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Iran to launch new enrichment site after IAEA resolution

Date: 2025-06-12 11:36:35 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11214857

TEHRAN, June 12 (MENA) - Iran condemned the resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and announced plans to establish a new uranium enrichment facility in response. Iran said the resolution is politically motivated and ....

UN nuclear watchdog officially declares that Iran not complying with nuclear obligations

Date: 2025-06-12 11:09:04 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11214843

VIENNA, June 12 (MENA) - The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, reported the Associated Press. In the draft resolution, the ....

Omani FM: Sixth round of negotiations between Iran, US to take place in Muscat Sunday

Date: 2025-06-12 10:15:10 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11214783

MUSCAT, June 12 (MENA) - Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Mohammed al-Busaidi announced Thursday that the sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the US would be held next Sunday in Muscat. The Omani minister wrote in a post on X platform, "I ....

US orders personnel out of potentially 'dangerous' Middle East

Date: 2025-06-12 05:48:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11214442

WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - President Donald Trump said US personnel were being moved from the potentially "dangerous" Middle East. CNN quoted US officials and sources as saying that the US State and Defense departments on Wednesday made efforts ....

Three planeloads of injured Palestinians arrive in Italy

Date: 2025-06-12 05:22:02 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:1 - ID:11214441

ROME, June 12 (MENA) - Three planeloads of injured Palestinians arrived in Italy from Gaza, including Adam al Najjar, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy whose father and nine siblings were killed in an Israeli bombardment of their home in Khan ....

Israeli army recovers bodies of two hostages from Gaza

Date: 2025-06-11 22:06:30 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:11214409

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - The Israeli army recovered the body of a second hostage from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on X and was later confirmed by the Israeli military. The first deceased ....

Israeli PM asks Trump to broker Israel-Syria peace talks

Date: 2025-06-11 21:32:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:11214386

WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoy Tom Barrack that he is interested in negotiating with the new Syrian government, with the US serving as mediator, two Israeli officials said. Netanyahu is ....

Lebanese Health Ministry: One killed, three wounded in Israeli airstrike on Bint Jbeil town

Date: 2025-06-11 21:12:05 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:11214248

BEIRUT, June 11 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said one person was killed and three others were injured in an Israeli drone strike on the town of Beit Lif in Bint Jbeil district, southern Lebanon, reported the Lebanese National News ....

Israeli intelligence officers refuse to join Gaza war

Date: 2025-06-11 18:50:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:11214298

LONDON, June 11 (MENA) – A group of 41 Israeli military intelligence officers and reservists announced they will not participate in the ongoing war in Gaza, accusing the government of prolonging the conflict for political reasons and putting ....

10 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, Khan Yunis

Date: 2025-06-11 18:43:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:11214299

GAZA CITY, June 11 (MENA) – As many as 10 Palestinians, including children, were killed when Israeli airstrikes targeted areas and tents housing displaced people in Gaza City and Khan Yunis, Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported on ....