Russia launches drone attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing three people and injuring 60 others.
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June 11, 2025 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that the official death toll of Palestinians killed in the war since October 2023 has reached 55,000 people, with over 127,000 people wounded.
At least 31 Palestinians are killed by the Israel Defense Forces at an aid distribution site in central Gaza.
Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of two hostages abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attacks.
Arts and culture
Argentine president Javier Milei is awarded the Genesis Prize during a state visit to Israel for his support for Israel, becoming the first non-Jewish person to receive such recognition.
Business and economy
Australian flag carrier Qantas announces the closure of its Singapore-based, partly owned low-cost airline Jetstar Asia due to rising costs and regional competition.
Disasters and accidents
At least eight migrants are found dead and 22 others are missing as the United Nations International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government launch a joint rescue operation after migrants were forced off a boat and forced to swim to shore off the coast of Djibouti.
At least 49 people are killed, including four schoolchildren, in flooding caused by heavy rainfall and snowfall in a winter storm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
International relations
The Trump administration calls on countries not to attend a conference for ceasefire and peace in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, United States, and warns of potential diplomatic consequences should any measures be taken that are deemed hostile toward Israel.
Argentine president Javier Milei announces that the Argentine embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem in 2026.
The military of South Korea shuts down its loudspeakers across the border with North Korea and stops its propaganda messages against the government of North Korea by order of President Lee Jae-myung to ease tensions between the countries.
Law and crime
A court in Moscow, Russia, sentences Leonid Volkov, an ally of Alexei Navalny, to 18 years in prison in absentia and fines him 2 million rubles (US$25,000) on criminal charges including justifying terrorism and organizing and financing an extremist group.
The same court places Lev Shlosberg, chair of the opposition social-liberal party Yabloko, under house arrest for two months for discrediting the Russian army.
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