The US Supreme Court on Monday boosted presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve. 

​France, Britain, Switzerland and ‌Germany all experienced record heat in June and the weather system could test more records ⁠as it rolls across Germany towards Poland Saturday. Germany reached a new record of 41.3°C Friday near the city of Saarbruecken close to the French border while dozens of people, ⁠both young and old, died in France.  

LA GUAIRA/MORON, Venezuela, June 25 (Reuters) - Nearly 24 hours after devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela, people in the coastal city of La Guaira were still using their hands to dig through ​rubble, trying to rescue their neighbors."We are trying to help with what we can, but there is a lack of equipment," said ‌Carlos Borges, who said he was frustrated by the shortage of machinery like backhoes to move the piles of concrete slabs that were once high-rise apartment buildings.

Ukraine and Poland's close wartime partnership has been shaken by a growing dispute over World War II history, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior Ukrainian officials returning Polish state honours after Warsaw stripped him of its highest award. 

The US lifted its blockade of Iranian ports on Thursday after US President Donald Trump and Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an interim peace deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran. But uncertainty surrounded Friday's planned talks in Switzerland as both sides prepared for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme. 

According to Armenia’s Ministry of Defense, the country will host joint military exercises involving servicemen from Armenia, the United States, France, and Greece. This was reported by Nexta Live.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet US President Donald Trump over dinner at the Palace of Versailles following the G7 summit of leading industrialised nations, which will take place next week in French lakeside town of Evian-les-Bains. The dinnerWednesday will mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, according to Macron's office.  

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday visited Spain's Canary Islands, the once-notorious centre of the European migration debate, where he threw a bouquet of flowers in the sea in tribute to the migrants who perished trying to reach the Atlantic archipelago. The pontiff made a plea for "human dignity" and condemned leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with "indifference".  

Israel and Iran appeared to pull back from further military action on Monday after exchanging fire for the first time since a US-brokered ceasefire two months ago. Both sides warned they would retaliate if attacked again, while regional powers and the Trump administration pushed to prevent the conflict from escalating into a wider war. 

The Civil Contract party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won the parliamentary elections held on June 7. According to the country's Central Electoral Commission, which announced the final results on June 8 after all ballots had been counted, Civil Contract received 49.81% of the vote.

The physician of U.S. President Donald Trump has assessed his health as "excellent." The corresponding report by Dr. Sean Barbabella was published by the White House.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated the Georgian people on Independence Day and stated that Ukraine is ready to develop mutually beneficial relations with Georgia. The Ukrainian president wrote about this on the social network X.

According to the country’s Ministry of Health, 80 people have died from Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The epidemic has spread to the country’s northeastern region. The information is reported by Deutsche Welle.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran against charging oil tankers for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. “There are reports that Iran is charging tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz — they’d better not do that,” he wrote on Thursday evening, April 9, on his Truth Social network. “And if they are doing it, they should stop immediately!”

The Orion spacecraft, which performed a flyby of the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, on the night of Saturday, April 11.