Fri 13 June 2025: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to take vengeance against Israel after Iran was hit by strikes targeting its nuclear facilities and long-range missile capabilities Friday. “The Zionist regime has committed a crime in our dear country today at dawn with its satanic, bloodstained hands,” Khamenei said on X, saying […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its economic growth estimates for 2025 by 0.4 percentage points to 2.3%, citing “a substantial rise in trade barriers.” The revised figure would mark the slowest growth rate since 2008. “Global growth is slowing due to a substantial rise in trade barriers and the pervasive […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: The biggest temperature increases were recorded in the Middle East, West Asia, northeast Russia, and north Canada. This year, the world experienced its second-warmest month of May since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: US president unveils site for applicants to register interest for ‘Trump Card’ granting path to citizenship. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration is accepting applications for his so-called “Trump Card”, which promises applicants permanent residency for $5m. Trump made the announcement on Wednesday as he unveiled a new […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in Iran on Thursday, according to two sources with knowledge of the operation. It’s not yet clear what Israel is targeting, but explosions were reported in Tehran, Axios reported. President Trump publicly opposed an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites on Thursday, saying he still believed a […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have accused the eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of backing an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on border outposts in the tri-border area shared by Sudan, Egypt, and Libya. According to a statement issued by the Sudanese army, RSF units, […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: All 242 people on board the UK-bound Air India flight that crashed in western India on Thursday are believed to have died, News18 reported. At least five students were also killed and several injured when the plane slammed into a medical college hostel, with Ahmedabad Police confirming that 25 people were […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: At least 123.2 million people worldwide remain forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations. At least 123.2 million people, or one in 67 individuals worldwide, remain forcibly displaced, according to a report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today. The number […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that American personnel are being evacuated from locations in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran because “it could be a dangerous place.” Speaking to reporters before attending the opening night of the award-winning musical Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center, Trump acknowledged the […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: Israel is considering a potential military strike against Iran as tension continues to rise between Tehran and Washington over the Iranian nuclear program, US media said on Thursday. NBC News, citing five people with knowledge of the situation, said Tel Aviv could unilaterally carry out a strike against Iran in the […]
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