Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say
Nine of them were killed in a series of attacks in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon's state news agency.
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IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran report uranium stocks
IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran report uranium stocks The UN nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors have passed a US-backed resolution telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them. The development could complicate Washington's talks with Tehran. The resolution submitted by the US, Britain, France and Germany was passed with 21 votes in favour, three against and 10 abstentions, diplomats at the closed-door meeting told Reuters.
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How China's BYD saw its $1bn Turkey EV plant deal unravel
How China's BYD saw its $1bn Turkey EV plant deal unravel Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 13:46 After a high-profile launch with Erdogan, the promised Chinese electric car factory remains unbuilt and Ankara is weighing penalties against BYD Visitors speak inside a stand of Chinese automaker BYD at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on 25 April 2026 (Greg Baker/AFP) Off Once touted as a project that would help make Turkey one of Europe’s centres of electric car production, a 1. 6 million-square-metre plot of land in Manisa has sat idle for the past two years, covered with grass and dirt. When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared before cameras in July 2024 to announce that Ankara had secured a $1bn investment from Chinese EV giant BYD, officials were jubilant.
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Trump and Iran trade new threats after strikes exchanged
The US president warns Iran "will have to pay the price" for taking too long to agree a deal, after Tehran vows retaliation to any attacks.
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Sailors Rescued After U.S. Missile Strikes Tanker Off Oman’s Coast
Indian sailors aboard a tanker that was struck by a U. S. missile sent distress calls for more than two hours before being rescued by the Omani military.
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Iranian Spokesman Hails Mexico’s World Cup Hospitality, Raps Politicization of Football
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei praised Mexico’s welcoming approach during the World Cup and said football should serve as a platform for healthy competition and closer ties among nations rather than discrimination and the revival of old grievances.
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Trump Warns Iran Will Pay the Price
After weeks of signaling optimism about a possible breakthrough with Tehran, US President Donald Trump has dramatically hardened his tone, warning that Iran will ? pay the price? for what he described as delaying negotiations over a potential agreement with Washington.
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Qalibaf Warns of Iran’s Decisive Response to Aggression
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that any act of aggression against the country would receive an immediate and decisive response.
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Iran defrocks cleric after challenge to state-backed Shiite narratives
Iran’s Special Clerical Court has sentenced dissident cleric Abdolrahim Soleimani Ardestani to six years in prison, a fine and removal from the clergy, months after his public challenge to state-backed Shiite narratives drew threats and political pressure.
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"Must get out of 'neither war nor peace' policy": Iranian President Pezeshkian says late Khamenei backed talks
Tehran [Iran], June 10 (ANI): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday said that Iran must move beyond a prolonged state of 'neither war nor peace', revealing that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had allowed negotiations and dialogue to continue as a means of resolving the situation, as per the Iranian news agency ISNA.
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Nifty slips, Sensex ends marginally higher as fresh US-Iran tensions weigh on investor sentiment
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): Indian equity markets ended on a mixed note on Wednesday, with the Nifty 50 closing in the red while the BSE Sensex managed a marginal gain, as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran kept investors cautious. The Nifty 50 index closed at 23,216. 45, down 27.
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World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch
World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 06/09/2026 - 09:00 MEE answers your questions on what dates and times the matches will be played, where to watch them and more The San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (temporarily renamed from Levi's Stadium) is seen from the air in Santa Clara, California, on 19 May 2026 (Josh Edelson/AFP) Off The 2026 World Cup kicks off on 11 June with a record 48 teams competing for football's most prestigious prize. Four years after Argentina were crowned world champions, England are hoping to end 60 years of hurt while Brazil, France, Germany and Spain are all chasing glory. But for the first time in the competition's history, eight Arab nations have qualified, with Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia all aiming to light up football's biggest stage.
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Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns
Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 13:21 Palestinian monitoring group says authorities are targeting four key sites across the mosque complex as part of broader effort to sideline Jordanian-backed Islamic Waqf Israeli forces during a raid into Al-Aqsa Mosque stand watch as Muslim worshippers gather for Friday noon prayers, in Jerusalem's Old City on 10 April 2026 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Off Israel has emptied four facilities within the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex that served as offices for the Islamic Waqf, in what a monitoring group has described as an escalating campaign against the Jordanian-backed body. The Al-Quds International Institution, a Palestinian organisation that monitors developments in Jerusalem, said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities have used "manufactured security pretexts" to target the facilities. According to the group, Israeli forces raided the sites in recent months, broke their locks and prevented the installation of replacements.
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Drinking Water Facilities Hit by Strikes in Iran, State Media Reports
The state broadcaster said two water tanks serving thousands of people were damaged. The U. S.
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Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
Almeida theatre, London Carmen Nasr’s adaptation of the film set during the Iran-Iraq war is searing enough to feel like a 2026 livestream Reprimanded for wearing her headscarf too loosely, Shideh, a former medical student in Tehran, is warned: “A woman should be more scared of exposing herself than anything else. ” Shideh has other concerns. It is 1988, the height of the Iran-Iraq war, and her husband is on the frontline, leaving her to raise their seven-year-old daughter.
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Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouins, major new report finds
Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouins, major new report finds Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 12:32 Forcible transfer of Palestinian Bedouins in West Bank is not led by rogue extremists but by Israeli state, new Amnesty report says Israeli forces guard a bulldozer reportedly operating on Palestinian lands near the village of Dura, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on 9 June 2026 (Hazem Bader/AFP) Off A campaign of ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank is being driven not by rogue extremists, but by the Israeli state, according to a major new report. Amnesty International published the new 150-page report on Wednesday. It found that Israeli authorities were committing the crime against humanity of forcible transfer, through a “state-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank”.
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Middle East peace talks in doubt as Iran says it needs to ‘reassess’ after overnight strikes
US launches strikes in retaliation for downing of US army helicopter, while White House source says deal could still be close The future of peace talks in the Middle East have been thrown into question after Iran’s foreign ministry said it needed to “reassess” its participation, while Donald Trump said Iran would have to “pay the price” after the two countries traded fire overnight, drawing neighbouring states back into an on-and-off war that has consumed the region since late February. The US launched strikes against Iran in the early hours of Wednesday morning in retaliation for what it said was Iran’s downing of a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz. Iran then launched a wave of retaliatory airstrikes claiming hits on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
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Iran, China, Russia Reject Western Resolution at IAEA Board Meeting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran, China, and Russia issued a joint statement at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna opposing a political resolution advanced by Western countries against Tehran and emphasizing that the Iranian nuclear issue can only be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
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Qatari negotiators in Tehran to finalise truce deal, official says
Qatari negotiators in Tehran to finalise truce deal, official says Qatari negotiators travelled to Tehran early Wednesday to finalise a US-Iran ceasefire agreement, Reuters reported. According to an official with knowledge of the situation who spoke to Reuters, the negotiators made their way to the Iranian capital after consultations with the United States.
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Arab League condemns Iranian aggression on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan
CAIRO, 10th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The League of Arab States condemned in the srongest terms the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, carried out today, Wednesday, through ballistic missile and drone attacks.
