U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AFP The United States and Iran agreed a peace deal and an “immediate and permanent” end to military operations on all fronts including Lebanon, mediator Pakistan said, in the strongest sign yet that more than three months of war in Middle East is drawing to a close. Pakistani…
An aerial view shows the site of a helicopter crash in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP At least six people died in Brazil on Sunday (June 14, 2026) after two helicopters collided in western Rio de Janeiro, firefighters said. The helicopters crashed…
Demonstrators hold a banner and a flare, during a protest against the upcoming G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains in France, in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Geneva police on Sunday (June 14, 2026) fired teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a United Nations…
Bangladesh’s former police chief Benazir Ahmed was arrested in Dubai, the Interior Minister said on Sunday (June 14, 2026), years after he fled his home country where he is facing multiple charges including corruption. Mr. Benazir, once a close ally of former leader Sheikh Hasina, left the country in May 2024 amid public outrage over…
This handout photograph shows the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force launching an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, at an undisclosed location. Photo: HANDOUT / Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Center / AFP China is capable of a direct missile strike on Australia and the threat is…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (June 14, 2026) urged no further attacks by anyone after Israel’s military said it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, potentially complicating efforts to finalise a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke rose over the Lebanese capital, and the Civil Defence said it retrieved three bodies and…
Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday (June 14, 2026) on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at 10 million. Early results showed Swiss voters were leaning against it. The populist Swiss People’s Party, which has the most seats in Parliament, has stirred…
Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000. The updated toll on Sunday (June 14, 2026) came as Israel has continued to…
Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said two more parliamentarians were set to join the dissident group, which would take its strength in the Lok Sabha to 22. Speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport before leaving for New Delhi, Ms. Dastidar said the dissident MPs would meet Lok Sabha…
Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A senior Iranian official told Reuters a final draft of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S….