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US lawmaker proposes bill to ban immigration from three African countries
A United States lawmaker, Rep. Nancy Mace, has announced plans to introduce legislation seeking to ban immigration from three african countries, citing their security concerns and instability. The countries, tagged as “Third World Hellholes,” are Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan. A Republican representing South Carolina, Mace, disclosed the proposal in a statement issued on June…
Europe Swelters As Heatwave Moves East, Excess Deaths Rise
The heat remained intense across Central and Eastern Europe, with the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland hit hard as temperatures soared and records fell. At least 191 million Europeans were expected to face temperatures above 35C during the day, according to AFP estimates. Police use water cannon to spray people with water as the arrive…
Iran Warns Ships Not To Bypass Its Chosen Hormuz Route
The exchanges underscored the fragility of a Pakistan-brokered agreement aimed at ending the war launched by the United States and Israel in February, which disrupted shipping through the strait and rattled global energy markets. This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. (Photo…
Eleven killed in France skydiving plane crash
Eleven people have died after an aircraft belonging to a skydiving school crashed in France. Ten passengers and the pilot were killed in the crash in the eastern town of Tomblaine at around 11am on Sunday, local authorities said. The plane, which had taken off from the Nancy-Essey airfield, was carrying five skydiving students and…
Ukrainian Strike Kills One In Southern Russia, Refinery On Fire
Krasnodar regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said several houses were also damaged by falling debris. A “massive” Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded another in southern Russia and caused a fire in a refinery, the regional governor said on Sunday. Krasnodar regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said several houses were also damaged by falling debris.…
What We Know About Foreign Victims Of Venezuela’s Quakes
The latest death toll from twin earthquakes that rattled Venezuela on Wednesday stands at 1,430, and foreign nationals have been confirmed among the dead. The latest death toll from twin earthquakes that rattled Venezuela on Wednesday stands at 1,430, and foreign nationals have been confirmed among the dead. Here is what we know about the…
U.S. and Iran each announce retaliatory strikes in Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain
Updated June 28, 2026 President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The U.S. military said it struck multiple targets in Iran at the direction of President Trump on Saturday, in response to “continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping.” Early Sunday, Iran’s…
Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks to end the war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” could come to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks. Efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz…
Drone, artillery attacks kill civilians on both sides of Russia-Ukraine border
An apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine in this handout picture released June 27, 2026. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Reuters Drones and artillery killed civilians on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine border on Saturday, local officials said. In the Russian border region of Bryansk, a Ukrainian drone strike…
Live Updates: Hostilities Flare Between U.S. and Iran, Testing Truce
U.S. forces carried out retaliatory airstrikes on Iran for the second straight night, after Bahrain said it had been targeted by Iranian drones and a ship came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz for the second time in recent days. A billboard in Tehran showing Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic,…
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