* Roberto Burneo, president of Peru's National Jury of Elections, on Friday proclaimed Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party the winner of the June 7 presidential election for the 2026-2031 term. According to the official count by the National Office of Electoral Processes, Fujimori received over 50 percent of the votes.
* The Argentine government announced a reorganization of its ministries Friday, abolishing the Interior Ministry and transferring its responsibilities to the Cabinet Chief's Office. The decision was made through emergency decree 571/2026 signed by President Javier Milei and his cabinet.
* The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has condemned electoral violence that left two people dead ahead of the August general elections.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the establishment of a security buffer zone in the border areas of Ukraine is proceeding as planned.
* The Russian air defense forces shot down 72 Ukrainian drones in the Leningrad region Saturday morning, said regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko. According to preliminary information from emergency services, no casualties or damage have been reported, Drozdenko said in a statement on social media.
* The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on Friday lost its off-site power supply for the 21st time since the Ukraine crisis, underscoring the vulnerability of the plant's nuclear safety.
* German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that Germany will strengthen defense industrial cooperation with the Baltic States. Merz made the remarks after meeting in Berlin with the leaders of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
* Bulgaria will impose reservations on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced on Friday during a plenary session of parliament in Sofia.
* Afghan authorities have transferred about 2,650 Afghan prisoners from prisons in neighboring Iran to Afghanistan over the past five years, the local media Tolo news reported on Saturday. According to the report, the transfers were carried out under a bilateral agreement on the transfer of convicted prisoners.
* Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced Friday that Portugal will activate the European Civil Protection Mechanism and bilateral cooperation agreements with Spain and Morocco in response to an extreme heat wave that is driving severe wildfire risk across the country.
* High-ranking Iranian and foreign officials on Friday paid their respects to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran. Funeral ceremonies will continue through July 9, with processions in Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad, as well as rites in Iraq.
* Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Friday called the landing of an Iranian civilian aircraft at Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport a "flagrant violation" of Yemen's sovereignty.
* Yemen's Houthi group said on Friday that its air defense forces intercepted Saudi warplanes which allegedly entered Yemeni airspace to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa International Airport.
* Myanmar exported 529,534 tonnes of rice and broken rice in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2026-27, which began in April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Saturday. The Southeast Asian country earned about 167 million USD from the exports during the period, the federation said.
* Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture said Friday it is expanding the cultivation of drought-resistant, high-protein forage crops to secure livestock feed amid El Nino-induced pasture shortages.
* Singapore's Ministry of Social and Family Development said Thursday that it will invest 15 million Singapore dollars (11.7 million USD) over the next three years to pilot emerging technologies aimed at improving outcomes for families and communities, as it accelerates digital transformation in the social sector.
* Türkiye's exports rose 21.9 percent year on year to 24.94 billion USD in June, marking the highest June figure on record, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Friday.
* NASA launched a mission on Friday to raise the orbit of the agency's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, extending the operational life of the satellite.
* The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 2,645, and 12,666 people were injured, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Friday. Rodriguez, who also heads the command center for temporary camps, said in an update posted on Telegram that 6,462 people had been rescued and 86,117 families had received assistance.
* El Nino conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are forecast to strengthen rapidly over the coming months, increasing the likelihood of heatwaves, droughts, heavy rainfall and other extreme weather events in many parts of the world, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday.
* June 2026 became the hottest June ever recorded in France since records began in 1947, with an average temperature of 22.7 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 normal, Meteo-France said Friday in its monthly climate report.
* Heavy rain hit western Japan on Saturday, the country's weather agency said, urging extra caution against landslides and flooding in low-lying areas.
* The Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 1,502 confirmed Ebola cases, including 473 deaths, as the World Health Organization said the outbreak remains serious.
* A large wildfire broke out Friday evening in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, remaining out of control with approximately 2,300 hectares of land burned.
