US, Iran exchange strikes across Middle East for second day in a row
TEHRAN, June 11 (Agencies): The US and Iran have exchanged strikes across the Middle East for a second consecutive day, further straining a shaky ceasefire agreed between the two countries in April.US Central Command (Centcom) said it had completed a wave of "self-defense strikes" targeting military, surveillance and radar sites...
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Number of forcibly displaced people dips to 118m: UN
GENEVA, June 11 (AFP): The number of forcibly displaced people dropped for the first time in a decade last year, as more opted to return home despite often unsafe and unstable conditions, the UN said Thursday.At the end of 2025, 117.8 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes,...
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Two Uyghur men sentenced to death for 2015 Bangkok bombing
BANGKOK, June 11 (Reuters): A Thai court handed out death sentences on Thursday to two ethnic Uyghur men from the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang for a 2015 bombing in the centre of Bangkok that killed 20 people, according to a court statement. The explosion occurred at the Erawan Shrine...
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Italy PM calls for single European representative in Russia war talks
ROME, June 11 (Arab News): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Thursday for European allies of Ukraine to name a single representative in talks with Russia aimed at ending the war."I support the need to name an authoritative figure ... to represent Europe," Meloni told parliament.
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