JERUSALEM, June 13 — Israel said today it had struck Iranian nuclear targets to block Tehran from developing atomic weapons, and Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country's main uranium enrichment facility.

JERUSALEM, June 13 — Israel said today it had struck Iranian nuclear targets to block Tehran from developing atomic weapons, and Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country's main uranium enrichment facility.

ISTANBUL, June 12 — At least one passenger survived after a London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people crashed in western India on Thursday, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, according to India Today.

LOS ANGELES, June 12 — California will face off with Washington in court today over United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of US troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major cities to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown.

VIENNA, June 12 — The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations today for the first time in almost 20 years, raising the prospect of reporting it to the UN Security Council.

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, June 12 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday said US personnel are being moved out of the Middle East because “it could be a dangerous place”, adding that the US would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

MEXICO CITY, June 12 — Mexico City will embrace fans from all nations and cultures during the 2026 World Cup, Mayor Clara Brugada said yesterday as she unveiled the countdown clock marking one year to the tournament's return to the Mexican capital.

CAIRO, June 12 — Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza yesterday, most of them near an aid site operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the enclave, local health officials said.

GRAZ, June 10 — A former pupil killed nine people and then himself at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday in the worst school shooting in the country's modern history.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Hajj 2025 (1446H) has concluded without any reported incidents, marking one of the safest and most efficiently managed pilgrimages in recent years, said Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior.

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, June 10 — The Trump administration has ordered United States (US) Marines into Los Angeles on Monday and intensified raids on suspected undocumented immigrants, fueling more outrage from street protesters and Democratic leaders who raised concerns over a national crisis.

SEOUL, June 9 — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have agreed to address geopolitical crises under the framework of trilateral cooperation with the United States (US) in their first phone talks today.

BANGKOK, June 9 — Thailand has proposed cutting electricity and Internet access to areas along the Thai-Cambodia border as part of efforts to step up enforcement against transnational crimes, including human trafficking and call centre scam operations.

LOS ANGELES, June 9 — The police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area, ordering protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of demonstrations against United States (US) President Donald Trump's immigration policy that sometimes included burning cars and hurling bottles at officers.

SINGAPORE, June 9 — Singapore-based ride-hailing and delivery company Grab has said that it is not in any talks on a potential deal with smaller Indonesian rival GoTo.

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, June 9 — Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura said on Monday that Thailand has adjusted its policy, setting a limit of seven days for Cambodian nationals to stay in Thailand, Xinhua reported.

BEIJING, June 9 — China’s trade with Asean and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries continued to gain traction in the first five months of 2025, with trade between China and Asean rising 9.1 per cent year-on-year to CN¥3.02 trillion (US$415.5 billion).

JAKARTA, June 9 — Indonesia plans to develop an oil palm plantation in the Boven Digoel regency of the South Papua province, to strengthen economic resilience and energy independence, according to its Defence Ministry.

JERUSALEM/ASHDOD, June 9 — Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a charity vessel that had tried to break a naval blockade of the war-torn Gaza Strip on Monday, and the boat with its crew of 12, including activist Greta Thunberg, is now heading to a port in Israel.

SHANGHAI, June 9 — United States (US) and Chinese officials traded barbs at a celebration held by a US business chamber in Shanghai on Friday (June 6), as the chamber appealed to both countries to provide more certainty to American businesses operating in China.