Jerusalem, June 22 (UNI) Sirens sounded across central, northern Israel and Israel-controlled Jerusalem as Iran launched a new wave of ballistic missiles. Israelis in affected areas were instructed to remain in bomb shelters. It marked the first Iranian ballistic missile strike on Israel in over a day — and the first since the United States…
Tehran, June 22 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said that the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were “outrageous” and “will have everlasting consequences.” Tehran “reserves all options” to retaliate, said the minister.
Brasilia, June 22 (UNI) Eight people were killed Saturday when a hot air balloon carrying tourists caught fire and crashed in Praia Grande, a popular tourism destination in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, said regional authorities. The balloon was carrying 21 people when it burst into flames and plummeted to the ground —…
Yaounde, June 22 (UNI) The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic has strongly condemned a deadly attack on its Friday patrol in the country’s north that killed a Zambian peacekeeper. The patrol, part of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), came under fire from unidentified gunmen. Two…
Washington, June 22 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Iran will face more military strikes if peace does not come quickly. Addressing the nation on Saturday evening, Trump said that Iran’s key nuclear facilities had been “completely and totally obliterated,” and that future attacks will be “far greater and a lot easier.” “If…
Baghdad, June 22 (UNI) The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella body for Iraqi Shiite militias, on Saturday confirmed the death of a senior security leader in an Israeli strike on a border area with Iran. Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit of the militias Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, was killed in the attack, the…
Washington, June 22 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the United States has completed attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran, including “Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan.” “All planes are now outside of Iran airspace. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,” he said on the social platform Truth…
Los Angeles, June 22 (UNI) North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong declared a statewide disaster after three people were killed in a violent tornado that tore through the Upper Midwest U.S. state. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner confirmed at a press conference on Saturday that two men and one woman were killed Friday night at two…
Hong Kong, June 22 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 88 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan at 21:23 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Hong Kong, June 22 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 88 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan at 21:23 GMT on Saturday, the U.S….
Moscow, June 21 (UNI) Weighing in on the Russia-Ukraine war, and the ongoing Israel-Iran war, Russian President Vladmir Putin highlighted their key aspects, and clarified Moscow’s stance on both of them, in an interview with Sky News Arabia. Speaking on the Ukraine war, Putin claimed that external powers are actively blocking a peaceful resolution, accusing…
