Nigerian army frees 360 people abducted by Boko Haram

"Nigeria’s army says it has freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno.

The operation took place in the Mandara mountains, part of the militant group’s stronghold.
Two infants “succumbed to exhaustion" due to the challenging mountainous terrain and the hardship they endured during their prolonged captivity.
Among the most prominent Islamic militant groups are Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, which is affiliated with the Islamic State group and known as Islamic State West Africa Province. Last month, the West African country said its joint operation with the United States had killed 175 ISWAP fighters." msn

Ukraine’s backer blasts Zelensky over tribute to Nazi collaborators

"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Warsaw’s support for Kiev could become increasingly driven by hard national interests. The criticism follows Zelensky’s move to honor World War II-era Ukrainian nationalist paramilitaries responsible for massacres of Poles and Jews by naming a commando unit after them.
In May, Zelensky decreed that the Special Operations Center North would bear the honorary title ‘Heroes of the UPA,’ referring to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the armed wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).

The OUN sought to establish an ethnically and religiously homogeneous Ukrainian state and collaborated with Nazi Germany during the early stages of the invasion of the Soviet Union. The UPA was formed in 1942 following a split between much of the OUN leadership and the Germans.
Ukrainian nationalists killed an estimated 100,000 Polish civilians in what is now western Ukraine from 1943-44. The massacres remain a major source of tension between Warsaw and Kiev.
President Karol Nawrocki has called for Zelensky to be stripped of the Order of the White Eagle, the country’s highest state distinction, highlighting that a nation honoring “bandits and murderers” is not yet fit to join “the European family.”
Earlier in May, the Ukrainian authorities rolled out full state honors for the remains of Andrey Melnik, the leader of the OUN, and his wife, Sofia Fedak-Melnik. Exhumed in Luxembourg, the couple was reburied in Kiev’s main military cemetery. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities announced plans to rebury Evgeny Konovalets, one of the founders of the, whose remains will be transferred from Rotterdam, the Netherlands." RT

Russia's strike on nuclear facility investigated as war crime, IAEA building damaged

"During a Russian strike on the territory of the Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the IAEA administrative building and the spent nuclear fuel reception and transfer building were damaged. The Security Service of Ukraine has classified the incident as a war crime. Early information indicates the strike did not affect the facility's operational processes. Radiation levels are within normal limits." Pravada

U.S. Forces Shoot Down Iranian Missiles Targeting Gulf Neighbors

"Iran lashed out at its neighbors Saturday after U.S. forces downed

missiles Iran launched at targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
“U.S. forces intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf neighbors,” U.S. Central Command posted on X.
“Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain hours after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM said." 

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Russian Navy arsenal burns near St. Petersburg after drone attack

"Fires broke out at a Russian Navy arsenal in Leningrad Oblast after a drone attack on St.

Petersburg and the surrounding region on June 6, with the blaze visible in satellite imagery, Russian Telegram channels reported.
Astra cited satellite images confirming fires at warehouses of the Russian Navy’s 15th Arsenal in the settlement of Bolshaya Izhora. The outlet said the burn area covered about 1.5 square kilometers." NV

UN Security Council to meet after major Ukraine attack

"Russian forces carried out missile and drone strikes targeting Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine. The strikes affected multiple urban areas and caused significant civilian casualties.
Russian strikes, around 140,000 households in Kyiv were left without electricity. Kyiv called the June 8 Security Council meeting to seek stronger international support for its peace plan and increased pressure on Moscow." msn

Dangerous flash flooding in North Alabama

"Dangerous flash flooding struck North Alabama after powerful thunderstorms dumped between two and five inches of rain across the Tennessee Valley. Floodwaters entered homes, submerged roads, stranded drivers, and forced numerous road closures throughout Huntsville, Madison, Florence, Muscle Shoals, Meridianville, Hazel Green, New Market, Harvest, and surrounding communities." DW

'Get to Higher Ground': Tsunami Alert Issued After Strong 8.2 M Earthquake Hits Coast of Philippines

"Just about a half an hour ago this initial quake hit and it was rather large here 8.2 magnitude

and tsunami alerts getting kicked out. EMC, a site that I follow over on X that tracks all the quake activity.
They're telling people get to higher ground.
That these waves can come in and hit any of those surrounding areas.
A tsunami threat has been advised for the Philippines and several nearby countries after a massive earthquake struck Mindanao.
The earthquake was felt in Davao City shortly before 7.40am local time. The earthquake was initially estimated at a magnitude 8.2." Mirror

6.1 Earthquake - Davao, 58 km south of Malapatan, Philippines

"A very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit near Sarangani Island island, Philippines, in the morning at 7.48 am local time (Asia/Manila GMT +8). The quake had a shallow depth of 67 km (42 mi) and was felt widely in the area. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD

6.5 Earthquake - Celebes Sea, Soccsksargen, 30 km west of Sarangani Island, Philippines

"A very strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in the Celebes Sea near Sarangani Island island, Philippines, in the morning at 8.55 am local time (Asia/Manila GMT +8). The quake had a shallow depth of 66 km (41 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD

Strongs Earthquake Shakes Greece’s Evia and Athens

"At 12:58 in the afternoon local time, the ground beneath northern Greece broke in a way that

left seismologists with a problem they still aven't solved. Not one earthquake, two 4 minutes apart.
Roughly 80 km, 50 mi to the south. 4 minutes later, the same fault zone struck again. This time harder, 5.2.
A third tremor followed shortly after, rated at 4.3, striking the same localized area. By early afternoon, dozens of smaller aftershocks were already being recorded by seismometers across central Greece." GeologyInfo

223 combat clashes on front line over past day

"Over the previous day, 223 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded.
Ukrainian air power struck three enemy troop concentration areas, two artillery systems, and eight enemy drone control points.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk directions, there were four combat clashes. The enemy carried out 78 shelling attacks.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions five times near Starytsia, Lyman, Vovchansk, and Okhrimivka.
In the Kupiansk direction, the Defense Forces stopped three attacks near Novoplatonivka, Pishchane, and Kupiansk.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian units repelled ten attempts by the invaders to advance near the settlements of Novoselivka, Druzheliubivka, Ozerne, Stavy, and Drobysheve.
In the Sloviansk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped eight enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Rai-Oleksandrivka, Riznykivka, Kryva Luka, and Zakitne.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped one enemy attack near Chasiv Yar.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, Russian forces carried out seventeen attacks in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and Illinivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped 46 assault actions by the Russian army in the areas of Toretske, Sofiivka, Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Matiiasheve, Vasylivka, Dorozhnie, Vilde, Novo Donbas, Zapovidne, Novooleksandrivka, Rodynske, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Serhiivka, Kotlyne, Novopavlivka, and Udachne.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the invaders attacked ten times in the areas of Vorone, Oleksandrohrad, Voskresenka, Sichneve, Hrushivske, Verbove, and Ternove.
In the Huliaipole direction, there were 28 attacks near Dobropillia, Vozdvyzhivka, Zaliznychne, Olenokostiantynivka, Staroukrainka, Huliaipilske, Rybne, Pryluky, Rizdvianka, Verkhnia Tersa, Tsvitkove, and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv direction, Russians tried three times to break through the defense near Shcherbaky.
In the Prydniprovske direction, there were two combat clashes in the areas of the Antonivskyi Bridge and Bilohrudy Island." Ukrin