The world's largest megaphone for human rights and resistance.
Fire tore through the roof of the Dormition Cathedral at the 1,000-year-old UNESCO monastery, which Ukraine says holds Enhanced Protection under the 1954 Hague Convention.
Luftwaffe chief Holger Neumann says NATO would strike Kaliningrad, the Kola Peninsula, St. Petersburg and the Black Sea fleet in a war with Russia.
Pakistan's PM Sharif and US President Trump claim the US and Iran have reached a deal to end the 2026 war, with a signing ceremony set for 19 June in Switzerland.
Bill Gates told US congressional investigators that Jeffrey Epstein tried to use knowledge of his affairs to pressure him back into contact. Gates denies any wrongdoing.
Anti-corruption prosecutors have frozen developer accounts as people nationwide demand the cancellation of a Trump family-linked megaproject carved from protected wetlands.
Russia's would-be Davos drew the Taliban, North Korea and fringe USian influencers while smoke from Ukrainian strikes rose over the port and the Kronstadt naval base. The Kremlin refused Kyiv's offer to negotiate.
In a 4 June open letter, Zelensky offered Putin talks and a full ceasefire. Putin rejected it within a day.
Pashinyan's Civil Contract won Armenia's 7 June election with 49.81 per cent, deepening the EU turn and signalling Moscow's fading influence on Yerevan.
The 226-195 vote was forced past Republican leaders. The bill imposes 500% tariffs on Russian goods, sanctions Rosatom, and bans Russian crude oil imports. Faces the Senate and Trump's veto.
The resolution cleared the chamber 215-208, but Senate arithmetic and a near-certain veto leave lawmakers unable to force the president to stop the fighting.
73 missiles and 656 drones hit Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv overnight. A residential building collapsed in the capital after a Russian double-tap. The tactics mirror Israel in Gaza.
An ICC-wanted Netanyahu pushes deeper into Lebanon. The UN rights office says the strikes may be serious violations of international humanitarian law, the toll has passed 3,400, and analysts say the campaign is sabotaging the Iran-US negotiations.
The annual report verified cases against Palestinian detainees and Ukrainian prisoners of war, placing both countries' armed forces alongside Hamas and ISIS.
Thirty-six states and the EU signed the founding agreement that gives the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine its governing body. It was the last document the tribunal needed before it can open.
Sudan now has more active famine zones than any country on Earth. Nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity as conflict blocks aid and destroys livelihoods across Kordofan and Darfur.
