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What’s next in the Strait of Hormuz crisis? 

21 June 2026

Iranian armed forces say they’ve closed the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli attacks on Lebanon – just days after an a...

India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement camps out until education minister resigns 

21 June 2026

New Delhi, India — Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party, a Gen Z political movement born out of a joke and despair,...

Khamenei’s MoU stance stirs debate as Iran and US meet in Switzerland 

21 June 2026

Tehran, Iran – Senior negotiators from Iran and the United States are in Switzerland to advance the signed memorandum ...

Ethiopian prime minister’s party easily wins parliamentary election 

21 June 2026

News|Elections Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party has comfortably won another parliamentary majority in this month’s electi...

Syria frees activist Hassan Akkad days after he was detained 

21 June 2026

British Syrian activist Hassan Akkad has been released from a prison in Damascus after four days detention for alleged ...

Police charge man after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh 

21 June 2026

News|Crime Police in Scotland have charged a man in connection with a series of attacks in Edinburgh that UK Prime Minis...

Bolivian authorities say no active blockades after state of emergency decree 

21 June 2026

News|Protests Authorities in Bolivia report no active road blockades in the country, the day after President Rodrigo Paz...

Pressure mounts on Starmer to quit after Burnham’s by-election win 

21 June 2026

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weighing whether to resign within days, according to media reports, amid mounting...

Why Lebanon may make or break the Iran-US deal 

21 June 2026

Beirut, Lebanon – The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran leaves no room for doubt, d...

‘Kind, principled’: Palestinian journalists remember slain Gaza journalist 

21 June 2026

Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Wishah was killed on Saturday in Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp weeks after his brother Mohamm...