Iran opens registration for presidential race to replace late Raisi
Polls originally slated for 2025 were brought forward to June 28 following the president's death in May 19 air crash.
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‘Forgotten citizens’: South Africa’s farm workers threatened with eviction
Farm workers and dwellers with historical links to the land have worked for generations but have seen nothing in return.
Europe casts off constraints to help Ukraine, as US cautiously wobbles
Putin warns France and Germany of 'serious consequences' as pair claim Ukraine should be able to hit Russian targets.
#NeverBiden: What’s the campaign against the US approach to Israel about?
Both pro-Palestinian critics of the US approach to the war on Gaza and Israel sympathisers are turning against Biden.
India reports first heat-related death this year
A labourer dies of a heatstroke in New Delhi as parts of the city record 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22F).
China’s Xi calls for peace conference to end ‘tremendous suffering’ in Gaza
China's leader tells Arab leaders that Israel's war on Gaza 'should not continue indefinitely', pledges more aid.
A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death
In 2022, the Turkish coastguard found Baris Buyuksu barely alive with signs of torture, in the Aegean Sea.
Volcanic eruption puts on fiery spectacle near Iceland’s Grindavik
Sundhnukagigar volcano erupts for the fifth time this year with lava shooting 50 metres (164 feet) into the air.
How Israel pushed dotted ‘red lines’ to have its way in Rafah
Israel has ignored calls from its Western allies not to conduct a major operation in Rafah and faced no consequences.
Mayoral candidate shot dead at election campaign rally in Mexico’s Guerrero
Alfredo Cabrera's murder is the latest in a string of attacks ahead of Sunday's elections.
UN warns of ‘significant’ disease risk after Papua New Guinea landslide
The UN's migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies.
South Africa elections live results 2024: By the numbers
About 28 million voters were registered to vote in national and provincial elections.
NATO’s top diplomats meet as Ukraine seeks easing of weapons restrictions
Military alliance's foreign ministers to meet in Prague to prepare aid package for Ukraine ahead of NATO summit.
Person killed after falling into jet engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport
The death occurred on the apron outside the hub's terminal as the KLM flight was getting ready to depart to Denmark.
After joint 108 years on remand, Hong Kong 47 face security trial verdict
The trial of prominent democracy activists and politicians, arrested in 2021, is the largest under China's security law.
Does a peace summit launched by Ukraine have any chance of success?
US President Joe Biden is planning to skip the June gathering in Switzerland.
Israel says war on Gaza likely to last another seven months
National security adviser says he expects another 'seven months of fighting' as Israel expands Rafah offensive.
China to send two giant pandas to Washington, DC, zoo
Bao Li and Qing Bao to arrive this year under a decade-long breeding and research agreement, zoo says.
Israel cannot win Gaza war without ‘day-after’ plan, Blinken warns
Top US diplomat says, without strategy to govern and stablise Gaza, Hamas or something 'worse' will re-emerge after war.
‘Vote for change’: South Africa elects government as ANC legacy on trial
Thirty years after Nelson Mandela took over as country's first Black president, the party faces a credibility crisis.