[UN News] Survivors of a people-smuggling operation gone wrong in the Red Sea have recounted how they were forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their lives.

[ISS] Without the former president to unite a fragmented opposition ahead of the 2026 elections, multiparty democracy will be the loser.

[UN News] 12-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability.

Garowe (HOL) — The Puntland regional administration announced Wednesday that it will not participate in the upcoming national consultation forum convened by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, citing constitutional violations and lack of genuine federal commitment by the central government.

The Prince of Wales was one of six navy personals who intercepted a vessel attempting to smuggle 900kg of cocaine in the Caribbean.

The Cabinet is signing off the spending review before the Chancellor announces the details in the Commons at lunchtime.

Season four of the hit Prime Video series launched on the streaming platform last month and gave viewers an update on life at Diddly Squat Farm. 

Douglas Ross acted as convener of the education committee via video-link from an official visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Major boosts for the NHS , schools, defence, local transport and nuclear power are expected to be unveiled by the Chancellor at lunchtime.

TEHRAN - From the moment you wake up and check your phone to the late-night scroll before bed, algorithms are working behind the scenes, shaping what you see, buy, and even think.

TEHRAN – Key health authorities in Markazi Province have explored opportunities for collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the province’s pressing health challenges, including a high burden of road traffic injuries and air pollution.

TEHRAN – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forestry Officer from the Regional Office of Asia Pacific has highlighted the need for adopting global Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices at the local level to address Zagros Forest challenges.

Yale-NUS College (YNC) is organising a book adoption and exchange fair on Saturday (June 14) for the public for the first time since the row over dumping books erupted in May. Less than 2,000 books will be put up for adoption and exchange from 2pm to 5pm at the Central Library, NUS Libraries said in a Facebook post. The first fair was held from  May 28 to 30, but it was open only to the Yale-NUS alumni, staff and their guests.A second adoption drive for the public was scheduled from May 31 to June 9, but due to «overwhelming response» for the first fair, the authorities decided not to go ahead with the second.The fair for the public was thus pushed to June 14.

Uganda’s Health Ministry has said Russian collaboration helped contain Ebola spread Read Full Article at RT.com

A Ukrainian army deserter accused of stabbing five people in Amsterdam reportedly dreamed of being sent to a Western European prison Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow has retrieved the remains of 27 of its service members, Vladimir Medinsky, the top negotiator for talks with Kiev, has confirmed Read Full Article at RT.com

Colombian citizen Pablo Puentes Boorghes has been jailed for 28 years in Russia for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s FSB says it has apprehended a suspected Ukrainian agent accused of trying to assassinate a military veteran with a homemade bomb Read Full Article at RT.com

Two of the largest shareholders in Icelandic airline PLAY, CEO Einar Örn Ólafsson and Deputy Chairman Elías Skúli Skúlason, have announced plans to launch a takeover bid for all outstanding shares of the company at a price of 1 ISK per share, with the intention of delisting the airline from the stock market.

Maria Zakharova suggested that if NATO countries had engaged with the Russian language earlier, they wouldn’t have wasted money trying to cancel Russian culture, history, and economy

On June 7, Ukraine unexpectedly delayed «both the acceptance of bodies and the exchange of prisoners of war,» Vladimir Medinsky recalled

Mikhail Ulyanov stated that the Eurotroika and the United States submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors a draft resolution on the Iranian nuclear program, which he described as «extremely negative and unfair»

Kiev loses 1,275 troops in all frontline areas over past day

Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow maintains regular contact with Tehran

The group Doctors 4 Cambridge invited medical students to the city as part of the Rural Ontario Medical Placement week with a goal of convincing them to move to the community after graduation. The week included more than just showing them where they could work, but also fine dining, entertainment and more.

There's a quiet and mysterious move afoot to push Premier Doug Ford's Ontario PC government to adopt more fiscally conservative policies. 

Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House and the Republican-led Congress.

The contest is expected to be an early national bellwether for voters’ views in the first year of Trump’s second term.

Yale-NUS College (YNC) is organising a book adoption and exchange fair on Saturday (June 14) for the public for the first time since the row over dumping books erupted in May. More than 2,000 books will be put up for adoption and exchange from 2pm to 5pm at the Central Library, NUS Libraries said in a Facebook post. The first fair was held from  May 28 to 30, but it was open only to the Yale-NUS alumni, staff and their guests.A second adoption drive for the public was scheduled from May 31 to June 9, but due to «overwhelming response» for the first fair, the authorities decided not to go ahead with the second.The fair for the public was thus pushed to June 14.