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G7 leaders urge 'de-escalation' but stop short of calling for Israel-Iran ceasefire

G7 leaders urge 'de-escalation' but stop short of...

Kananaskis [Canada], June 18: The leaders of G7 nations have urged a "de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including...

Russia's deadliest attack on Kiev for months flattens apartment block

Russia's deadliest attack on Kiev for months flattens...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 18: Russia has carried out a mass missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital, Kiev, killing at...

Italy blocks German rescue ship from leaving Sicilian port

Italy blocks German rescue ship from leaving Sicilian...

Rome [Italy], June 18: A German rescue ship has been blocked from leaving Italy after docking with several dozen migrants...

Indonesia's Lewotobi volcano erupts

Indonesia's Lewotobi volcano erupts

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 18: Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, a volcano located on Indonesia's Flores island, erupted on Tuesday and sent a...

Sweden's 'garbage queen' given jail term

Sweden's 'garbage queen' given jail term

Copenhagen [Denmark], June 18: Sweden's self-proclaimed "garbage queen" Fariba Vancor has been sentenced to six years in prison for 19...

Greenpeace concerned as two oil tankers on fire in Gulf of Oman

Greenpeace concerned as two oil tankers on fire...

Tehran [Iran], June 18: Following a suspected collision between two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Greenpeace is warning...

Baltic countries begin evacuation of citizens from Middle East as crisis escalates

Baltic countries begin evacuation of citizens from Middle...

Riga [Latvia], June 18: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have begun to evacuate their citizens from the crisis-hit Middle East, according...

President Trump 'repeating the same mistakes' as Bush: CAIR

President Trump 'repeating the same mistakes' as Bush:...

Washington DC [US], June 18: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned Trump's call for mass displacement in Tehran,...

Jordan's king says Israeli attacks on Iran threaten region, beyond

Jordan's king says Israeli attacks on Iran threaten...

Amman [Jordan], June 18: Jordan's King Abdullah II warned in an address to the European Parliament that Israel's "attacks" on...

Dozens of Palestinians reported killed near aid distribution centre in Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians reported killed near aid distribution...

Tel Aviv-Yafo [Israel], June 18: The Israeli military has again killed people waiting near a distribution centre for humanitarian aid...

Trump threatens Iran's leaderas Israel warns major strikes to come

Trump threatens Iran's leaderas Israel warns major strikes...

Tehran [Iran], June 18: US President Donald Trump warned that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an "easy target"...

Iranians speak of their fears and hopes as the conflict with Israel intensifies

Iranians speak of their fears and hopes as...

Tehran [Iran], June 18: Traffic was gridlocked for hundreds of kilometres heading out of Tehran before Israel and Donald Trump...

Iranians describe fear and sadness over Trump evacuation warning

Iranians describe fear and sadness over Trump evacuation...

Tehran [Iran], June 18: Many Iranians have reacted with fear and dismay at Donald Trump's instruction to "immediately evacuate Tehran".

Trump urges Tehran evacuation as Iran-Israel conflict enters fifth day

Trump urges Tehran evacuation as Iran-Israel conflict enters...

Jerusalem [Israel], June 18: Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President...

US and UK announce a trade deal, but steel imports unresolved

US and UK announce a trade deal, but...

Washington DC [US], June 18: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an agreement on Monday formally lowering some tariffs on imports...

Israel targets hospital, TV station; Iran pledges further retaliation

Israel targets hospital, TV station; Iran pledges further...

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Tehran [Iran], June 17: Israel has attacked civilian targets in Iran, striking a hospital and an...

European countries seek fresh talks with Iran over nuclear programme

European countries seek fresh talks with Iran over...

Larnaca [Cyprus], June 17: Germany, France and Britain want to resume talks with Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme at short...

West Bank life paralysed as Israeli closure enters 3rd day amid regional tensions

West Bank life paralysed as Israeli closure enters...

Ramallah [Palestine], June 17: Daily life for Palestinians across the West Bank has ground to a halt for the third...

Risk of nuclear war grows amid new arms race

Risk of nuclear war grows amid new arms...

Stockholm [Sweden], June 17: There are nine nuclear-armed states in the world and nearly all of them continued with intensive...

US police arrest suspected shooter of Minnesota lawmakers

US police arrest suspected shooter of Minnesota lawmakers

Minnesota [US], June 17: A man suspected of killing a lawmaker in Minnesota and wounding another was taken into custody...

UN cuts back aid plan amid 'brutal funding cuts'

UN cuts back aid plan amid 'brutal funding...

New York [US], June 17: The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday...

Netanyahu does not rule out assassinating Iran's supreme leader

Netanyahu does not rule out assassinating Iran's supreme...

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 17: In an interview with ABC News, Prime Minister Netanyahu affirmed that Israel's attack on...

President Trump rushes out of G7 summit, calls on people to evacuate Tehran

President Trump rushes out of G7 summit, calls...

Tehran [Iran], June 17: This morning (Vietnam time), President Trump urged Iranians to quickly leave the capital Tehran while...

Israel - Iran in the war of 'sharp spears - thick shields'

Israel - Iran in the war of 'sharp...

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 17: Entering the fourth day, the Israel-Iran conflict has become a battle between air strikes and...

US, UK finalize 'historic' trade deal

US, UK finalize 'historic' trade deal

New York [US], June 17: On the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada on June 16, President Trump held...

Zelensky calls for further sanctions on Russia during Vienna visit

Zelensky calls for further sanctions on Russia during...

Moscow [Russia], June 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial nations to...

Suspect in killing of politician, husband arrested: US governor

Suspect in killing of politician, husband arrested: US...

Washington DC [US], June 17: Police in the US mid-western state of Minnesota have arrested the suspected perpetrator of the...