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Britain announces sweeping social media ban for under-16s 

15 June 2026

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a ban on social media sites ⁠⁠for under-16s as the United Kingdom ...

Kyiv cathedral burns as heavy Russian air raids hit Ukraine 

15 June 2026

Russia has unleashed one of its heaviest air raids on Ukraine in weeks, killing rescuers in the northeast and setting a ...

UK court says proscribing Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ group was lawful 

15 June 2026

Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s proscription of the activist group Palestine Action as a �...

Pakistani police mistakenly open fire on Australian family, killing child 

15 June 2026

Pakistani police commandos have fatally shot an Australian girl and severely wounded her father and brother after mistak...

Iran war day 108: Iran, US reach a tentative deal to end conflict 

15 June 2026

EXPLAINER News|Conflict United States President Donald Trump and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said...

Stepson of Norway’s crown prince jailed for four years in rape case 

15 June 2026

An Oslo district court has sentenced Marius Borg Hoiby, the stepson of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, to four years in ...

G7 meeting in France: What’s on agenda, who is attending? 

15 June 2026

The Ukraine war, trade tensions and the Iran-US conflict will be on the agenda as leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) cou...

How Trump is relaunching a tariff war citing ‘forced labour’ concerns 

15 June 2026

There was no grand Rose Garden announcement, no aides holding placards with lists of countries and tariffs imposed on th...

World Cup: Iranians in Los Angeles divided on whether to cheer or jeer Iran 

15 June 2026

Los Angeles – From saffron-flavoured ice cream parlours to kabob shops and Farsi-language bookstores, it does not take...