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New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka protest

Story by the Associated Press Wellington (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days.

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Palestinians pray during a funeral for people who were killed while heading to the GHF-run Gaza aid hub on Sunday.

‘Death and hunger’: Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting

By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Madalena Araújo, CNN (CNN) — A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced

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A woman casts a vote during the judicial and magistrate elections in San Bartolome Quialana in Mexico's Oaxaca state on Sunday.

Mexico’s ruling party expands power in Supreme Court after elections marred by low turnout

By Michael Rios and Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s ruling party Morena will gain control of the Supreme Court following the country’s first-ever judicial elections, which were marred by low voter turnout and allegations of a power grab. Preliminary results from Sunday’s race showed candidates linked with Morena winning most seats on the judiciary.

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South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is projected to be the new president following a snap election on June 2

South Korea’s opposition leader Lee wins election as voters punish conservatives after martial law chaos

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio and Lauren Kent, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election six months after the country’s previous leader declared martial law and plunged the nation into chaos. Official results

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A satellite image shows damage to aircraft at an airfield following the Ukrainian drone attack in Stepnoy

Inside Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases

CNN, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, UKRAINIAN MFA, UKRAINIAN MOD, OBTAINED BY CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, Vasco Cotovio, Frankie Vetch, Eve Brennan, Benjamin Brown, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mitchell McCluskey, Helen Regan, Tim Lister, Henry Zeris and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s drone attack against Russian airfields was audacious and daring.

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Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point, health officials say, in third day of shooting

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Palestinians on their way to receive aid from a distribution site in southern Gaza have come under fire for a third consecutive day, with nearly 30 people killed and dozens wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser hospital. The ministry

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A satellite image shows damage to aircraft at an airfield following the Ukrainian drone attack in Stepnoy

New footage reveals the impact of Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, Vasco Cotovio, Frankie Vetch, Eve Brennan, Benjamin Brown, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mitchell McCluskey, Helen Regan, Tim Lister, Henry Zeris, Lou Robinson and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s drone attack against Russian airfields was audacious and daring. But most of all, it was meticulously planned and flawlessly executed. New

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Starmer Defence Secretary John Healey unveiled a military overhaul in Scotland on June 2.

UK to build new attack submarines and ramp up ‘war-fighting readiness’ with an eye on Russia, Starmer says

By Rob Picheta and Joseph Ataman, CNN London (CNN) — Britain will build new attack submarines, invest billions on nuclear warheads and move toward “war-fighting readiness,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, shortly before the publication of a landmark review of the future of the country’s military. Starmer’s government said it would build “up to”

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