The New Zealand public broadcaster reports that about 2,500 police officers were deployed to secure and monitor polling stations
The projection includes up to two million people in the capital, Caracas. Rescue teams are racing against time to save survivors, three days after the twin quakes that killed 1,430 people. DW has more
A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would “not have been possible” without global warming
Venezuela declares a state of emergency after powerful twin quakes cause widespread damage and rescue efforts
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday said it is doubling the amount of money it says it needs to help Lebanon meet surging humanitarian needs, as the war enters its fourth month. Lebanon was drawn into the wider regional war in early March when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah militia fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Iran, which was under U.S.-Israeli attack, prompting a major Israeli air and ground campaign
The US has temporarily allowed Iran to export oil and indicated it will provide billions to relieve the crisis triggered by the war. With ordinary Iranians at their limit, however, Tehran already fears new protests
US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders to boost quantum research and strengthen security infrastructure to safeguard data in a post-quantum world
His departure in the coming weeks clears a path for Andy Burnham, a popular Labour Party mayor, to become the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade
India’s 2.2 million medical aspirants are retaking the entrance exam under heavy security after a paper leak sparked outrage, arrests and protests over exam fraud in the country
Not just a legislation "but the condition for regaining control of migration policy in Europe," says EPP MEP François-Xavier Bellamy
BRUSSELS, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday harshly criticised some NATO members over defence spending and their stances on the Iran war as he announced a review of U.S. military forces in Europe. "It's a review that some countries will fail, and others will pass with flying colors," Hegseth told NATO defence ministers gathered for a meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels. (Reporting by Phil Stewart, Sabine Siebold and Lili Bayer; Editing by Andrw Gray)
Russia's Defence Ministry says air defences shot down 555 Ukrainian drones over several regions overnight