BBC: The US military has disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of violating an American blockade by “attempting to transport oil from Iran”. In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired “precision munitions” into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebello “after the crew repeatedly failed […]
BBC: Iran has attacked US bases in the Gulf region in retaliation for the latest round of US strikes, which came after Donald Trump said he would hit the country “hard”. US Central Command (Centcom) said it had completed its second consecutive day of “self-defense strikes”, launched overnight after Trump said Tehran had taken “too […]
BBC: At least 15 people – 11 civilians and four security officers – have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, local authorities say. The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) – a collective of activist groups – called on people to march to the regional capital Muzaffarabad to protest against […]
BBC: Israeli air strikes have killed at least 17 people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media say. Nine people were killed in a series of strikes in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA). Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah said it carried out more attacks on Israeli troops occupying […]
BBC: Ukrainian forces have carried out a missile attack deep inside Russia, hitting a major military plant overnight, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He said FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck the drone and missile plant in the city of Cheboksary, in the Chuvash Republic, more than 900km (560 miles) from the front line. Local officials […]
(Reuters) DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out missile and drone attacks on U.S. military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz. The exchange, after U.S. President Donald Trump said that Iran had downed a U.S. Apache helicopter […]
BBC: Hong Kong authorities have charged two companies and seven people over the devastating fire at the Wang Fuk housing complex last November. They were handed 25 charges including manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, attempting to pervert the course of public justice, and tax evasion. The blaze, which killed 168 people, was the deadliest fire the city […]
Al Jazeera: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed attacks on United States military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement carried by state media on Wednesday, the IRGC said it launched drone attacks on the US Fifth Fleet […]
BBC: At least 12 people have been killed in a mass shooting in an area of Johannesburg, police in South Africa say. They say another nine people were injured in the attack at an informal settlement in Cleveland late on Tuesday, and a manhunt for suspects is under way. “It is alleged that more than […]
BBC: The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences. Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges after the shooting including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist […]
