Top World News

Jun 20, 2026 - World

Outbreak of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has forced mediators to cancel US-Iran peace talks in SwitzerlandIsraeli strikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 16 people, local authorities said on Saturday, despite reports of a renewed ceasefire aiming to end persistent violence that threatens the new agreement between the US and Iran.Lebanon’s civil defence agency said its personnel transported “16 dead and 12 wounded” to hospital, adding that they had been working “since the early morning hours” in the Nabatieh district in response to “ongoing attacks targeting the area”. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

Police say 28 people remain in hospital after passengers were flung across carriages during rush hour train collisionTwo trains collide near BedfordNine people are in a critical condition after the Bedford train crash that killed the driver of one of the trains, police have confirmed.British Transport police chief constable, Lucy D’Orsi, announced that of the 89 people injured, 28 remain in hospital. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

Arrests after explosion and caravan fires heighten controversy over number of people living in vehiclesJan Johnston was tucked up in the van she calls home when she was rocked by the explosion. “I heard this massive boom,” she said. “I came out and there was thick, black, billowing smoke. It was like a bomb had gone off.”It turned out not to be a bomb, but a suspected arson attack on one of the many caravans, motorhomes and converted vehicles tucked away in side roads and industrial estates around the town of Glastonbury in Somerset. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the countryThe Lebanese marine activist Mona Khalil, who became a beloved figure in the country for a decades-long effort to protect a nesting site for turtles near her home, has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike.Khalil, 76, ran a sanctuary called the Orange House Project near the Mediterranean city of Tyre. She hosted volunteers in her house to clean and monitor a mile-long beach and welcomed tourists to stay and learn about conservation. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

JD Vance had canceled plans on Thursday to travel to Switzerland for the talks amid rising tension in Lebanon between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.