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A superyacht that sank off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily last year has been partially raised from the seabed by a specialist salvage team. Seven of the 22 people on board died in the sinking, including the vessel’s owner, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter. The vessel sank during…
Moscow warned Sunday that several nations are prepared to supply Tehran with nuclear weapons, as Russia and China condemned America’s attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Dmitry Medvedev, who serves as deputy head of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Security Council, claimed Saturday’s US airstrike — the first to use 15-ton GBU-57 “bunker-buster” bombs in combat —…
Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent BBC For decades, the United States and Iran have carefully avoided crossing a dangerous red line into a direct military confrontation. One American president after another held back from deploying their military might against the Islamic Republic for fear of sinking the US into potentially the most perilous Middle East…
Hong Kong police are investigating the theft of reportedly about HK$3,000 (US$382) worth of Labubu figures, a character created by a local designer that has taken the world by storm, from a claw machine store. The force said on Saturday evening that the incident was reported by a claw machine shop owner surnamed Wong, who…
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – America’s airstrikes on Iran will likely dominate the agenda at the upcoming NATO Summit. President Donald Trump says Iran’s nuclear sites were “completely obliterated.” But the big question at the upcoming NATO Summit here in the Netherlands is what comes next? The airstrikes carried out with cruise missiles and by B-2…
Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Reuters The United States calls on the Chinese authorities to convince Iran not to close the Strait of Hormuz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News, News.Az reports citing the TASS. “Well, I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them (the Iranians – TASS) about that, because they heavily depend…
Matt Murphy, Olga Robinson & Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify BBC A wave of disinformation has been unleashed online since Israel began strikes on Iran last week, with dozens of posts reviewed by BBC Verify seeking to amplify the effectiveness of Tehran’s response. Our analysis found a number of videos – created using artificial intelligence –…
HELSINKI — China launched the ChinaSat-9C communications satellite Friday to replace an aging, foreign-built predecessor and boost domestic broadcasting capabilities. A Long March 3B lifted off at 8:37 a.m. Eastern (1237 UTC) June 20 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced launch success under an…
The BBC’s security analyst Gordon Corera examines how much damage is likely to have been caused to Iran’s nuclear sites. The US has bombed three sites in Iran and President Trump said the strikes took “the ‘bomb’ right out of their hands”. However, Iran’s foreign minister has said his country’s nuclear knowledge “can’t be destroyed…
Two trial projects for drone operations will concentrate on hillside and slope monitoring services, with relevant skills expected to be widely used by next year in an effort to prevent landslides and develop the low-altitude economy, Hong Kong authorities have said. The Development Bureau said on Sunday that the Geotechnical Engineering Office had been using…