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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.

FIFA says World Cup spectators can carry one sealed water bottle into venues

Palestinian baby killed by Israeli gunfire in occupied West Bank, health ministry says

June 5 - A seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Witkoff, Kushner meet nuclear experts at national lab in Tennessee, source says

WASHINGTON, June 5 - U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee on Thursday to consult with experts that could play a role in nuclear negotiations with Iran, a source familiar with the trip said on Friday.

US V-P Vance blames murder of British student on migrant ‘invasion’

Henry Nowak was killed by Vickrum Digwa, who lied that he had suffered a racist attack.

US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

June 5 - A federal judge on Friday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had adopted a series of unlawful policies that have barred people from 39 countries from receiving decisions on applications for asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship.

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.

Norway rejects US claim on forced labour, opposes tariffs

June 5 - Norway rejects a U.S. assessment that the Nordic country has failed to prevent forced labour, its foreign minister told Reuters, adding that the allegation was unfounded and should not be used by President Donald Trump to justify new tariffs.

WHO announces $668 million six-month plan to fight Ebola

It called for money and political commitment to halt the spread of the outbreak.

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.

Rights groups file complaint against Equatorial Guinea over Trump deportations

DAKAR, June 5 - Advocacy groups representing deportees sent by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea filed a complaint on Friday with the main human rights body of the African Union, an attempt to drum up opposition on the continent to the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Swedish court rules seized cargo ship can be handed over to Ukraine

June 5 - A Swedish court has ruled that the seizure of a cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea was lawful and that the ship can be handed over to Ukraine, where it is suspected of illegally transporting grain from Russian-occupied territory.

'We want our children back': Nigeria's kidnapping nightmare spreads south

YAWOTA, Nigeria, June 5 - It was mid-morning when Aduke Balogun noticed a masked man in military fatigues walking towards her children's school. Minutes later, gunfire erupted, more gunmen appeared and residents fled.

Mother jailed for giving 15-year-old son methamphetamine, leaving drug utensils in living room

About six months before his mother and stepfather were arrested, the boy chanced upon some drug utensils in the sink at home. When he asked his mother what they were for, she replied that they were for smoking methamphetamine.

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing Azerbaijani nationals in drone attack on ships

MOSCOW, June 5 - Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of killing Azerbaijani crew on board two cargo vessels headed for a Russian port, in a drone attack which Baku said had killed at least five of its citizens.

Russian drone attack kills four in Ukraine's Kyiv region, officials say

June 5 - A Russian drone attack on a food factory in a region surrounding the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed four people, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.

‘Albania is not for sale’, protesters say over Kushner-linked luxury resort near a protected wetland

The €1.4 billion (S$2.1 billion) project is being led by Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners.

Labour mayor Burnham signals he would run in leadership contest against UK's Starmer

LONDON, June 4 - Labour mayor Andy Burnham signalled on Thursday he would run in any leadership race against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying that if he won a local election later this month he would seek to join any challenge against the British leader.

Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says Ukraine launched drone attacks

June 4 - The Russian-installed management at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant accused Ukraine on Thursday of deploying more than 20 drones to attack a nearby thermal plant vital to supplying the facility with external power.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy pledges clear timetable of talks on EU membership

June 4 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged on Thursday that Ukraine would keep to a clear timetable in talks on joining the European Union and in sticking to its obligations with the 27-nation bloc.