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Shark kills diver off Western Australia

This is Australia's fourth fatal shark attack this year.

Lithuania's Social Democrats remove junior party from coalition government, seek new partner

VILNIUS, June 6 - Lithuania's ruling Social Democrat party voted on Saturday to remove the populist Nemunas Dawn, whose leader was sentenced for antisemitism, from the coalition government.

Late French president Jacques Chirac’s widow dies aged 93: Daughter

Bernadette Chirac was known as the loyal companion of one of France’s key postwar politicians.

Two Lebanese officers, one soldier killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

June 6 - Two Lebanese officers and one soldier were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road in south Lebanon, the Lebanese army said.

Actor Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies at 72

He was famous for his role as librarian Rupert Giles in the hit supernatural series from 1997 to 2003, and last acted in the movie Ted Lasso.

Five dead in Russian attacks in Ukraine's southern Kherson region

June 5 - Russian attacks killed five people in Ukraine's southern Kherson region in three separate incidents on Friday, the regional governor said.

UN blames online disinformation for protests outside Libya offices

June 5 - The United Nations said on Friday it is deeply concerned by violent protests outside its offices in Libya this week and blamed social media for fueling disinformation about the world body's work in the country.

French national gets 20 years in Mali over alleged destabilisation plot

BAMAKO, June 5 - A French national accused by Mali’s military-led government of involvement in a plot to destabilise the country last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a case that has strained ties between Bamako and Paris.

US official tells Putin: 'Good Hello' from your friend President Trump

ST PETERSBURG, June 5 - Rodney Mims Cook Jr., chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, conveyed a \"good hello\" to Russian President Vladimir Putin from U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday and praised the beauty of the northern Russian city of St Petersburg.

Who is aboard the International Space Station during the air leak?

WASHINGTON, June 5 - NASA ordered five astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter and prepare for possible evacuation for on Friday as a Russian crew tried to fix a leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory.

Two leaks detected on International Space Station, Russian space agency says

US preparing draft resolution condemning Iran at IAEA, diplomats say

VIENNA/PARIS, June 5 - The United States is preparing a draft resolution condemning Iran ahead of next week's meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors, diplomats said on Friday, a step that could complicate wider talks between the U.S. and Iran.

Romanians convicted of stabbing journalist in UK, prosecutors say they acted for Iran

LONDON, June 5 - Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were on Friday found guilty of stabbing a journalist working for a Persian-language media organisation in London.

Nine migrants deported from US to Congo return to home countries

DAKAR, June 5 - Nine out of 15 migrants deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo in April have returned to their home countries, Congo's government, a migrant and her lawyer said on Friday.

NASA puts ISS astronauts on evacuation alert after worsening air leak

WASHINGTON, June 5 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were ordered by NASA to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempts to fix a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.

International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

Switzerland agrees joint military plan with France for G7 summit

ZURICH, June 5 - Switzerland has agreed a military cooperation plan with neighbouring France for the upcoming gathering of world leaders at the Group of 7 summit in mid-June, the government said on Friday.

What's at stake in Armenia's election on Sunday?

YEREVAN, June 5 - Armenia holds a parliamentary election on Sunday that pits the governing Civil Contract party, which is pursuing closer ties with the West, against an array of opposition parties, many of which are pro-Russian.

Somalia government says it has restored order after fighting in the capital

MOGADISHU, June 5 - Somali security forces have restored order in two districts of the capital, the information ministry said on Friday, a day after government troops and militias allied with opposition politicians fired at each other, forcing some civilians to flee.

Italy appeals for release of hunger-striking Flotilla activists in Libya

ROME, June 5 - Italy appealed on Friday for the release of two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in eastern Libya who, along with eight other activists, had been refusing food and water for four days.