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- The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile releases the first light images (example shown) from its new 8.4-metre (28 ft) telescope.
- In basketball, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers to win the NBA Finals.
- An attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, Syria, kills at least 25 people.
- The United States conducts military strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran.
- In rugby union, the Crusaders defeat the Chiefs to win the Super Rugby Pacific final.
June 27, 2025 (Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- Seven city government personnel are killed and 16 others are injured after a mini dump truck returning from an environmental activity overturns in Silay, Negros Occidental, Philippines. (Xinhua News Agency)
Law and crime
- Japanese serial killer and rapist Takahiro Shiraishi is executed for the 2017 murders and dismemberments of nine people in his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (CTV News)
June 26, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
- Israeli forces kill at least 71 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. At least 14 of those Palestinians are killed in the North Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli settler violence
- Three Palestinians are killed and many others are injured by Israeli settlers in the village of Kafr Malik near Ramallah in the West Bank. (BBC News)
- Gaza war
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 South Africa floods
- The death toll from the flooding caused by a winter storm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa one fortnight earlier increases to 101, with two children still missing. (AP)
- Six people are killed and thousands of others are displaced from their homes amid torrential rain and flash floods in Rongjiang County, Guizhou, China. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people are killed and dozens of others are missing in a flash flood caused by torrential rain in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India. (AP)
- The bodies of three missing people are recovered after the June 20 crash of an Airmedic MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 in a lake shortly after takeoff from Havre Saint-Pierre Airport in Quebec, Canada. (CTV News)
- Two people are killed, including a child, and 17 others are injured, including one critically, during torrential storms causing flooding in Paris, France. (CTV News)
- A double-decker bus carrying students from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College plunges into a river in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, injuring all 19 passengers, including five who are hospitalized. (AP)
Health and environment
- A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report says the worldwide recreational use and production of cocaine hit an all-time high in 2023, saying the current surge in cocaine use is primarily due to increased illicit coca bush cultivation in Colombia and updated yield data. (RTE)
Law and crime
- Ecuadorian conflict
- Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa announces the recapture of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the leader of the Los Choneros cartel and Ecuador's most wanted criminal, in Manta, Manabí Province, after he disappeared from a prison last year. (DW)
Politics and elections
- Protests against Faure Gnassingbé
- Clashes take place between protesters and security forces in the Togolese capital Lomé amid calls for Faure Gnassingbé, who has ruled the country since 2005, to step down. Opposition groups accuse Gnassingbé of changing the constitution to remain in office indefinitely. (AP)
June 25, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Iran–Israel war
- United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
- A preliminary assessment by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency finds that Iran's nuclear program may have only been set back by a few months after the U.S. airstrikes, with the centrifuges required to enrich uranium left largely intact, contradicting previous claims made by U.S. president Donald Trump that the facilities were "obliterated". (AP)
- After U.S. president Donald Trump rejects the DIA assessment as "fake news", U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director John Ratcliffe says that the CIA assesses that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were severely damaged in the airstrikes, likely requiring years to rebuild. (BBC News)
- United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
- Gaza war
- Israeli forces kill at least 78 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with at least 14 who were seeking humanitarian aid. (Al Jazeera)
- Seven Israeli soldiers are killed in Khan Yunis when an explosive device affixed to their armored vehicle detonates. (AP)
- Iran–Israel war
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- At least 17 soldiers are killed when groups of bandits attack three Army bases in Kaduna and Niger States in Nigeria. The Army and Air Force reports they have launched counteroffensives against the bandit gangs. (DW)
Business and economy
- The first train from North Korea arrives at the Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow, Russia, after a five-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (TASS)
- Online dating service Bumble announces it will lay off 30% of its global workforce, equal to at least 240 jobs. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Bangui school stampede
- Twenty-nine people are killed and 280 others are injured after an explosion causes a stampede at a high school in Bangui, Central African Republic. President Faustin-Archange Touadéra declares three days of national mourning. (BBC News)
- At least 11 people are killed and 15 others are missing after a landslide in Medellín and Bello, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2024 Armenian protests
- Armenian authorities arrest the archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan of the Armenian Apostolic Church and accuse him of plotting against the government. (AP)
- 2025 Kenyan protests
- At least 16 people are killed and over 400 others are injured, including demonstrators, police officers and journalists, when police clash with protestors during nationwide anti-government protests across Kenya. (CTV News)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Council of Europe's Human Rights Office sign an accord to establish a special tribunal for crimes in Ukraine. (France 24)
- Anti–money laundering § United States, War on drugs § Mexico
- Mexican banks CIBanco, Intercam Banco, and Vector Casa de Bolsa—the latter owned by Alfonso Romo, former Chief of Staff to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador—are sanctioned by the United States government over alleged money laundering for drug cartels. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum requests that the U.S. government provide evidence. (MSN) (Al Jazeera) (Forbes)
Sports
- 2025 NBA Draft
- In basketball, the NBA Draft is held at the Barclays Center in New York City, U.S., with the Dallas Mavericks selecting Duke player Cooper Flagg as the first overall pick. (CNN)
June 24, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Iran–Israel war
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
- Israel continues to launch airstrikes on Iran while Iran launches a wave of ballistic missiles at Israel despite the United States claiming a ceasefire had been reached between the warring sides. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Nine people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on residential units in Gilan, Iran. The attack also injured 33 people, including 16 women and children, with five requiring hospital treatment. (Al Jazeera)
- Four people are killed and 22 others are injured in Beersheba, Southern Israel, after an Iranian missile strikes an apartment block. (The Times of Israel)
- U.S. president Donald Trump tells reporters at the White House that Israel and Iran "don't know what the fuck they are doing" as both countries continue to launch attacks despite U.S. claims of a ceasefire. (BBC News) (The Independent) (The Guardian)
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
- Gaza war
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- At least 44 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces who open fire towards people waiting for aid trucks in Gaza. (AP)
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Iran–Israel war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Dnipro strikes
- Russian forces launch an Iskander missile strike on Dnipro, Ukraine, killing at least 19 people and injuring 300 others. Another two civilians are killed and nine others are injured in Samar, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as a result of a Russian air attack. (Reuters) (The Kyiv Independent) (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Dnipro strikes
- Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
- Human Rights Watch reports that at least 120 children have been abducted by Islamic State-linked Ansar al-Sunna insurgents in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, this year. The children are used for labor, conscripted as child soldiers, or forced into marriage. (AP)
Business and economy
- German finance minister Lars Klingbeil announces that the German government will raise its defense budget from 2.4% to 3.5% of its GDP by 2029, citing a NATO quota for member states to raise defense spending. (AP) (Politico)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from a boat accident from a storm on Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States increases to eight as the final missing person is recovered. (NPR)
- Twenty people are injured, including 12 children, after lightning strikes near Lake Murray in the U.S. state of South Carolina. (MSN)
International relations
- 2025 The Hague NATO summit
- The NATO summit is held in The Hague in the Netherlands. (Espreso TV)
Law and crime
- 2025 Irapuato shooting
- At least 11 people are killed, including a teenager, and 20 others are injured when gunmen open fire at a party celebrating the Nativity of John the Baptist in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. (Reuters)
- Three soldiers are killed and eight others are injured when a soldier opens fire on his colleagues during an altercation over paychecks in Mungazi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. (CTV News)
- French police detain 12 people after over 145 people report being stabbed with syringes at Fête de la Musique sites across the country. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
- Zohran Mamdani leads the primary to become the Democratic Party nominee for the 2025 New York City mayoral election, defeating former governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, with Mamdani having received 43.5% of first-choice votes. He is the presumptive nominee, however the official winner will be declared after the ranked choice tally on July 1. (USA Today)
June 23, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Iran–Israel war
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
- A United Nations fact-finding mission reports that Israeli strikes on Iran’s state broadcasting agency and killing of Iranian nuclear scientists were likely in violation of international humanitarian law. (Al Jazeera)
- The Israeli military strikes Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, damaging the facility's infrastructure. State TV showed first responders carrying a casualty and searching for survivors under a collapsed building. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- Qatar closes the country's airspace amidst an imminent threat of a Iranian ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces stationed in the country. Multiple explosions are reported over Doha. (AP) (BBC News)
- 2025 Iranian strikes on Al Udeid Air Base
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has launched missiles at the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and U.S. bases in Iraq. U.S. officials later confirm no Iranian missiles hit the Al Udeid Air Base. (France 24)
- The Qatar Foreign Ministry says the Qatari military has intercepted all the missiles launched at the Al Udeid Air Base, and that no injuries are reported. (Al Bawaba) (Axios)
- 2025 Iran–Israel war ceasefire
- U.S. president Donald Trump announces that a ceasefire has been reached between Iran and Israel. The ceasefire has not been confirmed by either Iran or Israel. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
- Gaza war
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 43 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including 13 people seeking aid assistance. (Al Jazeera)
- Spanish foreign minister José Albares calls on the European Council to suspend EU relations with Israel due to Israeli human rights violations in Gaza. He also calls for an arms embargo against Israel and sanctions on individuals obstructing the two-state solution. (Al Jazeera) (YeniSafak)
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Iran–Israel war
- Somali Civil War
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- At least seven Ugandan Armed Forces personnel are confirmed killed by Al Shabaab following a three-day siege on Sabiidd-Anole in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia amid ongoing operations against the militant group. The soldiers were part of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia, tasked with countering Al-Shabaab. (Garowe Online) (The Defense Post)
- Al-Shabaab claims that its fighters have overrun a military installation, killed several soldiers, and seized weapons and military equipment following fierce fighting erupted on the morning between Somali National Army and Al-Shabaab militants. (Hiiraan Online) (The Eastleigh Voice)
- Child soldiers in Somalia
- The United Nations formally removes Somalia from its annual register of nations that enlist and deploy child soldiers. The country had been included on the register since 2007, owing to consistent reports of child recruitment by Somali Armed Forces and associated militias. (The Eastleigh Voice) (UN)
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announces that European countries and Canada will send Ukraine a combined aid package of €35 billion (US$40.3 billion). (RBC)
- Kyiv strikes
- Russian forces launch a large-scale drone and missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, damaging residential areas, hospitals, and sports infrastructure, killing nine people and injuring at least 33 others. (BBC News)
- Aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Law and crime
- Gaza war protests
- The United Kingdom announces it will ban the direct action protest network Palestine Action on anti-terrorism grounds after the group broke into the RAF Brize Norton base and vandalized two planes. (AP)
- The Thai Department of Special Investigation seizes 2.4 metric tons of methamphetamine disguised as corn flour packages worth $90.8 million from a tourist boat off the coast of Eastern Thailand and arrests eight men in Rayong province for attempted drug smuggling. (AP)
- The Indonesian National Narcotics Board announces it arrested 285 people, including 29 women and seven foreigners, and seized over 0.68 ton of narcotics in a two-month crackdown operation on narcotrafficking and illegal drug abuse. (AP)
Science and technology
- The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile releases the first light images from its new 8.4-meter (28 ft) telescope. (Scientific American)
June 22, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Iran–Israel war
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
- United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
- U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the U.S. Air Force has conducted strikes on several nuclear facilities in Iran, including Natanz Nuclear Facility and Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant. (The Times of Israel)
- The International Atomic Energy Agency says no increase in off-site radiation levels was detected at the three targeted nuclear sites. (Al Jazeera)
- A report by Axios finds that Democrats on the Senate and House Intelligence panels were not given advance notice of the attack, while Republicans were given advance notice. (Axios)
- The Parliament of Iran votes for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. attacks. (The Guardian)
- Iran launches over 40 ballistic missiles at Israel, injuring at least 23 people and destroying apartments and homes. (AP)
- United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
- Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of three hostages who were abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attacks. Fifty hostages remain in Gaza, of which 20 are thought to remain alive. (Reuters)
- The Israel Defense Forces kill at least 51 people and injure 104 others in southern Khan Younis, central Gaza, and northern Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Iran–Israel war
- Syrian civil war
- Mar Elias Church attack
- At least 23 people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 63 others are injured when at least one alleged Islamic State suicide attacker opens fire and detonates an explosive device inside the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria. (CTV News) (The Washington Post)
- Mar Elias Church attack
Sports
- 2025 NBA Finals
- In basketball, the Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA Finals in 7 games against the Indiana Pacers, winning their first championship in franchise history. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is named NBA Finals MVP. (NPR)
June 21, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 21 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including 11 people seeking aid assistance. (Al Jazeera)
- The European Union European External Action Service finds that Israel may have breached its human rights obligations under the terms of the EU-Israel Association agreement governing its ties with the EU. (Al Jazeera)
- Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces the UNRWA will open an office in Turkey's capital, Ankara. (Al Jazeera)
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- Iran–Israel war
- The death toll from Israel's strikes on Iran rises to more than 430, while 3,056 people have been injured. (Al Jazeera)
- Iran's health minister Mohammadreza Zafarghandi says Israel has targeted three hospitals during the conflict, killing two health workers and a child, and has targeted six ambulances. (Al Jazeera)
- Iran's emergency organization head says Israeli strikes have targeted medical and relief facilities, in addition to residential areas across the country. Three relief bases and eight ambulances have been seriously damaged or destroyed. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war
Arts and culture
- The Netherlands officially returns 119 sculptures from the Benin Bronzes collection that were looted from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Edo State, Nigeria, by British colonial forces. (Al Jazeera) (OkayAfrica)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Santa Catarina hot air balloon crash
- At least eight people are killed and 13 others are injured in a hot air balloon accident in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil. (CNN) (DW)
- Three people are killed and 81 others are injured after a barrier collapsed in Stade du 5 Juillet in Algeria, in a match between MC Alger and NC Magra. (BBC News)
- Six people are killed and two others are missing after a boat carrying ten people capsizes on Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada, United States. (NBC News)
International relations
- Belarus–United States relations, Human rights in Belarus
- Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko pardons several opposition figures, including opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski, following a deal brokered by U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg. (Politico)
- Pakistan–United States relations
- Pakistan announces that it will formally nominate U.S. president Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, citing his mediation during the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Panama declares a state of emergency in Bocas del Toro Province and temporarily suspends some constitutional rights amid a series of anti-government protests opposing a pension law that has left one person dead and injured at least 30 others, including several police officers. (Al Jazeera) (EFE) (Reuters)
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