Trump claims US kills Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang leader

AlJazeera • Jun 13, 06:07

Trump claims US kills Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang leader

Disaster drills helped prevent more deaths when powerful quake hit the southern Philippines

PBS • Jun 12, 18:08

Philippine officials said Friday that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south and left 46 people dead with 38 others

Iran-linked group claims hack of FBI drones, threatens World Cup, monitor reports

France24 • Jun 12, 17:21

An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala claimed to have breached FBI drones and threatened to target the 2026 World Cup, monitoring group SITE said Friday.

The only winner of the Poland-Ukraine scandal is Putin

KyivIndependent • Jun 12, 15:50

Vladimir Putin is losing the war he started. His army occupies every kilometer at a cost no economy can sustain, and the goals set in February 2022 have quietly vanished from his staff maps.But this war has more than one

Ukrainian forces lose over 1,460 troops in Battlegroup West responsibility area in a week

TASS • Jun 12, 12:37

Nine electronic and counter-battery warfare stations were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Watch: Three things to know about SpaceX's stock market debut

BBC • Jun 12, 08:39

The BBC's Samira Hussain explains everything you need to know about SpaceX's historic IPO.

Iran agrees to dismantle nuclear program under deal: White House

KoreaTimes • Jun 13, 12:22

WASHINGTON — Iran has agreed to dismantle its nuclear program and destroy nuclear material under a deal with the United States, a White House official told AFP Friday, as the two sides gave clashing accounts of the agree

AI chatbots are telling Israeli voters exactly what they want to hear

TimesOfIsrael • Jun 13, 02:45

With 1 in 4 Israelis likely to ask AI for voting guidance, a tech startup tests how leading models handle such queries, warns chatbots rely on biased sources and prioritize pleasing users over stating facts The post AI c

Paul Chan praises blockbuster film about Teochew community during local premiere

SCMP • Jun 12, 13:49

Hong Kong’s finance chief praised a blockbuster film about the Teochew community as it premiered locally on Friday, and highlighted the ethnic group’s contributions to the city’s development, even as some critics panned

They can walk and talk. How soon will humanlike robots be working beside us?

CSMonitor • Jun 12, 09:00

Humanoid robots are evolving and are expected to be the future of automation.

South Korea rallies past Czech Republic to open World Cup campaign

JapanTimes • Jun 12, 05:17

The South Koreans joined Mexico with three points at the top of the Group A standings.

Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan

BangkokPost • Jun 12, 07:30

KABUL — Authorities ⁠in Afghanistan's western city ​of Herat arrested at least 30 ​women, accusing them of

Thai king's eldest daughter dies after long illness

ABC_AU • Jun 12, 02:12

Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, who had spent the past three and a half years in a coma due to a heart condition, is being remembered for her efforts to improve the livelihoods of female prisoners and her di

Older runners defy age in Kenya’s central highlands

AlJazeera • Jun 13, 04:31

Members of a self-funded athletics club in Meru are proving that competition does not end with age.

WATCH LIVE: Scaffolding goes up at Kennedy Center ahead of deadline to remove Trump's name

PBS • Jun 12, 17:49

A judge on Friday denied a request from the Kennedy Center to pause a ruling ordering President Donald Trump's name removed from building. Yet the Kennedy Center's leadership didn't abandon its legal efforts to keep Trum

LGBTQ rights in Hungary: 'We are very hopeful that changes will be made'

France24 • Jun 12, 17:13

The election of the Hungary's new centre-right prime minister, Peter Magyar, in April marked a particularly stinging defeat for Viktor Orban, whose government was widely regarded as one of the most anti-LGBTQ in the EU.

Pay raises, fixed terms, and more foreigners: Ukraine announces landmark military service reforms

KyivIndependent • Jun 12, 15:28

According to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's new monthly rate is the highest salary rate for infantry in the world.

Kiev forces lose over 2,850 troops in a week in Battlegroup East responsibility zone

TASS • Jun 12, 11:51

The Russian Defense Ministry clarified that during the week, units of the Battlegroup East continued active offensive operations

'I was employee number one': SpaceX co-founder reacts to firm's market debut

BBC • Jun 12, 06:25

The BBC's Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company's founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002.

Trump says US will hit Iran 'very hard tonight', wants control of energy infrastructure

KoreaTimes • Jun 12, 14:57

DUBAI/WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would hit Iran "very hard tonight" and wanted at some point to take Iran's oil infrastructure hub Kharg Island, after strikes by both sides in