s military forces will be trained as drone operators in a sweeping overhaul of its warfare strategy, the defence minister has said.
“All soldiers should be able to use drones like a second personal firearm,” Ahn Gyu-back, who heads the defence ministry in Seoul, said on Friday.
Continue reading...Aerial footage reveals destruction in coastal Venezuela
Multi-storey buildings have collapsed in La Guaira following two major earthquakes on Wednesday.
Aerial footage reveals destruction in coastal Venezuela
Multi-storey buildings have collapsed in La Guaira following two major earthquakes on Wednesday.
Vance, Rubio strike different tone on Iran and Israel – Reuters
Gulf states weigh living side by side with Iran as Tehran weaponises Hormuz – Euronews
- Gulf states weigh living side by side with Iran as Tehran weaponises Hormuz Euronews
- Iran war updates: Rubio calls Gulf discussions frank; Iran talks next week Al Jazeera
- Rubio in Bahrain as US-Iran diplomacy ramps up Yahoo
- Rubio’s new job? Selling Trump’s Iran deal to a worried Gulf. The Washington Post
- Gulf FMs say Iran proxies, missiles must be addressed for ‘lasting’ peace The Times of Israel
Europe’s heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, scientists say – Reuters
- Europe's heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change, scientists say Reuters
- Europe’s record-shattering heat wave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ just a few decades ago. Here’s why CNN
- Heat Wave Prompts Paris to Suspend Sports Events and Public Alcohol Consumption The New York Times
- France just hit its hottest day ever recorded Scientific American
- Europe swelters under record June heat Axios
Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Ukraine steps up pressure on Russia by targeting Crimea – CNN
- Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Ukraine steps up pressure on Russia by targeting Crimea CNN
- Ukraine’s Attacks on Crimea Expose Limits of Putin’s Protection Bloomberg.com
- Russia’s Crimean conquest is turning into a deadly mess The Economist
- Russia-Ukraine war: Crimea's Sevastopol without power after Ukraine strikes BBC
- Putin’s reign may not survive the impending fall of Crimea The Hill
Ukraine’s Growing Drone Armada Is Overwhelming Russia’s Air Defenses – WSJ
- Ukraine’s Growing Drone Armada Is Overwhelming Russia’s Air Defenses WSJ
- What U.S. Special Operations Veterans Are Learning From Ukraine's War Forbes
- Ukrainian commander says the way NATO's trying to develop naval drones makes him uneasy Business Insider
- Kyiv using AI-powered Hornet drones to strike deep into Russian territory France 24
- The Rise of Autonomous Drone Warfare EE Times
Australia pledges tougher enforcement of social media ban for teens – Reuters
- Australia pledges tougher enforcement of social media ban for teens Reuters
- Eighty per cent of Australian children escape social media ban telegraph.co.uk
- Federal politics: PM flags strengthening powers of eSafety Commissioner for social media ban — as it happened Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media News4JAX
- Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows The Guardian
Supreme Court allows Trump to end protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
The ruling opens the path for the Trump administration to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been living in the US for years.
Hundreds in Spain may have died from record heat, agency warns – The Washington Post
- Hundreds in Spain may have died from record heat, agency warns The Washington Post
- Heat records shattered as Spain sets double June high Euronews.com
- Spain Warns of a Possible Spike in Heat-Related Deaths The New York Times
- Spain Records 212 Deaths Due To Heatwave In 4 Days: Report NDTV
- Spain estimates 212 heat-related deaths in 4 days The Watchers - Watching the world evolve and transform