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Tehran, Iran | TASS |  The Israeli air force attacked at least six military bases on the outskirts of Tehran, including the military complex in Parchin, The New York Times wrote citing Iranian officials. According to the report, the strikes also targeted buildings in two heavily guarded residential neighborhoods for the Islamic Republic’s …

Reykjavik, Iceland | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The world’s focus will next week turn to Iceland as the Nordic island country hosts events of the The Young Inventors Prize 2025, where 17 brilliant minds—two Ugandans included—will be celebrated. The Young Inventors Prize 2025, set for June 18th in Reykjavik, will celebrate …

NEW DELHI | Xinhua|  An Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. The flight took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced that the mpox upsurge continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) outlined in the International Health Regulations (IHR). This latest revelation follows the fourth meeting …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he regretted some posts he had made last week about U.S. President Donald Trump. “I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week,” Musk wrote in a post on social media platform …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  The sixth round of indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington will take place in the Omani capital Muscat on Sunday, said Iran’s Foreign Ministry early Tuesday. Iran and the United States have held five rounds of Oman-mediated indirect talks — three in Muscat and two …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  Israel deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, a day after she and 11 other activists were detained by Israeli forces while attempting to breach the naval blockade on the Gaza Strip aboard an aid boat. “Greta Thunberg just departed Israel on a flight to …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Direct international train service between Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Moscow will resume on June 17, Russian Railways announced Tuesday via its official Telegram channel. Additionally, passenger train service between Pyongyang and Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East is scheduled …

TEHRAN | Xinhua | Iran’s top security body warned on Monday that its armed forces would immediately target Israel’s “secret nuclear facilities” if the Islamic Republic comes under military attack, following claims it has obtained “sensitive Israeli intelligence.” The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) issued the statement days after Intelligence …

The young Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus where they are being given the necessary psychological and medical assistance MOSCOW | TASS | In accordance with the Istanbul agreements, Russia has brought home the first group of its servicemen aged under 25, and transferred a similar number of Ukrainian POWs, …