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The Nyamurongo cemetery, one of the burial sites in the Congolese east receiving a large number of people who have died from Ebola

Killed over 180 people

MSF warns of 'dangerous gaps' in Ebola response in DR Congo

Haiti's residents are prey to regular armed violence, forcing many to look for safer areas in the impoverished country

Nearly 100 kidnapped

At least 2,300 killed this year in Haiti gang violence: UN

Crew members in a traditional wooden canoe named the Golden Friendship set off on Monday from Orchid Island to the Philippines' Batanes islands

Hand-carved longboat

Austronesian boat sets sail on epic voyage from Taiwan to Philippines

Starbucks Korea, which has more than 2,000 stores nationwide -- the third largest after the United States and China -- was embroiled in public uproar last month when it ran a "Tank Day" promotion advertising a reusable cup, evoking a deadly crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising

Campaign gone awry

Starbucks Korea to close outlets for history lesson after 'Tank Day' fiasco

Britain's plans reportedly aim to totally ban social media for under 16s, and stop late-night scrolling by older teenagers

'Moral responsibility'

UK PM announces ban on social media for under-16s

The most heavily militarised border in the world is the one drawn between North and South Korea in 1953

DMZ Peace Train Music Festival

Hope for peace with North, but not unification at S. Korea festival

This file photo taken on 16 June 2022 in Oslo shows Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit.

Acquitted of two other counts

Norway crown princess' son gets four-year sentence in rape trial

Iran's players take part in a training session in Los Angeles ahead of their opening World Cup game against New Zealand

Political tensions, visa issues

Iran take center stage at World Cup as Spain make bow

Over a quarter of adults in the central Asian country are obese

Kyrgyzstan bets on reality TV to tackle obesity crisis

Members of the "Playing Community" group warm up before taking part in Indonesian children's games at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium compounds in Jakarta

Beating stress with nostalgia

Burnt-out Indonesians beat the blues with children's games

Morning Roundup

US-Iran peace deal, EU membership milestones for Ukraine and Moldova, and heatwave on the way

Pufferfish were first spotted in Greek waters some 20 years ago

'Worse every year'

Greek fishermen struggle to keep up with pufferfish invaders

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office shortly after the US-Iran deal was announced

Including Lebanon

US and Iran reach deal to end war, reopen Hormuz

Courts in the US and elsewhere are beginning to crack down on sloppy legal briefs marred by AI 'hallucinatons'

Hundreds of cases

Courts cracking down on error-strewn AI-assisted legal briefs

Japan fans tidied up after themselves after their team's opening World Cup game against the Netherlands in Texas

Spotless calling card

'This is our culture': Japan fans clean up World Cup stadium

Analysts say Macron is sometimes not able to implement his ideas

Battle of ideas?

'For sure': Macron to preach stronger Europe vision at G7 swansong

US and Iran agree to a peace deal and an end to military operations on all fronts, signalling the apparent end to more than three months of war in the Middle East

'Critical step'

Middle East war: peace deal reactions

Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei said his team are simply at the World Cup to 'represent the respectful people of Iran, be it the Iranians inside Iran or the Iranian diaspora'

'We are not political people'

Iran World Cup coach says 'impacted' by politics but ignoring 'hype'

Alireza Tangsiri is the latest top Iranian security official to be killed in the conflict

The Iranian leaders killed in Israeli-US war

Ghalibaf (L), here shaking hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) is a key figure in the talks

Ghalibaf: ambitious 'public face' of post-Ali Khamenei Iran

A screen shows US President Donald Trump walking with UFC President and CEO Dana White, as people attend UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2026.

'Bit of selfishness'

Trump turns 80 with cage fight, Iran deal

Anthropic is currently at odds with the Trump administration, which has terminated all of its government contracts with the company

For 'national security reasons'

US order cutting access to Anthropic's AI models sparks criticism

All the communion wafer consumed by Cuba's Catholics is made at a Carmelite monastery in Havana, which like the rest of the city and country has been battling extended power cuts

Amid US blockade

Bitter communion: Cuban priests ordered to ration mass wafers

The Lion and Sun flag has already been seen in Los Angeles this year, and protesters say they will be displaying it again at Iran's World Cup opener against New Zealand

Iranian-Americans vow to protest World Cup game in Los Angeles

Japan earned a late draw against the Netherlands

'Tenacious but patient'

Japan fight back in 2-2 Dutch thriller at World Cup

The initiative aimed at capping Switzerland's population was launched by the Swiss People's Party

Swiss reject divisive anti-immigration proposal

A demonstrator standing next to a fuming tear gas pellet during the anti-G7 demonstration in Geneva

Several arrests

G7 protest turns from carnival to violent stand-off

An aerial view shows the site of a helicopter crash in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 2026. At least six people died in Brazil on June 14 after two helicopters crashed in western Rio de Janeiro, after a suspected mid-air collision, firefighters said.

US singer Oliver Tree aboard helicopter in deadly mid-air crash in Brazil

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