An Air India Airbus A350 aeroplane is displayed at Wings India 2024 aviation at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, India, January 18, 2024. — Reuters An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India’s capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said. All 156 passengers on flight AI …
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The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is saying that it has established through communication with Iranian officials that the nuclear site in the city of Isfahan has not been impacted by the Israeli attacks. A fuel enrichment plant in Fordow had also not been affected as of yet, it said. Israeli fighter jets reportedly bombed the nuclear site in …
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Infographic with a map of Iran showing nuclear sites, reactors and uranium mines. — AFP Before Israeli strikes on Friday, Washington and Tehran had held several rounds of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, as concerns mounted about its rapid expansion. Iran has significantly ramped up its nuclear programme in recent years, after a landmark deal with world powers curbing its …
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People watch as fire burns in a building damaged in an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on July 13, 2025. — Reuters Iran says Revolutionary Guards commander killed. “We are at decisive moment in Israel’s history,” says Netanyahu. Rubio says US not involved in Israeli operation. JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Israel launched widescale …
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“The Iranian nation and the country´s officials will not remain silent in the face of this crime, and the legitimate and powerful response of the Islamic Republic of Iran will make the enemy regret its foolish act,” Pezeshkian said in a video statement aired on state TV. Earlier Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear …
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Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country’s main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, while Israel declared a state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile and drone strikes. Israel’s military said Iran launched about 100 drones toward Israel on Friday and that it was making an effort to shoot them down. “Iran launched approximately 100 UAVs towards …
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A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India aircraft, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India June 12, 2025. — Reuters Dreamliner crash is first for Boeing’s wide-body airliner. Sole survivor of flight in hospital. Local media says deaths on ground could be as high as 24. …
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US Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) is held down on the floor before being handcuffed by security officers after he attempted to ask a question during US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference, in Los Angeles, California, US, June 12, 2025, in this still image obtained from a video. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US Senator Alex Padilla was handcuffed by security …
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US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington, DC, to go to Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, March 14, 2025. — AFP WASHINGTON: A heated fallout between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has raised doubts about SpaceX’s role in a major US missile defence project …
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The dead included people on the ground as the aircraft – headed for Gatwick Airport, south of the British capital – crashed on to a medical college hostel during lunch hour. At least one passenger is known to have survived, police said, and the man told Indian media how he had heard a loud noise shortly after take-off. “Approximately 294 …
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