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JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said it had launched air raids Monday to block access to Iran’s enriched uranium facility in Fordo which was bombed by the United States at the weekend. A military statement said Israeli forces had “struck in order to obstruct access routes to the Fordo enrichment site” which US President Donald Trump…
DHAKA: A Bangladesh government-appointed commission investigating hundreds of disappearances by the security forces under ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Monday warned that the same “culture of impunity” continues. The Commission of Inquiry into Enforced Disappearances is probing abuses during the rule of Hasina, whose government was accused of widespread human rights abuses. That includes the…
JERUSALEM: Israel targeted Tehran’s notorious Evin prison as well as the command centres of security agencies in Iran responsible for “maintaining the regime’s stability”, a minister and the military said Monday. The Israeli military “is carrying out strikes of unprecedented force against regime targets and agencies of government repression in the heart of Tehran”, Defence…
PARIS: An Israeli strike on Evin prison in Tehran on Monday is completely irresponsible and puts prisoners “in mortal danger”, said Noemie Kohler, the sister of French national Cecile Kohler who is jailed there. Iran’s judiciary said Israeli strikes left sections of the facility damaged and Israel’s defence minister confirmed the army was targeting it….
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky landed in London on Monday and will meet with King Charles III and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer among other officials, a senior Ukrainian source told AFP. The Ukrainian leader, who is seeking to shore up support for his country after more than three years of Russia’s invasion, is also…
MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has insisted Madrid will not have to ramp up defence spending at the same rate as other NATO countries, publishing a letter from the alliance chief ostensibly confirming as much. Sanchez said Sunday that Spain would not need to hit the headline figure of five percent of GDP demanded…
BEIJING: Beijing residents sought shade and cooled off in canals on Monday as authorities issued the second-highest heat warning for the Chinese capital on one of its hottest days of the year so far. China has endured a string of extreme summers in recent years, with heatwaves baking northern regions even as parts of the…
VIENNA: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Monday called for its inspectors to be able to return to Iran’s nuclear sites in a bid to “account for” its highly enriched uranium stockpiles. He called for a cessation of hostilities. The request follows attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran’s nuclear…
BRUSSELS: The EU’s top diplomat warned Monday it would be “extremely dangerous” should Iran shut down the crucial Strait of Hormuz trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites. “Concerns of retaliation and this war escalating are huge,“ Kaja Kallas told reporters as EU foreign ministers met in Brussels for talks, with the Iran-Israel…
PARIS: Antonio Filosa began his tenure as chief executive of US-European auto giant Stellantis on Monday with a leadership shake-up, as he seeks to jump-start performance at the struggling maker of Jeep, Peugeot and Fiat vehicles. The company veteran, an Italian who led Stellantis in North and South America, was named last month to succeed…
