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Israel and Iran trade deadly strikes as escalations enter third day

Israel and Iran trade deadly strikes as escalations enter third day

Missiles launched from Iran towards Israel are intercepted, as seen from Gedera, Israel June 14, 2025. — Reuters Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other late on Saturday, stoking fears of a wider conflict after Israel expanded its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike on the world’s biggest gas field. Tehran called off nuclear talks …

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UK to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs, says PM Starmer

UK to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs, says PM Starmer

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a reception for London Tech Week, in London, Britain, June 10, 2025. — Reuters/File  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he would accept a recommendation for a national inquiry into grooming gangs who sexually abused thousands of girls, having previously resisted calls for a statutory review. The scandal, which revealed how gangs …

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Seyyed Majid Mousavi Appointed as New IRGC Aerospace Commander – SUCH TV

Seyyed Majid Mousavi Appointed as New IRGC Aerospace Commander – SUCH TV

On Saturday, less than 24 hours after the Zionist regime’s aggression on Tehran that led to the assassination of top-ranking military commanders, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, appointed Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Mousavi as the new commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division. Mousavi will replace Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who served in that position for …

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Russia, China to lead consortiums to build first nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan

Russia, China to lead consortiums to build first nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan

A view shows a board with the logo of Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 5, 2024. — Reuters  Rosatom and CNNC to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear plants. Kazakhstan seeks 2.4 gigawatts of nuclear power by 2035. Kazakhstan voted for nuclear power plant last year. ASTANA: Russia’s state …

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Canada’s Sikhs voice outrage over Modi G7 invitation

Canada’s Sikhs voice outrage over Modi G7 invitation

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a press conference with Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Bangkok, Thailand, April 3, 2025. — Reuters/File Members of Canada’s Sikh community who were warned by police that their lives were at risk and allege the Indian government is responsible for the threat are incensed by Ottawa’s invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to …

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Israel’s attack on Iran reflection of wider ambition of regime change

Israel’s attack on Iran reflection of wider ambition of regime change

People attend an anti-Israeli protest following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. — Reuters  WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: Israel’s decision to carry out strikes inside Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon. But the scale of the attacks, Israel’s choice of targets, …

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US Marines make first detention in LA as more protests expected

US Marines make first detention in LA as more protests expected

US Marines detain Marcos Leao, a 27 year-old veteran, outside the Wilshire Federal Building after Marines were deployed to Los Angeles, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in Los Angeles, California, US June 13, 2025. — Reuters LOS ANGELES: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles made their first detention of a civilian on Friday, part of a rare use …

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Survival and loss in Air India plane disaster

Survival and loss in Air India plane disaster

Health workers shift the body of a victim, who died in the plane crash, to a cold storage at a hospital, in the aftermath of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash during take-off from an airport, in Ahmedabad, India, June 13, 2025. — Reuters  Grieving families are mourning at least 279 killed when a London-bound passenger jet crashed in …

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How long could the Iran-Israel war last?

How long could the Iran-Israel war last?

A military aircraft flies in the sky following a barrage of missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 14, 2025. — Reuters  The Middle East found itself plunged into a perilous new chapter of war following an unprecedented escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran on Friday.  What began as a targeted Israeli …

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At least 10 dead in flooding in Texas

At least 10 dead in flooding in Texas

This representational image shows a volunteer searching for evacuees through flood waters in Northwest Houston, Texas, US. — Reuters/File Flooding from heavy rains in the southern US state of Texas led to at least 10 deaths, officials reported Friday, with several additional people reported missing. Intense downpours hit Thursday morning in the city of San Antonio, Texas, causing flash flooding on …

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