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Afghan families mourn loved ones as border tensions with Pakistan rise 

29 June 2026

Bismillah Khan returned to his border village in Afghanistan’s Paktia province earlier this month with a dream: to spe...

Aftershock hits Caracas during critical hours for Venezuela rescue efforts 

29 June 2026

A strong aftershock has jolted Venezuela following last week’s devastating earthquakes, as rescue teams race to find s...

More than 1,300 deaths in Europe amid heatwave: What can countries do? 

29 June 2026

Temperatures in Europe have hit a new high this summer, with hotter early-summer heatwaves resulting in illness, excessi...

Why Pakistan’s Afghan air strikes aren’t stopping armed attacks 

29 June 2026

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan struck targets of what it claimed were hideouts of an armed group in three Afghan provi...

Russian missile and drone attacks kill at least eight in Ukraine 

29 June 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine have killed at least eight people and wounded 34 ot...

Trump announces meeting with Iran in Qatar despite military skirmishes 

29 June 2026

President Donald Trump says a meeting will take place between Iran and the United States in Qatar on Tuesday, suggesting...

Sudan says China has waived $50m loan: What’s in it for Khartoum, Beijing? 

29 June 2026

China has waived loans worth $50m that it had given to Sudan, the two countries said over the weekend. The agreement com...

Five killed in shooting at youth welfare centre in Germany’s Stade 

29 June 2026

Five people have been killed and a number of others wounded in a shooting at a youth welfare centre in the northern Germ...

Israeli attack in Gaza kills three, including a child 

29 June 2026

News|Gaza At least three people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, health autho...

Venezuela earthquake rescues: Five heart-warming moments 

29 June 2026

Rescue workers and volunteers have been scrambling to reach survivors since back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquak...