Netanyahu claims 'historic victory' in Iran war

"We have achieved a historic victory," Netanyahu said in a televised address to the nation after the start of a ceasefire agreed to by both countries.
25 June 2025, 03:12 AM

Child vaccine coverage faltering, threatening millions: study

Efforts to vaccinate children are faltering due to economic inequality, Covid-era disruptions and misinformation
25 June 2025, 03:02 AM

Trump whirlwind to test NATO summit unity

Every precaution is in place to avoid a Trump blow-up at the Hague summit, from giving him credit for a historic spending deal to keeping the meeting short and sweet.
25 June 2025, 03:00 AM

US strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites, intelligence report says

Trump said over the weekend that the US deployment of 30,000-pound bombs had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program.
25 June 2025, 02:45 AM

Trump insists Iran nuclear sites 'completely destroyed'

"THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED!" the president posted on Truth Social.
25 June 2025, 02:43 AM

Trump casts doubt on Nato mutual defence clause

President Donald Trump yesterday cast doubt over the United States’ commitment to defending its Nato partners, suggesting there were “numerous” definitions to the cornerstone of the alliance’s mutual defence clause.
24 June 2025, 21:14 PM

Iran willing to return to talks as ceasefire with Israel takes hold

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would continue to "assert its legitimate rights" to the peaceful use of atomic power
24 June 2025, 19:34 PM

Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills three

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike killed three people yesterday in the country’s south, the latest such raid despite a November ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
24 June 2025, 18:24 PM

Georgia arrests celebrated poet, jails opposition leader

Georgia arrested the country’s most celebrated poet yesterday and sentenced an opposition leader to several months in prison, intensifying a crackdown on dissent under the Georgian Dream party.
24 June 2025, 18:22 PM

UN estimates 2.5m refugees will need resettling in 2026

An estimated 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, the UN said yesterday, at a time when the United States but also other nations are shrinking resettlement access.
24 June 2025, 18:22 PM

E.coli bacteria can turn plastic into painkillers

Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E.Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said Monday, though outside experts doubted the technique would make a dent in the fight against plastic pollution.
24 June 2025, 18:15 PM

Israel forces kill 40 in Gaza

Israeli forces killed at least 40 Palestinians in Gaza and ordered new evacuations yesterday, local medics and residents said, in further bloodshed shortly after Israel and Iran reached a ceasefire to end a 12-day air war.
24 June 2025, 18:12 PM

Ceasefire takes hold after Trump rebukes

A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appeared to be holding yesterday, after 12 days of strikes that saw Israel and the United States pummel the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities.
24 June 2025, 18:08 PM

India defence minister heads to China summit

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to China this week for talks with his regional counterparts, New Delhi said yesterday.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Finland hardens Nato’s northern frontier

At a shooting range 10 miles from the Russian border, Finnish army reservist Janne Latto opened the trunk of his car and unpacked a small surveillance drone and controller, equipment he sees as vital for any future conflict with Finland’s neighbour.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump claims a ‘forever’ peace in land of forever wars

So much for the quagmire. Donald Trump seems to have emerged from the worst crisis in America’s estrangement with Iran’s Islamic Republic with a win.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

US top court allows 3rd country deportations to resume

A divided US Supreme Court paved the way on Monday for the Trump administration to resume deportations of undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran working to restore nuke programme

Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, has said the country is evaluating the damage inflicted on its nuclear programme and planning to rehabilitate it.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Iran-Israel conflict: Trump uses expletives to describe post ceasefire actions

Trump criticised both Iran and Israel for what he said were violations of a ceasefire
24 June 2025, 15:22 PM

Life returns to Tehran, but residents wary ceasefire won't hold

In Tajrish bazaar in north Tehran, everyone had their own opinion on whether the end to the fighting announced by US President Donald Trump would last
24 June 2025, 15:01 PM