With no sign of progress in mediators' efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Israeli forces pounded Rafah from the air and ground overnight as tanks tried to advance further west, residents said.
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Muath Al Hams
Newly elected lawmakers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance arrived in New Delhi for their first meeting at which he will be formally elected as their leader, ahead of presenting his claim to form a new coalition government.
Narendra Modi gestures at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - ANALYSIS
The message from voters in Ayodhya and across swathes of Uttar Pradesh is that the BJP's pro-Hindu agenda was not enough. Other campaign tacks of record economic growth and free-food programmes were overshadowed by unemployment and the cost of living.
Markets
Cut off from the West, Russia is pitching its $2 trillion economy to giants like China and Saudi Arabia and longer-term prospects like Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at its premier investment forum in St Petersburg, which was founded by the tsars as a window to Europe.
Putin shakes hands with Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa in Saint Petersburg, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool - World
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on Friday with a package of $225 million in weapons on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary events.
In recent months, the San Diego-Mexico border has become one of the busiest crossings for migrants seeking safe haven and opportunities in the United States.
D-Day Anniversary
U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Thursday, urging Western powers to stay the course with Ukraine and not surrender to Russian tyranny.
U.S President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron attend a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz - World
Near the cliff that U.S. Army Rangers scaled 80 years ago on D-Day, U.S. President Joe Biden planned on Friday to compare the threats posed by Nazi Germany to those facing the world today by dictators and authoritarianism.
Talking Points
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