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06.06.2025 15:54 The International Criminal Court deplores the additional designations for sanctions which were announced today by the United States of four judges of the Court:

06.06.2025 15:54 "Today, I am designating Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáňez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, and Beti Hohler of Slovenia pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order 14203, "Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court."

06.06.2025 15:54 The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their lives in 2024. They include 126 personnel killed in Gaza, all but one of whom served with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.

06.06.2025 15:54 The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians "vulnerable to starvation", with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.

06.06.2025 15:54 Minister of Defence Judith Collins has announced a large investment in New Zealand Defence Force operating funding ahead of Budget 2025.

06.06.2025 15:54 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative.

06.06.2025 15:54 According to media reports on Thursday, Indonesia is assessing purchasing China's J-10 fighter jets, taking into account the aircraft's recent combat success. A Chinese military affairs expert said the J-10 is an outstanding warplane that can attract many potential buyers, especially after having proved its effectiveness in real battle.

06.06.2025 15:54 Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia and the Netherlands signed a statement of intent on 5 June 2025 based on which they will look into and prepare a possible joint procurement of CV90 armoured infantry fighting vehicles.

06.06.2025 15:54 On Thursday 5 June 2025, the defence ministers of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark signed a Letter of Intent on Participation in NATO's Multi-Role Multinational Tanker Transport Fleet at the meetings of NATO defence ministers.

06.06.2025 15:54 Meeting in Brussels on Thursday 5 June , NATO Defence Ministers agreed an ambitious new set of capability targets to build a stronger, fairer, more lethal Alliance, and ensure warfighting readiness for years to come.

06.06.2025 15:54 While jointly speaking at a NATO defense meeting in Brussels today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte both stated an increase in defense spending targets — by both the United States and NATO ally countries — is essential to deterring the coming threats that are posed by anti-Western aggressors.

06.06.2025 15:54 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she successfully saved the American taxpayer over $260 million by cancelling a failing U.S. Coast Guard shipbuilding project.

06.06.2025 15:54 The IAEA team based at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant today heard repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones reportedly attacking the site's training centre, followed by the sound of multiple explosions, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

06.06.2025 15:54 US President Donald Trump on June 5 compared Russia's war against Ukraine to children fighting in comments during a visit by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, telling reporters at the White House that "sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while."

06.06.2025 15:54 Four people were killed and at least 20 were wounded in Kyiv overnight in a missile and drone attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said early on June 6.