Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP Israel has carried out “dozens” of air strikes in Iran, an Israeli military official has confirmed in a briefing attended by NPR. The official … Read more
BREAKINGBREAKING, US officials tell news agencies that Israel has started attacking sites in Iran as blasts reported in Tehran. Several explosions have been reported in and around Iran’s capital Tehran, according to the state-run news agency Nour News. “Loud explosions are being heard in different locations of the capital Tehran,” it said in a TV … Read more
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday. Ajit Solanki/AP hide caption toggle caption Ajit Solanki/AP MUMBAI, India — An Air India flight with 242 passengers and 12 crew bound for London crashed shortly after departure in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad … Read more
Japan said J-15 warplanes operating from two Chinese aircraft carriers in the Pacific carried out risky manouvres around patrol planes. Japan has protested to Beijing over what was described as Chinese fighter jets’ “near-miss” manoeuvres near Japanese maritime patrol planes over the Pacific where China’s two operational aircraft carriers were spotted deployed simultaneously for the … Read more
Pakistan and India traded cross-border military strikes in May, a four day flare-up in a long running conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries. Among the significant developments in the brief conflict was the first time a Chinese made fighter plane saw combat. Our correspondent in Mumbai says that debut might have a long term impact. … Read more
Five-time champions Brazil have confirmed their participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup by defeating Paraguay 1-0, thanks to a goal by star forward Vinicius Jr in front of a jubilant home crowd in Sao Paulo. Playing under new head coach Carlo Ancelotti, the Selecao went ahead at the stroke of half-time when the Real … Read more
Demonstrator hokds a placard reading “See you (never) Viktor” when thousands gather in front of the Parliament in central Budapest, Hungary, on June 10. Ferenc Isza/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ferenc Isza/AFP via Getty Images BUDAPEST, Hungary — Around 15,000 protesters filled a square in Hungary’s capital Tuesday in what organizers called … Read more
Thousands of activists from across the globe are marching to the Gaza Strip to try to break Israel’s suffocating siege and draw international attention to the genocide it is perpetrating there. Approximately 1,000 people participating in the Tunisian-led stretch of the Global March to Gaza, known as the Sumud Convoy, arrived in Libya on Tuesday … Read more
K-pop band BTS members RM, left, and V salute after being discharged from a mandatory military service in Chuncheon, South Korea, on Tuesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — Two members of the K-pop supergroup BTS have completed their mandatory military service, bringing the band closer to a reunion … Read more
Meerut, India – The last of the paint had begun to peel off Mohammad Mohsin’s house two years ago. The faded green, white and yellow paints on the walls still bore stains from last year’s monsoons. A narrow, 3-foot-tall (0.9 metres) passage only possible to enter by crouching, led from the kitchen into a courtyard … Read more