Israel is among the world’s leading arms exporters. Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli arms exports have reached an all-time high for the fifth consecutive year, hitting more than $19 billion in 2025, driven by missile, rocket and air defence systems, the Defence Ministry announced Tuesday (June 2, 2026). Israel…
Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Exiled Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) that she wanted to negotiate a democratic transition in the South American nation without “surrender” or “revenge.” Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, Ms. Machado advocates for a democratic transition…
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on June 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed…
Pope Leo XIV. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) named a Mexico-born news executive to head up the Vatican’s powerful communications department — the first lay woman to hold a post in the Roman Curia. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, currently president of the Catholic media outlet EWTN News, will…
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In China, cartographic scientists play a crucial role in the country’s maritime and border disputes with various neighbours, including India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s leading cartographic scientist Zhou Chenghu, a former Deputy Director of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), has been detained by anti-corruption officials. The Central Commission…
People walk past a display at a currency exchange bureau, as the value of the Iranian rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, underlining the economic pain average Iranians face as the Islamic Republic worries about…
Officials of Cricket Canada have pledged corrective measures after the ICC suspended the body’s membership over governance and administrative deficiencies. The ICC suspended Cricket Canada with immediate effect for what it described as “serious breaches” of membership obligations. File Cricket Canada has termed the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to suspend its membership as “unexpected” and…
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, right, with Qasem Soleimani, former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, featured on al-Saadi’s Snapchat account, according to a federal criminal complaint. Photo: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York via AP. An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 attacks in Europe…
Bunia airport in Ituri province after authorities in Democratic Republic of the Congo reopened services amid efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reopened the airport in the capital city of the province hit hardest by the ongoing Ebola outbreak, a government statement said, reversing…