Kabul, June 22 (UNI) Around 10,000 Afghan refugees are leaving Iran daily to return to their homeland amid war and insecurity in the Mideast country, local media outlet Tolonews reported on Saturday night. “Recently, due to war and insecurity in Iran, the return of refugees from the country has increased. Between 8,000 to 10,000 individuals…
Leeds, Jun 22 (UNI) Harry Brook led England’s spirited reply with an unbeaten half-century as the hosts reached 327 for 5 at lunch on Day 3 of the first Test against India at Headingley on Sunday. Brook was unbeaten on 57, he was accompanied by Jamie Smith who was batting on 29, with England now…
Phnom Penh/Bangkok, June 22 (UNI) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Sunday that two more border crossings with Thailand were completely shut down amid an ongoing border dispute between the two ASEAN member states. Hun Manet said the Thai army Saturday night informed the governor of Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province about its unilateral decision…
Washington/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. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it has detected the launch of missiles from Iran after U.S….
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…
