
Remains of lost arctic explorers identified with DNA, nearly two centuries later
New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry.
THURSDAY, 04 JUNE 2026, 03:41

New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry.

Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.

Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government’s economic policies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people.

The 39-year-old was fatally injured while swimming out at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland.

Twenty-one people have been injured, including a 15-year-old boy, with damage reported across all districts of Kyiv.

Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D’Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.

President Trump announced the unfinalized deal on social media after talks with Israel and other allies. It aims to end the war and includes two-month negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

President Donald Trump posted to social media on Saturday afternoon that a deal to end the war with Iran “will be announced” shortly.

American University professor William LeoGrande explains how the Supreme Court’s decision to allow lawsuits seeking compensation for assets seized in the Cuban revolution to move forward fits in context of current political crisis on the island.

Maximo Torero, Chief Economist at The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, warns that the war in Iran is choking the global supply of fertilizer and a food crisis could follow within a year.

In Lebanon, an Israeli ‘double tap’ killed three medics and four others including a two-year-old girl. A neighbor’s video shows what happened.

Three months since the start of its conflict with Iran, the Trump administration is oscillating between strike threats and diplomatic overtures. Neither path has yielded a clear resolution.

The satirical group has gained millions of followers as “the voice of the lazy and unemployed”.

BBC’s Brandon Livesay toured the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township, New Jersey that will host the team in the coming weeks.

The U.S. government is responding to the Ebola outbreak in with travel restrictions. American citizens and permanent residents departing affected countries must fly into one of three U.S. airports.

Some NATO allies say they are confused by President Trump’s different statements on U.S. troop deployments to Europe.

As tensions with Washington escalate, Cuba’s government is rallying defiance at home while denouncing the US indictment of Raúl Castro as political aggression.