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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former DUP leader, has been found guilty at Newry Crown Court of 18 historical child sexual offences including rape, and remanded in custody to await a long prison sentence.
Peter Magyar told parliament on 22 June his government will end President Tamas Sulyok's mandate via a constitutional amendment and rewrite the constitution from September.
Keir Starmer will resign as Labour leader and prime minister, staying on as caretaker until a successor is chosen. Andy Burnham is the overwhelming favourite.
An interim US-Iran memorandum reopens the Strait of Hormuz and ends the naval blockade, but Iran's nuclear programme is left to 60 days of later talks.
The ICC has set Rodrigo Duterte's crimes against humanity trial for 30 November 2026 and unsealed a warrant for his former police chief, now a fugitive senator.
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.
