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Supreme Leader says Iran would strike back if attacked

Supreme Leader says Iran would strike back if...

Tehran [Iran], June 27: Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle...

Trump says he's had a 'very nice' meeting with Zelensky

Trump says he's had a 'very nice' meeting...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: US President Donald Trump has said his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the...

Switzerland and US dispute cost of controversial fighter jet deal

Switzerland and US dispute cost of controversial fighter...

Geneva [Switzerland], June 26: Switzerland and the United States are at odds over the price of 36 US-made F-35 fighter...

British Royal Navy shadows Russian ships through English Channel

British Royal Navy shadows Russian ships through English...

London [UK], June 26: Britain's Royal Navy has shadowed Russian ships as they travelled through the English Channel.

NATO defence spending hike 'monumental win' for Trump

NATO defence spending hike 'monumental win' for Trump

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a decision by NATO allies to spend 5%...

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit in The Hague

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: Some 200 people were arrested as Dutch police cleared a protest on the sidelines of...

France's Le Pen asks protege Bardella to prepare for 2027 presidential run

France's Le Pen asks protege Bardella to prepare...

Paris [France], June 26: France's far-right populist Marine Le Pen, who a court has barred from standing in elections, has...

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit in The Hague

Some 200 arrested at protest against NATO summit...

The Hague [Netherlands], June 26: Some 200 people were arrested as Dutch police cleared a protest on the sidelines of...

Iran to temporarily suspend cooperation with IAEA

Iran to temporarily suspend cooperation with IAEA

Tehran [Iran], June 26: The Iranian parliament has voted to temporarily suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

Tehran slams NATO chief Rutte's praise for US attacks

Tehran slams NATO chief Rutte's praise for US...

Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran has reacted with outrage to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's praise of US President Donald...

Iranian airspace to remain closed

Iranian airspace to remain closed

Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran's airspace will remain closed until at least Thursday, the government has said.

Thailand closes border crossings in dispute with Cambodia

Thailand closes border crossings in dispute with Cambodia

Bangkok [Thailand], June 26: Thailand has closed border crossings in six provinces in a bitter border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.

Truce holds amid reports of limited 'damage' to Iran's nuclear plans

Truce holds amid reports of limited 'damage' to...

Tehran [Iran], June 26: A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding in the 24 hours following...

Israeli attacks kill at least 51 as Trump signals 'great progress' in Gaza talks

Israeli attacks kill at least 51 as Trump...

Gaza [Gaza City], June 26: Israeli attacks have killed at least 51 people in the Gaza Strip, including 14 Palestinians...

Armenia arrests archbishop over alleged coup plot

Armenia arrests archbishop over alleged coup plot

Yerevan [Armenia], June 26: Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Christian cleric, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, along with 13 other...

Ukraine turns to Africa in its struggle against Russia

Ukraine turns to Africa in its struggle against...

Moscow [Russia], June 26: On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global...

Greece arrests Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire with cigarette

Greece arrests Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire...

Athens [Greece], June 26: Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of...

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold as Trump vents frustration with both sides

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold...

Jerusalem [Israel], June 26: A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and U.S....

Iran hangs three men

Iran hangs three men

Tehran [Iran], June 26: Iran executed three men on Wednesday, after they were convicted of collaborating with Israel's Mossad spy...

France: 145 festivalgoers jabbed with syringes

France: 145 festivalgoers jabbed with syringes

Paris [France], June 25: French police on Sunday detained 12 suspects after scores of people reported being pricked with syringes...

Heat officers help sweltering cities stay cool

Heat officers help sweltering cities stay cool

Berlin [Germany], June 25: International cities from Athens to Dhaka, Freetown and Santiago are united in their efforts to protect...

Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons program, contradicting US spy agencies

Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons...

New York [US], June 25: U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the...

US to give $30 million to Gaza aid operation

US to give $30 million to Gaza aid...

New York [US], June 25: The United States is giving $30 million to a controversial humanitarian group delivering aid in...

US strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites

US strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites

Tehran [Iran], June 25: U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capability and only set it back by a few...

Romanian parliament votes in unwieldy pro-EU coalition government

Romanian parliament votes in unwieldy pro-EU coalition government

Budapest [Romania], June 25: The Romanian parliament on Monday voted a new pro-EU coalition government into office, the Mediafax news...

No more European 'free-riding' on US security policy, says Germany's Merz

No more European 'free-riding' on US security policy,...

Berlin [Germany], June 25: Europe can no longer engage in "free-riding" on US security policy and must invest in defence...

Russia accuses Israel of 'political murder' in Iran

Russia accuses Israel of 'political murder' in Iran

Moscow [Russia], June 25: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Israel of "political murder" in its targeting of senior...