Iran has suspended exchanging texts with the U.S. over a preliminary agreement aimed at ending the war, in response to Israel’s escalating military strikes in Lebanon, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday (June 1, 2026). Hours after Iran’s move, U.S. President Donald Trump said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters The Justice Department said on Monday (June 1, 2026) it will abide by a court ruling temporarily freezing a $1.8 billion compensation package that critics have denounced as a “slush fund” for U.S. President Donald Trump’s political allies. The move comes amid U.S. media reports…
A destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike is seen through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Monday, June 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Lebanon’s U.S. Embassy said on Monday (June 1, 2026) that Hezbollah had accepted a U.S. proposal for a…
Red Cross volunteers help an injured woman in a shelter after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Russian drones killed one person and wounded two dozen others in cities across Ukraine, local authorities announced on Monday (June 1, 2026), as Kyiv and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with President of Myanmar, U Min Aung Hlaing, as they hold bilateral talks at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Monday, June 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing has assured that he will not allow use of his country’s territory by groups that…
Commentator and influencer Hasan Piker. File | Photo Credit: AP Two American left-wing political commentators have been barred from entering the U.K. this week to attend speaking engagements. Cenk Uygur, a Turkish American who founded Justice Democrats, a progressive political funding group, and Young Turks, a long-running online show, said he was banned from two…
From West Bengal’s cabinet expansion to while Israel’s military pushes deeper into Lebanon amid ceasefire talks, we look at the major stories of the day. We also look at key changes to UPI and LPG distribution, the hostage crisis in Manipur, the start of SIR enumeration in four States, and actor-turned-politician Vijay’s first major public…
People believed to be migrants, disembark from a British Border Force vessel as they arrive at the Port of Dover in Dover, Britain. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A panel of international arbitrators has rejected a multimillion-dollar claim by Rwanda against the United Kingdom linked to a refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, walks past the Ministry for Health in London, on May 14, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP The U.K. Government released a vast trove of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.S. Ambassador, in a move that threatens to cause fresh damage to Keir Starmer’s…
Ta’ang women organization shows rescue work after an explosion in Kaungtup village, Namhkam township, Shan State, Myanmar on Sunday (May 31, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery on Monday (June 1, 2026) to recover bodies following a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern…