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Iranian president lightly wounded while escaping Israeli attack Iranian president lightly wounded while escaping Israeli attack Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel's attacks on Iran last month. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian suffered minor injuries in an Israeli air strike on a meeting of the Supreme National Security Council in Tehran on June 15, a senior Iranian official said. The assassination attempt targeted the heads of the three branches of government in an effort to overthrow it, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity Iran's state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 June, six bombs targeted both access and entry points of a secret underground facility in Tehran where Pezeshkian was attending an emergency m...

Israeli attacks kill Palestinians at water distribution point Israeli attacks kill Palestinians at water distribution point Palestinians go to collect aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis. (Reuters: Hatem Khaled) Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes have killed at least 27 Palestinians today, including 10 near a water distribution point. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP news agency that houses and displacement shelters were among the targets hit overnight. Medical sources confirmed that a total of 27 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since the start of the day, 18 of them in Nuseirat alone. Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks. Israel...

Kiev needs ceasefire by the end of 2025 – Ukrainian spy chief Kiev needs ceasefire by the end of 2025 – Ukrainian spy chief Head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Kirill Budanov in Kiev, Ukraine, February 25, 2024. ©Getty Images/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Anadolu A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine must be reached by the end of the year, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with Bloomberg published on Friday. He made his remarks as Ukrainian troops have been steadily losing ground along different sections of the front line, and after the 2024 incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region ended in costly failure. The Ukrainian army has also been struggling to bring in new conscripts. According to Bloomberg, Budanov argued that “a ceasefire must be reached as soon as possible and well before the end of...

Israel kills 45 in Gaza today as UN says starvation ‘worse than ever’ Israel kills 45 in Gaza today as UN says starvation ‘worse than ever’ Sara Al-Nouri mourns over the body of her 13-year-old sister, Sama, who was among 10 children and five adults killed by an Israeli strike outside a medical clinic while they were waiting to receive nutritional supplements at a Project Hope-run medical clinic in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP) Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has accused Israel of engineering the “most cruel and Machiavellian scheme to kill” in Gaza, which has become “the graveyard of children and starving people”. The UN’s World Food Programme says that as Israeli attacks intensify, hunger in Gaza is “worse than ever”, with 90,000 children needing urgent treatment from malnutrition. ...

Moscow responds to German Chancellor ultimatum Moscow responds to German Chancellor ultimatum FILE PHOTO: Maria Zakharova. ©Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev Moscow has pushed back against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s demand that Russia fund Ukraine’s reconstruction, indicating that Berlin could owe Russia a significant amount for the Soviet Union’s efforts to rebuild Europe after World War II. On Thursday, speaking at the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Rome, Merz claimed that Russia had inflicted at least €500 billion ($540 billion) in damages and should be held responsible for covering them. He insisted that until Moscow agrees to the terms, it should not regain access to any of its frozen assets in the West. On Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova rejected Merz’s demands, suggesting that it was time for Russi...

UN expert Albanese rejects ‘obscene’ US sanctions for criticising Israel UN expert Albanese rejects ‘obscene’ US sanctions for criticising Israel UN special rapporteur Albanese on US sanctions: ‘This is not a sign of power, it’s a sign of guilt’ United Nations expert Francesca Albanese has slammed the decision by the United States to sanction her as “obscene”, saying she is being targeted for calling out Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Speaking on Thursday, Albanese, who serves as the UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, said she would not be cowed into silence by the US move against her on Wednesday. Francesca Albanese said in an interview with The Associated Press that the powerful were trying to silence her for defending those without any power of their own, “other than standing and hoping not to die, not t...

Bridge collapse in Gujarat kills 10 Bridge collapse in Gujarat kills 10 The bridge in Mujpur near the Vadodara district in Gujarat was built in 1985. (AP) At least ten people were killed after a bridge over a river collapsed in India's western Gujarat state, news agency Press Trust of India reported while quoting police officials. Gujarat's Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said several vehicles were on the bridge when a portion of it collapsed, sending many into the river. He said at least five people were rescued. The incident occurred in Gujarat's Vadodara district, which has witnessed heavy rains over the past few days. The bridge was constructed in 1985, Mr Patel said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the accident was "deeply saddening" and offered condolences to those who died. ...