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Denmark's acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks to journalists after she visited the royal yacht Dannebrog at the Harbor during the royal couple's summer tour to Odense Municipality on June 1, 2026. — AFP pic

From Instagram baking to Trump standoff, Mette Frederiksen mixes politics, power and everyday Denmark

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she had managed to form a left-leaning minority coalition government following months of talks after inconclusive elections in March. — AFP pic

Denmark PM Frederiksen secures third term after forming minority coalition govt

First responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike that hit near a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on June 1, 2026. — AFP pic

Hezbollah agrees to stop attacks on Israel if strikes on south Beirut end, says Lebanon

US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and had a “very good call” through unnamed representatives with the Hezbollah militant group. — AFP pic

Trump says Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as Iran talks regain momentum

Supporters of Colombia's presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Salvadores de la Patria movement, wave national flags as they celebrate during the first exit poll results of the presidential election in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 31, 2026. — AFP pic

Trump acolyte, leftist icon: Who will be Colombia’s next leader?

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French museum reports theft of arty banana

Prosecutors say the position was created in 2016, before Pedro Sanchez (pic) became prime minister in 2018. — AFP pic

Spanish court drops expired charge against Pedro Sanchez’s brother as influence-peddling trial continues

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on June 1, 2026. — AFP pic

India welcomes Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing, pledges support for peace efforts

Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts incoming projectiles over southern Lebanon as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on May 29, 2026. — AFP pic

Israel warns of ‘no calm in Beirut’ as it vows tighter grip on south Lebanon

A plume of smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Tyre, southern Lebanon today. — AFP pic

US and Iran exchange strikes as nuclear talks stall and Lebanon war widens

Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s trip comes two months after her “peace” visit to Beijing, where she met Chinese President Xi Jinping—the first such meeting in a decade—and weeks after US President Donald Trump’s summit with Xi in the Chinese capital. — AFP pic

Taiwan opposition chief heads to US after Beijing visit, pledges peace role

Bangladesh is already in the middle of a US$5.7 billion IMF programme, which began in 2023 and was due to run for four years. — AFP pic

Bangladesh hikes fuel prices for second time in six weeks amid energy pressures

The blast in Indonesia’s restive eastern Papua region startled locals with a thunderous boom yesterday afternoon, emitting a ball of flames followed by a thick smoke column, according to footage broadcast on Kompas TV. — Picture via Facebook

Five killed after suspected wartime bomb detonates beneath Indonesian home

A representative of the Daejeon Fire Headquarters said that five people have died and two others were injured, without providing further details. — AFP pic

Five killed in explosion at Hanwha Aerospace defence plant in South Korea

Jerome Powell, the 16th Chair for the U.S. Federal Reserve speaks after receiving the 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award yesterday. — AFP pic

Outgoing Fed chair Powell defends central bank independence in veiled Trump rebuke

This photograph taken from the Marjayoun area in the southern Lebanon shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli strike in Kfar Tibnit on May 31, 2026. — AFP pic

Netanyahu signals wider Lebanon campaign after Israeli forces seize historic Beaufort stronghold