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15-06-2025 TEHRAN: Israel’s Defence Minister warns that “Tehran will burn” if Iran keeps firing missiles, after both sides exchanged strikes overnight. Explosions were heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran after Iran launched waves of missiles in retaliation for Israeli strikes which targeted Iran’s nuclear program on Friday. Iran warns …

15-06-2025 CAIRO/ TRIPOLI: Authorities in both Egypt and Libya have stopped activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza, protest organizers have said, with reports of more detentions and deportations taking place. “Forty participants of the Global March to Gaza have had their passports taken at a checkpoint on the …

15-06-2025 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia has returned the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv, marking one of the largest repatriations of remains since the war began more than three years ago. The return on Friday was made following an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul last month. However, Moscow …

14-06-2025 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel as its supreme leader vows to “inflict heavy blows” in retaliation for Israel’s overnight strikes. The media hearing an explosion in Jerusalem as black smoke has been seen rising over Tel Aviv’s skyline. Forty people are being treated in Israeli hospitals …

14-06-2025 LOS ANGELES: A US appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that blocked the mobilization. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision does not …

14-06-2025 VIENNA: Oil prices jumped over $5 on Friday to multi-month highs after Israel launched strikes against Iran, sparking Iranian retaliation and raising worries about a disruption in Middle East oil supplies. Brent crude futures were up $5.25, or around 7.6%, to $74.61 a barrel at 1215 GMT, after hitting …

14-06-2025 TEHRAN: 4 key generals & 6 scientists assassinated by Israel in its strikes on Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear program and military. Military generals; Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the armed forces and the second-highest commander after Ayatollah Khamenei. Gen. Hossein Salami, commander in chief of the …

14-06-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to build more warships and deploy them to the Pacific Ocean, as he officiated at the relaunching of a destroyer that partially sank during its inauguration last month, state media reports. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday …

14-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: Investigators and rescue teams are searching the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with the lone surviving passenger, a day after an Air India flight fell from the sky and killed 241 people on the …

14-06-2025 TEHRAN: The Israeli military continues to launch waves of strikes against Iranian military and nuclear sites, as well as major cities. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Israel that it “must expect severe punishment” following the “crime” of attacking Iran and killing several top-level military commanders and …