June 2026

30 days, 726 stories

  1. Tuesday 30The Qatari foreign ministry confirms that United States envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Doha for technical indirect talks with Iran and…27
  2. Monday 29Sudan's health ministry and World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares a new cholera outbreak, with 117 deaths in the West Kordofan…34
  3. Sunday 28In association football, World Cup co-hosts Canada advance to the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time after defeating South Africa 1–0 in the…24
  4. Saturday 27In association football, Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi becomes the first male player to score in seven consecutive FIFA World Cup matches…28
  5. Friday 26In association football, debutants Cape Verde becomes the smallest nation to qualify for the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup after finishing Group H in…23
  6. Thursday 25In association football, Ivory Coast reaches the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup for the first time after defeating Curaçao 2–0 to place second in Group E.28
  7. Wednesday 24In association football, South Africa reaches the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup for the first time after defeating South Korea 1–0 in their final…21
  8. Tuesday 23The Radio France Internationale reports that the Malian Army and Russian Africa Corps have killed four civilians in Zahro and Abakoira near the Timbuktu and…19
  9. Monday 22Keir Starmer announces his resignation as British prime minister and leader of the Labour Party in an address to the nation outside 10 Downing Street, London…30
  10. Sunday 21In association football, Kevin Pina scores Cape Verde's first-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup in a 2–2 draw against Uruguay in the group stage.19
  11. Saturday 20Members of Mexico's Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación end a 20-day strike over wages and pensions. The protests included demonstrations and…22
  12. Friday 19British home secretary Shabana Mahmood, energy secretary Ed Miliband, and transport secretary Heidi Alexander meet with prime minister Keir Starmer and…28
  13. Thursday 18Israel publishes a map of southern Lebanon that it will continue to illegaly occupy, and says it may launch attacks beyond it, as Israeli prime minister…28
  14. Wednesday 17Iran foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei tells Iranian state media that president Masoud Pezeshkian and U.S. president Donald Trump remotely signed…19
  15. Tuesday 16One person is killed and 38 others are injured when a Mw 6.7 earthquake strikes Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.24
  16. Monday 15Iranian Americans hold protests outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, against the Iran regime and the team's participation in the FIFA World Cup ahead…18
  17. Sunday 14American singer Oliver Tree, Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, Argentine filmmaker Lucas A. Vignale, and three others are killed when two helicopters collide and crash…24
  18. Saturday 13In association football, Qatar earns their first point in World Cup history after drawing with Switzerland 1–1 in their group stage match.8
  19. Friday 12The opening ceremonies of the FIFA World Cup in Canada and the United States occur at the Toronto Stadium and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California…19
  20. Thursday 11In association football, the 2026 FIFA World Cup consisting of 48 national teams for the first time begins with matches in Canada, Mexico, and the United…24
  21. Wednesday 10The United States Central Command launches a second round of airstrikes on targets throughout Iran. Additionally, CENTCOM released video footage of the strikes…24
  22. Tuesday 9A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members are rescued by an unmanned vessel. In…17
  23. Monday 8A Mw 7.8 earthquake, whose epicenter is located off Maasim, Sarangani, Philippines, strikes Mindanao, hitting as far as Leyte, the provinces of North Maluku…26
  24. Sunday 7The Israeli Air Force intercepts multiple waves of Iranian missiles fired at northern Israel, the first launches at Israel since the ceasefire began in April…24
  25. Saturday 6In tennis, Mirra Andreeva wins her first major title after defeating Maja Chwalińska in the women's singles final in two sets, 6–3, 6–2.22
  26. Friday 5CNN reports that Israel has deployed commandos, military, and intelligence personnel, to Azerbaijan near its border with Iran during the war and carried out a…26
  27. Thursday 4In tennis, Maja Chwalińska becomes the second qualifier to reach a major final, and the first at the French Open, after defeating Diana Shnaider in the women's…22
  28. Wednesday 3The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military shot down 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones from Iran, during attacks that killed one person and injured…25
  29. Tuesday 2Iranian officials and state media announce a three-day funeral plan in the cities of Mashhad, Tehran, and Qom for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was…34
  30. Monday 1Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi asks Pakistani foreign minister and deputy prime minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar to help facilitate de-escalation and…39