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US bombs 3 nuclear sites in Iran, says Donald Trump
short by Anmol Sharma / on 22 Jun 2025,Sunday
US President Donald Trump said the US has bombed the Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear sites in Iran. "A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home," he said. "There is not another military in the world that could've done this. Now is the time for peace!" Trump added.
short by Anmol Sharma / 07:04 am on 22 Jun
8 killed in hot-air balloon crash in Brazil, incident caught on camera
short by Anmol Sharma / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
As many as eight people were killed and 13 others survived after a hot-air balloon crashed in the city of Praia Grande in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina. The incident was caught on camera, with a video circulating on social media showing the balloon catching fire mid-air before deflating and falling to the ground. The survivors have been hospitalised.
short by Anmol Sharma / 07:58 pm on 21 Jun
Days after 'Papa, save me' message, Indian student in Iran returns home
short by Arshiya Chopra / on 22 Jun 2025,Sunday
Noida-based girl Zoya Rizvi, who was among the Indian students evacuated from Iran amid its conflict with Israel, has been united with her father in Delhi. While she was stuck in Iran amid the conflict, Zoya wrote to her father, "They have attacked a military base. If I have ever said anything wrong to you, please forgive me...Papa, save me."
short by Arshiya Chopra / 07:30 am on 22 Jun
Grateful to PM Modi: Indian evacuated from Iran under Op Sindhu
short by Jayant Singh / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
An Indian citizen, Huma Fatima, who was evacuated from Iran under India's Operation Sindhu, said, "I am very grateful to PM (Narendra) Modi...now I feel at peace after coming back to my country." Fatima stated, "Being back in your homeland is a matter of great joy." Government had launched Operation Sindhu to bring back Indians from Iran amid Israel-Iran conflict.
short by Jayant Singh / 07:09 pm on 21 Jun
PM Modi told me to do yoga, sent teachers to teach: Mauritius PM
short by Jayant Singh / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam said on the International Yoga Day on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had told him to "start practising yoga". Navin stated, "Shri (PM) Modi took the pains...to select two teachers" and sent them to Mauritius to teach yoga to him and his wife. "I am very grateful to Shri (PM) Narendra Modi," he added.
short by Jayant Singh / 10:58 pm on 21 Jun
Iran on Saturday revealed that it arrested a German cyclist last year on allegations of spying. The man has been accused of recording and transmitting coordinates and locations of sensitive military and nuclear facilities, Iranian news agency Mehr reported. He was arrested near the Arak nuclear facility, that Israel bombed recently.
short by Arshiya Chopra / 10:26 pm on 21 Jun
No military could've done what we did: Trump on bombing Iran
short by Dharini Mudgal / on 22 Jun 2025,Sunday
US President Donald Trump praised America's military after it bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. "There's no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight, not even close," Trump said. "Our objective was...destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to...nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror," he added.
short by Dharini Mudgal / 08:55 am on 22 Jun
US State Department on Saturday said that all applicants for F, M, and J non-immigrant US visas for students will have to adjust the privacy settings on all their social media profiles to "Public". "US must be vigilant during the visa issuance process to ensure that those applying for admission...don't intend to harm Americans and our national interests," it stated.
short by Arshiya Chopra / 08:14 pm on 21 Jun
Belarus frees opposition leader after Trump envoy's visit
short by Neeraja Nath / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
In a move to ease tensions with the West, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on Saturday pardoned and released Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key opposition figure and husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, along with other political prisoners. This followed a visit by US special envoy Keith Kellogg. Notably, Lukashenko is a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
short by Neeraja Nath / 08:54 pm on 21 Jun
Multiple ultra-wealthy individuals are planning to move out of Switzerland as the country is working on imposing a 50% inheritance and gift tax on wealth transfers above Swiss Francs 50 million (about ₹530 crore). Transfers to spouses and heirs would also not be exempted from the tax. A Zurich-based private banker said a top client has already relocated to Liechtenstein.
short by Ashley Paul / 09:59 pm on 21 Jun
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated US President Donald Trump after the latter's country bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. "[Trump's] bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the US will change history...History will record that President Trump acted to deny the world's most dangerous regime - the world's most dangerous weapons," he said.
short by Medhaa Gupta / 08:38 am on 22 Jun
Houthis threaten to bomb US ships in Red Sea if US attacks Iran
short by Arshiya Chopra / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
Yemen's Houthis have said they will target US ships in the Red Sea if US becomes involved in Israeli attacks on Iran, the group's military spokesperson said on Saturday. Houthis are part of Iran's alliance of proxy forces across the Middle East known as 'Axis of Resistance'. In May, US and Houthis agreed to a ceasefire.
short by Arshiya Chopra / 10:26 pm on 21 Jun
They have been killing our people: Trump after US bombs Iran
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on 22 Jun 2025,Sunday
Addressing the nation after US military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump said, "They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms and legs in roadside bombs." Trump stated that US could go after many targets with "precision, speed, and skill", which could be done "in a matter of minutes".
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / 08:40 am on 22 Jun
US forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites in a "very successful attack," US President Donald Trump said. A Fox News reporter said Trump told him six bunker-buster bombs were used to target Iran's underground Fordow nuclear facility. Natanz and Isfahan sites were hit with 30 Tomahawk missiles. US B-2 bombers were involved in the strikes, a US official told Reuters.
short by Daisy Mowke / 08:41 am on 22 Jun
US President Donald Trump, during his address after US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, said, "There will either be peace or tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days." "If peace does not come quickly, we will go after other targets with precision, speed and skill," he added.
short by Daisy Mowke / 08:49 am on 22 Jun
Future attacks would be greater if Iran doesn't make peace: Trump
short by Saurav Joshi / on 22 Jun 2025,Sunday
After US bombed the Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites in Iran, US President Donald Trump said, "Iran, bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they don't, future attacks would be far greater." "For 40 years, Iran has been saying death to Israel, death to the US," Trump added. "They have been killing our people," he stated.
short by Saurav Joshi / 08:52 am on 22 Jun
Which former US Presidents have been awarded Nobel Peace Prize?
short by Ankush Verma / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
US President Donald Trump was on Saturday nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 by Pakistan government. Four former US Presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Former US Vice President Al Gore received it in 2007 for his efforts to obtain and spread knowledge about climate change.
short by Ankush Verma / 07:00 pm on 21 Jun
Gabbard criticises media after Trump rejects her Iran assessment
short by Neeraja Nath / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
After Donald Trump rejected her assessment of Iran's nuclear programme, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused the media of taking her testimony out of context and spreading fake news to create division. She added that US intelligence shows Iran could build nuclear weapon "within weeks to months". "Trump's been clear that can't happen, and I agree," she stated.
short by Neeraja Nath / 10:03 pm on 21 Jun
Another 310 Indians evacuated from Iran, the total reaches 827
short by Garima Garg / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
An evacuation flight from Iran's Mashhad brought back to New Delhi another 310 Indian nationals from the war-hit Middle Eastern country. "With this, a total of 827 Indians have been evacuated," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. India had so far evacuated people in batches of 117, 290, and 110 in flights from Iran and its neighbouring countries under Operation Sindhu.
short by Garima Garg / 07:28 pm on 21 Jun
Couple who went to Iran to get married thank govt for evacuation
short by Garima Garg / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
An Indian couple, who went to Iran to get married, thanked the Indian government for evacuating them from the war-hit country. "The airports there are shut, the Indian government has started these (special) flights," the man said, adding that the Indian Embassy in Iran supported them throughout. "Our journey back to India was safe and smooth," the couple said.
short by Garima Garg / 08:07 pm on 21 Jun
European proposals at Geneva talks unrealistic: Iranian official
short by Neeraja Nath / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
The proposals put forward by foreign ministers of European nations and EU at talks in Geneva about Iran's nuclear programme were "unrealistic", a senior Iranian official told Reuters. "Insisting on these positions will not bring Iran and Europe closer to an agreement," he said, adding that Iran will review the proposals and submit its responses in the next meeting.
short by Neeraja Nath / 10:49 pm on 21 Jun
Don't know how we can trust US anymore: Iran amid Israel conflict
short by Udit Gupta / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expressed uncertainty over whether Tehran can trust the US anymore, amid the ongoing conflict with Israel. He suggested that the US' interest in diplomacy was "perhaps a cover-up" for Israel's airstrikes on Iran. "What they did was, in fact, a betrayal of diplomacy," Araghchi further said.
short by Udit Gupta / 06:58 pm on 21 Jun
Over 400 Iranians killed in Israeli strikes: Iran health ministry
short by Udit Gupta / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
The Iranian health ministry said that more than 400 Iranians have been killed as a result of the strikes carried out by Israelis. The ministry also claimed that the attack left 3,056 injured. Earlier, Reuters reported that an Iranian nuclear scientist, Isar Tabatabai-Qamsheh, and his wife were killed in an Israeli attack.
short by Udit Gupta / 08:02 pm on 21 Jun
Iran has right to develop civilian nuclear programme: Putin
short by Neeraja Nath / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
Amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran has the right to develop a civilian nuclear programme and to use atomic technologies for peaceful purposes. He stated Russia is willing to assist Iran with its peaceful nuclear programme, as it has in the past. Putin also asserted that Russia opposes the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
short by Neeraja Nath / 07:40 pm on 21 Jun
Claim that Indian workers in Israel being forced to return is fake
short by Udit Gupta / on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday
The Indian government on Saturday clarified that Indian workers in Israel are not being forced to return home, amid a conflict with Iran. "A message is being circulated on social media claiming Indian workers in Israel will be forced to return to India or face jail/fine if they register with...Indian Embassy, ​​this is #FAKE," the Indian Embassy in Israel tweeted.
short by Udit Gupta / 08:04 pm on 21 Jun
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