US-Iran peace talk, ASEAN-Russia Summit, Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s presidential election, gas blast at Qatar, school shooting in Philippines, Australia seized 2.7 tons of cocaine

The first round of high-level peace talks between the United States and Iran concluded in the early hours of Monday, June 22, 2026, at the Bürgenstock resort near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. The recent ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit in Kazan successfully concluded with an official Joint Statement and the Kazan Declaration 2026, which outlined plans to expand strategic and economic partnerships. Australian Federal Police seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine—the country's largest-ever illicit drug bust—from underground bunkers hidden beneath shipping containers on a property in Londonderry, western Sydney. Abelardo de la Espriella — a far‑right, Trump‑backed millionaire lawyer — has narrowly won Colombia’s presidential election according to preliminary results. On June 22, 2026, SK Hynix briefly dethroned Samsung Electronics to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company. Three students were killed and five others were wounded in a school shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Philippines, on Monday morning, June 22, 2026. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing immense pressure to announce a timetable for his departure. A prolonged, severe heatwave is sweeping across Western and Central Europe, driven by an "African anticyclone" that is pulling hot Saharan air northward and creating a "heat dome". Blast at Qatar gas facility leaves at least 54 hurt, 18 missing. Bolivian president declares state of emergency and deploys military to quell anti-government protests.