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(Left to right) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron speak outside 10 Downing Street in London, June 7, 2026. — AFP pic

Zelensky meets allies in UK after strike hits Ukraine nuclear site

A Chinese flag flutters near a North Korean flag at the North Korea consular office in Dandong, Liaoning province, China June 8, 2026. — Reuters pic

Xi says China-North Korea ties at ‘new historical starting point’

US President Donald Trump said new Israel-Iran strikes would not derail peace talks with Tehran, insisting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘does not call the shots’. — AFP pic

‘I call the shots, not Netanyahu’: Trump says fresh Israel-Iran strikes will not derail peace talks

Zeynab Javadli was detained after her former husband, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, accused her of abducting their three children. — Picture via Instagram/zeynabismyname

Dubai royal’s ex-wife released on bail amid child custody dispute

Members of a Congolese Red Cross team carry the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus disease during her safe burial at a cemetery in Bunia on June 7, 2026. — AFP pic

EU sends emergency aid to DR Congo, calls for ceasefire over Ebola ‘health emergency’

Israeli forces said they struck military targets in western and central Iran. — AFP pic

Israeli army says it struck targets in Iran, state TV confirms blasts in major cities

A general view of Fanfest construction as Kansas City prepares to host the Fifa World Cup 2026 in Missouri, June 3, 2026. — AFP pic

Nine injured in shooting near England’s World Cup base camp in Kansas City

Indonesia ordered evacuations in northern areas today after a 7.8-magnitude quake off the southern Philippines triggered a tsunami threat. — Reuters pic

Indonesia orders tsunami evacuations in northern Sulawesi after powerful Philippines quake

An Israeli air-defence missile flies in the sky over Israel, as seen from Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 7, 2026. — Reuters

Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time since April truce

Pallet shelters stand inside a Tiny Home Village run by Hope The Mission in Los Angeles, June 1, 2026. — AFP pic

Los Angeles cuts street homelessness with tiny homes, yet crisis endures before World Cup spotlight

A Palestinian man harvests wheat in As‑Sawiyah, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on June 4, 2026. — AFP pic

Palestinian farmers ‘steal’ their own crops as settler violence surges across occupied West Bank

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung nominated Han Seong-sook to be his next prime minister. — AFP pic/The Blue House

SME minister Han Seong‑sook nominated as South Korea’s next PM, only second woman in history

Students line up to enter a Beijing school on the first day of China’s gaokao, June 7, 2026. — AFP pic

Gaokao jitters meet youth unemployment fears as 12.9 million students chase university dreams across China

The Pentagon has reportedly raised Israel to its highest counterintelligence threat tier amid concerns over alleged spying on senior US officials involved in Middle East policy. — AFP

Pentagon raises threat of Israeli spying to ‘critical’

A handout photo from Taiwan Military News Agency (MNA) taken on June 3, 2026 shows Taiwanese military conducting live-fire with Altius-600M UAVs on maritime targets. — AFP

China holds 'special operation' near Taiwan after Japan-Philippines sea border talks

A member of Israeli security forces moves past an armoured vehicle as they disperse Palestinians who had gathered along a road (outside frame) to protest the reported burning of their land by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Idna, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on June 5, 2026. — AFP

How Israel’s permanent state of war and ‘super-Sparta’ vision are weighing on the country