More than 6.5 million Somalis have been pushed to the brink of severe hunger as the climate crisis, fighting and cuts in aid leave a trail of despair For three years, Zeynab Ibrahim watched as her little town shrivelled up and died. The rains never came, the reservoirs were depleted ...
Day: June 6, 2026
Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West BankPalestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
The seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when soldiers fired on family in Hebron Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank and injured one of the child’s parents after opening fire on the family’s car, despite it having complied with an ...
Kuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with USKuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US
Iran attacks American bases in Gulf states after Washington shoots down drones and strikes Iranian radar sites Bahrain has said Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at it and Kuwait, hours after the US and Iran exchanged strikes over the Gulf, the latest in a series of flare-ups that threatened ...
Zohran Mamdani plays the Guardian’s Bracketology to predict World Cup winner – videoZohran Mamdani plays the Guardian’s Bracketology to predict World Cup winner – video
The New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, briefly stepped away from City Hall to tackle the ultimate soccer challenge: predicting the entire World Cup bracket In the Guardian’s exclusive interactive game. From shocking early exits to his definitive pick for the final, see how Mamdani maps out the world’s biggest ...
Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls ‘unprecedented’Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls ‘unprecedented’
The city’s governor urges residents to remain indoors for the first time since the beginning of the war. ...
West Ham co-chair David Sullivan steps down after ‘serious historic allegations’West Ham co-chair David Sullivan steps down after ‘serious historic allegations’
Sullivan is stepping down from his position as joint chairman and director of the club with immediate effect “having been made aware of the impending publication of serious historic allegations”. ...
Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summitAviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit
Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortages Nothing says jet fuel crisis, as one prospective attender put it, like flying everyone to Rio de Janeiro. Aviation leaders will converge in Brazil this weekend for the Iata ...
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peaceBlackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting ...
My mother was forced to give me up for adoption. But when we finally met decades later, it was far from a fairytale endingMy mother was forced to give me up for adoption. But when we finally met decades later, it was far from a fairytale ending
Thirty years after my parents were pressured into placing me with an adoption agency, I finally reconnected with them. But it was nothing like the neat stories you see on TV One morning in late September 2023, I discovered by chance that my birth mother had been killed almost a year ...
Power and glory: World Cup promises a spectacle impossible to ignorePower and glory: World Cup promises a spectacle impossible to ignore
Ten years in the making, the greatest show on earth is set for a six-week sprint through Trump’s America This is the end, of our elaborate plans, the end. Of everything that stands, the end. It seems fitting that football’s latest stopping point on its voyage upriver into the blank ...