Asia

Iran

In pictures: Damage from Israeli airstrikes on Iran's military sites

Satellite imagery analysed by the Associated Press confirms significant damage to Iranian missile bases and nuclear facilities following a series of Israeli airstrikes since Friday.

16/06/2025

Iran

Trump rejected Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, reports say

The development comes several days after Israel attacked Iran, targeting its nuclear facilities and killing some of its leading military commanders.

16/06/2025

Israel

Hundreds reported dead as Israel-Iran conflict continues into day four

Israel and Iran traded more missile attacks Sunday despite calls for a halt to the fighting, with neither country backing down as their conflict raged for a third day.

16/06/2025

World News

Israel kills IRGC intelligence chief, Iranian state media says

Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence chief, Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy Hassan Mohaqiq were killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday.

15/06/2025

Yemen

Houthis enter the fray: Is the Iran-Israel confrontation widening?

With the Houthis officially entering the circle of escalation, the confrontation has gone beyond its traditional framework between Tehran and Tel Aviv, threatening to turn into a multi-front regional conflict.

15/06/2025

Israel

Iran strikes: What do we know about Israel's Weizmann Institute?

An Iranian missile hit the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv. One of Israel's most prominent scientific centres is known for its technological support to the Israeli military in the fields of AI, drones and advanced military technologies.

15/06/2025

Israel

Iran and Israel continue exchanging strikes, leaving several dead

Several people were reported killed across northern and central Israel as Iran launched several rounds of missiles. The Israeli military said early Sunday it targeted Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters in Tehran.

14/06/2025

World News

Netanyahu vows to escalate strikes, fighter jets taken off for Tehran

Israeli PM Netanyahu said on Saturday that strikes dealt "serious damage" to Iran's nuclear sites and vowed to continue attacks. An Israeli official called damage "significant," but Iran said it was "limited," while admitting nine experts died.

14/06/2025

Iran

Iranians reel from Israeli strikes on military and scientists

Israel said Friday's barrage was necessary before Iran got any closer to building a nuclear weapon, although experts and the US government have assessed that Tehran was not actively working on such a weapon before the strikes.

14/06/2025

India

Air India crash death toll reaches 270 as search for bodies continues

At least 270 people died when the London-bound Air India flight crashed minutes after takeoff on Thursday. 241 of those killed were passengers and cabin crew, while 29 were on the ground.

14/06/2025

World News

Israel warns of more attacks on Iran after Tehran's retaliatory strike

Three people were killed and dozens more wounded in Israel on Saturday, after a series of deadly Israeli attacks on Iran's nuclear programme and its key military officials took place the previous day.

14/06/2025

Israel

Casualties on both sides as Iran and Israel exchange overnight strikes

Retaliatory strikes by Iran have killed three people and injured dozens of others in Israel, while Iran's ambassador to the UN said 78 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Iran.

14/06/2025

Tech News

What is Iran likely to hit back with after Israel's strikes?

We take a look at what weapons Iran could turn to in response to overnight Israeli strikes against its nuclear and military bases.

13/06/2025

Iran

What has Israel hit in Iran and what has it not attacked yet?

Israel hit Iran on Friday night, targeting strategic sites, senior leaders and nuclear scientists. What are Israel’s primary targets in Iran, and what are the important sites of Iran’s nuclear programme that Israel has not hit in its Friday attack?

13/06/2025

Israel

Euroviews. Israel's strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities is a win for global security

Condemning terrorism, halting nuclear proliferation, and defending innocent lives must not be controversial positions, they must be moral imperatives, Sacha Roytman Dratwa writes.

13/06/2025

No Comment

Al-Aqsa compound closed to public following Israeli strike on Iran

Israeli police closed the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem to the public on Friday, as regional tensions escalated following an Israeli strike on Iran earlier in the day.

13/06/2025

No Comment

Smoke and explosions seen after Israeli strikes on Natanz nuclear site

Thick smoke and fireballs lit up the skies above Iran’s key Natanz nuclear facility early Friday, following large-scale Israeli airstrikes.

13/06/2025

Iran

Iran conflict to test Israel's high-tech arsenal

Two of the Middle East’s most powerful militaries, Israel and Iran, edge closer to open war, fuelling fears that the region may be on the brink of what could be the most significant conflict of the century.

13/06/2025

Iran

Timeline: How did the Israel-Iran conflict escalate?

Iran and Israel have spent over a decade trading cyberattacks, covert operations and military strikes, with tensions soaring in recent years over Iran’s nuclear programme and regional influence.

13/06/2025

Israel

Israel's Mossad struck multiple targets deep inside Iran, sources say

The Israeli Mossad used advanced systems and explosive drones to hit multiple targets in Iran, including air defence systems and missile launchers near Tehran.

13/06/2025

North Korea

North Korea relaunches damaged warship after botched unveiling

Leader Kim Jong-un attended the ceremony, claiming the warship’s return demonstrates the country’s determination to expand its naval power in response to “US-led hostilities”.

13/06/2025

Israel

What are Israel's air defences? And why are they so effective?

Israel claims it intercepted all of the drones launched by Iran after Israel hit Tehran's military command and top nuclear scientists and facilities overnight on Friday.

13/06/2025

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Indian PM Narendra Modi visits site of Air India crash in Ahmedabad

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ahmedabad on Friday to inspect the charred wreckage of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing at least 260 people.

13/06/2025

Iran

Israel hits Iran, killing military command and top nuclear scientists

Israel launches strikes across Iran without US support and wipes out Iran’s military command. Revolutionary Guard Commander Hossein Salami, Chief of Staff Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, and Emergency Forces Commander Gholam Rashid were killed in the strikes, Israel says.

13/06/2025

Tech News

Multi-million pilot project leads Uzbekistan's digital transformation

A new generation of data centres is emerging – designed not just to handle the demands of AI, but to do it sustainably. And one of the boldest experiments is unfolding in an unexpected place: Uzbekistan.

12/06/2025

Iran

Israel's strikes against Iran: A political manoeuvre or all-out war?

Iran maintains its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful and geared to civilian use but Israel claims previous Iranian deception means a military response is the only way to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.

12/06/2025