HAMILTON: The United Nations (UN) on Friday warned of serious regional and global consequences following Israel and Iran’s exchange of airstrikes, urging restraint and renewed diplomatic efforts, Anadolu Ajansi reported. “The impact of these attacks has already been felt throughout the region, with neighbouring countries closing their airspace and putting their security forces on high…
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NEW YORK: Roughly 200 US Marines took up position in Los Angeles on Friday to protect federal property and personnel after protests in the city against immigration raids. The deployment of the Marine Corps — typically deployed abroad as a rapid strike force — is highly unusual for domestic crowd-control scenarios inside the United States.…
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LOS ANGELES: Armed Marines arrived on the streets of Los Angeles Friday, part of a large deployment of troops ordered by Donald Trump that has raised the stakes between the US president and opponents claiming growing authoritarianism. Men in fatigues and carrying semi-automatic rifles were seen around a federal building, where passers-by questioned why they…
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DUBAI: Israel has gutted Iran’s nuclear and military leadership with airstrikes that leave a weakened Tehran with few options to retaliate, including an all-out war that it is neither equipped for nor likely to win, four regional officials said. The overnight strikes by Israel – repeated for second night on Friday – have ratcheted up…
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Israel had the right to protect itself and called for “maximum restraint” from all parties following Israel’s wave of strikes on Iran. “France reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure its security,“ Macron said in English on X. “To avoid jeopardising the stability of the entire…
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CAIRO: The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Iran, its strategic ally, was “paying the price” for supporting militant groups in Gaza in their decades-long struggle against Israel, after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Friday against Iran. Hamas leaders have repeatedly thanked Iran for its military and financial support to the group in its fight against…
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NEW DELHI: Air India and the Indian government are looking at several aspects of the Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad, including issues with the jet’s engine thrust, its flaps, and why its landing gear remained open, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday. The government is also looking at whether Air India was…
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WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had given Iran a 60-day ultimatum on a nuclear deal before Israel’s strikes, but added Tehran now has a second chance. “Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’ They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them…
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COPENHAGEN/LONDON: Israel is shutting its embassies around the world and has urged citizens to stay alert and not display Jewish or Israeli symbols in public places, statements posted on embassy websites said on Friday after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Iran. The statements said Israel would not be providing consular services and urged citizens to…
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AHMEDABAD (India): Dozens of anxious family members sat outside an Indian hospital waiting to collect bodies of loved ones killed in Thursday’s Air India plane crash, as doctors worked overnight to gather dental samples from the deceased and run identification checks. In the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, an Air India Boeing 787-8…
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WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the Israeli attack on Iran has been “excellent” and warned there was much more to come, according to an interview with ABC News. “I think it’s been excellent. We gave them a chance and they didn’t take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit…
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TEL AVIV: The streets of Tel Aviv were calm on Friday morning, even as the country’s leaders warned the public to brace for Iranian retaliation after Israel launched a widescale attack on Iran. The military closed schools nationwide and banned public gatherings, cancelling the annual Tel Aviv Pride parade, which normally attracts tens of thousands…
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SEOUL/LONDON: Airlines cleared out of the airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan on Friday after Israel launched attacks on targets in Iran, Flightradar24 data showed, with carriers scrambling to divert and cancel thousands of flights. Proliferating conflict zones around the world are becoming an increasing burden on airline operations and profitability, and more of…
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DUBAI: Iran said several top commanders and six nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli strikes on Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic weapon. At least 20 senior Iranian commanders, including the head of the revolutionary guards, Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were…
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RUSSIA said on Friday Israeli strikes on Iran were unprovoked and in breach of the United Nations charter, and accused Israel of wrecking diplomatic efforts to reach a deal to allay Western concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme. Israel launched strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it had targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military…
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ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday condemned Israeli strikes on Iran, calling it a “clear provocation” and warning that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attempting to drag the region into disaster. “The attacks of Netanyahu and his massacre network, which are setting our entire region and the world on fire,…
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MTHATHA (South Africa): President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived Friday in South Africa’s flood-devastated Eastern Cape province, where a torrential storm killed at least 78 people, with the search for more bodies ongoing. Thousands of houses, roads, schools and health facilities were left caked in mud after being completely submerged in water from a winter storm that…
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BRUSSELS: The European Union is disbursing a further 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion) to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. “Today we disburse a new €1 billion to Ukraine. Bringing our total support to almost 150 billion since Russia’s full-scale invasion,“ she said on social media platform X. ($1 =…
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PARIS: French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday that he had spoken with the Israeli and Saudi foreign ministers following the multipronged attack on Iran launched by Israel on Friday and Iran’s vows to retaliate. — More to follow
VIENNA: The 21-year-old man behind Austria’s worst school shooting posted on social media from the building just before he shot dead 10 people then killed himself this week, Austrian newspapers reported on Friday. Police described the Austrian as an introvert and an avid player of online shooting games who had largely withdrawn from the outside…
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TEL AVIV: The streets of Tel Aviv were calm on Friday morning, even as the country’s leaders warned the public to brace for Iranian retaliation after Israel launched a widescale attack on Iran. The military closed schools nationwide and banned public gatherings, cancelling the annual Tel Aviv Pride parade, which normally attracts tens of thousands…
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ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines said on Friday that it has cancelled flights to Iran until June 19 and flights to Iraq and Jordan until Monday following Israel’s attack on Iran. The company said in a statement that it will operate flights to Lebanon only during daylight hours.
BERLIN: The Lufthansa group has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and other cities in the Middle East, a statement said on Friday, after Israel launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran. The group has cancelled flights to Tel Aviv and Tehran until July 31 and cancelled flights to Amman, Erbil and Beirut until June 20,…
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PARIS: Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg has cancelled his trip to next week’s Paris Air Show, a major aviation industry event, to focus on the investigation into the Air India Dreamliner crash. The crash has put the spotlight back on Boeing, which had been making progress under new leadership following concerns over safety and quality…
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BEIJING: China was deeply concerned about the Israeli attacks on Iran and urged de-escalation for regional peace and stability, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. “China opposes any infringement upon Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and opposes any escalation of tensions and expansion of conflicts. A sudden rise in regional tensions is…
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BEIJING: China warned the Group of Seven advanced economies on Friday against “manipulating” issues related to the world’s second-largest economy for their own agenda, after they accused Beijing of unfair business practices a year earlier. Beijing’s criticism of the G7 and what it represents comes amid a surge in global trade tension between the United…
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NICOSIA: Cyprus airports operator Hermes said 32 flights from the Middle East had been diverted to airports in Larnaca and Paphos by 0800 GMT on Friday. It said that at the present time, requests for diversions were ‘at a minimum’.
VIENNA: U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Friday he was ready to travel to Iran to assess the situation there after Israel carried out widespread military strikes that hit the sprawling nuclear complex at Natanz. In a statement to a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors, Grossi said the…
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MOSCOW,: Russia on Friday condemned the sharp escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran and expressed concern after Israeli strikes on Iran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency. Israel launched strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it had targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders during the start…
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NEW DELHI: The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people said he walked out of a broken emergency exit after the aircraft hit a medical college hostel in the city of Ahmedabad. Ramesh Viswashkumar, who police said was on seat 11A near the emergency exit and managed to…
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DUBAI: Iran’s nuclear facility in Natanz was damaged in an Israeli attack on Friday, the country’s atomic energy organisation said in a statement, but investigations have not shown any radioactive or chemical contamination outside the site. “The attack has damaged several parts of the facility. Investigations are ongoing to assess the extent of damages,“ the…
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BRUSSELS: European Union countries’ plans to expand nuclear energy will require 241 billion euros ($278 billion) in investments, and new funding instruments to make these huge costs less risky for private investors, the European Commission said on Friday. EU countries have set out plans to expand their nuclear power capacity to 109 gigawatts by 2050,…
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ISRAELI airline Israir on Friday said it was evacuating and relocating its aircraft from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, adding this was part of a contingency plan developed over the past few days. — More to follow
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is considering grounding Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet, Indian broadcaster NDTV reported on Friday, a day after one of the airline’s aircraft of the same make crashed in Ahmedabad city, killing more than 240 people. — More to follow
PARIS: Israel did not warn France ahead of its attack on Iran because it is no longer as close an ally as it was before, its ambassador to France said on Friday, adding that the strikes on Iran would last days and aimed to stop its nuclear programme. “The French state for a certain period…
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Supreme Court will hold hearings in July over the legitimacy of the prolonged hospital stay of influential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in lieu of prison, and it could potentially send him back to jail. Friday’s hearing came a day after Thailand’s medical council upheld its decision to punish three doctors who allowed…
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AMMAN: Jordan’s military said it intercepted drones and missiles that had violated the kingdom’s airspace on Friday, after Iran vowed there would be “no limits” in its response to Israeli attacks. “Royal Air Force aircraft and air defence systems intercepted on Friday morning a number of missiles and drones that entered Jordanian airspace,“ a military…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, the only Islamic country with nuclear weapons, “strongly condemned” on Friday a wave of Israeli strikes on its neighbour Iran. The strikes, which left key military commanders and nuclear scientists dead, stoked fears of a full-blown war in the region and jeopardised US-Iran nuclear talks set for Sunday in Oman. “Strongly condemn unjustified…
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TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran Friday, was a veteran officer close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei known for his tirades against Israel and its US ally. “If you make the slightest mistake, we will open the gates of hell for you,“ the…
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TEHRAN: Israel pounded Iran in a series of air raids on Friday, striking 100 targets including Tehran’s nuclear and military sites, and killing the armed forces’ chief of staff, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and top nuclear scientists. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel it faced a “bitter and painful” fate over…
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TEHRAN: At least six nuclear scientists were killed Friday in Israel’s attacks on Iran, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported. Tasnim news agency named the six scientists including Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, who was the president of the Islamic Azad University of Iran. Fereydoun Abbasi, a former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran,…
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump told Fox News he was aware Israel was going to conduct strikes on Iran before it happened, and stressed that Tehran “cannot have a nuclear bomb,“ according to the US broadcaster. His comments to Fox came after Israel pounded Iran in a series of air raids on Friday, striking 100…
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BANGKOK: An Air India flight from Thailand’s resort island of Phuket to Delhi requested an emergency landing on Friday due to a bomb threat, Phuket’s airport said, Xinhua reported. Local media reported that Flight AI 379 has later safely landed and the airport has responded with a related plan.
TEHRAN:- Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, has confirmed Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, including residential buildings, and says the Islamic Republic’s response to the attacks will be heavy. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Shekarchi said on Friday morning that overnight strikes by the Israeli regime, which he claimed were…
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TEHRAN:- Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, has confirmed Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, including residential buildings, and says the Islamic Republic’s response to the attacks will be heavy. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Shekarchi said on Friday morning that overnight strikes by the Israeli regime, which he claimed were…
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s army chief said the military’s strikes against Iran on Friday may not achieve “absolute success” and warned citizens to brace for likely retaliation from the Islamic republic. “I can’t promise absolute success — the Iranian regime will attempt to attack us in response, the expected toll will be different to what we are…
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JERUSALEM: Israel’s army chief said the military’s strikes against Iran on Friday may not achieve “absolute success” and warned citizens to brace for likely retaliation from the Islamic republic. “I can’t promise absolute success — the Iranian regime will attempt to attack us in response, the expected toll will be different to what we are…
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HAMILTON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed sorrow over the deadly Air India plane crash in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, which claimed more than 200 lives. “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 12 June, which claimed the lives of more…
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HAMILTON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed sorrow over the deadly Air India plane crash in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, which claimed more than 200 lives. “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 12 June, which claimed the lives of more…
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NEW DELHI: Aviation authorities have found one of the two black boxes of the Air India flight that crashed in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing 241 on board, according to local newspaper Hindustan Times, as reported by Xinhua. The London-bound flight crashed on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel…
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