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Jun 06, 2025

Bangladesh leader Yunus announces elections in April 2026

Bangladesh will hold elections in early April 2026 for the first time since a mass uprising overthrew the government last year, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Friday.

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Jun 06, 2025

Myanmar junta arrests six-year-old girl over killing of general

Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people, including a six-year-old girl, over the assassination of a retired general shot dead in Yangon last month, state media said.

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Jun 06, 2025

Beckham to be awarded knighthood by King Charles

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Jun 06, 2025

US convicts Pakistani of smuggling Iranian arms to Houthis

Muhammad Pahlawan, 49, was one of four men taken into US custody during the navy’s January 2024 vessel seizure off the coast of Somalia, an operation which left two SEALs dead.

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Jun 06, 2025

School’s out: climate change keeps Pakistan students home

In May, a nationwide heatwave saw temperatures up to seven degrees Celsius above normal, hitting 45C (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in Punjab and prompting several provinces to cut school hours or start summer holidays early

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Jun 05, 2025

TotalEnergies in landmark greenwashing trial in France

Environmental groups accused French oil and gas giant of misleading consumers with ads

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Jun 05, 2025

Denmark aims to extend full-face veil ban to schools, universities

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday her government planned to extend the ban on full-face Islamic veils in public places and apply it to schools and universities as well.

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Jun 04, 2025

Trump says there is no ‘immediate peace’ on the horizon in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump said he spoke to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran, warning that the Kremlin leader had “very strongly” pledged to respond to Kyiv’s stunning drone attack on Russian bombers.

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Jun 04, 2025

Over 1.5 million pilgrims begin Hajj under blazing sun

With temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), robed pilgrims slowly circled the Kaaba

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Jun 04, 2025

Trinity College Dublin to cut links with Israel over Gaza war

University’s board informs students by email that it had accepted the recommendations of a taskforce to sever “institutional links with the State of Israel