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No justification for US attack on Iran

MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters/AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iran's foreign minister on Monday there was no justification for the US bombing of his country and that Moscow was trying to help the Iranian people.Putin hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow two days after US President Donald Trump...

Tokyo voters punish Japan ruling party

TOKYO, June 23 (AFP): Voters in Tokyo knocked Japan's ruling party from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, results showed Monday, a warning sign for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's unpopular government before July elections.Japanese media said it was a record-low result in the key local ballot...

First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope

LONDON, June 23 (BBC): A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of the universe.In one picture, vast colourful gas and dust clouds swirl in a star-forming region 9,000 light years from Earth. The Vera C...

IAEA seeks access to Iran nuclear sites

VIENNA, June 23 (AFP): 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...

Embattled Thai PM reshuffles cabinet

BANGKOK, June 23 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government.The 38-year-old daughter of controversial former PM Thaksin Shinawatra began handing out ministerial posts vacated when her main coalition...

Genocide risk in Sudan very high: UN

GENEVA, June 23 (AFP): The risk of genocide in Sudan's devastating civil war remains "very high", amid ongoing ethnically motivated attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a top UN official warned Monday.Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan...