The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had struck Hezbollah's command center in Dahiya, a southern neighborhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The report notes that from this command post the group coordinated attacks on Israel. The IDF called the attack on Beirut a response to the shelling of northern Israel by Hezbollah, which occurred on June 7. Israel reported intercepting two missiles launched from Lebanon.

Alexander Patrin / TASS / Profimedia Nikol Pashinyan with supporters of the Civil Contract party Elections to the country's parliament, the National Assembly, have ended in Armenia. Turnout compared to the 2021 vote increased by almost 10% and approached 59%. The first preliminary results of the Armenian Central Election Commission were announced late in the evening of June 7. The Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wins.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb does not believe statements about Russia's plans to attack NATO countries, including the Baltic countries. He said this in an interview with the Swiss publication Neue Zürcher Zeitung. “Why should Russia check the validity of Article Five if it has failed to conquer Ukraine in four years?” - he said.

Are they really effective? What do they treat? Is this therapy dangerous? Moriah Ratner/Bloomberg/Getty Images The first association with LSD, MDMA, psilocybin and other psychedelic substances for many is hippies, the counterculture and the drug epidemic that threatens society. However, in recent years this image has been rapidly changing. Now psychedelics are primarily a promising therapy for the treatment of mental disorders.

The businessman who went to meet with Zelensky and conveyed a message to Putin turned out to be Roman Abramovich Sergey Bobylev / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA The Russian businessman who came to Kyiv in May 2026 and met with Vladimir Zelensky was Roman Abramovich. This was reported by the Financial Times, citing four knowledgeable sources. It was him who was asked by the President of Ukraine to convey a proposal for a meeting to Vladimir Putin.

1565th day. Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking a nuclear fuel storage facility at Chernobyl. Kyiv appealed to the IAEA Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing? How does war affect your life and your attitude towards the world?

Even the business where Fidel Castro’s “favorite capitalist” worked is leaving Yamil Lage / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Workers remove a sign from the Grand Aston Hotel in Havana, June 5, 2026. Six-hotel operator Archipelago International is another foreign investor leaving Cuba Foreign investors, who have worked in Cuba for decades even amid the risks of escalating conflict with the United States, are leaving the country en masse due to increased pressure from the Donald Trump administration.

The European Union market will be open to Armenian agricultural products without customs duties, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a briefing on the day of the parliamentary elections. He recalled a telephone conversation with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, which took place on June 4. The head of the EC said that the European Union is preparing measures to support Armenia, including financial assistance worth more than 50 million euros.

The Russian businessman who, as Vladimir Putin claimed, traveled to Kyiv in May and met with Vladimir Zelensky, is quite famous. Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov told VGTRK correspondent Pavel Zarubin about this. “A fairly large businessman traveled to Kyiv. Many people know him,” said Ushakov, without disclosing the entrepreneur’s name (quote from TASS). He added that the Kremlin has “both open and closed” contacts with the Ukrainian authorities.

On the night of June 7, Ukrainian drones attacked a bridge near the village of Chongar in the Kherson region, damaging the road. This was announced by the Russian-appointed head of the occupied part of the region, Vladimir Saldo. He stated that for security reasons, traffic through the Dzhankoy road checkpoint was temporarily closed. Cars can pass through the Armyansk and Perekop checkpoints. The Dzhankoy automobile checkpoint is located on the border of Crimea and the Kherson region.

In Israel, on the afternoon of June 7, a series of shooting incidents occurred; authorities called the incident a terrorist attack. According to the latest data, one person was killed and five were injured, the Israeli ambulance service reports . The shooting took place at a gas station in the Kokhav Yair district, as well as in the settlements of Tzur Yitzhak and Tzur Nathan. Two victims are in serious condition, three more are in moderate condition.

What is important to know? Daniel Ceng / Anadolu / Getty Images A Philippine Marine stands alongside Chinese Coast Guard ships off the coast of Thitu Island in the disputed waters of the South China Sea controlled by Manila.

It was published in English. Meduza publishes a fragment in the author's translation into Russian In 2026, the American publishing house Melville House published a novel by journalist and writer Svetlana Sachkova “The Lifeless. A novel about modern Russia" ( The Undead: A Novel of Modern Russia ). Its events unfold in Moscow in the late 2010s. The main character, director Maya, decides to make a horror film about Vladimir Lenin, who rises from the dead - and leads an army of zombies.

The National Security Committee (KNB) of Kazakhstan did not find “signs of an offense” in the actions of comedian Nurlan Saburov. This was reported by Tengrinews with reference to the department's response. “We inform you that as a result of the verification activities, no signs of an offense were identified,” the National Security Committee said.

On the night of June 7, a Russian drone hit the building of the Centralized Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Chernobyl, reports the Ukrainian company Energoatom. As a result of the attack, the container reception building was partially destroyed. Spent nuclear fuel was not stored in it. After the impact, a fire occurred; its area was 40 square meters. The fire was extinguished, and there were no injuries among the personnel.