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20-06-2025 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA: A SpaceX rocket has exploded before launch, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. Starship 36 was preparing for its 10th test flight at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas, when the incident occurred on Wednesday evening. During takeoff procedures just after …

20-06-2025 JERUSALEM: A hospital in the Israeli town of Beersheba has been hit by an Iranian missile on the seventh day of the conflict between the two countries. Iran said the strike had targeted a military site close to the hospital, not the facility itself. At least 89 people were …

20-06-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear to United States President Donald Trump that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the two militaries and not US mediation, a top …

20-06-2025 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Sirens have continued to sound in cities across Israel as Iranian missiles strike for a sixth consecutive day in response to Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear, military and other sites since Friday. On Wednesday morning, an Iranian missile sparked a fire in central Israel that appeared to …

20-06-2025 ABUJA: A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ …

20-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 72 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire across Gaza since dawn, including 29 people who were waiting for aid trucks, Palestinian health officials say, the latest carnage hitting people desperate to secure food for their hungry families. The latest incidence of the daily killing …

20-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Hidden away in a mountainside south of Tehran is an enrichment plant that is vital to Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israel’s attempts to dismantle them. Israel may have achieved dominance over Iran’s skies but the Fordo nuclear facility, believed to be deeper underground than the Channel Tunnel …

19-06-2025 NEW DELHI/ TEHRAN: India’s benchmark indexes fell on Tuesday as investors stayed on edge after US President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, stoking fears of a broader regional conflict amid ongoing Israel-Iran hostilities. The Nifty 50, opens new tab was down 0.37% to 24,853.4 and the BSE …

19-06-2025 BEIJING/ WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will visit China from Tuesday, looking to foster trade ties and woo tourists and students, although thorny issues of security and defence will figure on his agenda in meetings with top leaders. Making his first visit to China since becoming prime …

19-06-2025 LONDON: Britain’s parliament voted on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales to stop a growing number of women from being investigated by police for terminating pregnancies under legislation dating back to the mid-19th century. Abortions have been legal in England and Wales for almost 60 years but …