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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

US forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that Washington said threatened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest escalation between the two sides. — Reuters pic

US military says it shot down two Iranian drones threatening Strait of Hormuz shipping

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far eastern Amur region before a meeting between Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 13, 2023. — Reuters pic

Kim Jong Un’s sister says North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons

Authorities in Ohio were searching for suspects yesterday after a shooting near Toledo’s Old West End Festival left multiple people injured. — Unsplash pic

US police hunt suspects after shooting near festival leaves multiple casualties

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks to enlistees after an Enlistee Recognition Ceremony at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC, June 4, 2026. — Reuters pic

Hegseth, at D-Day event, says Europe faces 'invasion' of dangerous ideologies