Iran announces closure of strait https://x.com/iribnews_irib/status/2068336867406143772?s=46
UAE condemned attack on Niger airport https://x.com/mofauae/status/2068070891884519667?s=46
India protesters calling for education minister’s resignation https://apnews.com/article/india-cockroach-party-exam-leaks-protest-05fc69ad9aa4c59486acb734af5baa64
Congo, families storming ebola treatment centers https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/20/families-storm-ebola-treatment-centre-in-drc-remove-patients
Venezuela folks in some areas hit by power outages https://alertas24.com/cortes-electricos-de-hasta-cinco-horas-persisten-sin-cronograma-en-el-interior-del-pais/
Venezuela said its sovereignty is nonnegotiable https://alertas24.com/ministro-de-defensa-dice-que-la-soberania-del-pais-no-es-negociable/
Vietnam foreign minister to visit Venezuela next week https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/06/20/canciller-de-vietnam-visitara-venezuela-la-proxima-semana/
Ukraine struck by Russian drones https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/20/8040314/
Egypt invented water-to-air device to capture 15L per day https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-introduces-new-water-from-air-tech-to-combat-scarcity/
Japan boosting efforts to raise over $6b in global sales from manga exports https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260619/p2a/00m/0et/022000c
Scientists say the next 5-ish decades will be critical to understand and plan for Antarctic ice loss and sea level rises, up to 2 meters in some of the worst scenarios https://phys.org/news/2026-06-antarctica-years-worth-sea.html
Chad, dozens of Sudanese refugees secretly held captive without charges or access to communications https://sudantribune.com/article/315253
