Bangladesh to relocate mission officials, nationals to safer locations within Iran

Currently 400 Bangladeshis and some 40 officials are in Tehran, of whom 100 have sought relocation

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Tehranis caught between fear and resolve as air war intensifies

While fear grips the capital, what remains is a patchwork of resilience, helplessness and an uneasy stillness

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Iran leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel

Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes

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Israeli military says it killed Iran's wartime chief of staff

The Israeli military said Shadmani had commanded both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian armed forces.

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Trump says he wants Iran to give up entirely on nukes

Trump made the comments during his midnight departure from Canada

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Ships collide off UAE coast near Strait of Hormuz, sources say

Ambrey said the cause of the incident, which took place 22 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan in the UAE, was not security-related.

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Trump says early G7 exit has 'nothing to do' with an Israel-Iran ceasefire

"Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington"

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G7 expresses support for Israel, calls Iran source of instability

"We affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel," G7 leaders said in the statement.

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Britain appoints first female head of MI6

Britain yesterday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.

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Netanyahu says campaign 'changing face of Middle East' as Israel, Iran trade blows

The remarks came hours after a dramatic Israeli attack on an Iranian state TV building that forced a presenter to flee mid-broadcast under a shower of dust and debris -- prompting a threat of retaliation against Israeli news channels by Tehran

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Iran threatens to leave anti-nuke treaty

Iranian parliamentarians are preparing a bill that could push Tehran toward exiting the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the foreign ministry said yesterday, while reiterating Tehran’s official stance against developing nuclear weapons.

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New wave of Iranian missile attacks on Israel: state TV

Iranian air defences thwart attack on South Pars gas field, Iranian news website reports

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Harvard secures extension of court order blocking Trump's international student ban

US District Judge Allison Burroughs, at the end of a hearing in Boston in Harvard's legal challenge to the restrictions, extended to June 23 a temporary restraining order that had been set to expire on Thursday. She said she wanted to give herself more time to prepare a ruling

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US has cancelled planned talks on embassies: Russia

Russia yesterday said that the United States had cancelled a fresh round of talks on normalising the operations of their embassies.

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Vietnam death toll from Typhoon Wutip rises to seven

The death toll in Vietnam from heavy rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Wutip has risen to seven, authorities said yesterday.

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UN scales back global aid plan

The United Nations said yesterday it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans because of the “deepest funding cuts ever” -- leaving tens of millions of people facing dire straits.

21h ago

Why is Iran's Fordow nuclear facility Israel's main target?

Let's find out more in today's Star Explains

21h ago

Missile war grows fiercer

Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn yesterday, killing at least eight people and destroying homes, prompting Israel’s defence minister to warn that Tehran residents would “pay the price and soon”.

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