“Spy turtles” and “spy fish” prowling China’s waters, Beijing claims
“An unseen covert war of espionage is currently unfolding” in the waters off China, the country’s minister of state security has alleged.
Day: June 12, 2026
Violence escalates in Israel amid ultra-Orthodox military draft protests
The struggle over military service is stoking protests, threatening Israel’s coalition and reshaping political debate.
One injured as Israel hits southern Lebanon with air raids, artillery
The attacks come as Iranian media reports that a draft peace deal with the US would include ending the war in Lebanon.
European Commission’s draft budget for 2027
On 10 June 2026, Piotr Serafin, Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, presented the European Commission’s draft budget (DB) for 2027 to the Members of the Parliament’s Committee on Budgets.
San Andreas Fault reaches highest stress level in 1,000 years
Researchers report that tectonic stress on the major San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems has climbed to its highest levels in a millennium, and in some sections has already surpassed them.
Ukrainian woman, 21, abducted and ‘kept as sex slave by Russian soldier for a year’ locked up in boarded-up flat
ONE of Vladimir Putin’s soldiers has been accused of holding a Ukrainian woman in sexual slavery for over a year. Vyacheslav Dubenko allegedly raped his victim, 21, multiple times before abducting her to Russia where he kept her locked in his boarded u…
Princess Bha of Thailand Dies at 47
Princess Bha, the eldest child of the Thai king, died on Thursday at age 47 after three and a half years in a coma, the royal palace said.
Palestinian football chief says US denied him visa to attend World Cup
Jibril Rajoub attended opening match in Mexico but becomes latest football official hit by US visa issues, he saysThe head of the Palestinian Football Association has said he is unable to travel to the United States with other federation heads attendin…
Fisa spy powers almost certain to expire after Congress fails to act – US politics live
Law due to expire at midnight tonight following unhappiness over Trump’s pick for intelligence chiefA powerful US surveillance law is set to expire – what happens now?Sign up for the Breaking News US emailAbout half of evangelical Christians – a core c…
A year after Air India crash killed 260: Do we know what happened?
Families of victims still await a final report about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad last year.