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Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of the KontraS rights group, suffered serious injuries when two men on a scooter threw acid at him this month while he was riding a motorbike

Two-and-a-half years

Military seeks prison time for Indonesian soldiers in acid attack

Major nuclear safety exercise at Cattenom to trigger mobile warnings

A woman holding her child walks through heavy rain brought by severe tropical storm Jangmi in Tokyo on June 3, 2026.

Storm Jangmi dumps torrential rain on Tokyo

New Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale said Wednesday he would be reviewing a secretive 2022 security pact with Beijing

'Praying and fasting'

Solomons PM says to review secretive security pact with China

Iran's Mehdi Taremi fights for the ball with Gambia's Mahmudu Bajo during a friendly between the two teams in Antalya on May 29

Still awaiting US visa

Iran World Cup squad to reach Mexico early Sunday

Animal rights groups are promoting the use of robotic elephants instead of real animals in religious festivals in Hindu temples -- as well in Bollywood

'Shouldn't suffer for our entertainment'

Indian stars push to end elephants in Bollywood

D'Ëmgéigend war groussraimeg ofgespaart ginn

Man opens fire on police and barricades himself with children

Lithuania, which borders Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and Kremlin-allied Belarus, has been warning of a threat from Moscow for years

Gaps to be fixed

'Blind spots': drone alert lays bare Lithuania poor shelter access

Ciryl Gane (R) will take on Brazilian Alex Pereira (L) in the White House on the day of US President Donald Trump's (C) birthday

'Strange feeling'

French UFC fighter Gane blocking out politics before White House bout

Romanian gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci received the first perfect 10 in Olympic history

50 years after Olympic glory, Comaneci's homecoming sparks hope of new path to perfection

Russia has promoted huge patriotism and introduced Soviet-style censorship as troops fight in Ukraine

Including Russia's best-known artists

'Animalistic horror': Russia puts war art on display

PSG supporters celebrate their team's win in the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal FC played in Budapest, at Place du Trocadero opposite the Eiffel Tower in Paris on May 30, 2026.

Public safety concerns

Two dead amid PSG celebrations in Paris

Morning Roundup

Hostage drama in Dortmund, flights to Portugal cancelled today, and Red Lions take on Italy

The thousand-year-old Japanese festival of Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors

Japan's samurai spirit still burns in cooler conditions

A police officer talks to a 21-year-old Frenchman who allegedly crashed an SUV car into the Archibald Fountain in downtown Sydney's Hyde Park

Detained but uninjured

Frenchman eating McDonald's crashes into historic Sydney fountain, police say

Aryna Sabalenka will face Diana Shnaider in the French Open last eight

'Doing everything I can'

Sabalenka homes in on French Open semis

The executive order on AI signed by US President Donald Trump allows companies such as OpenAI, Google or Anthropic to give the government access to their most powerful models for up to 30 days before planned release

'Gets the balance right'

Trump signs AI order giving government access to powerful models

Nearly five million people visited the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona last year, making it Spain's most visited paid monument

Mass at Sagrada Familia

Pope to mark centenary of death of 'God's architect' Antoni Gaudi

Haruna Ndom, 18, arrived in Spain's Canary Islands two years ago following a days-long Atlantic crossing on a fragile boat

'Build different lives'

Migrant journeys in focus ahead of pope visit to Spain's Canaries

Strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools are enabling impersonation scams in the United States

Authorities raise alarm

'20 minutes of terror': AI boosts US voice impersonation scams

Scotland fans are relishing the prospect of a first World Cup in 28 years

'Beyond excited'

Scotland's Tartan Army to bring 'the party' on World Cup return

Protesters are irate over the development plan, which includes construction of hotel complexes in a protected coastal area and an uninhabited island

Thousands protest Jared Kushner-linked resort project in Albania

Elon Musk is already by far the world's richest man, but his fortune is set to expand considerably when SpaceX goes public

'Incredible concentration of wealth'

Will SpaceX IPO make Elon Musk a trillionaire?

SpaceX is preparing its stock market debut -- and everyone wants a piece of the action

'By far the most exciting IPO'

Before SpaceX goes public, a scramble to get on bandwagon

An aerial view shows a mural of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi at a football pitch, where he played as a child, in his home city of Rosario

Eyeing sixth World Cup win

'He knew everything already': why Messi's childhood coach threw in the towel

Nearly 120,000 fans attended US rapper Kanye West's show in Istanbul

120,000-person gig

Turkey raps Kanye West for offending 'spiritual sensitivities'

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan will meet her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin

Three-day state visit

Tanzania president visits Russia as Western ties fray

Keiko Fujimori casts her vote in Lima during the presidential election

Keiko Fujimori: Peru's biggest political loser eyes election win

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