Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
      • Naval blockade of Iran
        • United States Indo-Pacific Command forces intercept the stateless vessel M/T Davina in the Indian Ocean for allegedly supporting Iran. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri rejects the ceasefire deal with Israel, saying it is not a complete ceasefire and does not require an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon at the same time as Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • Israel's Southern Command says that it killed a Palestinian fighter in Gaza who was "planning imminent attacks" on the Israeli military and directing attacks inside Israel. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Five Azerbaijani crew members are killed and three others are injured in an Ukrainian drone attack on two commercial vessels in Taganrog Bay, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (The Moscow Times)

Business and economy

• 2026 Cuban crisis
  • Hotel operator Archipelago International ends management agreements for six hotels in Cuba, citing compliance with United States sanctions. (AFP via The Manila Times)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • Azerbaijan–Israel relations, Azerbaijan–Iran relations
    • The Azerbaijani foreign ministry denies a CNN report claiming that the country allowed Israeli military and Mossad personnel to use southern Azerbaijan to launch attacks on Iran, one of which allegedly killed an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps senior officer. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
• Deportation in the second Trump administration
  • Rights groups file a case against Equatorial Guinea, demanding that the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights order the Equatoguinean government to immediately stop sending people deported from the United States back to their home countries, saying it violates the deportees' rights. (AP)
• Foreign relations of Israel, Foreign relations of Slovenia
  • Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar says that Israel will open its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, after its new prime minister Janez Janša ordered the Palestine flag at the main government building to be removed within an hour after taking office. (Al Jazeera)

June 5: World Environment Day; Feast day of Saint Boniface (Christianity)

• 663 – The Daming Palace in Chang'an became the seat of government and the royal residence of the Tang dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.
• 1610 – The masque Tethys' Festival was performed at the Palace of Whitehall to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick as Prince of Wales.
• 1963 – British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal with Christine Keeler, and resigned from government.
• 1976 – The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, U.S., collapsed (failure pictured) as its reservoir was being filled for the first time, resulting in the deaths of eleven people and 13,000 cattle, and causing up to $2 billion in damage.
• 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison, the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that was never a hurricane, made landfall in Texas, causing approximately $8.5 billion in damage.