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Israel Iran news war highlights: Donald Trump says Iran-Israel ceasefire to be phased in over 24 hours
According to court filings, the Department of Education, under Trump, had been working on an agreement with the Treasury to review how federal student loans are managed. Trump said on Truth Social that the ceasefire will be phased in over 24 hours and would bring an “Official END” to war.
Israel Iran war news highlights: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that a ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Iran. Trump said on Truth Social that the ceasefire will be phased in over 24 hours and would bring an “Official END” to war. Click here to see latest updates on Israel-Iran conflict. …Read More
There was no immediate comment from Iran or Israel on Trump’s announcement.
The development comes hours after Iran launched a missile attack on a US air base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites the previous day.
Iran late on Monday launched “Operation Basharat al-Fath” against US bases in Qatar in response to the American strikes that hit three Iranian nuclear facilities, Isfahan, Fordow, and Natanz, the previous day.
Qatar hosts Al Udeid Air Base, a key hub for US military operations in the region. The base is also home to one of the Middle East’s largest airlines – Qatar Airways.
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Iran Israel tensions | June 16 Highlights: Iran preparing for ‘largest missile attack’
Since Friday, 224 people have been killed in Iran, according to the government. Iran state TV on Monday said the country was preparing for the ‘most intense’ missile attack ever seen on Israeli soil.
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Israel Iran tensions | June 16 highlights
– Since Friday, 224 people have been killed in Iran, according to the government, which said most of the casualties were civilians.
– Iranian attacks left 24 people dead and around 400 injured, Israel’s emergency services said.
– On Monday, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB’s studio was hit by an Israeli airstrike during a live broadcast.
– The Iranian parliament is working on a bill to withdraw Iran from the key nuclear treaty – NPT.
– Iran state TV on Monday said the country was preparing for the “largest” and the “most intense” missile attack ever seen on Israeli soil.
Sunita Williams Return highlights: World celebrates NASA astronauts’ safe landing
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on Tuesday. The pair had been stranded on the International Space Station for nine months. They were rescued by SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, which splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. The White House said the mission was a ‘promise made, promise made’ by President Donald Trump. The duo were the first to be rescued from the ISS since its launch in 2011.
Sunita Williams Return: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after spending over nine months at the International Space Station (ISS) due to unexpected delays. Their spacecraft, SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom capsule, successfully splashed down off the Florida coast near Tallahassee, at 5.57 pm ET on Tuesday (3:27 am IST, Wednesday)….Read More
‘Butch and Suni’ were accompanied by astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Grebyonkin who reached the ISS in December as part of a rescue mission planned by NASA and SpaceX.
“On behalf of SpaceX, welcome home,” radioed SpaceX Mission Control in California.
An hour after their 17-hour-long journey, the astronauts were out of their scorched capsule, waving and smiling at the cameras while being hustled away in reclining stretchers for routine medical checks.
Political undertones of the successful rescue were hard to miss as The White House claimed that the rescue mission was due to President Trump’s efforts. “PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: President Trump pledged to rescue the astronauts stranded in space for nine months. Today, they safely splashed down in the Gulf of America, thanks to @ElonMusk, @SpaceX, and @NASA!” it wrote on X.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore travelled to the ISS in June last year for a scheduled eight-day mission. They were forced to stay as the Boeing Starliner capsule developed issues with its propulsion system. The duo was the first crew to fly Boeing’s Starliner in a test flight. The faulty capsule returned to Earth last September.
Sunita Williams | Key points