Armed conflicts and attacks

Twenty-five Iranian ballistic missiles are launched at central Israel, with most being intercepted and no injuries reported. (YNet)

• https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1i6edkvxl

Health and environment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Gilead Sciences's new lenacapavir drug, marketed as Yeztugo, for the treatment of HIV after successful clinical trials show the drug nearly eliminated the infection spread. (NBC News) (AP)

• https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-hiv-prevention-drug-prep-lenacapavir-rcna208387
• https://apnews.com/article/hiv-prevention-shot-lenacapavir-gilead-80fb37e2c5ac9b452488d7b86a10d568

Politics and elections

The parliament of Ukraine approves a law to allow multiple citizenship for Ukrainians in an attempt to ease a demographic crisis caused by the Russian invasion. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parliament-passes-law-allow-multiple-citizenship-ukrainians-2025-06-18/

Politics and elections

The Czech government survives a vote of no-confidence called by the opposition ANO party after the justice ministry accepted a bitcoin donation and sold them for nearly 1 billion Kč (US$47 million). (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/czech-government-confidence-vote-bitcoin-81dd71e46023e5fbc7c09029331f2211

Politics and elections

The government of New Zealand halts its financial support to the Cook Islands over a partnership agreement signed with China earlier this year. (RNZ)

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/564578/new-zealand-halts-cook-islands-funding-in-stoush-over-china

Science and technology

SpaceX Starship 36 explodes when a "major anomaly" occurs during a static fire test. (KRIV-TV via Yahoo! News)

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-explosion-starship-explodes-prior-050026630.html