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"Do not be afraid to take the path out of this war. That is the main thing that is required of you now," Zelensky wrote in his open letter to Putin.

US President Donald Trump’s eldest son warned against investing in China during an event for investors on Thursday in Zurich, even as his father’s administration has pushed forward on plans to improve commercial ties between the two countries. “I wouldn’t,” Donald Trump Jnr said when asked at the invitation-only event if he would invest in China. “I don’t think we can pretend they’re an ally. That would be, I think, foolish.” Trump Jnr, who shares the position of executive vice-president of the.

June is gay pride month and Jerusalem’s Pride and Tolerance march took place on Thursday. This year’s march took on a political tone as the parade route took marchers to Israel’s parliament. While LGBT people have more civil rights in Israel than many other countries in the Middle East, attendees said there’s still a lot of room for progress. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis explains.

Ukrainian president proposes meeting in neutral third country as Trump says both sides have to ‘make compromises’ The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has called for face-to-face negotiations in a public letter addressed directly to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The letter, the first public letter Zelenskyy has written directly to Putin since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, was a sweeping criticism of the Russian leader’s 26 years in power. Continue reading...

Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto has the latest from Lebanon where a new diplomatic push has done little to quell violence.

Ukraine's president tells the Russian leader that only "direct engagement" between the two countries could end the war, with the US focused on Iran.

Announcement seeks to close a difficult chapter for the company after the Guardian revealed its platform was used in mass surveillance of Palestinians Microsoft has said it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry into how the Israeli military used its cloud technology for the mass surveillance of Palestinians. On Thursday, Microsoft announced the completion of the inquiry and a series of new measures that include changes to how the company

Lebanon-Israel ceasefire plans in doubt following Hezbollah's rejection A US-backed proposal to halt fighting between Israel and Lebanon has been met with immediate uncertainty, with Lebanese officials saying its implementation depends on Hezbollah’s approval and lacks a clear enforcement mechanism. It followed two days of US-brokered direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli representatives, the fourth round of such negotiations to be held in Washington. The talks produced a declaration c

Ukrainian forces say sustained strikes have made the occupied airport unusable for Russian military operations.

Hezbollah has condemned a US-brokered ceasefire framework accepted by Israel and Lebanon
Ukraine will officially pass President Volodymyr Zelensky’s letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which proposes steps toward ending the war.

Trump says ‘progress made’ in Lebanon US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he believed progress was being made between Israel and Lebanon and that Lebanon deserved to have peace. “Lebanon has been under attack for so many years and always like an underdog, and it would be really nice if it could end,” Trump told reporters at the White House. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "I actually spoke to Hezbollah
WATCH: Trump says his administration considered sending troops to seize Iran's uranium, but ultimately rejected the idea because it was too risky and could have led to U.S. casualties, drawing comparisons to Carter's failed hostage rescue mission.

Ukraine hit a laundry list of targets including military factories, warships, shadow fleet tankers, aircraft, and other assets

The Russian president added that Moscow opposes the transformation of the EU into a military bloc

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On June 4, there were 224 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders, with the most intense activity recorded in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy attempted 33 assaults.

At least ten people were killed and 59 others were injured in the past 24 hours
Trump on Cuba: We will take care of Cuba after Iran. I like to do one thing at a time.
Reporter: Are your sanctions on Cuba meant to accelerate its collapse? Trump: No, we just want them to be a nicely run country that can feed its people.
Trump on Mojtaba Khamenei: He has a very good reputation in some circles, actually. Some people say bad, but a lot of people say bad about me. It's totally false, of course.
Reporter: Operation Epic Fury killed Mojtaba Khamenei's father, wife, and child. Trump: I am not his favorite person, but he is probably a professional.
Trump: I don't want to meet with the Ayatollah, but if I did meet him, I would be honored to meet him. I would be respectful.
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Volodymyr Zelensky is welcome to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow "any time", the Kremlin said Thursday after the Ukrainian president called to set a date for a face-to-face meeting between the pair to end the war.

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Over the past month, losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine exceeded 30,000 personnel.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: Democratic green energy policies have driven up energy prices far more than a conflict in Iran.
Trump: Venezuela was very unpopular. Then we won, and my numbers went through the roof.
Trump: Lebanon has been under attack for so many years and is always like an underdog. It would be really nice if they could have peace. I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu and Hezbollah about it.

Lawmakers vote to curb Trump war on Iran ahead of similar effort on Lebanon The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 215-208 to curb President Donald Trump's war-making authority on Iran until he seeks congressional approval. Four Republicans voted with Democrats to pass the measure, including Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie, who will depart the lower chamber in January after he was defeated last month in the most expensive Republican primary ever by a candidate with backing f
Trump: Hezbollah didn't reject anything. They called us, and they said, "How about stopping?"
Trump: Ukraine wouldn't have lasted one or two days without the equipment I gave them.
Trump: Without our military and our equipment, Ukraine wouldn't be alive to fight today.
Trump on Iran: All of their 159 ships lie at the bottom of the ocean. We actually took pictures of them down there.

Taiwan 'leak' of military hosting reveals shifting China power balance

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Beijing is becoming more selective about where and what it builds overseas. That transition was already underway but it has been hastened by the Iran-U.S. war.
Trump: If you kill a bald eagle, you would be in jail for four years or something, and yet windmills knock them out of the air all the time, and nothing happens. It's disgraceful.
Trump calls Putin and Zelensky "two very good people."