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Donald Trump’s announcement fueled a stock market rally and tanked oil prices, although Iran’s position remained unclear, with foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei saying Tehran “had not reached a final conclusion on the agreement.” — Reuters pic

Trump withdraws strike threat and says Iran deal could be signed in days

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was headed from Ahmedabad in western India to London when it crashed, killing all but one of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground. — AFP file pic

A year after Air India crash, focus remains on pilots Sumeet Sabharwal and Clive Kunder

This picture taken on April 29, 2026 shows Kim Young-bun, a South Korean elderly woman living alone, holding Hyodol, an AI-powered healthcare doll designed for elderly people, during an interview with AFP at her home in Yongin. — AFP pic

South Korea turns to AI dolls to combat elderly loneliness

The Anstalten Rosersberg prison facility is pictured on March 4, 2026 in Rosersberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden. The closed prison, operated by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, is among several facilities in Sweden preparing special units for young offenders. Sweden’s right-wing government withdrew on June 11, 2026 a heavily contested proposal to lower the age at which children can be sentenced to prison from 15 to 13, citing a lack of support in parliament. — AFP pic

Sweden withdraws proposal to jail 13-year-olds, eyes revised age of 14 instead

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer listens as Britain’s Defence Secretary John Healey speaks to apprentices and representatives from SMEs in the defence industry, during a careers fair inside 10 Downing Street in central London in this file picture dated March 3, 2025. Healey resigned on June 11, 2026, in a surprise move which he said was due to Starmer and his finance ministry failing to commit sufficient resources to long-term defence plans. — AFP pic

UK defence minister John Healey quits, says Starmer’s spending plans leave Britain less safe

The villa, estimated to be worth about €6 million (RM30.5 million), is located in the coastal resort town of Ayia Napa and was acquired by Jho Low (inset) through the country’s now-defunct citizenship-by-investment programme, commonly known as the ‘golden passports’ scheme. — Picture from social media/Facebook

Cyprus court seizes Jho Low’s RM30.5m villa in Ayia Napa over 1MDB-linked money laundering case

Protesters (behind) stand off with police as the former block a road leading to a hotel previously believed to house migrants, in Glengormley, north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2026. — AFP pic

UK minister brands Northern Ireland unrest ‘racist thuggery’ after anti-immigration violence

Bill Gates departs following a closed door interview before the House Oversight Committee investigating late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, June 10, 2026. — Reuters pic

‘I never victimised anyone’: Bill Gates denies wrongdoing in Jeffrey Epstein testimony to US lawmakers

People walk in a local market in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2026. Water supply to villages in southern Iran have been restored after US strikes hit reservoirs, state television reported on Thursday, in what Iranian officials described as a ‘war crime.’ — Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) handout pic via Reuters

Iran says water restored to 20,000 after ‘war crime’ US strikes hit reservoirs

An image grab from a video released by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on June 11, 2026 shows what the military says are strikes targeting ‘Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communications systems and air defence sites’. The United States launched a new wave of attacks against Iran as efforts to end the three-month old war sputtered, and Tehran hit back saying it will target any ship going through the Strait of Hormuz. — US Central Command (CENTCOM) handout pic via AFP

Iran declares truce all but dead after fresh US strikes

Australian media identified the man as Angelo Pandeli, a prominent member of a motorbike gang linked to drug trafficking and wanted by Interpol. — Screengrab from social media

Wanted Australian biker gang figure caught hiding in private jet toilet in Bali

Thai court sentences two Uyghurs to death for 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing

This screen grab taken from a screen recording of the MarineTraffic website on April 21, 2026, shows data visualisation of maritime traffic in the Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman from April 18 to April 20, amid a fragile US-Iran truce. — AFP pic

India confirms deaths of three sailors after US attack on vessel off Oman

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence services and its foreign operations branch, the Quds Force, had engaged in ‘lethal plotting and malign actions’ against Iranian dissidents, journalists and Jewish and Israeli communities and interests. ― Reuters pic

Western allies accuse Iran of using criminal networks for attacks in Europe, North America and Australia

Wreckage showing the tail section of the Air India Boeing 787-8 is pictured in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad June 14, 2025. — AFP pic

India aviation probe faces criticism as Air India 787 crash report remains incomplete

A Thai court will deliver its verdict on June 11, 2026 in the long-delayed case of a 2015 attack at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people, the deadliest bombing in the country's history. — AFP file pic

Thai court to deliver verdict in 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing that killed 20