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Three dead, thousands displaced following Cuba storms

Three people have died and thousands have been evacuated after heavy rains pummeled eastern and central Cuba in recent days, authorities said Monday, June 12.

Ukraine claims 7 villages retaken, small gains near Bakhmut

Kyiv on Monday said it had wrested seven villages in eastern and southern Ukraine from Russian forces since the weekend.

46, including children, killed in ‘vile attack’ in east DR Congo

At least 46 people, half of them children, were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where civilians are suffering increasing violence.

Scientists puzzled by killer whale boat attacks off Spain

Groups of killer whales have rammed hundreds of small boats off the coast of Spain in recent years in "terrifying" behavior that has baffled scientists.

Positive results for potential first chikungunya vaccine

French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus which causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.

Russia accused of shelling evacuees in flooded Kherson 

At least three people were killed and 23 injured when Russia shelled elderly residents as they were being evacuated in small boats from the flooded areas in Kherson, a regional Ukrainian official said Sunday, June 12. 

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