Iran launched a barrage of missiles targeting central Israel in the early hours of Saturday (June 21), setting off air raid sirens and sparking a fire in the city of Holon, Israeli authorities reported.  The attack came as Israel conducted strikes on Iran’s Isfahan province,

In a sweeping move that effectively shutters a global news outlet with roots dating back to World War II, 639 employees of Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency received layoff notices on Friday (June 20). The notices affected several divisions, including the Persian-language

A federal judge in Boston has halted a move by former President Donald Trump to prevent Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, handing the institution a legal victory amid ongoing clashes with the White House over campus policies. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs

After spending 104 days in federal immigration detention, Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday following a ruling by a U.S. district judge.  His release came after becoming a prominent figure in the Trump

China’s military slammed the UK on Friday for publicly hyping up the transit of its offshore patrol vessel HMS Spey through the Taiwan Strait and warned that such actions are intentional "provocations," state-run media reported. In a statement, Senior Colonel Liu Runke,

Iranian police announced the arrest on Thursday of 24 people accused of spying for Israel and of seeking to tarnish the country's image, according to a statement carried by Tasnim news agency. "Twenty-four individuals who were spying for the Zionist enemy offline and online,

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto signed a strategic partnership agreement with Russia on Thursday following talks in St Petersburg with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The agreement comes as Indonesia enters the BRICS grouping as a full member, and Prabowo on Thursday thanked

From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached “unprecedented levels” in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday. “In 2024, violence against children in armed conflict reached unprecedented levels, with a

Myanmar’s deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to last the rest of her life. Suu Kyi was the figurehead of Myanmar’s decade-long democratic thaw, becoming de facto leader as it

The conflict has ravaged the Gaza Strip and resulted in severe shortages of food, fuel and clean water. Civil defence spokesman Mah­mud Bassal told AFP that 11 people were killed and more than 100 wounded “after the occupation forces opened fire and launched several

President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the United States will join Israel’s bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites as the Israel-Iran conflict entered its seventh day on Thursday. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump declined to say if he had

Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted Iran’s capital early Wednesday a day after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded “unconditional surrender.” As the U.S. sent warplanes to the Middle East, Trump made a series of statements about the conflict, including warning

More than 700 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia since Israel began striking the country last week, government officials in Baku and Yerevan said on Tuesday. The Caucasus countries border Iran’s northwest, with the closest crossing

China on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of "pouring oil" on the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran residents to "immediately evacuate". "Fanning the flames, pouring oil, making threats and mounting pressure will

US President Donald Trump left a G7 summit in Canada a day early on Monday, heading back to the White House as Israel and Iran traded missile fire for a fifth straight day. Trump's helicopter lifted off from the summit venue in the Canadian Rockies to take him to his plane, shortly

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned Israel’s military tactics in Gaza, stating they are inflicting “horrific and unacceptable suffering.” According to local sources, Israeli occupation forces opened fire and shelled Palestinians marching north of the

Israel's Defence Minister confirmed the attack, which followed an Israeli evacuation warning. An anchor reported 'bodies of reporters' at the site. An Iranian state television reporter had to stop a live broadcast on Monday when an explosion occurred an hour after Israel

A combined Russian air and missile attack in Kyiv overnight Tuesday left at least 20 people wounded, according to Ukrainian officials.  The attack, the latest in a spate of mass drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, occurred as world leaders convened at the Group of Seven meeting in

Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials confirmed on Monday. Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a senior official in Balochistan province, told AFP that border operations in all five districts—Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur,

Russia has handed over the remains of 1,200 Ukrainians killed in the ongoing war, Ukrainian officials reported, pushing the total number of repatriated bodies to over 4,800.  The transfer, facilitated by an agreement reached in Istanbul earlier this month, underscores the human