- 13 June 2025 – Middle Eastern crisis
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran
- The Israeli Air Force launches a bombing campaign against Iran targeting nuclear facilities with the main goal of the operation being to destroy Iran's nuclear program. A special state of emergency is declared in Israel by Defence Minister Israel Katz and Israeli airspace is closed to all flights. (BBC News) (Axios) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Israel also launches targeted assassination strikes against senior Iranian government officials, Iranian military leadership and senior nuclear scientists. (Reuters)
- Those killed in the Israeli strikes include commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami, Senior nuclear scientist and former head of Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi, and chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Bagheri. (BBC News) (Islamic Republic News Agency) (The Indian Express)
- Iran launches over 100 Shahed drones towards Israel in retaliation for the strikes. (The Times of Israel)
- The death toll from Israeli missile strikes on Tehran rises to 78 with at least 329 others injured. (Anadolu Agency)
- 13 June 2025 –
- Four people are killed and 34 others are injured, including eleven seriously, when a bus carrying Ukrainians crashes on the A81 autoroute in Sarthe, France. (Midi Libre)
- Four people are killed, including two children, and sixteen others are injured in a traffic collision when a Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus loses control and crashes into the back of a truck at Gottipura Gate in Hoskote, Karnataka, India. (Deshsewak)
- 13 June 2025 – Protests against Donald Trump
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- U.S. district judge Charles Breyer issues a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California, saying he violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded his statutory authority. Later, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocks the order. (AP) (The Hill)
- 13 June 2025 – Kenya Finance Bill protests
- Kenyan Police constable, PC James Mukhwana, is arrested over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- 13 June 2025 –
- North Korean destroyer Kang Kon is successfully launched, having partially sunk during its first launch attempt two weeks prior. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un announces plans for two more 5,000-tonne destroyers to be built next year. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- 12 June 2025 – Gaza war
- Rafah aid distribution incidents
- At least 103 Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, including 21 people this morning near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (Reuters)
- Eight Palestinian GHF workers are killed and several others are injured after their bus was attacked en route to an aid distribution site in southern Gaza. The GHF claims that Hamas was responsible. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
- 12 June 2025 – Israeli invasion of Syria
- Israeli forces kill one person and detain seven people, all Syrians, who they allege are Hamas members in an early-morning raid on the village of Beit Jinn in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. (AP)
- 12 June 2025 –
- Dutch-Israeli writer Yael van der Wouden wins the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel The Safekeep, which was also shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. British physician and writer Rachel Clarke wins the sister prize, the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, for her book about palliative care, The Story of a Heart. (AP) (The Bookseller)
- 12 June 2025 – Air India Flight 171
- An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members crashes into a residential area shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, India. Authorities find one survivor from the plane, and 204 bodies have been recovered from the crash site so far. (CNA) (Fox News)
- 12 June 2025 –
- The death toll in the flooding caused by heavy rainfall and snowfall from a winter storm in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, increases to 57, with several others still missing. (ABC News)
- 12 June 2025 – Nuclear program of Iran
- The International Atomic Energy Agency finds Iran in breach of its obligations to limit uranium enrichment and provision of information on its nuclear materials. (BBC) (The Guardian)
- 12 June 2025 – Disappearance of Annie McCarrick
- A man in his 60s is arrested on suspicion of the murder of Annie McCarrick, who went missing in Dublin, Ireland, in 1993. (RTÉ)
- 12 June 2025 –
- The Internal Security Agency of Poland announce the arrest of a teenager in Olsztyn, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, accused with two other men, arrested in April, of planning a far-right terrorist attack. (AP)
- 12 June 2025 – Constitutional crisis in Somalia
- Somalia's federal government calls for the dissolution of the C6+ international coordination framework, saying it is outdated and misrepresents the country’s current political and security progress. (Garowe Online) (ChimpReports) (Hiiraan Online)
- 12 June 2025 –
- Police fire tear gas at demonstrators gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to protest against the Kenya Police and its chief, Eliud Lagat, after blogger Albert Ojwang is confirmed to be killed in custody by the police force, demanding Lagat's resignation. (DW)
- 11 June 2025 – Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- At least 31 Palestinians are killed by the Israel Defense Forces at an aid distribution site in central Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of two hostages abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attacks. (Haaretz) (BBC News)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- The Gaza Health Ministry reports that the official death toll of Palestinians killed in the war since October 2023 has reached 55,000 people, with over 127,000 people wounded. (AP)
- 11 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russia launches drone attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing three people and injuring 60 others. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- 11 June 2025 –
- Argentine president Javier Milei is awarded the Genesis Prize during a state visit to Israel for his support for Israel, becoming the first non-Jewish person to receive such recognition. (Clarín) (Haaretz)
- Australian flag carrier Qantas announces the closure of its Singapore-based, partly owned low-cost airline Jetstar Asia due to rising costs and regional competition. (BBC News)
- 11 June 2025 – Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
- At least eight migrants are found dead and 22 others are missing as the United Nations International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government launch a joint rescue operation after migrants were forced off a boat and forced to swim to shore off the coast of Djibouti. (AP)
- 11 June 2025 –
- At least 49 people are killed, including four schoolchildren, in flooding caused by heavy rainfall and snowfall in a winter storm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. (DW) (BBC News)
- 11 June 2025 – Gaza war
- 2025 New York Peace Conference on Gaza
- The Trump administration calls on countries not to attend a conference for ceasefire and peace in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, United States, and warns of potential diplomatic consequences should any measures be taken that are deemed hostile toward Israel. (Reuters)
- 11 June 2025 – Argentina–Israel relations
- Argentine president Javier Milei announces that the Argentine embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem in 2026. (YNet)
- 11 June 2025 – North Korea–South Korea relations
- The military of South Korea shuts down its loudspeakers across the border with North Korea and stops its propaganda messages against the government of North Korea by order of President Lee Jae-myung to ease tensions between the countries. (AP)
- 11 June 2025 – Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
- A court in Moscow, Russia, sentences Leonid Volkov, an ally of Alexei Navalny, to 18 years in prison in absentia and fines him 2 million rubles (US$25,000) on criminal charges including justifying terrorism and organizing and financing an extremist group. (AP)
- The same court places Lev Shlosberg, chair of the opposition social-liberal party Yabloko, under house arrest for two months for discrediting the Russian army. (Reuters)
- 10 June 2025 – Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Thirty-six Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire while trying to obtain aid in Gaza. (AP)
- 10 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes, Odesa strikes
- Russia launches drone attacks on Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine. In Odesa, drone attacks hit medical facilities and residential buildings, killing two people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC News)
- 10 June 2025 – Colombian conflict
- Seven people are killed, including two police officers, and 36 others are injured in nineteen bombings and shootings by FARC dissidents targeting police posts, municipal buildings and civilians in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Another explosion is also reported in Jamundí. (France 24) (DW)
- 10 June 2025 – Fossil fuel phase-out
- The British government announces it will invest £14.2 billion (US$19 billion) to construct the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England, to reduce the country's reliance on fossil fuels. (AP) (Reuters)
- 10 June 2025 –
- The Walt Disney Company closes a deal to acquire NBCUniversal's stake in the streaming service Hulu for $439 million, completing its acquisition of Hulu. (AP) (Variety)
- 10 June 2025 – 2025 Kenya bus crash
- Five tourists are killed and 35 others are injured in a bus crash in Gichage, Nyandarua County, Kenya. (Gulf News) (Economic Times)
- 10 June 2025 – War crimes in the Gaza war, Gaza humanitarian crisis
- The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway impose sanctions on Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and travel bans, due to their conduct during the Gaza war. (Reuters)
- 10 June 2025 – Protests against Donald Trump
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass imposes a curfew to the Downtown Los Angeles area in California, United States, after several days of civil disobedience and public demonstrations against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents detaining locals. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- 10 June 2025 – 2025 Ballymena riots
- The second consecutive night of disorder in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, sees 17 police officers injured and five people arrested as protests spread to Belfast, Carrickfergus, and Newtownabbey. (BBC News)
- 10 June 2025 – Graz school shooting
- Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and several others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria. (BBC News)
- 10 June 2025 – Capital punishment in Iran
- Iran hangs nine members of the Islamic State for a 2018 attack which killed three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel. (AP)
- 10 June 2025 –
- The Federal Police of Brazil arrest at least eleven people in an operation aiming to reduce drug trafficking in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. (AP)
- The Supreme Court of Argentina ratifies the sentence of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison and a lifetime disqualification from holding public office for the crime of fraudulent administration. (La Nación)
- 10 June 2025 – Impeachment of Sara Duterte
- The Senate of the Philippines votes 18–5 to return the articles of impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives for further deliberation. (Rappler) (Inquirer.net)
- 10 June 2025 –
- Over 15,000 people gather in Budapest, Hungary, to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government's conduct and alleged corruption relating to the ruling Fidesz party. (AP)
- The Parliament of Greece expels three lawmakers, including far-right politician Vasilis Stigkas, leader of the political party Spartans, due to their connection with and allegedly serving as proxies for the neo-Nazi criminal organization Golden Dawn. (AP)
- 9 June 2025 – Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- According to the Gaza Health Ministry, fourteen Palestinians are killed and 150 others are injured by Israeli gunfire at an aid distribution site near Rafah, Gaza. The total death toll from shootings at aid distribution sites increases to 136 with hundreds others wounded. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- 9 June 2025 – Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- A convoy of 300 buses and cars departs from Tunis, Tunisia to Gaza to spotlight Israel's blockade on humanitarian aid. The group, organized independently, includes 7,000 lawyers, medical professionals and activists from North Africa. (Euronews) (The Jerusalem Post)
- 9 June 2025 – 2025 Gerik bus crash
- Fifteen people are killed and 33 others are injured in a traffic collision when a bus carrying students loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. (France 24)
- 9 June 2025 –
- Five people are killed, including an on duty railway police constable, and seven others are injured when passengers get thrown off two overcrowded local trains at the Mumbra railway station near Mumbra in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (The Indian Express)
- The Indian Coast Guard rescues 18 crew members from a Singaporean-flagged container ship after it catches fire following an explosion 144 km (89 mi) off the coast of Kerala, India. Search operations are underway for the missing four crew members. (DW)
- 9 June 2025 – Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla's flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants (including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and MEP Rima Hassan) to Israel. The humanitarian aid the ship was carrying en route to Gaza will still be sent into Gaza. (The Times of Israel)(CNN) (The Guardian)
- 9 June 2025 – Protests against Donald Trump
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of roughly 500 Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings amid the ongoing riots in Los Angeles, California. (The Wall Street Journal)
- The U.S. state of California sues the Donald Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles. (CBS News)
- The city of Glendale ends a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees. (The Guardian)
- 9 June 2025 – 2025 Ballymena riots
- Two police cars and multiple properties are damaged in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, with 15 police officers being injured and one rioter arrested amid riots which broke out after two Romanian teenagers were charged for the attempted rape of a teenage girl. (BBC News)
- 9 June 2025 –
- A court in Prague, Czech Republic, sentences a Colombian national to eight years in prison over a 2024 arson attack on public buses and for planning another similar attack. Czech prime minister Petr Fiala says the arson attack is part of Russia's hybrid war against his country. (AP)
- The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, El Chapo's sons who are believed to be in Mexico and leading factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. (AP)
- 8 June 2025 – Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- At least twelve Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured by Israeli fire near two aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military says they fired warning shots at people who had advanced toward its forces and ignored warnings to turn away but claimed they did not see any casualties. (CTV News)
- 8 June 2025 – Israeli invasion of Syria
- One person is killed and two others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Mazraat Beit Jinn, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. The Israeli military claims the person killed was a Hamas member. (Al Jazeera)
- 8 June 2025 – June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard to quell anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, California. (CNN)
- 8 June 2025 – 78th Tony Awards
- The 78th Tony Awards take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, United States, with South Korean musical Maybe Happy Ending winning the most awards (six), including Best Musical. (The Guardian)
- 8 June 2025 – 2025 Cundinamarca earthquake
- A Mw 6.3 earthquake strikes near Bogotá, Colombia, resulting in over 25 injuries. (Boyacá 7 Días)
- 8 June 2025 – 2025 San Diego Cessna 414 crash
- All six occupants are killed after a Cessna 414 crashed into the ocean off the coast of Point Loma after takeoff from San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, United States. (CBS News)
- 8 June 2025 –
- A derecho and tornado outbreak begins in the eastern United States, with three tornado warnings and 22 severe thunderstorm warnings. (Fox News)
- Rwanda announces its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States following a diplomatic row with other members over its military involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's conflict with M23 rebels. (BBC News)
- 8 June 2025 – 2025 French Open
- In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz wins his second men's singles title at the French Open and his fifth Grand Slam overall after defeating Italian Jannik Sinner 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–2) in the longest-ever French Open final at five hours and 29 minutes. (BBC Sport)
- 8 June 2025 – 2025 UEFA Nations League final
- In association football, Portugal defeats Spain 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, to win its second UEFA Nations League title. Nuno Mendes is named man of the match. (BBC Sport)
- 7 June 2025 – Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades during the October 7 attacks. (BBC News)
- Israeli airstrikes kill 55 people in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israel announces that it killed Asaad Abu Sharia, leader of the Mujahideen Brigades which was responsible for the abductions of several hostages during the October 7 attacks, including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons. (The Times of Israel)
- 7 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, involving Shahed drones, cruise missiles and glide bombs kills four people and wounds at least 60 others, according to local officials. (Reuters)
- 7 June 2025 – Decommunization
- Kyrgyzstan takes down a 23-meter-tall statue of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, thought to be the tallest statue of Lenin in Central Asia. (BBC News)
- 7 June 2025 –
- Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campaign event in Bogotá, leaving him in serious condition. Police arrest a 15-year-old suspect at the scene. (Infobae) (NBC News)
- Afghan prime minister Hasan Akhund announces that no Afghan refugees who left the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 will be prosecuted if they return to Afghanistan. (Arab News)
- Municipal elections are held in Latvia. Preliminary results indicate the far-right populist party Latvia First leading with 18.2% of the votes, followed by the centre-left Progressives with 16.64% and the conservative National Alliance with 14.13% of the votes. (Euractiv)
- 7 June 2025 – 2025 French Open
- In tennis, American player Coco Gauff defeats Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka 65–77, 6–2, 6–4 in the women's singles final to win her first French Open title. (ESPN) (The Guardian)
- 6 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes
- An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills three people, injures 49 others and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. At least 2,000 homes lose power, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. At least 407 drones and 45 missiles are launched in total. (Reuters) (AP)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Widespread power outages are reported in Ternopil after several cruise missiles hit energy infrastructure supplying the city. (Ukrinform)
- 6 June 2025 – Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the United States, two months after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador and spending time at the CECOT prison. He now faces criminal charges in Tennessee for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants. (ABC News)
- 6 June 2025 –
- Radar on the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Canberra (L02) accidentally blocks wireless internet and radio services in New Zealand before the incident is resolved. (The Guardian)
- 5 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- An overnight Russian Shahed drone strike kills five people, including a child, and injures nine others in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (AP)
- A Russian drone strike injures nineteen people in Kharkiv, including children and a pregnant woman. (AP)
- Kherson strikes
- The Kherson Regional State Administration headquarters is destroyed in a Russian missile strike. (Ukrinform)
- 5 June 2025 – Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of an American-Israeli couple abducted by militants during the October 7 attacks. (NBC News)
- Rafah aid distribution killings
- A CNN investigation points to the Israel Defense Forces opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to get humanitarian aid in Rafah, Gaza. (CNN)
- 5 June 2025 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes on southern Beirut, Lebanon, targeting alleged underground Hezbollah drone manufacturing facilities. (Türkiye Today) (Al-Monitor)
- 5 June 2025 – Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling, Sudanese refugee crisis
- The Freedom Flotilla, a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, Irish actor Liam Cunningham, and French European Parliament member Rima Hassan, rescue four Sudanese civil war refugees from a dinghy near Libya. (The Times of Israel) (The Print)
- 5 June 2025 –
- The government of the Ivory Coast declares an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven recent deaths from the disease, and calls on the population to remain vigilant. (AP)
- 5 June 2025 – Chad–United States relations
- Chad suspends the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to a new travel ban announced by U.S. president Donald Trump, that includes Chad among twelve countries facing entry restrictions. (BBC News)
- 5 June 2025 – Mexico–United States relations, Gun law in the United States
- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously blocks a 10-billion dollar lawsuit by the Mexican government against large American firearms manufacturers alleging their failure to prevent firearms sales to drug cartels and other criminal organisations due to a lack of evidence that the companies allow such transactions. (Al Jazeera) (AP) (Politico)
- 5 June 2025 – United States and the International Criminal Court
- The United States imposes sanctions on 4 ICC judges in retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (Reuters)
- 5 June 2025 –
- Two members of the Ta' Maksar gang are convicted as accessories to murder for supplying the explosive that killed the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. (Times of Malta)
- 5 June 2025 – 2025 Burundian parliamentary election
- Citizens of Burundi vote to elect 100 of the 123 members of the National Assembly. (BBC News) (DW)
- 5 June 2025 –
- Zia Yusuf announces via X that he is stepping down as the Chairman of Reform UK. (BBC News) (The Telegraph)
- Nintendo's Switch 2 video game console is released in most regions. (BBC News) (The Verge)
- 5 June 2025 – 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
- 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
- In association football, Uzbekistan and Jordan qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, with Uzbekistan securing a top-two finish in Group A and Jordan advancing from Group B following Iraq's loss to secure their places in the 2026 tournament. (Reuters)
- 4 June 2025 – Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- Puntland's elite security forces kills over 35 ISIS militants, including several foreign fighters, in a major military operation conducted in the mountainous rural areas in the Bari region of Puntland. The troops also destroy weapons caches and military equipment used by the group. (Shabelle Media) (AllAfrica)
- 4 June 2025 – Gaza war
- United States support for Israel in the Gaza war
- The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the remaining fourteen other members voting in favor. (Reuters)
- 4 June 2025 – Israeli invasion of Syria
- Israel launches airstrikes against Syria in retaliation for the alleged firing of two projectiles at Israel yesterday. Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that Israel holds Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa "directly responsible" for the attacks. (Arab News)
- 4 June 2025 – 2025 Bengaluru stampede
- Eleven people are killed and 50 others are injured in a stampede at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Anadolu Agency)
- 4 June 2025 – Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration
- U.S. president Donald Trump signs a proclamation banning entry into the United States for nationals of 12 countries deemed "very high-risk" due to terrorist activity, hostile governments, and high visa overstay rates, while imposing additional restrictions on visitors from several others. Exemptions apply for select categories, including athletes and diplomats. Trump cited the recent firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, as reason for the ban. (CNN) (NPR)
- 4 June 2025 – 2025 South Korean presidential election
- Lee Jae-myung is inaugurated as President of South Korea at the National Assembly Building in Yeouido, Seoul, one day after winning the presidential election. (Reuters)
- 4 June 2025 – Vietnamese two-child policy
- Vietnam formally ends the two-child policy in effect since 2009 amid record-low total fertility rates of 1.91 per woman in 2024, causing declining birth rate and a shrinking workforce. (NPR) (AFP via VnExpress)
- 4 June 2025 –
- U.S. president Donald Trump issues an order banning new visas for foreign nationals enrolling at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, citing national security concerns and alleging the institution's lack of cooperation in disclosing foreign student misconduct. The directive also allows for possible visa revocations of currently enrolled international students. (ABS-CBN News)
- Chile signs an agreement with Google to build the first submarine fiber-optic cable connecting between South America and Australia. Google invested at least $300 million while the Chilean government will invest $25 million. (DW) (AP)
- 3 June 2025 – Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Three Israeli soldiers from the Givati Brigade are killed by an IED explosion in Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, during clashes with Hamas militants. (The Times of Israel)
- Rafah aid distribution incidents
- At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, Gaza. (AP) (Reuters)
- 3 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2025 Crimean Bridge explosion
- The Crimean Bridge is temporarily closed and subsequently reopened by Russian authorities after several underwater C-4 explosives planted under the bridge detonated. The Security Service of Ukraine claims responsibility, saying its agents planted 1.1 tonnes of TNT equivalent at a support section of the bridge. (BBC News)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Four people are killed and 25 others are injured after Russian forces launch an MLRS rocket barrage at the centre of Sumy, Ukraine. (AP)
- 3 June 2025 – Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda, on Uganda Martyrs' Day. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2025 – Sudanese civil war
- Five aid workers are killed in an attack on a 15-vehicle convoy delivering food to families in the Darfur region, Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blame each other for the attack. (DW)
- 3 June 2025 –
- CJ Opiaza is officially crowned as Miss Grand International 2024 following Rachel Gupta's resignation and termination from the title. (ABS-CBN News)
- A bus crash kills eleven people and injures 17 others in Hualahuises, Nuevo León, Mexico. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2025 – Brazil–United States relations
- Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defend Supreme Court chief Alexandre de Moraes from potential U.S. sanctions, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened over the ongoing trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2025 – 2025 United Nations Security Council election
- Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia are elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2025 – Fall of the Assad regime
- A court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentences a Syrian man to life in prison under universal jurisdiction for leading a Hezbollah-backed group and committing alleged war crimes against Sunni Muslims in Busra al-Sham, Syria, during the Syrian civil war. (DW)
- 3 June 2025 – Killing of Nahel Merzouk
- A French police officer goes on trial after being charged with killing 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023, whose death sparked the riots across France and other French territories. (Reuters)
- 3 June 2025 – LGBTQ rights in Hungary
- Police in Hungary deny the request for permission to hold the Budapest Pride event, citing the recent ban by the Hungarian government. (AP)
- 3 June 2025 – MI5 domestic abuse scandal
- MI5 apologizes to the UK High Courts for providing false evidence in regards to an agent who abused their partner. (The Independent) (BBC News)
- 3 June 2025 –
- Two hundred and sixteen prisoners escape from a prison in the Malir District, Pakistan. During the escape, which was a result of panic caused by an earthquake, one prisoner is killed and two prison officers are injured. A search operation is ongoing and 80 prisoners have been recaptured. (BBC News)
- Nineteen prisoners, including eleven members of the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army, escape from a prison in Nabire, Central Papua, Indonesia. Three prison staff were critically injured. A search around the city is ongoing. (Tempo)
- 3 June 2025 – 2025 South Korean presidential election
- Citizens of South Korea vote in a snap election to elect their president between five candidates. The election is held 60 days after Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court of Korea six months after the failed declaration of martial law. (Financial Times)
- Lee Jae-Myung of the Democratic Party is elected the 14th president of South Korea. (Yonhap News Agency) (NPR)
- 3 June 2025 – Schoof cabinet
- The Party for Freedom withdraws from the current Dutch cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners over amending the Netherlands's asylum rules. (NLTimes)
- Prime Minister Dick Schoof announces his resignation. (The Guardian)
- 3 June 2025 – 2025 Mongolian protests
- Mongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns after weeks of protests. (The Guardian)
- 3 June 2025 – 2025 IPL Season
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru win their maiden IPL finale in 18 years against the Punjab Kings. (Hindustan Times)
- 2 June 2025 – Somali Civil War
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- Al-Shabaab militants reportedly seize control of Hawadley village in the Middle Shabelle region of Hirshabelle State following the withdrawal of Burundian forces under the AUSSOM from the strategic military base. (Kaab TV) (FTL Somalia)
- 2 June 2025 – War against the Islamic State
- American military intervention in Somalia
- New America, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, reports that U.S. airstrikes in Somalia targeting Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants resulted in up to 174 fatalities, including an estimated six to 30 civilian casualties, in 2025. (Garowe Online) (New America)
- 2 June 2025 – Mexican drug war
- Five police officers are killed after an ambush in a highway in the border municipality of Frontera Comalapa. Hours later, an attacker was arrested and authorities confirmed that the attack was a retaliation for the recent arrest of Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, also known as “Chicharra,” leader of Los Huistas, a Guatemalan criminal group that established ties with both the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG. (Revista Proceso)
- 2 June 2025 –
- Cambodia says it will seek a ruling from the United Nations's International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand, which triggered a fatal military clash last week. (AP)
- 2 June 2025 – North Macedonia–United States relations
- North Macedonia announces that it will remove import taxes on U.S. goods to seek a reciprocal measure from the United States, as Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski says that the country is negotiating a free trade agreement with the U.S. (AP)
- 2 June 2025 – Procurement in the European Union
- The European Commission passes a measure to limit Chinese medical device supply bids on public contracts, alleging unfair access for EU companies to China's tenders. The measures are the first under the International Procurement Instrument. (Reuters)
- 2 June 2025 – Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- United States Midwest aluminum premiums rise by 164% after demand for aluminum in the physical market increased due to US president Donald Trump's plan to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. (Reuters)
- 2 June 2025 –
- The Damascus Securities Exchange reopens in Syria after six months of closure following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. (Al Arabiya)
- The Philippine Department of Transportation orders AirAsia to halt the sale of airline tickets in the country, citing alleged overpricing after reports revealed that fares on the airline's website significantly exceeded government-approved price ceilings. (Bloomberg)
- 2 June 2025 – 2025 Nigeria floods
- 2025 Mokwa flood
- The death toll from the flooding caused by torrential rain in Mokwa, Nigeria, increases to over 200. (DW)
- 2 June 2025 – Iran–United States relations
- U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the recent U.S. proposal for a deal on Iran's nuclear program does not allow any uranium enrichment by Iran, despite previous media reports to the contrary. (France24)
- 2 June 2025 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia and Ukraine hold further negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in an agreement for a prisoner of war exchange. Officials confirm that all sick and severely wounded prisoners of war, along with those younger than 25, will be exchanged. Russia and Ukraine also exchanged ceasefire proposals during the negotiations. (BBC News)
- 2 June 2025 –
- A Swedish commission recommends that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. The commission was formed in 2021 following a report by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter detailing Sweden's problematic international adoption system. (AP)
- 1 June 2025 – Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Rafah aid distribution incidents
- At least 31 Palestinians are killed and 170 others are injured while thousands of people went to receive aid from an American-funded humanitarian aid distribution centre in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israel strongly denies its responsibility and releases drone footage showing armed, masked men firing at civilians attempting to collect humanitarian aid. (AP) (BBC News)
- 1 June 2025 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Operation Spider's Web
- Ukraine says at least 40 Russian warplanes, including several strategic bombers were destroyed or damaged by drone attacks on four air bases in Russia. (BBC News)
- Russia launches the largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, comprising 472 drones and seven ballistic missiles. (AP)
- Twelve Ukrainian servicemembers are killed and 60 more are injured in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi, submits a resignation request following the incident. (Ukrainian Pravda) (RBC-Ukraine)
- 1 June 2025 – Terrorism in Russia
- 2025 Russia bridge collapses
- A support on a bridge explodes and collapses in Kursk Oblast, Russia, causing a freight train to derail, killing a worker and injuring two others, including the driver. The incident is being probed as an act of terrorism. (BBC News) (Reuters) (RFE-RL)
- 1 June 2025 – Violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war
- 2025 Boulder fire attack
- Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a firebombing attack when a man attacks protestors demanding the release of Israeli captives who remain in Gaza at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, United States. FBI director Kash Patel claims it was a "targeted terror attack". (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
- 1 June 2025 – Mali War
- Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin militants seize a Malian Armed Forces base near the border with Burkina Faso, killing more than 30 Malian troops, while also launching an attack on Timbuktu Airport where Wagner Group forces are stationed. (Reuters)
- 1 June 2025 –
- Twelve people are killed and several others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation center in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico. The cause is still under investigation. (Barron's) (Infobae)
- 1 June 2025 – 2025 UEFA Champions League final, 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
- 2025 Paris Saint-Germain celebration riots
- Fireworks and flares are fired in Paris, France, after Paris Saint-Germain FC's Champions League title win. Two people are killed, a police officer is in a coma, 201 others are injured, four stores are looted and hundreds are arrested in clashes with riot police for violence and looting. (CTV News) (BBC News) (Le Monde)
- 1 June 2025 – Non-cooperation movement
- A court in Bangladesh indicts former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan on mass murder charges in relation to the deaths of protesters that ousted Hasina in 2024. The government of Bangladesh informs India of the arrest warrant and asks for Hasina's repatriation, following her escape to India. (Financial Express)
- 1 June 2025 –
- Three people are killed and 34 others are injured in a suspected arson attack at a hospital in Hamburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested. (AP)
- A ban on the sale of disposable vapes enters force in the United Kingdom. (BBC News)
- 1 June 2025 – 2025 Polish presidential election
- Poles vote in the second round to choose their president. Right-wing populist President of the Institute of National Remembrance Karol Nawrocki wins 50.89% of popular vote over pro-European incumbent Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. (The Guardian) (TVN24) (Al Jazeera)
- 1 June 2025 – 2025 Mexican judicial elections
- Nationwide elections are held to elect over 2,700 members of the Mexican judiciary branch in the first ever judicial election in the country's history. (Reuters)
- 1 June 2025 – 2025 South Korean presidential election
- Independent presidential candidate Hwang Kyo-ahn resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election and declares his support for People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo. (The Chosun Ilbo)
- 1 June 2025 – 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
- Cruz Azul defeat the Vancouver Whitecaps 5–0 in the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at the Olympic University Stadium in Mexico City. (USA Today), (France 24)
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