Tehran to target US bases if conflict erupts
TEHRAN, June 11 (AFP): Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while President Donald Trump said he was "less confident" about reaching a nuclear deal.Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new nuclear deal...
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Russia launches deadly strike on Kharkiv
KHARKIV, June 11 (AFP): Fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed three people and wounded 60 including children early on Wednesday, authorities said, as Moscow pushed ahead with its relentless attacks after rejecting an unconditional ceasefire.Ukraine said it had received the bodies of more than 1,200 killed...
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Israeli strikes leave 35 people dead in Gaza
GAZA, June 11 (Reuters/BBC); Israeli military strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, most of them at an aid site operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza, local health officials said.Medical officials at Shifa and Al-Quds Hospitals said at least 25 people...
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Turkey to export 48 fighter jets to Indonesia
ANKARA, June 11 (AP): Turkey will export 48 of its nationally-produced KAAN fighter jets to Indonesia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, marking the first export deal for the advanced aircraft that is still in the development stage.Erdogan said in an X post that the 48 KAAN fighter...
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Trump vows to 'liberate' city
NEW YORK, June 11 (BBC): Los Angeles (LA) police say they have made "mass arrests" after a fifth day of protests over US President Donald Trump's immigration raids.Mayor Karen Bass declared an overnight curfew within a relatively small area of the city's downtown district, saying businesses were being vandalised and...
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S Korea turns off propaganda loudspeakers to North
SEOUL, June 11 (BBC): South Korea's military says it has suspended its loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the border to North Korea, as part of a bid to "restore trust" between both countries.The move comes a week after the country elected its new president Lee Jae-myung, who had campaigned on improving...
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5.9-magnitude quake rattles Taiwan
TAIPEI, June 11 (AFP): A magnitude-5.9 offshore earthquake rattled Taiwan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with AFP journalists reporting buildings shaking in the capital Taipei.Firefighters were dispatched to check the impact of the moderate quake, which hit 71 kilometres (44 miles) south of Hualien City. It struck off...
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