Iran on 3 July opened a six-day state funeral for assassinated Supreme Leader Khamenei, expecting 35 million mourners and delegations from 30-plus countries.
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Algeria heads to the polls in its most contested election since the Hirak uprising
More than 24.7 million Algerians vote on 2 July to elect 407 parliamentary seats, the most contested race since the 2019 Hirak protests ousted Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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Venezuela’s earthquake death toll reaches 1,719 as rescue teams race against time
Venezuela’s earthquake death toll reaches 1,719 with 50,000 still missing, as President Rodriguez faces criticism over a relief effort described as slow and uneven by observers.
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Iran fires missiles at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as Hormuz ceasefire unravels
Iran’s IRGC launched ballistic missiles and drones at US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain on June 28, threatening to collapse a ceasefire signed only 11 days earlier.
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Vucic to resign within weeks after 18 months of Serbian protests
Serbia’s Vucic says he will resign within weeks and call early elections, bowing to 18 months of student-led protests over the Novi Sad station disaster.
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Bolivia’s Paz invokes state of emergency as road blockades cut La Paz off from oxygen
President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency on June 20, deploying the military to remove roadblocks that had killed at least 17 people and left La Paz hospitals without oxygen.
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Venezuela’s twin earthquakes kill 235 and leave tens of thousands missing
Back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck near Caracas on 24 June, killing at least 235 people in Venezuela’s worst seismic disaster since 1900.
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Keir Starmer resigns as UK Prime Minister after Reform’s local election surge
Keir Starmer resigned as Prime Minister on June 22, less than two years in office, after Labour shed 1,496 council seats to a Reform UK surge in May elections.
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Far-right lawyer De la Espriella wins Colombia’s presidential runoff
Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s June 22 presidential runoff with 49.7% against leftist Ivan Cepeda’s 48.7%, ending four years of leftist governance in the closest election in the country’s modern history.
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Cambodia’s scam-compound crackdown frees 200,000 workers but leaves thousands stranded
Cambodia’s scam crackdown freed over 200,000 trafficked workers but left thousands stranded in Phnom Penh with no shelter and no legal path home.