Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 120 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday, many of them near an aid site operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the enclave, local health officials said.

Nearly 138 million children were still working in the world’s fields and factories in 2024, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that given the slow pace of progress, eliminating child labor could be delayed by “hundreds of years.”

Talks between Russia and the United States aimed at improving ties and removing “irritants” in their relationship are not expected to yield quick results, the Kremlin said yesterday.

Global heating persisted as the new norm, with last month the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service.

If nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said yesterday, days ahead of a planned sixth round of Iran-US nuclear talks.

The number of irregular migrant crossings into the European Union dropped by 20 percent in the first five months of the year, the EU’s border agency said yesterday.

A fire broke out at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran yesterday, killing at least three people, state television reported.

At least three centuries-old Greek monasteries in the religious enclave of Mount Athos were damaged in an earthquake over the weekend, the culture ministry said yesterday.

A record number of people -- almost 1.3 million -- have been internally displaced in Haiti due to violence, the United Nations said yesterday.

Iran yesterday executed a man after convicting him of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary said.

Ankara has agreed a deal to export 48 Turkish-made fighter jets to Indonesia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced yesterday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faced a new legal setback yesterday as a court ordered an investigation into a potential conflict of interest related to his government’s financial bailout of Air Europa.

Kuwait is to require foreigners working in the private sector to obtain their employer’s permission before leaving the country, authorities said yesterday, adding further restrictions on workers bound by the kafala sponsorship system.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and Donald Trump’s former advisor, said yesterday that he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president after the pair’s public falling-out last week.

Several US cities yesterday braced for protests against President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration raids, as parts of the country’s second largest city Los Angeles spent the night under curfew in an effort to quell five days of unrest.

Israel's military campaign has killed nearly 55,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023

US stock markets showed little enthusiasm despite Trump's statements

KidsRights report said one in seven children and adolescents aged between 10 and 19 suffered mental health issues

Police said the man, armed with a shotgun and a pistol, acted alone

Curfew goes into effect in protest-hit downtown