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Strait of Hormuz ‘closed to all vessels’, says Iran’s IRGC amid escalating tensions

Bill Gates

‘Meeting with Epstein grave error in judgement’: Bill Gates tells US House Oversight Committee

arrested

Indian-origin man arrested in US for nearly $100 million bank fraud

air raid

Air raid sirens blare across Bahrain for second time following IRGC drone strike on US Fifth Fleet

Artemis III

NASA announces Artemis III crew for 2027 test flight; first ESA astronaut assigned to programme

12 years

Global applause as PM Modi scripts history, becoming India’s longest continuously serving elected premier

American

War clouds over West Asia as Iran claims targeting F-35 hangars, 21 US air and naval bases in region

Afghanistan

13 innocent civilians killed as Pakistan violates Afghan airspace with deadly air strikes

Air Force

US says strikes on Iran ‘completed’, following downing of Apache helicopter

age verification

Japan govt panel calls for stricter social media checks to protect minors

arrests

Standoff underway after bomb threat reported at bank in California; 1 hostage released

air defence

US says forces foiled Iranian missile attacks on Gulf nations, confirms striking Qeshm Island

airport

Kuwait slams Iran after drone strikes leave several injured, damages International Airport building

conflict

Multiple nuclear operations in Iran have now halted amid ongoing conflict: IAEA chief

Hezbollah

US says it disabled oil tanker sailing towards Iran’s Kharg Island

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran announces three-day state funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with processions in several cities

anti-weaponisation fund

Trump administration signals retreat from $1.8 bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund amid GOP backlash: Report

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli leaders condemn Netanyahu’s decision to cancel strikes in Lebanon

domestic dispute

US: 7 dead in Iowa shooting spree, police cite domestic dispute

EU

‘Masterclass in selective moral outrage’: Iran denounces EU censure of strikes against Kuwait