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UN starts evacuating 11,000 stranded sailors from Strait of Hormuz 

23 June 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has begun evacuating more tha...

US Senate votes to halt Iran war, bucking Trump 

23 June 2026

The Republican-majority US Senate has backed legislation to halt US military action against Iran, but it was not immedia...

US Supreme Court backs Trump policy on green card holder rights 

23 June 2026

News|Courts The United States Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a case concerning the government�...

US appeals court says Trump can proceed with fast-track deportation efforts 

23 June 2026

News|Courts A United States court of appeals has said that the administration of President Donald Trump can proceed with...

EU hosts Taliban officials for the first time in talks on deportations 

23 June 2026

A Taliban delegation has held talks with the European Union in Brussels for the first time, in a visit fiercely criticis...

Missile strike kills three in Ukraine as Russia feels war’s economic strain 

23 June 2026

A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least three people, as Moscow struggl...

South African police investigate murder amid rise in anti-migrant attacks 

23 June 2026

News|Migration Police in South Africa are investigating the murder of a foreign national in the city of Pietermaritzburg...

Demand for tunnel maps and personal weapons tests Gaza talks 

23 June 2026

Ceasefire talks in Egypt between Palestinian factions and mediators face a serious test after Nickolay Mladenov, the hig...

Republican-linked PAC money funding Democratic US primaries: Why it matters 

23 June 2026

Political campaign groups linked to the Republican Party in the United States have reportedly been funding Democratic ca...

More than 5,300 people still held in Myanmar scam centres: rights group 

23 June 2026

News|Crime More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multi...