Category: World

JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities said the country’s airspace was closed Sunday for a third consecutive day, after two nights of deadly missile strikes from Iran in response to Israel’s military campaign. “Due to the security situation and in accordance with the instructions of security authorities, Israeli airspace is currently closed to civilian aviation — no incoming… Continue reading Israel says airspace remains closed for third day amid Iran fighting

WASHINGTON: A shooting at a protest against President Donald Trump’s policies in the western state of Utah left one person with “life-threatening injuries,“ police said, adding that three others were taken into custody. Police said the incident occurred around 8:00 pm Saturday (0200 GMT Sunday) in Utah’s capital Salt Lake City during a protest that… Continue reading Police say one ‘critically injured’ in shooting at US protest

AMMAN: Jordan announced the reopening of its airspace Sunday morning after a night of attacks by arch-foes Israel and Iran. The civil aviation authority in Jordan, which borders Israel, said in a statement that the country’s airspace had been reopened “for civilian flights following a careful risk assessment”. The kingdom had closed the airspace late… Continue reading Jordan reopens airspace after overnight Israel-Iran attacks

CAIRO: Israeli fire and airstrikes killed at least 12 Palestinians on Sunday across the enclave, local health authorities said, at least five of them near two aid sites operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Medics at Al-Awda Hospital in the central Gaza Strip said at least three people were killed and dozens wounded… Continue reading Israeli fire kills 12 people in Gaza, medics say

DUBAI: Iran does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighbouring countries unless the situation is forced, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, adding its response had been based on self-defence. Araqchi said Tehran had been responding to foreign aggression, and that if this aggression stopped, Iranian reactions would also cease. The… Continue reading Iran does not want conflict with Israel to expand but will defend itself, foreign minister says

BERLIN: Germany, France and Britain are ready to hold immediate talks with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme in an effort to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said. Wadephul, who is on a visit to the Middle East, said he was trying to contribute towards a de-escalation of the… Continue reading Germany, France and UK ready to hold talks with Iran, says German minister

MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Police and the FBI kept up a massive manhunt on Saturday evening for a gunman posing as a police officer who killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband in what Governor Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect, identified as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, also allegedly shot and wounded… Continue reading Minnesota manhunt underway for suspect in deadly shooting of Democratic state lawmakers

HANOI: Typhoon winds and rains that lashed central Vietnam killed five people and left two more missing, according to an official toll, with huge tracts of farmland flooded by the deluge. Typhoon Wutip made landfall in southern China on Saturday with winds gusting up to 128 kilometres per hour (80 miles per hour) and was… Continue reading Five killed, two missing in Vietnam typhoon floods

TEL AVIV: Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said the conflict could be easily ended while warning Tehran not to strike any U.S. targets. Israeli rescue teams combed through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed in strikes, using flashlights and sniffer dogs to look… Continue reading Israel and Iran strike at each other as Trump says conflict can be easily ended

ISLAMABAD: Since seeing thousands of comments justifying the recent murder of a teenage TikTok star in Pakistan, Sunaina Bukhari is considering abandoning her 88,000 followers. “In my family, it wasn’t an accepted profession at all, but I’d managed to convince them, and even ended up setting up my own business,“ she said. Then last week,… Continue reading ‘This is a culture’: TikTok murder highlights Pakistan’s unease with women online

DEHRADUN: Seven people including a toddler were killed Sunday in India when a helicopter ferrying Hindu pilgrims from a shrine crashed in the Himalayas, officials said. The fatal accident comes as relatives mourn at least 279 people killed when a passenger plane slammed into a residential area in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on… Continue reading Toddler among seven killed in India chopper crash

SANAA: Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said Sunday they had launched several missiles at Israel as it came under Iranian fire, following a massive Israeli bombardment campaign on the Islamic republic. The Huthis said in a statement they had “carried out a military operation targeting sensitive targets of the Israeli enemy” in central Israel. The group,… Continue reading Huthis say fired missiles at Israel in attacks ‘coordinated’ with Iran

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday that it would experience “the full strength” of the US military if it attacks the United States, reiterating that Washington “had nothing to do” with Israel’s strikes on Tehran’s nuclear and intelligence facilities. Israel’s operation, which began early Friday, has targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, killing dozens… Continue reading Trump says if Iran attacks, ‘full strength’ of US military will ‘come down’

PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour — the country’s highest distinction — following a conviction for graft, according to a decree published Sunday. The right-wing ex-president ruled France from 2007-2012 and has been beset by legal problems since leaving office following a bruising presidential election defeat. An… Continue reading French ex-president Sarkozy stripped of Legion of Honour

WASHINGTON: The US central bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged for a fourth straight policy meeting this week, despite President Donald Trump’s push for rate cuts, as officials contend with uncertainty sparked by the Republican’s tariffs. While the independent Federal Reserve has started lowering rates from recent highs, officials have held the level… Continue reading US Fed set to hold rates steady in the face of Trump pressure

A HELICOPTER carrying six people has crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, news agency ANI reported on Sunday. The aircraft was flying from Dehradun to Kedarnath before it went missing in Gaurikund and crashed, ANI reported, citing an official.

LONDON: A rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, which is believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, is to be auctioned in London in July. Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in India’s history, led a non-violent movement against British rule and inspired similar resistance campaigns across the… Continue reading ‘Hidden treasure’: Rare gandhi portrait up for uk sale

LOS ANGELES: For hours, thousands of people in Los Angeles peacefully celebrated their defiance of US President Donald Trump Saturday with music, marching, bubbles and balloons — then police unexpectedly moved in, and chaos and confusion broke out. The demonstration — part of the nationwide “No Kings” day of protests across the country — was… Continue reading Balloons, bubbles, tear gas: LA anti-Trump protests turn chaotic

WASHINGTON: Melissa Hortman – the senior Democratic state assemblywoman and former assembly speaker in Minnesota who was fatally shot along with her husband on Saturday – was remembered by Governor Tim Walz as someone with “grace, compassion, and tirelessness.” The lawmaker and her husband, Mark Hortman, were killed by a suspected gunman posing as a… Continue reading Minnesota lawmaker killed on Saturday served with compassion, governor says

TUAM: A quiet, walled patch of grass in the middle of an Irish housing estate is set to reveal the latest disturbing chapter in Ireland’s “mother and baby” home scandal. Beneath the ground at this peaceful spot in the town of Tuam, 135 miles (220 kilometres) west of Dublin, significant quantities of human remains have… Continue reading ‘Mass grave’ excavation to finally start at Irish mother and baby home

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greenland on Sunday carrying a message of “European solidarity and support” for the Danish autonomous territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, located at the crossroads of the Atlantic and the Arctic. Macron will be the first foreign head of state to set foot on the vast… Continue reading Macron to Greenland in show of support after Trump threats

LOS ANGELES: About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home. The Marines had been sent to the city by U.S. President Donald Trump along with federalized members of the California… Continue reading Los Angeles protesters tell US Marines to leave LA

IRAN SAID the Shahran oil depot in Tehran was targeted in an Israeli attack on Saturday but that the “situation was under control”. “The fuel volume in the targeted tank was not high, and the situation is fully under control,“ Iran’s oil ministry’s SHANA news agency reported.

ELON MUSK’S X was down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 6,700 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform as of 06:07 p.m. ET, Downdetector showed, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. Downdetector’s… Continue reading Elon Musk’s X down for thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

JERUSALEM: Israel’s emergency services said Saturday that an Iranian missile hit on a home in the country’s northern region of Galilee near Haifa wounded 14 people, leaving one in a critical condition. “Teams have reported 14 casualties at a two-storey home in the Western Galilee, including one in critical condition and the rest with varying… Continue reading First responders say 14 injured by Iranian missile hit on Israeli home

TEHRAN: Iranian news agency Tasnim reported early Sunday that an Israeli strike had targeted the country’s defence ministry headquarters in Tehran and damaged one of its buildings. In “an attack on Tehran this evening by the air force of the Zionist regime, the headquarters of the defence ministry was targeted. One of the headquarters’ buildings… Continue reading Iranian news agency says Israeli strike targeted defence ministry in Tehran

WASHINGTON: A manhunt was underway Saturday for a gunman who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state’s governor said were politically motivated attacks. The shootings came as deep political divisions have riven the United States, the same day that tens… Continue reading US police hunt gunman after state lawmaker killed, another hurt

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers’ bodies. Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile did not mention whether Ukraine would agree to the next round of… Continue reading Putin tells Trump Russia is ready for next round of Ukraine talks

TEHRAN: Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel on Saturday, wounding several people in residential buildings, while Israel said it was striking Tehran. The fresh attacks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to hit “every target of the ayatollah regime”, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned further strikes would draw “a… Continue reading Iran launches more missiles as Israel targets Tehran

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump kicked off his long dreamt-of military parade in Washington on his 79th birthday Saturday, as tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the country to call him a dictator. Trump saluted after walking onto a huge stage in front of the White House, with two huge tanks parked nearby, while… Continue reading Trump’s military parade kicks off as protests sweep US

NEW YORK: A giant orange balloon depicting President Donald Trump in a diaper towered over one “No Kings” protest Saturday, as tens of thousands thronged streets across the United States to decry the president’s policies. Protest organizers expected rallies in all 50 US states, calling them the largest since Trump returned to office in January,… Continue reading Tens of thousands throng US streets against ‘king’ Trump

ISRAELI PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Saturday to strike “every target of the ayatollah regime” in Iran, adding that Israeli strikes had dealt a “real blow” to Tehran’s nuclear programme. “We will hit every site, every target of the ayatollah regime,“ Netanyahu said in a video statement on the second day of Israel’s air… Continue reading Netanyahu says Israel will strike ‘every target of the ayatollah regime’ in Iran

KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday it hoped the military escalation between Israel and Iran would not lead to a drop in aid to Kyiv, at a time when European support is stalling without US engagement. Israel unleashed large-scale attacks on Iran on Friday, targeting nuclear and military facilities, high-ranking generals and atomic scientists. Iran in… Continue reading Ukraine warns against drop in aid due to Israel-Iran escalation

AHMEDABAD: India’s aviation regulator has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected after an Air India crash killed 270 people this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding the authorities were investigating all possible causes. The aviation regulator had on Friday ordered Air India to conduct additional maintenance checks… Continue reading India orders inspection of Boeing 787s after Air India crash

BAGHDAD: Baghdad has asked Tehran not to target US interests on Iraqi soil, a senior security official said Saturday, as Washington’s ally Israel and Iran traded blows, heightening tensions across the region. The government in Baghdad is a close ally of Tehran but also a strategic partner of Iran’s arch-foe the United States, which has… Continue reading Baghdad asks Iran to avoid strikes on US targets in Iraq: official

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Saturday that its campaign in Iran had secured control of the airspace from the country’s west to Tehran, where 70 fighter jets carried out strikes overnight. “We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran”, said military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin. The Iranian… Continue reading Israel says created ‘aerial freedom of action’ from west Iran to Tehran

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Saturday that its air strikes on Iran had killed more than 20 Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards commanders, including armed forces chief Mohammad Bagheri. “Since the beginning of the operation (on Friday), over 20 commanders in the Iranian regime’s security apparatus have been eliminated,“ the military said in a… Continue reading Israel says killed over 20 Iranian commanders