Aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest building, Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpassed 1450, Australian man charged with murder of a Thai girl, heatwave moves to Central Europe and the Balkans

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched retaliatory ballistic missiles and drones targeting U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, severely straining a fragile bilateral ceasefire. The death toll from the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela has surpassed 1,450; over 3,150 are injured, and nearly 200 buildings have completely collapsed. The Bolivian government's decision to end its 15-year-old currency peg to the U.S. dollar on June 26, 2026. An Australian man has been arrested and charged with intentional murder in Thailand after the body of a 17-year-old Thai girl was discovered stuffed inside a suitcase near a railway line. Colombia's President-elect Abelardo De La Espriella has officially chosen former senator and congressman Rodrigo Lara Restrepo as his upcoming Interior Minister. On Friday, June 26, 2026, at 5:55 p.m. local time, a single-engine, two-seat Sunward SA 60L Aurora light sport aircraft crashed into the CITIC Tower (also known as China Zun). Russian forces are mounting a slow, grinding offensive into Kostiantynivka. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has secured a massive multi-year supply contract with Tencent Holdings worth over 20 billion yuan (roughly $2.94 to $3 billion) to deliver server dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. Pakistani security forces launched an intelligence-based ground operation and subsequent airstrikes along the Afghanistan border, killing 29 fighters. The record-breaking heatwave will move deeper into Central Europe and the Balkans this week. Burkina Faso formally severed diplomatic relations with France on June 26, 2026.