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TEHRAN | Xinhua |  Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Saturday that the country has not yet decided whether to take part in the sixth round of indirect talks with the United States scheduled to be held in Oman on Sunday. In an interview with state-run IRIB TV, …

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | Israel on Friday launched a large-scale “preemptive, precise, combined” strike on Iranian military and nuclear sites, prompting retaliatory attacks from Tehran. Analysts warn that the attacks could dramatically deteriorate the already volatile situation in the Middle East and ignite a wider regional war. LARGE-SCALE RAIDS …

WASHINGTON | TASS & XINHUA |  US President Donald Trump stated that he had already warned Iran of consequences in case it refuses to conclude an agreement on its nuclear dossier, he recalled on Truth Social. “There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to …

LONDON, UK | TASS | US President Donald Trump said he is “not worried about a regional war breaking out” in the Middle East because of Israel’s strikes on Iran, Reuters reported. According to him, the US still plans to hold a new round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear program …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Xinhua | An Air India Boeing 787-8 passenger plane crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, western India on Thursday, with 241 of the 242 people on board confirmed dead and only one surviving. The Indian government has launched a formal investigation into the …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Tonight, Israeli authorities announced strikes against Iran, including nuclear sites across the country. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation aimed at disrupting Iran’s nuclear program and warned that the strikes would continue. Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad …

Tehran, Iran | TASS |  The Israeli air force attacked at least six military bases on the outskirts of Tehran, including the military complex in Parchin, The New York Times wrote citing Iranian officials. According to the report, the strikes also targeted buildings in two heavily guarded residential neighborhoods for the Islamic Republic’s …

Reykjavik, Iceland | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The world’s focus will next week turn to Iceland as the Nordic island country hosts events of the The Young Inventors Prize 2025, where 17 brilliant minds—two Ugandans included—will be celebrated. The Young Inventors Prize 2025, set for June 18th in Reykjavik, will celebrate …

NEW DELHI | Xinhua|  An Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. The flight took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced that the mpox upsurge continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) outlined in the International Health Regulations (IHR). This latest revelation follows the fourth meeting …