South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says that all but two Korean vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the waterway amidst the war.
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June 30, 2026 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed and fifteen others missing after monsoon rains cause a jade mine to collapse in Kachin State, Myanmar.
Eighteen people are killed and one injured after a truck veered off the road in River Nile State, Sudan and collided with a passenger vehicle.
Law and crime
A co-founder of Indonesian super-app Gojek and former education minister, Nadiem Makarim, has been sentenced to 10 years in prision for corruption.
Politics and elections
More than 14,000 people participate at the surprise rallies organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo in Metro Manila, Philippines, mainly to support senator Rodante Marcoleta who is under investigation for plunder. Five people are arrested at the People Power Monument in Quezon City and three police officers are injured.
South Korean National Assembly votes 166 to one invalid vote to approve the nomination of Han Seong-sook as the country's 50th Prime Minister, succeeding Kim Min-seok, as well as the country's first female Prime Minister in 20 years. The main opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote.
June 29, 2026 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran holds its first joint committee meeting with Oman in Muscat to discuss future management of the Strait of Hormuz following a preliminary agreement with the United States to end the war. U.S. officials say shipping can resume freely.
Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar says that Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting alleged Jamaat-ul-Ahrar headquarters, killing 25 militants in border regions and the eastern provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar.
The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have retaken the towns of Sirkum and Mugaja in Sudan's Blue Nile State.
Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi summons the chargé d'affaires at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul over the airstrikes.
The National News Agency reports that over 40,000 displaced people have returned to Lebanon since the ceasefire.
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data publishes an article accusing the Rapid Support Forces of killing more civilians in Sudan, including in 2025, than other rebel groups.
Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says that 12 LPG vessels from India have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz without paying tolls.
The joint forces allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces recapture the West Darfur town of Kulbus, two years after it was captured by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in October 2024.
Arts and culture
The American film Michael grosses to US$977 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing Oppenheimer as the highest-grossing biographical film.
Disasters and accidents
Malaysia extends the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people aboard, until June 30, 2027, under a contingent fee agreement with Ocean Infinity.
Fifteen people are killed and one injured after a vehicle collided with a cargo truck in Mamou Region, Guinea.
Health and environment
Sudan's health ministry declares a new cholera outbreak, with 117 deaths in the West Kordofan state, four months after declaring an end to an previous outbreak that started in July 2024.
International relations
Australia and Vanuatu sign the Nakamal Agreement, which expands Australian economic support and bars foreign military bases in Vanuatu. Vanuatu also commits to rejecting the militarisation of infrastructure.
China adds 20 Japanese organizations to a dual-use export blacklist and places 20 others on a watchlist, citing concerns over Japan's military capabilities amid worsening relations between China and Japan.
Law and crime
Six people are killed and several more injured in a mass shooting at a mother-child group home facility in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. Two people are arrested, including the alleged gunman.
Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Iermolaiev is critically injured alongside his wife and daughter after the explosion of a parcel bomb at a building in Monaco, in what seems like an assassination attempt.
Politics and elections
South Korea holds joint burial ceremonies in Seoul and Daejeon for the remains of seven soldiers killed in the Korean War, after recovery efforts from 2007 to 2025 and DNA identification with surviving relatives.
The National Office of Electoral Processes confirms the victory of Popular Force's candidate Keiko Fujimori in the presidential election after 22 days of vote counting. Fujimori becomes the first elected female president of Peru.
Science and technology
Palaeontologists identify a fossil vertebra collected on James Ross Island in 1985 as the earliest-known dinosaur bone collected in Antarctica, which was identified to be a tail bone from a titanosaur.
WhatsApp announces that it will include usernames and allow users to share their profiles without disclosing their phone numbers.
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