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Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Iran appoints a new chief of intelligence at IRGC after predecessor killed by Israel Iran appointed a new chief of intelligence at its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday after his predecessor was killed by Israeli strike on Sunday, the official Irna news agency reported. The commander of Iran's IRGC appointed Brigadier General Majid Khadami as the new head of its intelligence division, Irna said....
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Roberto Samcam was killed after an assailant disguised as a delivery driver arrived at his condo, according to his wife.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Lionel Messi hits late winner against Porto to push Inter Miami to verge of qualification at FIFA Club World Cup.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel says that at least 271 people were injured in strikes Israel's Ministry of Health said at least 271 people were injured on Thursday morning following the Iranian strikes, Al Jazeera Arabic reported on Thursday. Iranlaunched a new wave of retaliatory missiles and drones toward large areas of Israel on Thursday, earlier in the day, wounding dozens and causing widespread destruction in Tel Aviv.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Australia urges its citizens to leave Iran or shelter in place Australia has announced it is suspending operations at its embassy in Tehran due to the deteriorating security environment and has directed the departure of all Australian officials, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Thursday. Wong advised Australians to leave Iran if they were able to, or shelter in place. Australia's ambassador toIranwill...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Saeed Khatibzadeh told the BBC that this is "not America's war".
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:The Israeli military says it targeted the reactor's core seal to stop it being used for "nuclear weapons development".
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel's strikes on Gaza continue amid Iran conflict, killing hundreds of Palestinians in recent days.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Number of Palestinian female refugees in West Bank and Gaza exceeds 1.1 million: Report The Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) says the number of Palestinian female refugees in the occupied territories has exceeded 1.1 million, Wafa news agency reported on Thursday. The MoWA issued a report to mark International Refugee Day (on 20 June), which shared the reality of Palestinian female refugees in the West Bank (including...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Global fears rise over nuclear risk from confrontation in the Middle East.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel has accused Iran of "war crimesβ after it attacked one of its hospitals.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez warns the spending hike would undermine EU efforts to build its own security and defence base.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Trump is waiting due to a 'substantial chance of negotiations'.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Analysts say US president, who promised global peace, is being pulled into a 'catastrophic' war with Iran by Israel.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Iran has few options to end the war, and escalating against Israel and the US will likely invite more attacks.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Hezbollah leader responds to US's warning to not get involved in Israel-Iran conflict After the US special envoy for Syria warned Hezbollah against becoming involved in the exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said that the Lebanese movement would "act as it sees fit". In a statement, Qassem said Hezbollah was "not neutral" in the conflict between the two countries and that the Shia...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:IAEA says its monitoring Israeli attacks on nuclear sites on Iran The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday that it is continuing to closely monitor and assess the situation regarding the Israeli attacks on nuclear sites inIran, Reuters reported. The UN nuclear watchdog saidit had information thatIran's Khondab heavy water research reactorhad been hit earlier on Thursday, but reported no...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel called the attack "criminal", while Iran said it had targeted a site nearby and not the hospital itself.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Muslim Brotherhood rallies around Iran, calls for Islamic unity against Israel Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 06/19/2025 - 19:28 The group expressed its 'full support' for Iran following threats issued by US and Israeli officials against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Billboard of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the late Ayatollah Khomeini on a building in Tehran, Iran, in 2015 (Eric Lafforgue/Hans Lucas/Reuters) Off The...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:The men provided assistance to al-Shabab fighters who attacked the DusitD2 complex in Nairobi, killing 21 people.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel has struck Iranβs Khondab nuclear facility β formerly known as Arak.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Bombing hospitals is a red line - unless Israel is doing it Submitted by Ghada Majadli on Thu, 06/19/2025 - 19:07 Outrage over Iran's attack on Soroka hospital stands in stark contrast to global silence over the decimation of Gaza's healthcare system Smoke billows from a building at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, Israel, after an Iranian missile attack, on 19 June 2025 (Maya Levin/AFP) Off On Thursday morning, Iranian...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel's attack on Iran: The violent new world being born is going to horrify you Twenty years ago, the US warned prematurely of the 'birth pangs' of a new Middle East. Now they have arrived in full force - and they will not end in Iran. Ultimately this is about more than redrawing the map of the Middle East. And it is about more than toppling the rulers in Tehran. Just as Israel needed to take out Hamas, Hezbollah and...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:srael's attack on Iran: The violent new world being born is going to horrify you Twenty years ago, the US warned prematurely of the 'birth pangs' of a new Middle East. Now they have arrived in full force - and they will not end in Iran. Ultimately this is about more than redrawing the map of the Middle East. And it is about more than toppling the rulers in Tehran. Just as Israel needed to take out Hamas, Hezbollah and...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Trump resumes visa applications for international students, but with increased vetting Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 06/19/2025 - 17:12 The vetting process includes requiring all applicants to make their social media accounts public People rally together in New York City, showing their support for universities and education in the US, on 17 April 2025 (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP) Off The State Department announced...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:West Bank: Israeli settlers conduct arson attack and then shoot Palestinians putting it out Armed Israeli settlers opened fire onPalestinians in the town of Surif, northwest of Hebron, killing one man and injuring seven others, Wafa news agency reported on Thursday. Mohammad Ahmad Mahmoud al-Hur, 48, succumbed to his injuries and passed away, while another person remains in critical condition. The mayor of Surif, Hazem...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said that the relationship between the two countries was 'getting stronger again'.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israeli officials accused of 'hypocrisy' over Iranian strike that hit hospital Submitted by Reem Aouir on Thu, 06/19/2025 - 16:33 With 94 percent of hospitals in Gaza having been damaged or destroyed, social media users had little sympathy for Israeli officials' condemnations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands amid debris outside Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, after it was hit...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:What explains the timing of Israelβs attack on Iran?
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Trump says he will make a decision on whether to attack Iran within two weeks US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will decide whether to attack Iran within a fortnight, as Israel and Iran continued to trade fire for a seventh day after Israel launched unprovoked attacks on Iran beginning on 13 June. "Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Trump signs an executive order extending the deadline for sale or divestment of TikTok to September 17.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Israel is determined to continue its conflict with Iran until Iran's nuclear programme is destroyed.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:US Senator Chris Van Hollen argues that the Trump has made his administration βa junior partnerβ to Netanyahu.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:West Bank: Israel seals entrances to two Palestinian villages near Tulkarm with iron gates The Israeli military installed an iron gate at the main entrance to the town of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm, fully sealing off the access point, Wafa news agency reported on Thursday. Local residents told Wafa that the Israeli military replaced the earth mounds that had previously blocked the entrance and replaced them with a metal...
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