Plea for calm in Belfast amid violent disorder
By Martin Banks MEPs say protests such as those seen this week in Belfast “must remain peaceful and lawful”.
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June 12, 2026 Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies after more than three years in coma
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who has been in a coma for more than three years, has died, the royal household has announced. She was 47. She collapsed in December 2022 while exercising her dogs. Her doctors attributed it to a severely irregular heartbeat, caused by a mycoplasma infection in her heart. With her death, the Thai […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
June 12, 2026 Angelo Lambrinos named among Queensland’s influential property figures
CEO and Commissioner of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC), Angelo Lambrinos, has come in at number 35 on The Courier-Mail‘s Queensland Property Power List.
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GEOPOLITICS
June 12, 2026 PM rejects criticism on Turkey policy, says ties with Ankara must be ‘functional’
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday rejected criticism from two former prime ministers from his conservative New Democracy party on the government’s foreign policy on neighboring Turkey, saying he wants relations with Ankara to be “as functional as possible.”
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HISTORY
June 12, 2026 11 June 2026: This day in history
1770: Patent for the ‘Spinning Jenny’, the first multiple spinning machine that revolutionizes cotton spinning, is granted to English weaver James Hargreaves [1] 1830: Beginning of French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers at Sidi Ferruch 1864: Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the […]
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WORLD
June 11, 2026 US and Iran exchange strikes across Middle East for second day in a row
The US and Iran have exchanged strikes across the Middle East for a second consecutive day, further straining an already shaky ceasefire agreed between the two countries in April. US Central Command (Centcom) said it had completed a wave of “self-defense strikes” targeting military, surveillance and radar sites in southern Iran. The attack came hours […]
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CYPRUS
June 11, 2026 Cyprus National security remains a top priority, President says
National security remains a top priority, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, asked to comment on reports and information concerning terrorism-related issues and potential threats to the security of the Republic of Cyprus.
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GEOPOLITICS
June 11, 2026 Turkey signals advance of maritime bill
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis that Ankara intends to proceed with legislation on Turkey’s maritime zones, a proposal known as the “Blue Homeland” bill, during talks on the sidelines of the SEECP Summit in Sofia.
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HISTORY
June 11, 2026 11 June 2026: This day in history
1184 BC: Troy is sacked and burned during the Trojan War, according to calculations by Eratosthenes 631: Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured on the northern frontier during the transition from the Sui to Tang dynasty and succeeds in freeing 80,000 […]
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EUROPE
June 10, 2026 “Growing sense” that Europe cannot rely on the U.S. for security – survey
By Martin Banks Public support for expanding the EU eastwards is “slipping,” says a major new survey.
