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Indonesia parliament amends law to allow police to serve in civilian government

The Indonesian parliament passed revisions to the country’s national police law on Tuesday that allow serving police officers to accept posts in the civilian government.

June 9, 2026 5:00 pm
 

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Iran says ticket allocation for World Cup withdrawn days before tournament

ran’s football federation (FFIRI) said on ​Tuesday that its ‌ticket allocation for the World Cup has ​been pulled ​just days before football’s ⁠global showpiece kicks ​off, leaving supporters ​who had already made travel plans unable to ​attend their ​team’s matches.

June 9, 2026 3:00 pm
 

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Defying Trump with brief Iran fight, Israel seeks sway over peace talks

In launching ​renewed strikes on Iran on Monday in apparent open defiance of Donald Trump, Israel has tried to make its case to have a say at ‌the peace negotiating table, where it has so far been kept at arm’s length by the U.S. president.

June 9, 2026 1:00 pm
 

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Iran and Israel say they have halted strikes on each other for now

Iran and Israel said on Monday they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that ​they immediately “stop ‘shooting'”, though Tehran said it would resume strikes if Israel continued to hit Hezbollah in Lebanon.

June 9, 2026 12:00 pm
 

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he had 'positive' conversation with Witkoff and Kushner

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had a “positive” conversation with ​U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and praised ‌what he called their readiness to work on a settlement of the Ukraine war in the coming weeks.

June 9, 2026 11:00 am
 

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Trump warned Netanyahu against renewed Iran war, Axios reports

U.S. President Donald Trump ​told Axios in ‌an interview published on Monday ​that he ​warned Israeli Prime ⁠Minister Benjamin ​Netanyahu that he ​might find himself fighting alone if ​he went ​back to war with ‌Iran.

June 9, 2026 10:00 am
 

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Congo says Ebola deaths top 100 as armed groups threaten response

Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said confirmed Ebola deaths had climbed to 101 and that ​the presence of armed groups was continuing to hinder the ‌response in the hardest-hit province.

June 9, 2026 9:00 am
 

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Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks

Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace ​negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting ‌the region’s worsening security.

June 9, 2026 8:00 am
 

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Trump faces new Republican resistance in Congress

Donald Trump is facing widening opposition within his own party as Republican lawmakers ​in Congress, long reluctant to defy him, are showing a greater willingness to break ranks with the U.S. president.

June 8, 2026 6:00 pm
 

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Peru's presidential election runoff is too close to call

Peru’s ​conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori had an early narrow lead over her leftist rival in a runoff election.

June 8, 2026 4:08 pm
 

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European leaders ready to support ceasefire talks

The leaders of Britain, Germany and France said on ‌Sunday they supported a proposal for talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to secure a ceasefire, and Europe would play a role.

June 8, 2026 2:40 pm
 

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Armenia's Pashinyan declares victory in parliamentary election

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared victory in a parliamentary ​election after results from just over one-fifth of polling sites showed ‌his party with around 54% of the vote.

June 8, 2026 12:08 pm

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