A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Portuguese “I won’t have a child from a rapist” during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian lawmakers voted on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) to make it tougher for underage victims of sexual violence to access abortion, in a lightning vote that…
A man speaks on a mobile phone while standing near a destroyed building at a neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on June 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli drone strikes killed at least six people in southern Lebanon and targeted a car just south of Beirut on Wednesday (June 3, 2026), Lebanese security sources…
Amid a heated debate about Brazil’s flagship cash-transfer scheme last week, a United Nations report revealed that the country had made a giant leap on the Human Development Index (HDI) scale. The controversy erupted after a television presenter, Luciano Huck, said that Bolsa Família programme “discourages the poor from working”. As Mr. Huck was being…
In this image posted on June 3, 2026, Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez being received by officials upon her arrival, in New Delhi. Photo: @MEAIndia/X via PTI Photo Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) arrived in the national capital for a five-day working visit aimed at further deepening the bilateral…
President Trump said he criticised Netanyahu’s handling of the conflict in Lebanon during a recent phone call. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged having called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crazy in an expletive-filled phone exchange over fighting in Lebanon while the U.S. was trying to negotiate an end to hostilities…
People run amid smoke from a fire, in the aftermath of Iranian strikes, according to the Foreign Ministry, at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, Kuwait on June 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 63 people were injured in Iran’s attack on Kuwait on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) including airport workers and passengers,…
Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) imposed an overseas travel ban on former President Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksaand two former military officers in connection with ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter attack. The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court issued the order after considering…
Police officers stand in front of a banner and flags with the logo of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) as heavy smoke billows in the background after Ukrainian drones hit infrastructure, according to local authorities, in St Petersburg, Russia on June 3 | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal…
“The legislature is now in disarray,” Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos told the reporters. File | Photo Credit: AP Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos warned on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) that important laws may be derailed as senators backing Vice-President Sara Duterte stopped attending sessions ahead of her impeachment trial next month. Pro-Duterte lawmakers began a Senate…
The United States Supreme Court allows Alabama to swap out its current map for a Republican-drawn one that will likely give the party an edge in six of the state’s seven congressional districts. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) for Alabama to use…