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11.06.2026 16:40 A total of 85,420 people returned to Afghanistan from neighboring Iran and Pakistan between May 24 and June 6, the International Organization for Migration announced, the local media Tolo news reported on Wednesday.

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11.06.2026 16:40 Russia, China, and Iran are increasingly creating a strategic alliance of convenience that US policymakers must confront as it seeks to disrupt global order, according to a group of US experts and former officials.

11.06.2026 16:40 Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Jim Risch , Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons and John Cornyn introduced the Preventing External Aggression and Conflict Escalation in Sudan Act of 2026. This legislation will address the ongoing conflict in Sudan and hold the perpetrators, aiders and abettors accountable.

11.06.2026 16:40 Carrying out the tasks set by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the SSU Special Operations Centre Alfa struck the Vtorovo and Lobkovo oil pumping stations in the Vladimir oblast of russia. The distance to the targets is approximately 700 km.

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11.06.2026 16:40 All weapons, military vehicles and equipment, and gear supplied to the Ukrainian military must meet NATO standards. This requirement will now also fully apply to products procured by Ukraine and Finland from each other or produced pursuant to contractual arrangements. The defence ministries of both countries signed an official memorandum on mutual government quality assurance for military goods and services.

11.06.2026 16:40 The Russian air defense systems shot down four long-range cruise missiles Flamingo, a total of 766 UAVs of the armed forces of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

11.06.2026 16:40 On 10 June 2026, the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper and Defence Secretary John Healey MP, hosted the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, for the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations in London.

11.06.2026 16:40 Addressing AK Party's parliamentary group meeting, President Erdoğan said: "We attach great importance to the NATO Leaders' Summit to be held in Ankara on July 7-8. There is an intense interest in the Ankara Summit across the world, not just among the allies. We, for our part, have intensified our preparations in order for the Ankara Summit to be a reference point in the history of NATO."

11.06.2026 16:40 When asked to comment on the claim by the Democratic Progressive Party authorities that a Chinese mainland coast guard vessel entered the so-called "restricted waters" of the Dongsha Island on June 5, triggering a vessel standoff, Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands, including the Dongsha Island, and their adjacent waters.

11.06.2026 16:40 Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities' groveling to external forces has exposed them as complete renegades of the Chinese nation, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday.

11.06.2026 16:40 A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities for pushing cross-Strait "decoupling," calling the move "extremely foolish" and harmful to the island's economy.