World reacts to Israeli strike on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (United States), June 13 (AFP): UN chief Antonio Guterres urged Israel and Iran to "show maximum restraint" after Israel's wave of air strikes, the secretary-general's spokesman said in a statement late Thursday.While broadly condemning "any military escalation in the Middle East," the statement by Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq...
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US judge blocks Trump administration from overhauling federal elections
BOSTON, June 13 (Reuters): A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing parts of his sweeping executive order overhauling federal elections, including by requiring voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and barring states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.U.S. District Judge Denise Casper...
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Nuclear states spent $100b on weapons in 2024: ICAN
GENEVA, June 13 (AFP): Nuclear-armed states spent more than $100 billion on their atomic arsenals last year, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said Friday, lamenting the lack of democratic oversight of such spending.ICAN said Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia and the United States together...
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Air India flight returns to Thai island after bomb threat
BANGKOK, June 13 (AFP): An Air India flight from Thailand's Phuket island to New Delhi made an emergency landing Friday shortly after takeoff because of an on-board bomb threat, the Thai airports authority said.The incident comes a day after a London-bound Air India passenger jet crashed in the Indian city...
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Trump allowed to keep National Guard in LA as more protests planned
LOS ANGELES, June 13 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump can keep his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, according to a court ruling, as protests against immigration raids look set to enter their second week in the strongest backlash since his return to power in January.Trump on Friday...
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