Month: June 2025

OSLO: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said US strikes on Iran were not legal, but that France supported the objective of keeping Tehran from developing nuclear arms. “While we can consider there being legitimacy in neutralising nuclear structures in Iran given the objectives we share… There is no legality in these strikes,“ Macron told… Continue reading French president says US strikes on Iran not legal

WASHINGTON: Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US base in Qatar on Monday but there are no known American casualties or damage to the facility, a US defense official said. “I can confirm that Al Udeid Air Base was attacked by short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles originating from Iran today. At this time, there are… Continue reading No casualties reported in Iran missile attack on US base in Qatar

PARIS: Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E.Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said Monday, though outside experts doubted the technique would make a dent in the fight against plastic pollution. Paracetamol, which is one of the most commonly used drugs worldwide, is made from the derivatives… Continue reading E.coli can turn plastic into painkillers, chemists discover

PARIS: Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at the weekend. The United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday to Sunday after over a week of deadly missile exchanges… Continue reading Airlines disrupted by Iran-Israel conflict

TEHRAN: Iran announced it had launched missiles at a major US base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with explosions ringing out in Doha and projectiles seen streaking overhead. Qatar, which lies 190 kilometres (120 miles) south of Iran and is home to the largest US military facility… Continue reading Iran attacks US base in Qatar in retaliation for strikes on nuclear sites

DOHA: Qatar intercepted an Iranian missile attack on the major US military base on its soil and said it could respond in kind as the Iran-Israel war lurched into the Gulf on Monday. Bright flashes lit up the night sky and blasts echoed across wealthy Doha in an attack that followed US strikes on Iranian… Continue reading Qatar thwarts Iran missile attack on US base

TEHRAN: Iran announced it had launched missiles at a US base in Qatar Monday in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with US President Donald Trump shrugging off the response as “very weak” and saying it was now time to make peace. A US defence official said no one was hurt in the… Continue reading Iran attacks US base in Qatar, Trump says time to make peace

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced that Iran and Israel had agreed to a staggered ceasefire beginning Tuesday that would bring about an ‘official end’ to the conflict. “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE,“ Trump wrote Monday evening on his Truth… Continue reading Trump says Israel and Iran agree to ‘total ceasefire’

PARIS: If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers. Earlier this year there were briefly fears that the 60-metre-wide (200-foot-wide) asteroid called 2024 YR4, which is big enough to level a… Continue reading Earth’s satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday strongly backed the United States over its strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, staking out a more defined position than other European allies have. “There is no reason to criticise what America did at the weekend. Yes, it is not without risk. But leaving things as they… Continue reading ‘No reason to criticise’ US strikes in Iran: Germany’s Merz

MARSEILLE: Two people in France have been taken into custody after a 27-year-old bride was killed at a wedding party in a village in southeastern France, a source close to the case said on Monday. The bride was killed when gunmen attacked a wedding party in the tiny village of Goult early Sunday, with one… Continue reading France detains two after gunmen kill bride at wedding party

LONDON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday had lunch with King Charles III at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace said, after he arrived in London ahead of a NATO summit in The Hague. Zelensky, who is seeking to shore up support for his country more than three years after Russia invaded, “visited The King this afternoon… Continue reading Ukraine’s Zelensky meets King Charles: palace

PARIS: Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages and the United States joins the fight. The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday to Sunday after over a week of deadly missile exchanges between Israel and Iran. Here is the… Continue reading Airlines disrupted by Middle East conflict

THE HAGUE: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed that Tehran should not be allowed to have a nuclear bomb, as Israel and Iran exchanged fresh strikes on Monday. “When it comes to NATO’s stance on Iran’s nuclear programme, allies have long agreed that Iran must not develop a nuclear weapon,“ said Rutte ahead of a… Continue reading NATO boss says Iran must not develop a nuclear weapon

JERUSALEM: Israel’s state power company reported supply disruptions on Monday after damage near a “strategic infrastructure facility” at an undisclosed location, as Iran launched a fresh wave of missiles. “Due to damage near a strategic infrastructure facility of the Israel Electric Corporation… disruptions in electricity supply are being reported in several communities in the area,“… Continue reading Israel power supplier reports damage near ‘strategic’ facility

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump thinks Iranians should overthrow their government if it refuses to negotiate on its nuclear program, but the US president is “still interested” in diplomacy, the White House said Monday. “If the Iranian regime refuses to come to a peaceful diplomatic solution, which the president is still interested and engaging in, by the… Continue reading Trump ‘still interested’ in Iran diplomacy: White House

LONDON: British interior minister Yvette Cooper announced on Monday that she will ban campaign group Palestine Action, after its activists broke into the UK’s largest air force base last week. Cooper said the vandalism of two aeroplanes at RAF Brize Norton in southern England on Friday was “disgraceful” and the group had a “long history… Continue reading UK bans protest group Palestine Action after ‘disgraceful attack’ on airbase: govt

DAMASCUS: Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Monday that those involved in a “heinous” suicide attack on a Damascus church a day earlier would face justice, calling for unity in the country. The shooting and suicide bombing Sunday at the church in the working-class Dwelaa district of the Syrian capital killed 25 people and wounded… Continue reading Syria president vows those involved in church attack will face justice

BEIJING: China on Monday slammed Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te over a speech in which he said the island was “clearly a country”, saying his “fallacies” would be “swept into the dustbin of history”, state media reported. Lai, a staunch defender of Taiwan’s sovereignty and detested by Beijing, said in a speech on Sunday that “Taiwan… Continue reading China slams Taiwan leader over ‘country’ speech: state media

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said it had launched air raids Monday to block access to Iran’s enriched uranium facility in Fordo which was bombed by the United States at the weekend. A military statement said Israeli forces had “struck in order to obstruct access routes to the Fordo enrichment site” which US President Donald Trump… Continue reading Israel says struck to ‘obstruct access routes’ to Iran’s Fordo