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China's capacity to strike Australia would grow over the next decade, according to a report from the Lowy Institute think tank

Long-range, hypersonic weapons

China direct strike threat to Australia 'growing': report

The latest escalation with Israeli strikes on Beirut came despite expectations that a deal between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war could be imminent

Amid US-Iran negotiations

Israel says strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs

Encouraging young farmers

Christophe Hansen outlines EU protein plan at Bettembourg farm

Vinicius Junior (R) scored a superb equaliser

Global sporting event

Brazil held by Morocco in World Cup opener, Australia shock Turkey

Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks accepted the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award trophy with his father at his side

Ending a 53-year wait

Knicks' Jalen Brunson named NBA Finals MVP

New York's Jalen Brunson puts up a shot over De'aaron Fox in the Knicks' victory over the San Antonio Spurs to seal the NBA championship

Best-of-seven championship series

Brunson leads Knicks to first NBA title in 53 years

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's government is chasing an ambitious growth target despite high social spending

Losing foreign investment

Indonesian economy comes up for air but struggles to win back investors

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh (L) was nominated by US President Donald Trump and will be under pressure from him to reduce interest rates, despite rising inflation

No change expected

Between Trump and a hard place: Fed chair Warsh to lead first rate meeting

Cars drive past 77 Water Street, a former office building being transformed into luxury rental apartments in the Financial District of New York in April 2026

Increasing supply of affordable homes

Tight housing market boosts New York office conversions

Wednesday's strikes come a day after a Russian barrage killed 23 people across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, shown here

Strategies and tactics

Key developments as Ukraine war grinds through summer

Pedestrians walk along a street as smoke rises in the background, following Russian strikes in the city of Dnipro on June 3

Despite strikes on Ukraine, Russian advances slow, analysts say

This screen grab from a video posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account on June 12, 2026, shows what President Trump says is a deadly strike on the leader of Tren de Aragua

Killed in US-Venezuelan raid

High-school drop out to big time crime boss, Venezuela's 'Nino Guerrero'

Wataru Endo is out of Japan's World Cup squad and has announced his retirement from international football

International career over

Japan coach sorry for 'hurt' after ending Endo's World Cup dream

A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington after Donald Trump's name was removed

Following ruling

Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center arts venue

Anthropic has been locked in a legal standoff with US President Donald Trump's administration for refusing to allow its technology to potentially be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, leading the Pentagon to cut contracts with it

Three days after launch

Anthropic cuts access to AI models over US 'national security' order

An AFP photojournalist near Nabatieh saw smoke rising from Kfar Tebnit, which was not included in the evacuation warnings

Middle East conflict

Lebanon reports strikes on south, east as Israel issues broad evacuation warnings

Albanians staged fresh protests in Tirana against the resort project

Albania targets 20 in crime crackdown, possible ties to Trump-linked project

The G7 summit will take place in Evian on June 15-17, and President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings on its sidelines with French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and India

Trump to participate in G7 working session with Zelensky: official

Protesters carried placrds denouncing racism

Rioters 'aren't speaking for us'

Thousands turn out for anti-racism rally after Belfast unrest

This screen grab from a video posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account on June 12, 2026, shows what President Trump says is a deadly strike on the leader of Tren de Aragua

'Warning to narco-terrorists'

US-Venezuela operation kills leader of Tren de Aragua gang

Ghana's player Thomas Partey, who is facing trial in Britain on rape charges, has been denied a visa to enter Canada to play in the World Cup

Facing trial for rape

Ghana protests to Canada after player Partey is denied visa for World Cup

A mourner holds a photo while paying respects in front of a portrait of the late Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok on June 13, 2026.

Thousands gather in Thai capital to mourn late princess

A burnt-out building left by violence by masked protesters in Glengormley, north of Belfast

'Legacy of conflict'

Belfast riots show lingering scars of decades of sectarian unrest

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on June 11, 2026

Targeting Hormuz transit

US says downed multiple Iran drones as both insist deal closer

Betting firm-sponsored influencer posts have triggered concern in a US election year

'Profiting handsomely'

US betting firm sponsorships spark election integrity fears

Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu survived the massacre of her family during Guatemala's civil war

Remembering Operation Condor

'Narco-terrorist' the new 'communist,' says Guatemalan Nobel laureate

Elon Musk faces criticism for stoking violent rhetoric on his platform X as anti-immigrant clashes rocked Belfast

'Instrumental' amplification

Newly minted trillionaire Musk under fire over Belfast riots

SpaceX employees celebrate the company's Wall Street debut, the largest initial public offering in US history

Twenty years on

SpaceX: Five key moments, from first launch to Starship megarocket

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