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South Korean protesters demanding a rerun of the local elections due to a shortage of ballot papers stage a sit-in protest outside a ballot counting station in Seoul on June 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Sunday (June 7, 2026) that he called for a thorough probe…
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People shout slogans during a protest over alleged child rape in Dhaka on May 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP A court in Bangladesh on Sunday (June 7, 2026) sentenced a couple to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, delivering its verdict after just five days of hearings in what prosecutors…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift any sanctions before a peace deal is reached. West Asia war LIVE updates – June 7, 2026 Mr. Trump said he would…
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The Pentagon. File | Photo Credit: AP The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest level, U.S. media reported on Saturday (June 6, 2026). The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said Israel’s “ability to conduct human espionage and technical collection is at a ‘critical level’,” NBC News said, citing U.S….
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Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday (June 7, 2026), swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting for the national high-stakes university entrance exam. Around 12.9 million students nationwide registered for this year’s “gaokao”, according to the Ministry of Education, which for most…
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in the popemobile at Plaza de Cibeles for a Holy Mass and Corpus Christi procession in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. | Photo Credit: AP More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of…
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Anshul Kuncha, a 28-year-old Hyderabad native who was allegedly shot dead in Philadelphia, United States. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 28-year-old Hyderabad native was allegedly shot dead in Philadelphia, United States, while carrying out a pizza delivery on Friday (June 5, 2026), with the family learning of the incident through authorities and acquaintances….
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The seven of 21 OPEC+ members due to meet on Sunday (June 7) are Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Oman. | Photo Credit: Reuters OPEC+ is set to agree on Sunday (June 7, 2026) a fourth increase in oil output targets in as many months, three OPEC+ sources said, even though the…
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Rescuers assisting Jaslinda Saludin (second from left) after she was found in a forested area in central Malaysia’s Perak state. The rescue of the Malaysian hiker found alive after two weeks missing in the wilderness was hailed as “a miracle” by a friend on June 7, 2026, as authorities ended a massive search that gripped…
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Israeli security forces gather at a petrol station following a suspected shooting attack near the town of Kokhav Yair in central Israel close to the occupied West Bank on June 7, 2026. One person was killed and four others wounded in multiple suspected shooting attacks in Israel on June 7, rescuers and the army said….
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