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The European Commission welcomes the open letter from President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for direct negotiations, stating that this is another confirmation of Ukraine’s desire for real negotiations and a ceasefire.
The majority of adult residents of Ukraine do not support the possibility of holding elections for the president of Ukraine and deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during martial law, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Sociopolis research company on May 24-29.

The Su-57, developed by Russia's Sukhoi Design Bureau, is designed to carry out a wide range of combat missions, including engagement of air, ground and maritime targets.

At the same time, Dmitry Peskov recalled that Russia is also well aware of Armenia’s position on the CSTO
Araj, who was killed in a 2017 Ramallah gunfight with IDF troops, allegedly was the head of a terrorist cell, planned attacks, and procured weapons.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on Cuba: Now clouds are gathering over Cuba. I don't exclude that before the midterm elections in November, there may be yet another very dangerous move from Washington — to prove the success of the Republican administration. It'll be sad.

Months after fleeing the fighting in eastern and southern Lebanon, thousands of displaced people remain in makeshift camps across Beirut. Despite the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, many say they feel no safer and have little confidence the truce will hold. France 24's special correspondent Antonia Kerrigan

How the world failed a mother’s children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: EU's Kallas also said Russia started 19 wars in the last 100 years, not counting African countries. How they tolerate her, I simply don't know. It's a disgrace and a laughingstock.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reacted to the latest Russian shelling, noting that every support package with anti-ballistics and sanctions against Russia help protect human lives.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: Europe has been a source of hell for many centuries — always acting in ways that ultimately produced world wars or continent-wide wars. Europe has not changed that mentality. Macron has been threatening for two months that he'll call Putin. When asked — 'We'll choose the moment.' If you're a serious person, just pick up the phone and call.

Israel's military warned residents of south Lebanon's Sarafand, a town on the coastal road between Tyre and Sidon, to immediately evacuate on Friday ahead of expected attacks against Iran-backed Hezbollah. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Beirut, Lebanon.

According to the head of state, Russian troops are advancing along the entire line of contact, while the Ukrainian armed forces are catastrophically short of personnel
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to begin negotiations aimed at ending the war against Ukraine, while stressing that Europe must play a central role in any future peace process.

A PLA inspection team visited several facilities in Russia’s Eastern Military District this week, including an air defence missile unit in the far-eastern Jewish Autonomous Region, Russian media reported. The visit, conducted under a decades-old confidence-building mechanism, came as President Vladimir Putin described China and Russia as “natural allies and partners”, while emphasising that their deepening military cooperation was not directed against any third party. The June 2-3 inspection...

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.

Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel. Her contribution is pooled at a nearby supermarket that is among roughly 300 participants in a public-private project dubbed "Fry to Fly", as the Iran war squeezes energy supply and raises costs for the resource-poor country.

Heavy gunfire rocked Somalia's capital overnight, with smoke rising over the city and armed forces deployed on the streets on Thursday, AFP journalists reported, after clashes erupted between rival political factions ahead of planned protests. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud plunged Somalia into a fresh political crisis in mid-May after announcing a one-year extension of his term, which had been due to expire on May 15.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: The United States has declared a goal to dominate the world's energy markets. The desire of the US, first and foremost, is to subordinate key spheres of the world economy — energy being the first. And thereby control processes that will be used to influence China, the Russian Federation, and other competitors — but primarily China and Russia.

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member UN Security Council for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2027. The Security Council is the only UN body that can make legally binding decisions such as imposing sanctions and authorising use of force. FRANCE 24's Sharon Mazingaizo reports.

Kyiv region Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said four people were killed in an attack on a factory that makes dairy products for children.

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, June 5th
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on Ukraine: Biden's war has already become Trump's war.
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Guido Crosetto, Italy’s defense minister, said in an interview that European nations should forge a new joint defense system and take greater responsibility for their own security.

Downing Street responded after Andy Burnham publicly admitted that he would consider launching a bid to become Labour leader ‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general election The prime minister is speaking about defence during a visit to Wiltshire. He said the long-delayed defence investment plan “will now be published before the Nato summit” on 7 July. He added that it will be published “in the coming weeks”. Continue reading...
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LOWER SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Two sons of a prominent tribal elder, Malik Jamil Wazir, were killed after unidentified armed men opened fire near Kari Kot Bazaar in Wana tehsil, police said on Friday. The deceased were identified as Naveed Wazir and Moeenuddin Wazir. According to DSP Wana Asghar Ali Shah, the attackers fled the scene immediately after the incident. The injured passerby and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital in Wana. Police recorded the inciden
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High visa application fees, equally high rejection rates, an unwelcoming America, and the war combine to deter fans.

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea remains committed to its original goal of ...
Albania's PM Edi Rama snapped on live CNN while defending plans to sell protected coastline to investors linked to Trump and Kushner: What's wrong with you? Let me finish!

Every year, a nationwide military lottery determines the fate of tens of thousands of young men in Thailand. Military conscription is mandatory for all men aged 21 and over. Following armed confrontations between Thailand and Cambodia in July 2025 and again in December, tensions remain high despite a ceasefire and the Thai military is on heightened alert. A story by Antoine Morel, Constantin Simon, Aruna Popuri and Adrien Quilico.

Israel's air force struck a Lebanese village on Friday following warnings for several areas of imminent attacks against Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed militants rejected a truce brokered by the United States. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war when Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2 to avenge the February 28 killing of Iran's supreme leader.

Lebanon's leaders issued pointed calls for Iran to stop interfering in their country's affairs on Friday, as Israel and the Tehran-backed Hezbollah traded attacks after a new truce deal collapsed before it even began. Lebanese state media reported fresh Israeli strikes on around 40 locations in southern Lebanon on Friday, with some causing casualties, while Hezbollah claimed new attacks on Israeli troops who have invaded the south, including with drones and rockets.

Israel's air force struck south Lebanon on Friday following warnings for several areas of imminent attacks against Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed militants rejected a truce brokered by the United States. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war when Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2 to avenge the February 28 killing of Iran's supreme leader.

According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, if diplomatic means do not work, Russia will continue the special military operation in line with the goals set out by the Russian president
WATCH: Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces hit five ships in a single night across Mariupol, Berdyansk, and the Azov coastline.

Entrepreneur died of colon cancer, with Mobo Organisation hailing her as ‘one of the most fearless champions’ in the music industry Kanya King, the entrepreneur and tireless champion of Black British music who founded the Mobo awards, has died aged 57 from colon cancer. The news was announced by the Mobo Organisation, who said she died on Wednesday “after a courageous and characteristically determined battle” with her illness. Continue reading...

The founder of India’s satirical online “Cockroach People’s Party” said he was flying back to New Delhi on Friday, to take the viral social media campaign to the streets. Abhijeet Dipke, the 30-year-old Boston University graduate behind the online movement, said he was flying back from the United States to seek police permission for a peaceful protest on Saturday against the education minister. The parody “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP) — echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bh