‘I’m the boss’, Trump tells G7 counterparts
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Sri Lanka former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's son arrested over corruption
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UN food aid agency welcomes $800 mn donation from US
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Macron winds up G7 with AI, Trump dinner
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Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran: US govt
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China makes new push to take yuan global, vows vigilance against financial risks
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Ukraine drone sets Moscow oil refinery on fire
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‘Loud and clear’ Iran won’t have nukes
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‘I’m the boss’, Trump tells G7 counterparts
Trump's presence has dominated the summit in the spa town of Evian on Lake Geneva
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Sri Lanka former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's son arrested over corruption
Several Rajapaksa family members and close associates have been charged with a range of offences over the years
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UN food aid agency welcomes $800 mn donation from US
WFP says it wants to reach 110 million people in the most acute need around the world this year
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Trump threatens ‘dropping bombs’ if Iran doesn’t ‘behave’
Talks on a final US-Iran settlement to end the conflict are set to begin Friday
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Has Trump achieved his goals in the war with Iran?
More than three months later, with a preliminary peace deal in place, what has Trump achieved?
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Macron winds up G7 with AI, Trump dinner
Trump said Tuesday he had accepted Macron's offer of dinner at Versailles as the palace of the French Sun King Louis XIV is "not gold leaf" but the "real deal".
17 June 2026, 08:38 AM
Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran: US govt
The June 15 brief defends the gas turbines used by a giant data center belonging to the trillionaire's company xAI, which are the target of an environmental lawsuit.
17 June 2026, 08:34 AM
China makes new push to take yuan global, vows vigilance against financial risks
China is stepping up yuan internationalisation efforts, in a bid to reduce its dependence on a global payment system dominated by the US dollar.
17 June 2026, 08:31 AM
Iran deal includes $300 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source says
Investment fund vehicle contains no government money
17 June 2026, 01:40 AM
US military to build war-ready stockpile in Australia: docs
The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps on Australia’s southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles, tender documents show and officials confirmed to AFP.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
8 killed as US B-52 bomber crashes in California
Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire shortly after takeoff at an air force base in California on Monday, officials said.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Scientists find 64,000sq miles of resilient coral reef
Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capable of surviving and recovering from climate change, three times more than previously estimated, research showed yesterday.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
‘Loud and clear’ Iran won’t have nukes
Doubts swirled around the US‑Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East, although US President Donald Trump said yesterday the accord makes clear that Tehran would never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Ukraine drone sets Moscow oil refinery on fire
A drone hit a major oil refinery just outside Moscow yesterday, triggering a fire and causing damage, Russian authorities said, as Ukraine claimed the attack was retribution for Russia’s own strikes.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Almost 2.4m refugees need resettling in 2027: UN
Almost 2.4 million refugees will need resettling next year, the United Nations said yesterday, at a time when a number of countries have slashed resettlement spots.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Stop possible arrest over 2019 attacks
Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday asked a court to prevent his potential arrest over the Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed 279 people.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
FBI disrupted attack plot on fight night
US law enforcement disrupted a plot to attack the White House during a mixed martial arts event attended by US President Donald Trump and other top officials over the weekend, FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
‘I’m gonna do whatever I can’
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Russia should make a peace deal with Ukraine, adding that he would do what he could to end the war after a “very good” meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Group of Seven leaders at a summit in France.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
US-Iran deal allows Tehran to immediately sell oil, WSJ reports
The provision for waiving sanctions on Iranian oil sales takes effect once the agreement is signed this Friday
16 June 2026, 22:10 PM
The US is using an Iranian smuggling tactic to sneak oil out of the Gulf
Iran has established its own system for ushering ships through the opposite side of the Strait
16 June 2026, 19:45 PM