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Over 273,000 Syrian refugees returned home: Turkey
More than 273,000 Syrians who fled their country’s civil war to neighbouring Turkey have returned home since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad in December, Turkey’s vice-president said yesterday.
13 June 2025, 19:55 PM
Democratic US Senator forced to ground
Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was shoved, forced to the ground and handcuffed by security after attempting to ask a question at a press conference on Thursday held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about immigration raids.
13 June 2025, 19:33 PM
UN Security Council calls emergency meeting on Iran
UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting at 3:00pm (1900 GMT; 1:00am BST) following Israel's wave of airstrikes on neighboring Iran, current Council presidency Guyana announced..The meeting was requested by Iran, and supported by Russia and China, a diplomatic source told AFP.</p
13 June 2025, 16:38 PM
Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat
No details were provided on the bomb threat
13 June 2025, 05:58 AM
Trump administration seeks to distance US from Israeli strikes on Iran
Iran says its nuclear energy program is only for peaceful purposes
13 June 2025, 04:31 AM
Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami killed in Israeli attack: Iran media
Mehr news agency carried a similar report.
13 June 2025, 03:32 AM
World reacts to Israeli strike on Iran over nuclear programme
Here are some reactions from top officials and governments around the world
13 June 2025, 03:23 AM
Iran and Israel's open warfare after decades of shadow war
History of their enmity spans decades of clandestine conflicts and includes land, sea, air and cyber attacks.
13 June 2025, 03:17 AM
Israel launches major attack on Iran: What we know so far
‘Nuclear plant, military sites’ hit; strikes likely killed Iranian chief of staff, top nuclear scientists; state of emergency declared in Israel, fearing Iranian retaliation
13 June 2025, 01:08 AM
Top Spanish ruling party official implicated in graft probe
A top official in Spain’s ruling Socialist Party was implicated yesterday in a widening corruption investigation that has already ensnared a former close aide to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
12 June 2025, 19:37 PM
Disasters loom over S Asia with forecast of a hotter, wetter monsoon
Communities across Asia’s Himalayan Hindu Kush region face heightened disaster risks this monsoon season with temperatures and rainfall expected to exceed normal levels, experts warned yesterday.
12 June 2025, 19:35 PM
200 pro-Palestinian activists detained
Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Palestinian activists in Cairo ahead of a planned international march with the stated aim of breaking Israel’s blockade on Gaza, the organisers said yesterday.
12 June 2025, 19:09 PM
Wars now displace over 122m as aid funding falls
The number of people displaced by war and persecution around the world climbed above 122 million this year due to a failure to resolve multi-year conflicts such as those in Sudan and Ukraine, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, noting that funding to help the refugees has fallen to 2015 levels.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Japan, China trade barbs over fighter jet manoeuvres
Beijing yesterday condemned what it called “dangerous behaviour” by a Japanese military plane over the Pacific after Tokyo said Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to its aircraft at the weekend.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Six Gaza aid boat detainees on plane departing from Israel
An Israeli police patrol boat moves near the aid sailboat Madleen as it is moored at the southern port of Ashdod on June 10, 2025 after being intercepted the previous day by Israeli forces
12 June 2025, 16:00 PM
Global forced displacement hits record 122.1 million: UNHCR
Sudan became the world's largest displacement crisis with 14.3 million refugees
12 June 2025, 15:44 PM
Deadly civilian plane crashes in India over the decades
An Air India plane with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off today
12 June 2025, 11:51 AM
Air India plane crash in pictures
Air India's flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff, officials said.
12 June 2025, 11:39 AM
Austrian school shooter was likely fan of online shooting games
The 21-year-old man suspected of this week carrying out Austria's worst school shooting was likely an introverted fan of online shooting games, criminal investigators said on Thursday
12 June 2025, 11:06 AM
China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar
China has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths into magnets
12 June 2025, 08:47 AM