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 counts of serious environmental crimes,...
Greenpeace concerned as two oil tankers on fire in Gulf of Oman
Tehran [Iran], June 18: Following a suspected collision between two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Greenpeace is warning of devastating consequences for the...
Baltic countries begin evacuation of citizens from Middle East as crisis escalates
Riga [Latvia], June 18: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have begun to evacuate their citizens from the crisis-hit Middle East, according to radio broadcaster LRT on...
President Trump 'repeating the same mistakes' as Bush: CAIR
Washington DC [US], June 18: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned Trump's call for mass displacement in Tehran, warning that the US president...
Jordan's king says Israeli attacks on Iran threaten region, beyond
Amman [Jordan], June 18: Jordan's King Abdullah II warned in an address to the European Parliament that Israel's "attacks" on Iran threatened to dangerously escalate...
Dozens of Palestinians reported killed near aid distribution centre in Gaza
Tel Aviv-Yafo [Israel], June 18: The Israeli military has again killed people waiting near a distribution centre for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, according...
Trump threatens Iran's leaderas Israel warns major strikes to come
Tehran [Iran], June 18: US President Donald Trump warned that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an "easy target" after urging civilians to evacuate...
Iranians speak of their fears and hopes as the conflict with Israel...
Tehran [Iran], June 18: Traffic was gridlocked for hundreds of kilometres heading out of Tehran before Israel and Donald Trump told people to leave Iran's...
Iranians describe fear and sadness over Trump evacuation warning
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
Jerusalem [Israel], June 18: Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to...
US and UK announce a trade deal, but steel imports unresolved
Washington DC [US], June 18: U.S. President Donald Trump signed an agreement on Monday formally lowering some tariffs on imports from Britain as the countries...
Israel targets hospital, TV station; Iran pledges further retaliation
Tel Aviv [Israel] / Tehran [Iran], June 17: Israel has attacked civilian targets in Iran, striking a hospital and an Iranian state TV building as...
European countries seek fresh talks with Iran over nuclear programme
Larnaca [Cyprus], June 17: Germany, France and Britain want to resume talks with Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme at short notice, German Foreign Minister Johann...
West Bank life paralysed as Israeli closure enters 3rd day amid regional...
Ramallah [Palestine], June 17: Daily life for Palestinians across the West Bank has ground to a halt for the third consecutive day, as Israeli forces...
Risk of nuclear war grows amid new arms race
Stockholm [Sweden], June 17: There are nine nuclear-armed states in the world and nearly all of them continued with intensive nuclear modernisation programmes in 2024,...
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 on Sunday evening, police said.
UN cuts back aid plan amid 'brutal funding cuts'
New York [US], June 17: The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday said it was forced to...
Netanyahu does not rule out assassinating Iran's supreme leader
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 17: In an interview with ABC News, Prime Minister Netanyahu affirmed that Israel's attack on Iran was justified with the...
President Trump rushes out of G7 summit, calls on people to evacuate...
Tehran [Iran], June 17: This morning (Vietnam time), President Trump urged Iranians to quickly leave the capital Tehran while Israel continues to attack.
Israel - Iran in the war of 'sharp spears - thick shields'
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 17: Entering the fourth day, the Israel-Iran conflict has become a battle between air strikes and each other's defense systems.
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 up a newly signed trade...
Zelensky calls for further sanctions on Russia during Vienna visit
Moscow [Russia], June 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial nations to further increase the pressure on...
Suspect in killing of politician, husband arrested: US governor
Washington DC [US], June 17: Police in the US mid-western state of Minnesota have arrested the suspected perpetrator of the fatal Saturday shooting of a...
'Military escalation hinders Iran diplomacy'
Vienna [Austria], June 17: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has urged parties in the Israel-Iran conflict to exercise maximum restraint and lamented the...
UN rights chief urges world leaders to 'wake up' to Gaza catastrophe
Gaza City [Gaza], June 17: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued an urgent appeal to governments worldwide to take action in...
Iranian state broadcaster hit as Iran urges Trump to make Israel halt...
Jerusalem [Israel], June 17: An Israeli strike hit Iran's state broadcaster on Monday while the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog indicated extensive damage to...
Dozens killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites
Gaza City [Gaza], June 17: At least 22 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian...