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Hegseth defends results of US strikes in push...
Olympia [Washington], June 27: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth took the lectern at the Pentagon briefing room on Thursday morning...

Russian advance in Sumy halted: Ukrainian commander
Kiev [Ukraine], June 27: Ukrainian forces have halted the Russian offensive in the Sumy border region in north-eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian...

Ukraine and Russia swap more prisoners under Istanbul...
Kiev [Ukraine], June 27: Ukraine and Russia swapped further prisoners-of-war on Thursday as part of an agreement reached in Istanbul...

Activists see little progress at preparatory Bonn climate...
Bonn [Germany], June 27: Environmental organizations voiced frustration at the lack of progress during climate talks in Bonn, which wrapped...

Slovakia blocks agreement on new EU sanctions on...
Brussels [Belgium], June 27: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said Thursday at a European Union summit in Brussels that he...

College bus crash into river in England sends...
London [UK], June 27: A college bus which crashed off a road into a river "like a scene out of...

First Indian, Hungarian and Polish astronauts arrive at...
New York [US], June 27: For the first time an Indian, a Hungarian and a Pole have arrived at the...

North Korea to open beach resort as Kim...
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 27: North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong-un hopes will boost...

EU urges Israel to respect law in Gaza,...
Brussels [Belgium], June 27: European Union leaders on Thursday urged Israel to respect humanitarian law but did not draw any...

Israeli attacks kill 62 in Gaza, including three...
Gaza City [Gaza], June 27: At least 62 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical...

Iran one step closer to cutting cooperation with...
Tehran [Iran], June 27: Iran has taken one further step towards cutting off its cooperation with the United Nations' atomic...

Israel halts aid into northern Gaza
Jerusalem [Israel], June 27: Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from...

Supreme Leader says Iran would strike back if...
Tehran [Iran], June 27: Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle...

Trump says he's had a 'very nice' meeting...
The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: US President Donald Trump has said his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the...

Switzerland and US dispute cost of controversial fighter...
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: Switzerland and the United States are at odds over the price of 36 US-made F-35 fighter...

British Royal Navy shadows Russian ships through English...
London [UK], June 26: Britain's Royal Navy has shadowed Russian ships as they travelled through the English Channel.

NATO defence spending hike 'monumental win' for Trump
The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a decision by NATO allies to spend 5%...

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit...
The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: Some 200 people were arrested as Dutch police cleared a protest on the sidelines of...

France's Le Pen asks protege Bardella to prepare...
Paris [France], June 26: France's far-right populist Marine Le Pen, who a court has barred from standing in elections, has...

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit...
The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: Some 200 people were arrested as Dutch police cleared a protest on the sidelines of...

Iran to temporarily suspend cooperation with IAEA
Tehran [Iran], June 26: The Iranian parliament has voted to temporarily suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

Tehran slams NATO chief Rutte's praise for US...
Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran has reacted with outrage to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's praise of US President Donald...

Iranian airspace to remain closed
Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran's airspace will remain closed until at least Thursday, the government has said.

Thailand closes border crossings in dispute with Cambodia
Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: Thailand has closed border crossings in six provinces in a bitter border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.

Truce holds amid reports of limited 'damage' to...
Tehran [Iran], June 26: A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding in the 24 hours following...

Israeli attacks kill at least 51 as Trump...
Gaza [Gaza City], June 26: Israeli attacks have killed at least 51 people in the Gaza Strip, including 14 Palestinians...

Armenia arrests archbishop over alleged coup plot
Yerevan [Armenia], June 26: Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Christian cleric, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, along with 13 other...