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Ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold as Trump vents frustration with both sides

A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides, saying they had fought “for so long and so hard” that they do not know what they are doing.

June 25, 2025 5:03 pm
 

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Iran hangs three men

Iran executed three men on Wednesday, after they were convicted of collaborating with Israel’s Mossad spy agency and smuggling equipment used in an assassination, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.

June 25, 2025 3:37 pm
 

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US strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites

U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel.

June 25, 2025 1:10 pm
 

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US to give $30 million to Gaza aid operation

The United States is giving $30 million to a controversial humanitarian group delivering aid in war-torn Gaza despite concern among some U.S. officials about the month-old operation and the killing of Palestinians near food distribution sites, according to four sources and a document seen by Reuters.

June 25, 2025 12:35 pm
 

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Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons program, contradicting US spy agencies

U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the U.S. housed a “nuclear weapons development program,” even though U.S. spy agencies have said no such program existed.

June 25, 2025 9:02 am
 

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Israel kills 40 in further Gaza bloodshed

Israeli forces killed at least 40 Palestinians in Gaza and ordered new evacuations on Tuesday, local medics and residents said, in further bloodshed shortly after Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefirein their air war.

June 25, 2025 5:50 am
 

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Kim Jong Un presides over key party meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the 12th plenary meeting of the eighth central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, state media reported on Tuesday.

June 24, 2025 11:20 am
 

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Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump said that a “complete and total” ceasefire between Israel and Iran will go into force with a view to ending the conflict between the two nations, moments after both sides threatened new attacks.

June 24, 2025 10:25 am
 

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UK to broaden security focus

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to boost overall defence and security spending to 5% of economic output by 2035 to meet a NATO target and make the country more competitive and resilient in a new era of “radical uncertainty”.

June 24, 2025 10:10 am
 

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Iran ready to respond again if US acts

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran’s attack on U.S military base al-Udeid in Qatar came in response to the U.S. “aggression against Iran’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.”

June 24, 2025 9:11 am
 

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Russian attacks on Kyiv kill 10 and injure dozens

Waves of Russian drones and missiles in and around Kyiv overnight killed 10 people including one child, lit up the night sky with fires in residential areas and damaged the entrance to a metro station bomb shelter, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

June 24, 2025 8:24 am
 

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Iran fires missiles at US airbase in Qatar

Iran’s military said it carried out a missile attack on the Al Udeid U.S. airbase in Qatar on Monday after explosions were heard across the Qatari capital following Tehran’s threat to retaliate for U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear sites.

June 24, 2025 7:25 am

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