Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israel Defense Forces confirms that they recovered the body of Israeli hostage Aviv Atzili, who was abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the October 7 attacks, in Gaza last Wednesday. (Haaretz)

• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-15/ty-article/.premium/body-of-israeli-hostage-aviv-atzili-recovered-from-gaza-last-week-idf-confirms/00000197-631b-db73-aff7-7b5f32cc0000

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 41 Palestinians across Gaza. (RTÉ News)

• https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0615/1518606-israel-gaza-strikes/

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least eight people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a shooting near an aid distribution site near Rafah, Gaza. Witnesses attribute the shooting to Israeli forces. (NPR)

• https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5434274/at-least-8-dead-in-shooting-near-israeli-and-us-supported-aid-sites-in-gaza

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russia returns the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in action as part of a prisoner exchange agreement with Ukraine. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-has-handed-over-another-1200-bodies-ukrainian-soldiers-russian-state-news-2025-06-15/

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed, including an infant, when a Bell 407 aircraft crashes in a forested area in bad weather while en route to the Kedarnath Temple in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India. (The Free Press Journal)

• https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/uttarakhand-helicopter-crash-7-killed-including-infant-as-chopper-crashes-near-kedarnath-route-terrifying-visuals-surface

Disasters and accidents

At least six people are killed, 25 are swept away, and 32 others are injured, including six critically, when a bridge over a river collapses at a popular tourist destination in Kundamala, Pune, Maharashtra, India. (Al Arabiya) (CTV News)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2025/06/15/six-killed-25-swept-away-after-bridge-collapse-in-india-s-pune
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/2-killed-and-32-injured-after-a-bridge-collapses-at-a-tourist-destination-in-western-india/

Disasters and accidents

Three hikers are killed by a lightning strike on Mittagsspitze mountain in the Central Eastern Alps, Austria. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/three-hikers-killed-by-lightning-strike-austrian-alps-2025-06-16/

International relations

Between 100,000 and 150,000 protesters march in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding that the Dutch government pressure Israel to halt its military campaign in the Gaza Strip. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-gaza-protest-hague-israel-4976ec568e1b61ad80fd5ab53df5871e

Politics and elections

The MI6 appoints Blaise Metreweli to lead as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, making her the first woman to lead the agency. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxyx04dv1wo