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Iran shoots down Israeli drone near Natanz Nuclear

Date: 2025-06-17 07:59:33 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:11221165

TEHRAN, June 17 (MENA) - Iranian security official affirmed on Tuesday shooting down an Israeli occupation drone in Isfahan governorate, near Natanz Nuclear Facility. The Security assistant to Isfahan's governor Akbar Salehi said that the locally ....

Israeli military says it killed top general in Iran

Date: 2025-06-17 07:57:43 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:11221179

GAZA CITY, June 17 (MENA) - Israel's military said on Tuesday it killed a top general identified as Ali Shadmani. Shademani's was the closest figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei," the Israeli military stated. He took the position of ....

Pakistan's PM condemns Israeli aggression, expresses solidarity with Iran

Date: 2025-06-17 06:59:21 GMT - Pakistan - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11221160

ISLAMABAD, June 17 (MENA) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated Pakistan's condemnation of the recent Israeli aggression against Iran and expressed solidarity with the Iranian people and government amidst the tense ....

US embassy in Israel closed Tuesday

Date: 2025-06-17 06:29:04 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:11221114

GAZA CITY, June 17 (MENA) - The US embassy in Jerusalem will be closed on Tuesday, given the security situation, according to a statement issued by the website of the US embassy in Israel. "This includes the Consular Sections in Jerusalem and ....

Trump warns those in Tehran to “immediately evacuate”

Date: 2025-06-16 23:48:42 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:11220990

WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump warned that those in Tehran should “immediately evacuate” as he lamented Iran’s decision not to sign an agreement with the United States limiting its nuclear program, The Hill reported. “Iran ....

All refinery facilities of Israel’s Bazan Group shut down: Bazan says

Date: 2025-06-16 22:07:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:11220958

RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Israel’s Bazan Group announced on Monday evening that all operations at its Haifa Bay refinery and subsidiaries have been shut down following a direct Iranian missile strike very early in the morning. In a notice to the ....

Iran downs 4th Israeli F-35

Date: 2025-06-16 21:45:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:11220923

TEHRAN, June 16 (MENA) - The deputy governor of East Azerbaijan Province announced that an Israeli F-35 fighter jet was shot down in the skies above Tabriz, the Tehran Times reported on Monday. According to the Tasnim news agency, the aircraft ....

US house speaker cancels Israel visit amid raging Iran-Israel conflict

Date: 2025-06-16 21:44:55 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:11220919

WASHINGTON/RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - US House Speaker Mike Johnson has canceled a planned trip to Israel as war rages between Israel and Iran, Ynetnews reported. Johnson was scheduled to address the Knesset on June 22 to become the third-ever ....

Israeli army says officer killed in southern Gaza fighting

Date: 2025-06-16 21:44:26 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:11220920

GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) - An Israeli army captain from the Golani Brigade was killed in combat in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli army. The Israeli officer was killed by an explosive device in Khan Yunis, Haaretz reported on Monday. ....

5 Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza; death toll up to 56 since dawn

Date: 2025-06-16 19:21:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:11220864

GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) - Five Palestinians were killed and several others were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire while waiting for aid in northwest Gaza City on Monday evening, WAFA reported. This brings the total number of those ....