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On the second day of Israel’s unprecedented attack against Iran, the confrontation between both states has escalated to all-out war as Iran launched its retaliation with volleys of rockets on Israel.

On Friday morning, Israel launched its surprise attack on Iran, bombing hundreds of locations across the country, including the capital, Tehran. The attack killed top military leaders, including the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, at least six nuclear scientists, and scores…

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Governor Walz calls shooting attacks in US on Minnesota lawmakers an act of ‘targeted political violence’.

A former state House speaker and her husband were shot and killed in Minnesota, and a second lawmaker and his wife were wounded, in what appear to be politically motivated assassination attempts in the United States, local officials say.

Melissa Hortman and her spouse were killed in an “act of targeted political violence,” Minnesota Governor Tim…

Here are the key events on day 1,206 during Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here’s where things stand on Saturday, June 14:

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• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said troops halted Russian forces from advancing in the northeastern Sumy region following Moscow’s deployment of approximately 53,000 troops in its direction.
• Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s claims that its forces had crossed the administrative border into the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk.
• Russia’s defence…

Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed scores of Palestinians, including displaced civilians and aid workers, with the heaviest strikes reported in Khan Yunis.

Scores of Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, with the attacks heavily concentrated on the southern city of Khan Yunis. Palestinians also mourned more humanitarian workers following a new massacre.

A source…