Bomb

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Children being ‘bombarded’ with ‘harmful’ fast food ads, charity warns

Monday, 18 August 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Suspicious package that shut down Times Square deemed ‘non hazardous’ after bomb squad probe

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

'We are alone': Gaza City residents brace for the worst as Israeli assaults intensify

Eyewitnesses note the presence of killer robots, booby traps and daily bombardment and detonations

The Intercept 🇺🇸

Inside Gaza's Only Catholic Church, One Month After Israel's Attack

A reporter in Gaza finds a Catholic community grieving their family members killed by Israeli bombs, but still worshipping together.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Gaza City Residents Protest Israeli Displacement Efforts as IDF Bombing Escalates

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Financial Times 🇬🇧

FirstFT: Zelenskyy and European leaders to press Trump on security guarantees

Also in today’s newsletter, Japan’s bomb shelter upgrade, and China steps up tax crackdown on overseas investments

The Economist 🇬🇧

Bombs, dinosaurs and UFOs: Luis Walter Alvarez’s eclectic career

He won a Nobel prize in 1968 for his work on particle physics. But his interests ranged far beyond that field

Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪

Gaza: When the oud plays, the war falls silent for a moment

Gaza's children continue to play music, defyings bombs, hunger and fear, offering a glimmer of hope.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israeli military bombs power plant near Yemeni capital Sanaa

BBC News 🇬🇧

Palestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest occupation plan

Israeli bombardment has created a "catastrophic" situation in the city's Zeitoun neighbourhood, the city's Hamas-run authority says.

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

IDF Intensifies Gaza City Bombardment as It Prepares to Takeover City, Transfer Residents

NPR 🇺🇸

As arms race in Asia intensifies, a-bomb survivors make final plea for peace

August 16, 2025 • While atomic bomb survivors warn the catastrophic risks, leaders of nuclear-armed states and self-proclaimed 'realists' argue that the deterrence of nuclear weapons is what keeps them from being deployed.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Last surviving WW2 Victoria Cross recipient dies aged 105

John Cruickshank suffered 72 injuries during the bombing raid on a U-boat in 1944 but refused medical treatment.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel says troops will force Palestinians to south Gaza starting tomorrow

The army says Palestinians will be “relocated” to south Gaza and housed in tents, amid heavy bombing of Gaza City.

Friday, 15 August 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

B-2 bomber flies over Putin's head in meeting with Trump

The Independent 🇬🇧

JD Vance ‘rejected’ by restaurant - now it’s getting bombarded with Google reviews

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Ukraine says it has bombed Russian ship carrying drone parts at Caspian port

The Electronic Intifada 🇺🇸

Time works differently in Gaza

A bombing takes seconds. It leaves a lifetime of pain.

NPR 🇺🇸

Looking back at the nuclear age of filmmaking

Movies can tell us a lot about what scares us. And ever since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the fear of nuclear war has reverberated across decades of film.

BBC News 🇬🇧

He found a bomb under a playground - and there were 176 more

The playground now offering children an explosion of fun without the threat of an actual explosion.

Thursday, 14 August 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Priscilla Presley spent years fighting her former business partners over money. Then they dropped a medical bombshell

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Is Australia supplying weapons to bomb Gaza? Here’s what we know about fighter jet parts in the F-35 program

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel carpet bombs Gaza City as army approves occupation plan

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and over 300 homes demolished in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in just three days

BBC News 🇬🇧

EU to send wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told local media he had requested two water bomber aircraft.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Establishing a New Jewish Home – in the Bomb Shelter

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Just 1% of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors died from radiation cancers, study finds

Research 80 years after atomic bombings suggests high doses of radiation pose lower cancer risk than often assumed

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

How New Delhi’s garbage mountains become heat bombs for waste pickers

Informal waste pickers face temperatures as high as 70C (158F) in landfill sites and ‘breathe poison’, activists say.

Wednesday, 13 August 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Brother of Manchester suicide bomber charged over attack on jail guards

The Independent 🇬🇧

Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder

BBC News 🇬🇧

Arena bomb plotter charged with prison guards attack

Hashem Abedi is facing five charges including three of attempted murder.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

'Thousands More Will Die in Gaza, Not From Bombs, but From Bureaucratic Decisions'

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel kills 61 people in Gaza City, at least 100 across enclave

The surge in Israel’s bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip comes as it plans to seize Gaza City.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs

Tuesday, 12 August 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

What’s happened in Gaza since Al Jazeera staff were killed?

Israel has silenced the voices of six journalists in Gaza, but the bombing across the city has not stopped.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Russiagate: Sen. Schiff In Big Trouble For Classified Trump Leaks | ‘Bombshell Whistleblower Report

The Times 🇬🇧

Israeli strikes kill 11 as bombardment of Gaza City intensifies

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies demand action against 'unfolding famine'

The countries demanded "immediate, permanent and concrete steps" to facilitate the entry of aid to Gaza.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza killing 89 within 24 hours

Declassified UK 🇬🇧

US flew spy flights for UK months before MoD admitted it

A US military contractor hired by Britain to conduct surveillance over Gaza operated above Nuseirat refugee camp the night before an Israeli bombing killed over 30 Palestinians in December 2024.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Israeli bombs kill at least 11 people in Gaza, five more starve to death, say officials

The Wire 🇮🇳

Mumbai Police Allows CPI(M) to Protest Against Gaza Genocide

The Bombay high court division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad – who had earlier given a controversial order against the protest – have accepted the the Mumbai Police's statement.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Gaza latest: Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza despite global outcry over slain Al Jazeera journalists

Monday, 11 August 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Witnesses tell how Israeli missiles bombed journalists’ tent in Gaza

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Court indicts father, son over plotting Jerusalem bomb attacks

The Times of India 🇮🇳

‘No Oil, No Putin…’: Trump Aide Drops BOMBSHELL; ‘Crushing’ India Tariffs To Cripple Russia?

Sunday, 10 August 2025

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Iran joins slew of countries condemning Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza City

TEHRAN – Iran has joined the growing list of countries sounding the alarm over Israel’s planned occupation of Gaza City – part of the besieged enclave that has endured relentless Israeli bombardment over the past two years, leaving more than 61,000 Palestinians dead.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Father, son arrested for planning bombing attacks in Jerusalem

The Independent 🇬🇧

Japan A-bomb survivors urge world not to forget 80 years on

Saturday, 9 August 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Cork native digging own grave in prisoner of war camp as Nagasaki atomic bomb detonated: Witness to rain of ruin

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

'Like blinding a cyclops': Gaza residents dread Israel's occupation plan

The plan sparks fear among Palestinians already left without shelter or means of survival after 22 months of bombing

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Instagram: A 'digital cemetery' for Gaza Strip residents

On the social media platform, the accounts used by Palestinians to share their daily lives amid the waves of bombings reveal the human tragedy in the enclave, and have become sites for commemorations.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

A Small European Nation Has a Big Explosions Problem

Three bombs go off on an average night in the Netherlands, blowing out windows and sometimes causing death. “It is not normal,” a security guard says.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Nagasaki’s twin bells ring for first time in 80 years as Japan marks A-bomb anniversary

The Times 🇬🇧

Nagasaki as it happened: the bombing and horror in real time

Eighty years ago today, America killed 70,000 people in an attack that would never be repeated. Now we recount those fateful hours

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Nagasaki’s twin bells ring in unison for first time in 80 years to mark atomic bombing

BBC News 🇬🇧

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war 80 years after atom bomb attack

Shiro Suzuki calls for a halt to armed conflicts on the anniversary of the atom bomb attack.

Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪

Nagasaki warns of nuclear war on 80th A bomb anniversary

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Nagasaki cathedral bells to ring together for the first time since A-bomb

Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral was rebuilt in 1959 after being almost completely destroyed in the explosion.

Friday, 8 August 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki are safe to live in today

BBC science reporter Esme Stallard explains why the radiation from the 1945 atomic bombings is undetectable.

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings necessary?

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

The witnesses of the first nuclear bomb

Eighty years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, what nuclear threats does the world face?

The Times 🇬🇧

I developed mRNA vaccines. RFK Jr is endangering US public health

Katalin Karikó says the health secretary’s decision to pull research funding for the technology is akin to ‘dropping a bomb on the US’

The Guardian 🇬🇧

US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing

The Times of India 🇮🇳

OnlyFans bombshell: Astronomer ex-CEO spent Rs 2.2cr on site; secret chats leaked by wife

Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪

Ukrainian girl runs for charity after losing her legs

Yana lost both her feet when a Russian Bomb exploded. Now she wants to take part in a city run to raise money.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Congo’s Teens Brave Bombs, Rebels and Abduction to Play Hoops

A basketball academy that offers young people a lifeline and a chance to dream is hanging on in the Congolese city of Goma, despite years of war and the chaos and violence that have followed a rebel takeover.

Thursday, 7 August 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Irish government defensive over Omagh bomb inquiry - victim's sister

Gareth Conway was 18 when he was among 29 people murdered in the 1998 atrocity.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel used US-made bombs in attacks on Gaza schools, HRW says

Report calls for a US arms embargo against Israel after investigation says Boeing-produced bombs were used in attacks on civilians

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

The Take: The witnesses of the first nuclear bomb

The Times of India 🇮🇳

India & US close to trade deal when Trump dropped tariff bomb? What MEA official said

The Guardian 🇬🇧

I changed my mind on banning the bomb, but the threat of nuclear war is growing – and so is complacency

Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Floating lanterns for peace on 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Hundreds gathered near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima to mark 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Belfast Bride - Frank McNally on the Irish wife of man who dropped US atomic bomb on Nagasaki

The Independent 🇬🇧

Bleak pictures of Gaza echo destruction of Hiroshima bomb 80 years on

The New York Times 🇺🇸

80 Years After Hiroshima, Japan Is a Big Defense Spender

It has been 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the world’s first nuclear attack. Hannah Beech, a reporter who covers Asia for The New York Times, explains how that moment shaped Japan’s approach to peace, and how that approach is beginning to change.

The Economist 🇬🇧

The bomb (part 4): the stewards of America’s nuclear weapons

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Bomb scare rattles Democrats who fled Texas amid showdown with governor

NPR 🇺🇸

Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

August 6, 2025 • With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, this year's anniversary is considered the last milestone event for many of them.

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

80 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki, U.S. Keeps Covering Up Horrors of Atomic Bombing: Greg Mitchell

The Times 🇬🇧

Iran executes alleged spy who helped Israel assassinate nuclear scientist

Tehran hangs man accused of meeting Mossad agents in Vienna before Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities, heightening fears of wave of executions

BBC News 🇬🇧

Hiroshima: Ceremony marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

At the ceremony, Japan's PM urged all countries to work towards nuclear disarmament.

Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪

Germany updates: WWII bomb prompts mass Dresden evacuation

Authorities in Dresden have ordered the evacuation of parts of the inner city after a bomb find. DW has more

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Death to Trump': Bengaluru man in Scotland court for threat to bomb easyJet flight

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the fight for survivors' memories to live on

In Japan, the two cities have long promoted peace and nuclear disarmament, led by survivors of the 1945 nuclear bombings. As their voices fade, both cities are striving to carry their message forward.

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Le Monde 🇫🇷

A Hiroshima survivor breaks decades of silence: 'Speaking about it could be seen as shameful, for the person or their family'

Toshiko Tanaka, now 86, kept silent about her trauma for 65 years. Today, she travels the world to campaign against nuclear weapons and is scheduled to speak on Japanese television during the commemoration of the August 6, 1945 bombing.

BBC News 🇬🇧

'Hiroshima survivor stories were painful to draw'

Hiroshima students have spent weeks visualising the stories of survivors from the atomic bomb and turning them into art.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Atomic bombings anniversary: Japanese politicians consider a once-unthinkable question

Eighty years after devastating bombings, Japan is talking about joining the nuclear arms race

The Independent 🇬🇧

Prime Video’s latest sci-fi reboot bombs with 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

NPR 🇺🇸

New books this week: unconventional novels and an oral history of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also includes a handful of novels by authors including Louis Sachar and Jason Mott.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Photos: Search for the missing continues 80 years after Hiroshima bombing

On Ninoshima island, efforts to recover Hiroshima atomic bomb victims’ remains aim to honour the lost and aid survivors.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan

What the world’s only atomic bombings, carried out by Americans, did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Times 🇬🇧

Meet the Japanese woman who survived both atomic bombs

Ayano Hirashima was at school in Hiroshima when the first bomb fell on August 6, 1945 — then fled to Nagasaki

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Security lapse at Red Fort: Dummy bomb goes undetected in security drill; 7 personnel suspended

Monday, 4 August 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

When the atom bomb was dropped, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

On Cam: Russian Volcano SPITS Out Lava Bombs In Rare Footage After 600 Years Of Silence | Watch

The Independent 🇬🇧

The hunt for Hiroshima victims 80 years after atomic bombing

The Times 🇬🇧

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered in seven books

Sunday, 3 August 2025

Financial Times 🇬🇧

The Week Ahead. Further uncertainty expected over Trump’s tariff rollout

Wave of US trade levies arrive, Bank of England sets interest rates, and Japan observes 80th anniversary of atomic bomb drops

The Times of India 🇮🇳

3 rusted shells found in J&K: Bomb squad destroys shells in controlled explosion; locals alert police

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Tehran unveils identities of Israeli pilots involved in bombing of Iran

TEHRAN – On Saturday, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported an intelligence breakthrough: Iranian operatives have assembled comprehensive profiles on the Israeli regime’s pilots, commanders, and drone operators who were involved in launching the unprovoked June assault against Iran.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Bat Yam resident indicted for blocking citizens from entering bomb shelter during Iran war

The Mail & Guardian 🇿🇦

Sasol bombs: ‘It was like an earthquake’

This is an edited extract from Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim, which tells the story of the MK’s Special Operations Unit

The Wire 🇮🇳

‘70-100 Seats Rigged’: Eyes on Parliament Tomorrow as Rahul Gandhi, EC Spar Over 2024 Lok Sabha Poll Charge

Gandhi said that the Congress would release the results of its investigation into the election rigging soon and that the findings were “like an atom bomb”.

Saturday, 2 August 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Detonate it': Rajnath to Rahul on 'atom bomb' of proof on 'vote chori' claim

The Times 🇬🇧

Did the Nagasaki bomber ‘miss’ on purpose to save lives?

Nagasaki was not the original target, and the bomb fell miles from its centre. An investigation throws the official explanation into doubt

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Iran and Japan should lead global disarmament movement, says Araghchi

TEHRAN – As the world prepares to mark 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Iran is calling on Japan to join forces in a new push to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) once and for all.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israeli author David Grossman brands Gaza war a 'genocide'

Prominent writer says it breaks his heart to see mass starvation and bombing from his country

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘Survival battle’: Gaza bombed, starved under ‘Israeli-led genocidal chaos’

Friday, 1 August 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Have 'atom bomb' to prove EC is helping BJP steal votes, says Rahul

The Wire 🇮🇳

‘Atom Bomb’: Rahul Gandhi Claims Congress Has 100% Proof of Election Commission’s 'Vote Theft' for BJP

‘We will not spare them’ said Gandhi as union minister Kiren Rijiju accused him of a ‘conspiracy to weaken democracy’.

Thursday, 31 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Malegaon blast case: Bomb could have been placed later on motorbike, says judge

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Katz: IDF bombing blocks Hezbollah from rebuilding top precision missile base

Katz said, "Any attempt by the terror organization to rehabilitate, to reconstitute itself, or to threaten [Israel] will be answered with uncompromising power."

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs multiple areas in Lebanon, including Bekaa Valley, Baalbek

The Parliament Politics 🇬🇧

Hezbollah Drone Strike Hits Israeli Surveillance Center in Golan Heights

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group announced on Sunday that it launched a drone attack on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, where Israel has a key surveillance centre. Hezbollah stated that this was its first bombing since it began engaging

Deutsche Welle 🇩🇪

India court acquits ex-MP, 6 others accused of bombing

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

The Economist 🇬🇧

The bomb (part 3): how to build a modern nuclear weapon

The Intercept 🇺🇸

Will Gaza Ever Know a Real Ceasefire, or Just a Pause Before the Next Bomb?

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Indian man charged with threat to bomb plane while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ on easyJet flight

The Independent 🇬🇧

Turkey develops ‘most powerful’ 970kg thermobaric bomb

The Economist 🇬🇧

Can interceptor drones stop Russia’s terror bombing?

Vast waves of drones are overwhelming Ukraine’s air defences

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine after Trump shortens peace deal deadline

Prison bombed three years to the night after similar strike killed more than 50 Ukrainians

The Wire 🇮🇳

What is Common Between a Bombay HC Order and Those Who Disrupted a Pro-Palestine Protest at Nehru Place?

Indian citizens do not need the state’s permission to care for others, even those who are not their compatriots.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Gaza death toll tops 60,000 as Israel levels homes in Nuseirat camp

Tuesday bombing kills dozens of women and children as starvation crisis worsens

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill over 20

Air strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, where a prison colony was bombed 'deliberately,' according to the Ukrainian president. The death toll involving all the strikes stands at 27, with 85 wounded.

Monday, 28 July 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Starmer still perfecting the art of how not to bomb at home

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Singapore's Bombshell Declaration Against Trump Tariffs; 'We Will Fight, Win & Emerge Stronger'

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Australia news live: Tim Wilson says he’s in his ‘truth bomb phase’ as he blames Liberals’ lack of vision for election rout

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

How does Israel get away with bombing its neighbours?

NPR 🇺🇸

'There you are': How Mariska Hargitay sought out the truth behind her bombshell mom

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Despite Bombing, Some Remain at Thailand-Cambodia Border

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled the Thailand-Cambodia border area where violence has erupted. However, a few have chosen to not evacuate.

Sunday, 27 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Death to Trump': EasyJet flight diverted after man's bomb threats, religious chants

The New York Times 🇺🇸

With Bombs Whizzing in Air, Thousands Flee Thailand-Cambodia Border

The conflict is one of the deadliest clashes ever between the two countries. Thirty-four people have died, and over 165,000 have been displaced.

The Wire 🇮🇳

'When I Got Home, We Just Cried': A Muslim Man's Journey From the Phansi Yard to Acquittal

42-year-old Ehtesham Qutubuddin, who was a death row convict for nearly a decade before being acquitted by the Bombay high court earlier this month, reflects on time in prison.

Saturday, 26 July 2025

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Tehran urges unified Islamic response to Gaza starvation in regional calls

TEHRAN – In a diplomatic move on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held urgent calls with counterparts from Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Iraq, and Tunisia, demanding immediate collective action to break the Israeli regime’s "genocidal siege" of Gaza, where starvation now kills as swiftly as bombs.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

What Iranians Lost When Israel Bombed Its Most Notorious Prison

The Wire 🇮🇳

Bombay HC's Observations Smack of Political Bias in Line With Centre: CPI(M) on Gaza Protest Order

"It also lays bare the fact that the bench does not realise the unequivocal condemnation globally against Israeli action and the stated positions of the UN bodies and the International Court of Justice," the party said.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Putin BOMBARDS Kharkiv; Ukraine Emergency Services Take Cover As Russian Kamikaze Drones Strike

The Independent 🇬🇧

Amorim opens door for exiled Manchester United ‘bomb squad’ to return

Friday, 25 July 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Amorim offers United ‘bomb squad’ a way back in from the cold

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Al Jazeera condemns Israeli incitement against Gaza reporter Anas al-Sharif

Al Jazeera says incitement campaign aims to ‘justify targeting of journalists’ as Israel continues to bombard Gaza.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Patrick Ryan, ‘Terror Priest’ Who Aided the I.R.A., Is Dead at 94

He funneled cash and weapons to the Irish Republican Army from Libya, and was involved in bombings that targeted Margaret Thatcher and others, killing scores of people.

The Independent 🇬🇧

And Just Like That fans overjoyed by season three bombshell

Le Monde 🇫🇷

In Israel, the heartbreak of Iranian Jews: 'My country was bombing my country'

In Israel, the heartbreak of Iranian Jews: 'My country was bombing my country'

Thursday, 24 July 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Analysis: ‘Bomb first’ – Trump’s approach to war-making in his second term

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Iran's use of cluster bombs against Israel violated humanitarian law, Amnesty Int'l says

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Shocked Ukrainians leave apartment block after Russian bomb hits Kharkiv – video

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Tranquilisers, heart disease, COPD: Obama-era report drops bombshells about Hillary Clinton's health woes in 2016

The Wire 🇮🇳

‘Framed as Bomb Expert Because I’m an Engineer’: Sajid Ansari on 7/11 Acquittal

Sajid Ansari spent 18.5 years behind bars, during which time his mother and two sisters passed away.

The Times 🇬🇧

Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting? The conflict explained

An escalation in tensions between the two southeast Asian countries has led to bombing raids and the closure of the border between them

The Independent 🇬🇧

Thailand-Cambodia conflict: Border sealed after F-16s bomb Cambodia

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Gaza's population is tormented by thirst in the scorching summer heat

Bombings and a fuel shortage have crippled much of Gaza's water infrastructure. Filling a simple jerrycan with drinking water has become a daily ordeal. The Israeli military has also banned Palestinians from accessing the sea, threatening reprisals against those who try.

BBC News 🇬🇧

India court pauses acquittal of 12 men in Mumbai train bombings case

The Bombay High Court had freed the men on Monday, saying the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Russia, Ukraine begin third round of talks in Istanbul

At the two previous talks on May 16 and June 2, the two sides agreed to large-scale prisoner exchanges. Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, has meanwhile intensified its bombardment of Ukrainian towns and cities, while advancing across several different areas of the front line.

Double Down News 🇬🇧

THE REAL REASON WHY GAZA IS STARVING - EX-UN CHIEF DROPS BOMBSHELL

Israel’s DARKEST Experiment YetChris Gunness

The Economist 🇬🇧

The bomb (part 2): the atomic town

BBC News 🇬🇧

Residents return home after bomb threat evacuation

The bomb squad was called to a house in South Liberty Lane in Bristol, with 63 properties evacuated.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Bus-bombing terrorist arrested after months-long IDF, Shin Bet manhunt

The Independent 🇬🇧

New Yorker indicted for plot to blow up homemade bombs across the city

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Bengaluru bomb scare: 6 gelatin sticks, detonators found outside BMTC bus stand toilet; probe on

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Zero review – Senegalese time-bomb thriller is a blast

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘Hunger as deadly as bombs’ in Gaza as Israeli-induced starvation deepens

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Major incident as more than 60 homes evacuated

One man has been arrested and a bomb disposal team is at the scene.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Omagh bombing survivor wants High Court to compel State to hold public inquiry into atrocity

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Holy Land clerics ‘stand in solidarity’ with people of Gaza after visit

Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders condemned Israel’s bombardment on Gaza after a rare visit to the territory July 18.

Declassified UK 🇬🇧

The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain

Nukewatch UK explains how it tracked the bombs being flown across the Atlantic.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israel bombs WHO facilities in Gaza as global outcry grows

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israeli army bombs WHO's staff residence in Gaza

Agency chief reported that Israeli soldiers interrogated male staff members at gunpoint, and forced families to flee

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'No one killed 200 people?': Shock, anger among victim families in Mumbai bombings

The Times 🇬🇧

Iran to resume nuclear programme as a matter of ‘national pride’

Abbas Araghchi, the country’s foreign minister, conceded that uranium enrichment had been temporarily stopped by the US bombing of nuclear facilities

Monday, 21 July 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Patrick Ryan, priest involved in IRA bombings

The Independent 🇬🇧

Fox News tosses softballs at Karoline Leavitt - right after Press Secretary bans sister outlet Wall Street Journal over Epstein bombshell

The Times of India 🇮🇳

2006 Mumbai train blasts case: CM Fadnavis calls Bombay high court verdict acquitting all 12 'very shocking'; vows to challenge in Supreme Court

The Guardian 🇬🇧

US airline pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid colliding with air force bomber

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Netanyahu Apologized for Bombing a Church in Gaza. But What About the Rest of the War?

BBC News 🇬🇧

Delta pilot makes 'aggressive manoeuvre' to avoid collision with fighter jet

The pilot, who identified the aircraft as a US B-52 bomber, is heard saying it was "kind of, sort of coming at us".

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Omagh bombing inquiry: Survivors and families seek representation at closed hearings

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel bombards Gaza's Deir al-Balah as 18 die from starvation

Widespread hunger reaches critical levels as Israel expands attacks to central Gaza

Sunday, 20 July 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

A Week After Their Home Was Bombed, 12 Members of the Arafat Family Lie Under Gazan Rubble

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Close call: Delta Airlines flight makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ mid-air to avoid B-52 bomber; ‘not a fun day at work’ says pilot

The Independent 🇬🇧

Putin ‘open to peace’ despite intensifying bombardment of Ukraine

The Times 🇬🇧

Netanyahu’s a ‘madman’ to bomb Syria, US officials complain

The Guardian 🇬🇧

The Nationals’ net zero bomb threatens to fracture the Liberals’ decades-old alliance – permanently

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel issues forced displacement order in central Gaza in new campaign

Thousands of leaflets dropped over Deir el-Balah, ordering people to move to a ‘safe zone’ Israel has repeatedly bombed.

Saturday, 19 July 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

The smart way to rebuild Ukraine? Recycle the rubble

Engineers from Britain are helping to turn buildings bombed by Russia into new concrete, saving vast amounts of carbon we can’t afford to emit

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Hamas Documents Bomb Attack On Israeli Forces In Gaza As 26 Palestinians Are Killed In IDF Firing

The Independent 🇬🇧

California traffic stop leads deputies to house with improvised bombs

Friday, 18 July 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Why isn’t Fox News covering the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell scoop of the Trump-Epstein letter?

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

MAGA acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene votes alongside Tlaib and Omar to cut US funding for Israel

House of Representatives rejected cutting $500m in US funding for Israel, hours after bombing the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza

Le Monde 🇫🇷

New clashes rock Syria's Druze heartland as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin

The violence erupted a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure; about 200 tribal fighters clashed with armed Druze men from the city using machine guns and shells, leading the United Nations to call for an end to the 'bloodshed' as well as an 'independent' investigation.

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

'How many Iranian women did you kill with those bombs?'

TEHRAN – Israel likely believed it would rally the public support it failed to gain during the 12-day Iran-Israel war by sharing pictures of a female Israeli soldier writing "Mahsa Amini" on munitions destined for strikes against Iran. However, the move provoked mixed reactions—but not support—with many Iranians now questioning Israel’s role in the 2022 violence that shook Iran.

The Electronic Intifada 🇺🇸

Israel bombs and starves Gaza with no end in sight

The Times 🇬🇧

Three sheriff’s deputies killed in LA bomb squad explosion

Deadly explosion is said to have taken place as bomb squad moved explosive material

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

14 Members of Gazan Family Die as Israel Bombs Their Home and Attacks Rescue Efforts

Financial Times 🇬🇧

How Ahmed al-Sharaa lost control in southern Syria

Israeli bombing and government’s apparent complicity in sectarian clashes have damaged efforts to unify country

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Biden USAID Backed Coup In This NATO Nation? Regime Change Bombshell Rocks House

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombed Syria with “no real consultation”

Akiva Eldar on Israel’s attack on Damascus – framed as protecting Syria’s Druze community.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Helen Goh’s recipe for lemon meringue bombe alaska with pistachio cake

Thursday, 17 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Bombay HC blocks US child’s adoption by Indian Muslim couple, cites JJ Act

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel kills three in Gaza Catholic church bombing

Le Monde 🇫🇷

By bombing Damascus, Israel imposes red lines on Syria's new government

By bombing Damascus, Israel imposes red lines on Syria's new government

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel bombs Gaza's only Catholic church, killing at least two

Israel's latest attack on Gaza's religious sites also leaves Father Gabriel Romanelli wounded

The Independent 🇬🇧

Trump directs 'pertinent' Epstein files released after his threats to sue over bombshell report

The Intercept 🇺🇸

"I Said Good Morning to the Dead": Inside the Al-Baqa Cafe Bombing

Survivors of the Al-Baqa Cafe bombing in Gaza, and the loved ones of the dead, share their stories of the Israeli attack.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

How EU's largest missile maker is selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza – video

Haaretz 🇮🇱

White House: Netanyahu Told Trump Bombing of Gaza Catholic Church Was 'A Mistake'

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Why did Israel bomb Syria? A look at the Druze and the violence in Suwayda

The Times of India 🇮🇳

7 love bombing signs that feel romantic but aren’t

The Times 🇬🇧

I narrowly escaped the Lockerbie bombing. My guilt was off the charts

BBC News 🇬🇧

Watch: How a day of bombing unfolded in Damascus

Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Syria, including near the presidential palace and on the defence ministry headquarters in central Damascus.

The Economist 🇬🇧

The bomb (part 1): were nuclear weapons inevitable?

The Independent 🇬🇧

The ghost at the feast haunting Rachel Reeves’ bombshell City speech

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel bombs Syrian government buildings Damascus

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Israel bombs Syrian army headquarters in Damascus

Israel's defense ministry warned Syrian authorities to cease targeting the Druze minority on Wednesday, July 16, after launching strikes on military sites in Damascus. The warning came amid reports of clashes between Syrian forces and Druze fighters in Sweida province that have killed nearly 250 people.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Israel Bombs Damascus Army HQ as Israeli Druze Cross Into Syria After Clashes

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Ukraine war briefing: Don’t bomb Moscow, Trump says, after reportedly giving Zelenskyy the idea

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Will Rachel Reeves’ mortgage bombshell do more harm than good?

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Olden Polynice Drops Bombshell on the NBA Summer League: "It's the Biggest Moneymaker Scheme, and It Serves No Purpose"

The Times 🇬🇧

Trump ‘not encouraging killing’ by asking if Zelensky could bomb Moscow

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Israel bombed Iran, Tehran still refuses to talk about its nuke program, what’s next?

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Moscow rejects ‘enormous’ and ‘indecent’ western pressure over Ukraine

Some in Ukraine question why Trump gave Russia 50 more days to bombard them

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israeli forces bomb Syrian military after sectarian fighting

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israel bombs Syrian forces entering Druze city after sectarian clashes

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israel launches bombing raids in Syria and Lebanon

Monday, 14 July 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombards Gaza, killing 78, as truce talks stall

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Syrian boy goes on trial over alleged role in Taylor Swift concert bomb plot

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Zohran Mamdani’s father calls suicide bombers ‘soldiers,’ intifada ‘meaningful’

Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, is one of The Gaza Tribunal’s 29-member advisory policy council.

The Times 🇬🇧

Trump pledges more weapons for Ukraine as ‘Putin talks nice then bombs them’

US president set to announce ‘major statement’ on Russia-Ukraine war

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Russia Says Moldovan Fighters Killed In Kherson Bombing; EU Nation Calls Claim 'FALSE'

BBC News 🇬🇧

Trump says US will send 'sophisticated' equipment to Ukraine as he criticises Putin

"Putin really surprised a lot of people," the US president said on Sunday night. "He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening."

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Gaza market, water point, as overall death toll passes 58,000

Deadly attacks come as UN agencies say they may have to stop their operations if fuel shortages continue.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

In Canada’s Northern Outposts, Rusting Relics Once Guarded Against Nuclear War

Strings of radars stretching across Canada were built to give early warnings of Soviet bombers coming over the Arctic. The region now faces a new era of militarization.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

A chance encounter threw me into the campaign to expose a police killing after the London bombings. What happened next changed my life

BBC News 🇬🇧

Islands facing 'demographic ticking time bomb'

A report shows millions of pounds of untapped revenue could be released by boosting the workforce.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Hamas Fighter’s AMBUSH Stuns IDF; Emerges From Gaza Rubble, Plants Bomb On Israeli Tanks | Watch

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Iran willing to use nuclear bomb against Israel, Netanyahu warns in Fox News interview

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Fox News on the Life, Liberty, and Levin show in a pre-recorded interview hosted by Mark Levin.

Saturday, 12 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Putin, Trump Gang Up On Tehran? Bombshell Report Reveals 'Secret' Deal On Iran Uranium Enrichment

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Iran says willing to resume nuclear talks with US if guaranteed no further attacks

Referring to the 12-day Israeli bombardment of Iran's nuclear and military sites, and the US strike on June 22, Iran's foreign minister said that if the US and others wish to resume talks with Iran, 'first of all, there should be a firm guarantee that such actions will not be repeated.'

The New York Times 🇺🇸

They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them.

In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Russian attacks kill at least four in Ukraine

Drone and missile strikes part of intensified bombing campaign

BBC News 🇬🇧

Viable pipe bomb found during security alert

A number of people were moved from their homes during the alert in the Colinvale area on Friday.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘A true hell’: How three Srebrenica survivors defied death 30 years ago

Amid a genocide, they crawled through slush, trekked through forests, and dodged bullets and bombs, losing loved ones.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Trump not opposed to another Israeli attack on Islamic Republic if nuclear program restored - WSJ

During his conversation with Trump, the US leader said he hoped there would be no more US bombing of Iran.

Friday, 11 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Trump Assassination Bombshell On LIVE TV: 'FBI, Secret Service... They Shot 8 Bullets...' | Watch

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Iran's attack on Qatar air base hit geodesic dome used for US communications, satellite photos show

The Iranian attack on June 23 came as a response to the American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran; in the US, Trump downplayed the attack as a 'very weak response.'

The Times 🇬🇧

Lord Blair of Boughton, Met commissioner during 7/7 bombings

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Twenty years on from the 7/7 bombings, London’s mayor is fighting for unity

NPR 🇺🇸

Sumy, a center of Ukrainian culture, lives in the crosshairs of a new Russian offensive

July 11, 2025 • The northern regional capital has become a frequent target of Russian drones, missiles and guided bombs. Now, Ukraine's top general says at least 50,000 Russian troops have massed across the border.

BBC News 🇬🇧

'Our mosque was threatened after the 7/7 bombings'

The 7 July bombers were all British Muslims, and their actions affected London's Muslim communities.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘I saw a girl without a head’: Children killed as Israel bombs Gaza school

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Weapons-grade uranium in Iran likely survived US bombing, Israel says

While Trump's attacks may have taken out the centrifuges, some enriched uranium casks may still be accessible to Iranian engineers

Thursday, 10 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

India needs a science-based strategy to tackle China’s ‘water bomb’

Haaretz 🇮🇱

These Gazan Artists Were Killed by Israel's Bombs. Will Their Culture Die With Them?

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Iran urges UN nuclear watchdog to drop 'double standards'

Relations between Iran and the IAEA have worsened since the United States and Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities in June.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Russia bombards Kyiv in huge wave of strikes – video

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Russia Bombards Ukraine as U.S. Frustration Mounts

Kyiv was the main target of an hourslong assault that killed at least two people, officials said. The barrage came hours before the top American and Russian diplomats were expected to meet.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Ban some foreigners from sickness benefits, Tories urge

Kemi Badenoch sets out her plans to restrict welfare payments, saying the issue is a "ticking time bomb".

The Independent 🇬🇧

Ukraine war latest: Trump ‘threatened to bomb Moscow’ if Kyiv attacked

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Russia recruiting unknowing suicide bombers as part of shadow war against Ukraine

The New York Times 🇺🇸

A Surgeon on the Desperation in Gaza: ‘They’re Prepared to Die for a Bagful of Rice’

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory in May, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

The old nuclear rules won’t stop proliferation

So long as nuclear fuel-making is permitted and NPT violators can easily exit the treaty, more nations will seek the bomb

The Times 🇬🇧

Trump says he threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin invaded Ukraine

The Independent 🇬🇧

Trump threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin attacked Ukraine: new book

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Am going to bomb Moscow, Beijing': Donald Trump's old warning to Putin, Xi over Ukraine, Taiwan - audio viral

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Gaza refugee camp; Trump, Netanyahu meet for second time

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Yes, We Were Hit': Five Israeli Bases Bombarded By Iran Missiles | Big Admission By Israel

The Guardian 🇬🇧

US immigration officials release Iranian woman nabbed from her home’s yard

Mandonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian was taken a day after US bombed Iran, but her community rallied for her freedom

Le Monde 🇫🇷

How Israel tracked down and assassinated scientists involved in Iran's nuclear program

Israel's attacks in June killed 16 leading researchers involved in Iran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb. Some of them had been under Israeli intelligence surveillance for two decades. With their deaths, Israel believes it has dealt the most decisive blow yet to Tehran's military nuclear program.

BBC News 🇬🇧

US airports begin lifting shoe removal requirement at security screenings

The rule had been in place nearly two decades following a British man smuggling a bomb on a flight in one of his shoes.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Norman Tebbit, Former U.K. Minister and Thatcher Ally, Dies at 94

He held a series of roles in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet, but left high office after his wife was seriously hurt in a bombing by the Irish Republican Army.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Houthi attacks show Israel is not entering quiet period after Iran ceasefire - analysis

The Houthis had stopped their attacks on shipping over the last six months, following a ceasefire in Gaza and then a short US bombing campaign.

The Parliament Politics 🇬🇧

Former Tory minister Norman Tebbit dies aged 94

UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Norman Tebbit, Thatcher’s close ally and former Tory minister, has died at 94; he was known for shaping Thatcherism and surviving the 1984 bombing. As reported by The Guardian, Norman Tebbit, a senior figure in

The Times 🇬🇧

Two crew killed after suspected Houthi attack on second ship in Red Sea

Israel bombed three ports in Yemen hours after the initial attack on Magic Seas, but the rebels then targeted the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Eternity C

The Independent 🇬🇧

Hong Kong bomb that caused scare turns out to be British cannon barrel

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Media and aid groups should be allowed in to see ‘full horrors’ of Gaza bombardment, Taoiseach says

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza

Both tout controversial proposal to push Palestinians, who are being bombed and displaced by Israel, to other countries.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Norman Tebbit dies aged 94

Loyal enforcer in Thatcher government curbed trade unions and survived Brighton hotel bombing

Monday, 7 July 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

The Times 🇬🇧

Houthis claim to have sunk Greek merchant ship in the Red Sea

Israel bombed three ports and a power station in Yemen hours after the attack on the bulk carrier Magic Seas

The Guardian 🇬🇧

These words of defiant unity followed the horror of the 7/7 bombings. Imagine what we would hear today instead

A response by Ken Livingstone asserted London’s diversity – not as a weakness, but a strength. The politicians now peddling division should read it

BBC News 🇬🇧

Names of 7/7 London bombing victims read aloud

Saba Edwards and Thelma Stober read the names of the victims, in an emotional tribute.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Gardaí believed Dublin murder linked to feud-related petrol bombings, car ramming overnight

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs ports, power plant in Yemen as Houthis fire more missiles

Le Monde 🇫🇷

King Charles III will lead 20th-anniversary commemoration of the 7/7 London transit bombings

The 2005 London transit bombings, which killed 52 people and wounded 700 others, was the deadliest attack on the British capital since World War II.

Sunday, 6 July 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

How I reported on 7/7 — and found the passenger that cheated death

Ann Treneman was sent to cover the Tavistock Square bus bomb. She recalls an eerie sense of quiet as Londoners described the horror they had witnessed

The Independent 🇬🇧

King Charles says horrors of July 7 bombings ‘will never be forgotten’

BBC News 🇬🇧

Memorial service held to mark anniversary of 7/7 London bombings

The names of those killed in the bombings 20 years ago have been read to a congregation of families and survivors.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen; Iran-linked weapon sites bombed

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Brazil’s leader Lula condemns Gaza ‘genocide’ at BRICS

BRICS nations have been in disagreement over how strongly to denounce Israel’s bombing of Iran and its war on Gaza.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Iranian photographer Forough Alaei portrays life in Tehran during the war: 'Nothing will ever be the same again'

After the first Israeli bombings in Iran, Iranian photographer Forough Alaei left Tehran to take refuge with her family on the Caspian Sea coast. She documented those days when war plunged them into the unknown.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Gardai probe bomb found at Russian-owned refinery in Limerick

The Wire 🇮🇳

Tasty Traditions and a Bitter Future: India's Fight Against Childhood Obesity Needs Urgency

For every burger and cola, there’s a plate of chaat doused in sweetened chutneys, a glass of lassi brimming with sugar, or a festival box of mithai, rabri, and kulfi. Our traditional foods lovingly passed down through generations, are often sugar bombs in disguise.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

A cultural experience: Meeting neighbors in the bomb shelter during war with Iran

Saturday, 5 July 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

If we don’t stop Iran’s uranium pipeline now, the next bomb is only a trigger away

The Times 🇬🇧

Don’t tell Trump, but corporation tax haul could top €30bn

The figure is an awkward one at a bad time — the American president could decide to drop his bunker-busting bomb of 20 per cent tariffs on all EU imports

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

US reckless bombing of Iran's nuclear sites set a dangerous precedent, China warns

TEHRAN - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that strikes against Iran lacked legitimacy, emphasizing that recent military clashes between Israel and Iran must not be repeated.‌

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Big fish' bomb maker: Police say terror suspect was inspired by Zakir Naik; behind BJP office blast

BBC News 🇬🇧

Police make further gangland feud arrests taking total to 52

The feud has led to assaults, shootings and fire bombings across the east and west of Scotland since March.

Friday, 4 July 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Iran To BOMB Netanyahu’s ‘SECRET SHELTER’? 3D Map Shows Where Israeli PM ‘HID’ During War | Report

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Mapping Israeli strikes on Iran’s air defences

A look at how Israeli strikes on Iran’s air defences paved the way for US bombers in their own operation.

The Times 🇬🇧

7/7, the day that changed London for ever

Twenty years on from the bombings that killed 52 and injured more than 700, we tell the stories of victims, survivors and witnesses across 24 hours

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

In Hiroshima, Martin voices concerns about ‘drift from international rules-based order’

Taoiseach hears testimony from a survivor of atomic bomb that killed 140,000 people 80 years ago

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Trump has ‘good conversation’ with Zelenskyy after heavy bombardment of Ukraine by Russia

US munitions slated for Ukraine held up over shortage as Trump ‘disappointed’ by Putin’s refusal to make concessions

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Nuclear Inspectors Leave Iran After Cooperation Halted With U.N. Watchdog

The withdrawal of international inspectors comes amid heightened concerns that Iran, battered by Israeli and U.S. strikes, may be driven to try to build a nuclear bomb.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

FM Sa'ar: Israel to provide additional aid to Ukraine, including water supply systems

Aid will be allocated from the Foreign Ministry's budget, and will consist of a series of water systems, each capable of supplying water to tens of thousands of people affected by Russian bombings.

Thursday, 3 July 2025

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Harris tells 4th of July party ‘the bombs have to stop’ in Gaza

BBC News 🇬🇧

Dozens killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies bombardment, rescuers say

Many children and women were reportedly among those killed when a school in Gaza City and a tent in al-Mawasi were hit.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israel steps up deadly bombardment of Gaza before ceasefire talks

Officials say about 90 people killed since Wednesday night as Israeli security cabinet prepares for meeting

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

U.S. Approves $510 Million Sale of Bomb Guidance Kits to Israel

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Why Iran’s revolution didn’t happen—yet - analysis

The assumption that bombing Iran's strategic infrastructure would immediately trigger a popular revolt shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how people behave under siege.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

'Last Time Tel Aviv Was Bombed Like This, It Was WWII': Could the War Reshape the City?

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel kills over 300 Palestinians in 48 hours as Gaza runs out of graves

Israel intensifies bombardment, committing '26 massacres' in past days, local officials say

The Times 🇬🇧

Russian navy deputy killed in Ukrainian strike

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, who led a notorious Russian brigade accused of war crimes, was confirmed to have died in bombing in the Kursk region

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Canada: Bomb threat at Montreal, Ottawa international airports; flight services disrupted

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Trump halts delivery of some US missiles to Ukraine, a wake-up call for Europeans

Major cities will be more vulnerable to Russian bombardment due to the freeze on US aid for the most crucial anti-aircraft defenses. The Europeans are not in a position to quickly fill the gap in Kyiv's arsenal.

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Hiroshima mayor invites Trump to visit after ‘that hit ended the war’ crack comparing WWII atom bomb to Iran strike

The Times of India 🇮🇳

U.S. To Bomb Iran Anytime? Trump Aide Warns Tehran To ‘Cooperate With IAEA On Nukes Or…’ | Watch

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Woman rescued from rubble and fire after Israeli strike in Gaza

Video shows the rescue of a woman from rubble and flames in Gaza City following an an Israeli bombing.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Will the Bombing Stop Iran From Going Nuclear?

Iran just ended its cooperation with international inspectors, suggesting no post-bombing deal is imminent. That may point to a long game of hide-and-seek.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Louis Arnaud, former French hostage held at Iran's Evin prison: 'It's not only a prison that's been reduced to ashes, but the bastion of resistance'

By bombing Evin prison, Israel has destroyed a place of terror as well as a beacon of hope, as many dissidents were incarcerated there, writes Louis Arnaud, who was detained there for two years.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Trump says Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire, Israel calls on China to reign in Tehran

Huckabee says that US B-2 bombers 'need to visit Yemen' • Former hostage Omer Wenkert urges release of remaining hostages • Israel, Hamas presented modified Witkoff framework by Qatar

Haaretz 🇮🇱

He Designed Iran's State TV Headquarters – Decades Later Israel Bombed It

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Huckabee says that US B-2 bombers 'need to visit Yemen' after Houthis missile intercepted

"We thought we were done with missiles coming to Israel, but Houthis just lit one up over us in Israel," the ambassador noted after the first missile attack since the Iran war.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

French diplomat visits two French nationals detained in Iran

Until the visit, there had been no news about Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been detained in Iran since May 2022, after Israel bombed Iran's Evin prison on Monday, June 23, where they had been held.

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

Israel Bombs Crowded Gaza Cafe, Killing Dozens, Including Children

The Independent 🇬🇧

Bomb threat forces school to close while police investigate

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Putin STUNS Zelensky With Next-gen War Machines; Flying Bombs, Lasers Debut On Battlefield | Watch

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician’s words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza

The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Under a Drone-Swarmed Sky: Surviving in Eastern Ukraine

Towns and troops long accustomed to merciless bombardment are adjusting to an even denser pattern of attacks.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

‘Bomb cyclone’ pummels eastern Australia with heavy rains and strong winds

AUSTRALIA-WEATHER/ (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-'Bomb cyclone' pummels Sydney with heavy rains, winds

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs birthday party in Gaza as ‘obliteration operation’ rolls on

The Times 🇬🇧

The moment a commuter stared down a 7/7 bomber: ‘Is there a problem, mate?’

Financial Times 🇬🇧

John Bolton on the Iran war that wasn’t

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser reckons with the president’s move to bomb Iran

Monday, 30 June 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Australia news live: NSW weather not ‘bomb cyclone’, BoM says; SES warns Newcastle to Forster residents to stay indoors

NPR 🇺🇸

Russia's Largest Bombardment of Ukraine

June 30, 2025 • Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. The barrage included targets in Western Ukraine, a region far from the front lines that doesn't often see bombardments. We get the latest from our correspondent in Kyiv.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

‘The Bomb Lady’ and the Forerunner of the ‘Bunker Buster’ Used in Iran

While a child in wartime Vietnam, Anh Duong vowed to one day help the soldiers who saved her. She and her Navy team helped revolutionize American munitions.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

'Putin wants to make Kyiv his dessert': Kyiv residents grow anxious under Russian bombs

Although long considered the best-protected city in Ukraine, the capital has not been spared from a surge in bombardments now affecting the entire country.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Iran hardens stance against IAEA and its chief in wake of US-Israel attacks

Tehran has rejected request for Rafael Grossi to visit nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and US during conflict.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

‘Putin Wants To CONQUER Entire Ukraine’: German FM Drops Bombshell During Kyiv Trip | Watch

The Times 🇬🇧

As Israeli bombing intensifies, is there any hope of peace in Gaza?

Israel claims it is close to full occupation of the strip. But as dozens more Palestinians are killed, pressure is mounting for a ceasefire deal

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies, saboteurs and unwitting suicide bombers

The Independent 🇬🇧

New satellite images show work at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site after US bombing

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies and saboteurs

FSB agents offer money on messaging apps for ‘quests’ to photograph targets and plant bombs

Sunday, 29 June 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Why US wants to retire the iconic B-2 that rained bombs on Iran

The Times 🇬🇧

Russia launches biggest aerial strike on Ukraine of the war so far

Moscow fired 500 drones, missiles and bombs at cities hundreds of miles away from the front lines

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Iran's ballistic missile threat was 'just as existential' as a nuclear bomb, FM spox. says

Iran stepped us its nuclear program after Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in September, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein claimed.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Trump threatens to force journalists to reveal who leaked report undermining his narrative on Iran bombing

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Surging Iranian nationalism is an unintended consequence of Israel’s attacks

Although the regime in Tehran remains unpopular, war appears to have boosted support for Iran’s ballistic missile programme and even enthusiasm for acquiring a nuclear bomb

BBC News 🇬🇧

Car bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least 13 soldiers

Pakistan's military accuses India of backing militants behind the attack, which India denies.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel orders expulsions to area in Gaza it bombed hours earlier

Israeli military calls on Palestinians to move to al-Mawasi, an area it has repeatedly targeted during the war

The Wire 🇮🇳

From Nakba to Nuclear Brink: How Trump and Netanyahu Made an Iranian Bomb Inevitable

By joining Israel’s illegal strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and shielding Tel Aviv’s genocidal war in Gaza, Donald Trump has helped dismantle the last restraints on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Far from securing Israel, this reckless alliance has pushed the region closer to catastrophe, and made an Iranian bomb all but certain.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

History Illustrated: Israel’s history of preemptive strikes

For decades, Israel has tested the limits of international law by bombing its enemies when it says it feels threatened.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Israel 1967, Iran 2025: two countries on the threshold of a nuclear bomb

Facing an existential threat in the 1960s, Israel hastily assembled an atomic device. What will Iran choose to do?

Saturday, 28 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Bunker-busting bombs shouldn’t send shockwaves through your portfolio

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

US Senate blocks plans to restrict Trump's ability to bomb Iran again if necessary

The Republican-led US Senate rejected a Democratic-led bid on Friday to block Trump from using further military force against Iran, hours after the president said he would consider more bombing.

The Wire 🇮🇳

At Least 13 Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Suicide Attack

A local government official told the news agency AFP that a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

What’s More Powerful Than Bombs

The Independent 🇬🇧

Car bombing kills 13 Pakistani soldiers near Afghanistan border

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Trump battles for credit for his Iran intervention

Trump battles the media on just how much damage US bombs did to Iran’s main nuclear facility.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Trump dropped an F-bomb this week – and just for a moment, I warmed to him

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Iran Storing Enriched Uranium At Pickaxe Mountain? Trump Drops Another Bombshell | FULL PRESSER

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Omagh bombing inquiry: bereaved families’ long-standing quest for truth collides with reality

Friday, 27 June 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb?

Here’s what the recent Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran may mean for the country’s nuclear ambitions.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Trump lambasts Khamenei, says he’d bomb Iran if nuclear activities restart

BBC News 🇬🇧

Trump says he would 'absolutely' consider bombing Iran again

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Trump says US would ‘absolutely’ bomb Iran again to stop enrichment

President’s comments come as intelligence reports raise doubts about success of American raid on nuclear sites

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Argentine judge orders AMIA bombing suspects tried in absentia

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Without question': Trump says will bomb Iran again if it gets into nukes; says Khamenei got 'beat to hell'

The Wire 🇮🇳

Remembering Jim Masselos, the Australian Scholar of Bombay’s Social History

His work inspired many young historians to look at urban networks in a different way

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Despite unfulfilled bombast, this Club World Cup has been saved by the soccer

The Times 🇬🇧

The suicide bombing of a Damascus church that’s shaken faith in a ‘new Syria’

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Trump says he saved ayatollah from ‘very ugly’ death

US president says he would consider bombing Iran again if it is enriching uranium to worrying level

The Independent 🇬🇧

Trump threatens to sue New York Times and CNN over Iran bomb reporting

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘Feels like heaven’: Iranians return to Tehran, uncertain of future

As Tehran’s displaced residents trickle back after Israel’s 12-day bombing campaign, they find a city forever changed.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Suspects in 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires Jewish community centre to be tried in absentia

The Independent 🇬🇧

Karoline Leavitt unloads on CNN Iran bombs reporter Bertrand after Trump calls for her to be ‘thrown out like a dog’

The Times of India 🇮🇳

How Mumbai-born engineer behind US B-2 bomber landed in jail

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Thomas Gomart, historian: 'Trump reasserts the US' strategic centrality'

By bombing Iran alongside Israel, Donald Trump has performed a show of force aimed at China and Russia, explains the director of the French Institute of International Relations in an interview.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Centrifuges at Fordo ‘No Longer Operational,’ U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Head Says

Rafael Grossi told French radio that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after the U.S. dropped bunker-buster bombs on the Iranian facility.

The Economist 🇬🇧

Oklahoma City has been reborn, 30 years after the bombing

The Times 🇬🇧

White House claims Iran bombing was ‘overwhelming success’

Karoline Leavitt speaks at press conference after Pete Hegseth said Tehran’s uranium supplies were ‘obliterated’ in strikes

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

‘A hand slap to America’s face’: Iran’s Supreme Leader makes first public appearance since US bombs

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Khamenei says US bombing of Iran ‘did not achieve anything’

Supreme leader’s comments come amid conflicting accounts of the damage to country’s nuclear facilities

The Parliament Politics 🇬🇧

We cannot wait for the courts – The UK has a legal obligation to prevent genocide

I have watched in horror as Gaza has been reduced to a landscape of rubble and despair: children dying of hunger, families drinking brackish water, hospitals rendered inoperative by deliberate bombardment and blackouts, civilians shot dead while queueing for food. In the

The Wire 🇮🇳

Trump’s Show-Boating as the Author of the Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran is Likely to Impress No One

It is telling that major nations – including some US allies – have denounced Trump’s unprovoked bombing raids on Iran.

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Netanyahu’s 2018 Tehran gamble: The roots of the US bombing of Iran

The Independent 🇬🇧

Dive-bombing seagulls behind Royal Mail delays, postal workers say

NPR 🇺🇸

Feds file more hate crime charges against accused Boulder firebomber

The man accused of throwing bombs towards people demonstrating on behalf of Israeli hostages in Gaza was charged on Wednesday with 12 federal hate crimes for purposefully targeting victims on the Pearl Street Mall because of their national origin.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Trump says he 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear programme. So does he need a deal?

Without an agreement, the US might have to constantly bomb Iran and rely on Israel to keep its air defences destroyed

The Times 🇬🇧

‘If the bombing failed, people died for nothing’

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Major Moscow Bombing Plot Foiled; ‘Ukrainian Agents’ Killed Kilometres Away From Putin’s House

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in Gaza

Hamas militants plant bomb on Israeli military vehicle in Khan Younis, causing it to catch fire

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Voice of America aired Trump’s message to Iranian people during US bombings

BBC News 🇬🇧

Make Iran Great Again? 'Tehrangeles' community in LA reflects on US strikes

The US bombing of Iran's nuclear sites has stirred strong feelings in the Iranian community of Los Angeles.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Why Iran conflict has raised new questions about IAEA’s credibility

Despite claiming that Tehran does not have the capacity to make nuclear bombs, the IAEA may have ratcheted up tensions.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Rubio Fleshes Out Trump’s Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. strikes had destroyed a facility that is key to turning highly enriched nuclear fuel into a working bomb. He railed against a less optimistic U.S. intelligence report.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

America’s retreat from the world stalls again

The bombing of Iran suggests that a global role is a hard thing to give up

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Trump is seeking a quick US exit from Israel-Iran conflict. Will it work?

After bombing Iran, the US president announced a ceasefire. But it remains unclear whether his strategy will avert war.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Man charged with supplying chemicals to Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber dies in custody

Man charged with supplying chemicals to Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber dies in custody

The Independent 🇬🇧

Diddy tells judge he did an ‘excellent job’ after bombshell testimony

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Man charged in bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic dies in prison

The Times 🇬🇧

Behind the scenes of Trump’s ceasefire deal

From the US bombing Iran to intervention by Qatar — a timeline of how the fragile truce between Iran and Israel unfolded

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Grief and scepticism: Iranians ask what comes after the bombs stop

The short-lived conflict between Israel and Iran will leave permanent scars for many Iranians

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

White House denies assessment that US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were ineffective - CNN

"Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration," White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN.

NPR 🇺🇸

What are the wider repercussions of the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites?

June 22, 2025 • The U.S. joined Israel's war on Iran and over the weekend bombed three of the country's nuclear sites, including Fordo, located deep inside a mountain.

The Economist 🇬🇧

Trump says the war is over. How 14 bombs may change the Middle East

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Donald Trump's F-bomb on Israel-Iran conflict explodes across social media

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Does Iran’s nuclear programme have a future?

Tehran could react to the war by withdrawing from the non-proliferation treaty and covertly pursuing a bomb

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Why Trump Dropped an Angry Verbal Bunker-buster Bomb on Israel and Netanyahu

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Omagh bombing bereaved wish to use inquiry to ‘heap shame’ on Irish Government over ‘failures’

Monday, 23 June 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Major US cities ramp up security over fears of Iran bombings blowback

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

‘A hand slap to America’s face’: Iran’s Supreme Leader makes first public appearance since US bombs

Thursday, June 26, 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Iran launches missiles at US base in Qatar in retaliation for bombing of nuclear sites

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Iran Drops Bombs On U.S.’ Al Udeid; Revenge Missile Storm Over America’s Largest Base In Mideast

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

After Donald Trump bombs Iran, what comes next?

The US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites raises fears of wider regional war.

The Intercept 🇺🇸

Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War

Heeding the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump dispatched U.S. warplanes to bomb Iran.

The Wire 🇮🇳

Child Killed by Bomb During TMC Bypoll Victory Rally in West Bengal

Ten-year-old Tamanna Khatun was fatally injured by a crude bomb explosion during a celebratory rally of the Trinamool Congress in Kaliganj.

The Economist 🇬🇧

Trump must offer Iran more than bombs, rage and humiliation

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israel bombs Tehran prison as Iranian missiles disrupt power supply

Iran and Israel exchange heavy strikes as Khamenei sends envoy to Putin seeking greater Russian support

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Netanyahu Says Israel Is ‘Very, Very Close’ to Achieving Its Goals in Iran War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the bombing campaign aimed to end the threats from Tehran’s nuclear program and ballistic missiles. He did not give a timetable for stopping the strikes.

BBC News 🇬🇧

B-2 bombers return to US after bombing Iran

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Israel condemns deadly Damascus church bombing, reaches out to Syria's Christians

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Europe in an untenable position after US bombings of Iran

Europe in an untenable position after US bombings of Iran

The Times 🇬🇧

Can Iran still build nuclear weapons after the US bombing?

Somewhere, the country probably possesses enough enriched uranium for nine warheads. Will the ‘bunker-buster’ attack put a stop to its nuclear ambitions?

Sunday, 22 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills 22

BBC News 🇬🇧

'Necessary' or 'unfounded'? Americans in Texas respond to US strikes

The BBC asked Texans and those visiting the state about US President Trump's decision to bomb three nuclear sites.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

New York City Increases N.Y.P.D. Presence at Vulnerable Sites

After the Iran bombings, more officers were placed at religious, cultural and diplomatic locations, Mayor Eric Adams said. The M.T.A. and the Port Authority have activated counterterrorism protocols.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

How the US used stealth and decoys to launch surprise attack on Iran

‘Tactical surprise’ and ‘misdirection’ allowed American B-2 bombers to attack Iranian nuclear sites without drawing fire

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Why Trump bombed Iran – podcast

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Microwave, toilet, refrigerator: Inside B-2 stealth bombers that flew 37 hours for Iran strike

The Economist 🇬🇧

How do America’s huge bunker-busting bombs work?

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

US strikes Iran, what comes next?

The US has bombed Iran – and Iran says it reserves all options to respond.

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Tehran’s Enghelab Square erupts in fury over U.S. strikes; president joins crowd

TEHRAN – Scores of Iranians filled Tehran's Enghelab Square Sunday evening, several hours after the United States dropped bombs on Iranian nuclear sites. 

The Independent 🇬🇧

Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in packed Syrian church near Damascus

Haaretz 🇮🇱

At Least 19 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church, Syrian Officials Blame ISIS

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Islamic State suicide bomber kills 15 in explosion in Damascus church in Syria

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Taoiseach calls for ‘de-escalation’ but Dublin does not criticise US bombing

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

US bombs Iran: Congress divided over Trump's strikes largely along party lines

Handful of Democrats criticise 'unconstitutional' attack while Republicans heap praise on US President Donald Trump for taking action against Iran

The Wire 🇮🇳

US-Israeli War on Iran: Tactical Success May Not Add Up to Strategic Victory

In choosing bombs over diplomacy, Donald Trump has handed Israel a short-term win while setting fire to decades of global nuclear restraint — a reckless act of war that may haunt the Middle East and the world for years.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

The Middle East subjected to the primacy of force

By deciding to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites overnight, on June 21, Trump has just deprived himself of a tool – diplomacy – that had proven effective with the Iran nuclear deal, concluded internationally in 2015.

Mediapart 🇫🇷

Why we need these citizen protests against the warmongers

With the fate of the world depending on the erratic and criminal strategies of autocrats who flout international law, the citizen protests seen across the globe, and in particular those against the genocidal operations in Gaza, bear witness to a shared conscience and a collective ability to stand together, writes Mediapart's publishing editor Carine Fouteau in this op-ed article. She argues that only these protests and this unity can halt the unfolding catastrophe, a looming disaster exemplified by the American bombing of Iranian sites this weekend.

Saturday, 21 June 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

US has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, Trump announces

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Several U.S. B-2 bombers were deployed west across the Pacific.

The aircraft can carry the bunker-buster bombs that would be necessary to penetrate the Fordo underground nuclear site in Iran.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

B-2 bombers move from US, refueled shortly after take-off: Where are they headed as Trump weighs Iran options?

The Times 🇬🇧

US appears to move warplanes within range of Iran despite ‘reprieve’

The B-2 stealth bombers, designed for long-range missions, seem to be heading to America’s airbase on the Pacific island of Guam

BBC News 🇬🇧

US moves stealth bombers as it considers military action against Iran

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

B-2 stealth bombers depart US as Trump weighs Iran strike

Moves indicate Trump administration is getting air force bombers in position if needed for strike on Iran

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Pezeshkian inspects bombed IRIB HQ after Israeli war crime 

TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a message of resilience during a visit to the fire-gutted headquarters of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Saturday, standing amid shattered glass and scorched debris to declare that "the voice of truth cannot be silenced." 

Haaretz 🇮🇱

U.S. Moving B-2 Bombers Capable of Destroying Iran's Fordow Facility Closer to Mideast

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Iran threatens 'more devastating' response to Israel's attacks

Israel said it had killed three more Iranian commanders in its bombing campaign.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

US moving B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, American officials confirm

One official said no forward orders had been given yet to move the bombers beyond Guam. They did not say how many B-2 bombers are being moved.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Trump considers war in Iran

US President Donald Trump considers bombing Iran — at the risk of alienating his base

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel prepared for ‘long campaign’ against Iran as US moves bombers

The US has is moving its B-2 stealth bombers to the Pacific amid speculation around whether Trump will join war.

Friday, 20 June 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Trump says US intelligence ‘wrong’ about Iran not building nuclear bomb

The Times 🇬🇧

UK closes Iranian embassy as Europe’s talks with Tehran falter

UN urges an end to the conflict with Israel as contamination detected at nuclear site struck in Tel Aviv’s continuing bombardment of the country

The Independent 🇬🇧

Trump says Gabbard and US intelligence ‘wrong’ on Iran nukes as he warns Tehran could have bomb in ‘weeks’

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'It feels like a missile is following me': Iranians speak out amid relentless bombings

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Iran launched cluster bomb on Beersheba, second use in war, IDF confirms

Cluster bombs have been outlawed in 112 countries; however, neither Israel nor Iran is party to the treaties outlawing them.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

My exit from wartime Iran

After Israeli bombs started falling, our group left Tehran for the Armenian frontier

BBC News 🇬🇧

'Everyone is scared': Iranians head to Armenia to escape conflict with Israel

Some said they had seen the sites of Israeli bombardment, others said they had heard the sound of explosions.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Alarming Signs Spurred Israel to Bomb Iran – and Its Arab Neighbors to Cheer It On

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Times publishes column by Israeli wanted by ICC urging Trump to bomb Iran

Former defence minister Yoav Gallant co-wrote the column with British-American historian Niall Ferguson

The New York Times 🇺🇸

What Happens if Trump Decides to Strike Iran or Assassinate Its Leader?

If the United States bombs an underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran or kills the country’s supreme leader, it could kick off a more dangerous and unpredictable phase in the war.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

The American GBU-57 bomb is the only weapon capable of reaching Iran's Fordo nuclear site

The Israeli military does not possess the necessary means to destroy the uranium enrichment facilities at the underground Fordo site. The American GBU-57, a highly powerful bunker-busting bomb, was specifically designed for that purpose.

The Electronic Intifada 🇺🇸

Israel bombed our home and made my brother watch

The tent where I taught has been reduced to ashes.

Thursday, 19 June 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

U.S. Spy Agencies Assess Iran Remains Undecided on Building a Bomb

U.S. intelligence officials said Iran was likely to pivot toward producing a nuclear weapon if the U.S. attacked a main uranium enrichment site, or if Israel killed its supreme leader.

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'No certainty': Ex-CIA station chief on whether bunker-buster bomb can destroy Iran's Fordown Plant

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Five lifesaving items every safe room and bomb shelter should contain

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

British opposition figures warn of dangers of US using UK base in potential Iran attack

The base at Diego Garcia puts US bomber aircraft within 5,300km of Iran but requires UK authorisation for use

The Economist 🇬🇧

This week’s most important political stories

Donald Trump calls for Iran’s “unconditional surrender”, as Israel continues its bombardment of the country—and more

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israeli TikTok trend mocks bombed Iranian TV presenter

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Israel-Iran: Trump caution on US involvement linked to doubts about ‘bunker buster’ bomb

US president has suggested it would only make sense to strike Fordow nuclear facility if destruction was guaranteed

BBC News 🇬🇧

What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites?

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Propaganda TV Channels Aren't Legitimate Targets for Bombing. Including Israeli Ones

The Times 🇬🇧

How close is Iran to actually building a nuclear bomb?

The regime has been enriching uranium and has, according to intelligence, been building up its stocks and is months away from creating a weapon

The Independent 🇬🇧

Israel-Iran latest: Trump claims Tehran was ‘few weeks’ from having nuclear bomb

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Ghosts of Iraq War lurk behind Trump and Gabbard split

Asked if he agreed with his adviser that Iran was not building a nuclear bomb, Trump replied: "I don't care what she said."

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

As Trump weighs bombing Iran's Fordow, 'mission creep' lurks behind US attack

Bombing fordow is more likely to mark the beginning of US activity in Iran, not the end, history shows from Libya to Iraq

The Times of India 🇮🇳

'Regime could fall': Donald Trump says no decision yet on joining Israel in bombing Iran; warns 'anything could happen'

The Times 🇬🇧

UK considers military support as Trump threatens to bomb Iran

Sir Keir Starmer convened an emergency Cobra meeting as Britain weighs up whether to allow the US to use the Diego Garcia base in a potential strike

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Ukrainian child in Israel for Leukemia treatment killed in Bat Yam bombing, mother missing

Borik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

IDF Allows Workplaces Near Bomb Shelters to Open, Easing Restrictions Amid Iran War

The Economist 🇬🇧

America’s huge bunker-busting bomb is not sure to work in Iran

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator may struggle to wipe out the deepest nuclear facilities

Declassified UK 🇬🇧

Fighter jet parts sent through UK airport to Israel

Exclusive: As Israel uses F-35 fighter jets to bomb Iran and Gaza, we reveal parts for these warplanes were transported via London last month.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Regime change won’t stop Iran from pursuing the bomb

All recent Iranian leaders, from royals to mullahs, have sought a nuclear capability — future governments will too

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Is Iran ‘very close’ to building a nuclear bomb as Trump claims?

The Independent 🇬🇧

Israel says an Iranian nuclear bomb is imminent - but the US disagrees

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Bombed live on air, now a hero: state TV anchor becomes a symbol of resistance in Iran

Sahar Emami lauded as ‘lioness’ and warrior after she kept broadcasting amid Israeli bombing of state broadcaster

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The Times of India 🇮🇳

30,000-pound 'bunker-buster': How US bomb works; why it’s key to Israel's strike on Iran

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters exclude Palestinians as bombs rain down

Haaretz 🇮🇱

'Full of Secrets': A Look Inside Tel Aviv Central Station's 'Nuclear' Bomb Shelter

The Independent 🇬🇧

Zelensky seeks help at G7 as Russian bombardment kills at least 15

The Times 🇬🇧

Inside the Iranian opposition, from a rapper to the Shah’s son

Israel’s attacks and the US bombing mission may have accelerated the overthrow of an unpopular regime. These are the dissidents that pose a threat

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Iranian state TV anchor becomes a symbol of resistance

Sahar Emami lauded as ‘lioness’ and warrior after she kept broadcasting amid Israeli bombing of state broadcaster

The Intercept 🇺🇸

U.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway.

The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Tehran residents flee Israeli bombings: 'Innocents are killed and it's going to get worse'

Tehran residents flee Israeli bombings: 'Innocents are killed and it's going to get worse'

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Israelis receive fake terror attack warning to trick them into staying out of bomb shelters

Mediapart 🇫🇷

Pan Am flight 103: the revelations of former Libyan agent on the Lockerbie bombing

 

BBC News 🇬🇧

At least 14 killed and dozens injured in Russian strike on Kyiv

It is one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Monday, 16 June 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Trump’s Iran Choice: Last-Chance Diplomacy or a Bunker-Busting Bomb

Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

FirstFT: Iran will only agree to talks if Israel stops bombing, diplomats say

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump says it was ‘big mistake’ to exclude Russia from G7 and China’s industrial output growth slows

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Tamil Nadu: Daily-wagers' girl dwarfs the odds, engineers path to IIT-Bombay

The Economist 🇬🇧

Israel’s race to kill Iran’s nuclear dream

If it fails the regime could make a frantic dash for a bomb

The Tehran Times 🇮🇷

Israel targets Iran’s national TV, journalists say no ‘giving up’

TEHRAN – The Israeli regime bombed the main building of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) while journalists were still in the complex covering the ongoing Iran-Israel war that began with the regime’s unprovoked aggression in the early hours of Friday.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Iran’s state TV after threatening it would ‘disappear’

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

‘Millions’ of Israelis do not have proper access to bomb shelters, State Comptroller says

"We are in the midst of a war against Iran. It is crucial to ensure the home front is addressed. A strong home front is essential for the State of Israel,” said State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Palestinians in Jaffa denied access to bomb shelter by Israeli neighbours

Muslim and Christian families told they are not welcome as Iranian attacks highlight dangers and discrimination faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel

The Independent 🇬🇧

Israelis flock to bomb shelters ahead of Iranian missile strike

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Was Iran developing nuclear weapons?

Experts question Israel’s claim Tehran had begun an atomic bomb programme but warn it has the capacity to weaponise its nuclear programme

Declassified UK 🇬🇧

Who wants to bomb Iran?

The Times 🇬🇧

Thousands flee Tehran after Israel issues bombing warning

USS Nimitz leaves South China Sea amid rising death toll and concern of widening conflict as Israel and Iran continue to exchange missile fire

Sunday, 15 June 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

'Stop bombing Iran': Pro-regime protests take place in London, Paris, Berlin

The Bronx Anti-War coalition has planned a "solidarity with Iran" rally for New York's Times Square on Monday.

The Wire 🇮🇳

As Indians In Iran, Israel Brace Themselves Amid Conflict, Situation ‘Too Dangerous’ For Evacuations

Even as many Indians are keen to be evacuated, officials said such movement was not possible with ‘bombs and missiles going off’.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

As Bombs Land in Israel and Iran, New Yorkers Fear for Their Loved Ones

The conflict, the most intense fighting between the two countries in decades, has been met in the United States with feelings of “frustration and helplessness,” as well as heartbreak.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Bombardment, strikes, deaths in third day of fierce Israel-Iran conflict

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Iran under fire: Israel bombs Mashhad airport; calls it longest-range strike yet - video

The Times 🇬🇧

Only US intervention can stop nuclear Iran — this is a 1940s moment

If Tehran builds the bomb so will the Saudis, the Turks, the Egyptians — and Israel will not survive

Saturday, 14 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

1,200 miles apart, two cities quake as missiles rain down

Iranian and Israeli citizens in Tehran and Tel Aviv describe their nights under bombardment

The Times of India 🇮🇳

Israeli strikes kill 14 nuclear scientists in Iran; car bombs used; Tehran vows response

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Iran strikes Israel with new missile, drone attack; Israel bombs Tehran

The Independent 🇬🇧

World looks on in horror as Israel and Iran bombard each other

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Flights canceled, parties scrapped, bomb shelters full: 24 hours of war leaves Israel reeling

BBC News 🇬🇧

Was Iran months away from producing a nuclear bomb?

Israel's PM says it struck Iran at the heart of its "weaponization programme", but Iran insists its nuclear facilities were peaceful.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

In one underground bomb shelter, Israelis huddle, and wait.

Dozens of Israelis hurried to safety when a barrage of Iranian missiles penetrated Israel’s skies

Friday, 13 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Hugo Rifkind: F-bombs, fast loo breaks — the terror of live radio

Haaretz 🇮🇱

From Tehran to Tel Aviv, Bombs Fall. But What Netanyahu Calls Victory Feels Like Collapse

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel strikes may make Iran more determined to pursue nuclear programme

Analysts believe that Iran may accelerate efforts to acquire a nuclear bomb as it faces a major Israeli assault.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Aerial bombardment rocks Tel Aviv as Israel-Iran conflict escalates

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Much of Iran’s Nuclear Program Remains After Israel’s Strikes. At Least for Now.

The first phase of the attack did not hit the most likely repository of Iran’s near-bomb-grade nuclear fuel.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Water cannon used against Northern Ireland rioters

Officers were attacked with petrol bombs, masonry and bottles during town's second night of unrest.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Can Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear sites?

Country would need bunker-busting bombs to take out reinforced atomic facilities

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Iran appoints temporary armed forces, IRGC heads

New IRGC chief, Ahmad Vahidi, previously served as both defense and interior minister, and is linked with the 1992 bombing of Israel's embassy in Argentina.

Thursday, 12 June 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Israel could strike Iran as soon as Sunday, WSJ reports

The newspaper cited a senior Israeli official as saying a strike could come as soon as Sunday unless Iran agrees to halt production of fissile material, which can be used to make an atomic bomb. 

The Independent 🇬🇧

Greene rips Trump Mideast policy — ‘Americans don’t want to bomb Iran’

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

Block the Bombs: Rep. Delia Ramirez Pushes Bill to Halt U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel over Gaza

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Why Israel May Be Considering an Attack on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to prevent Tehran, “one way or the other,” from building a nuclear bomb.

The Times 🇬🇧

Sister of murdered journalist: ‘Malta’s slow courts embolden criminals’

Corinne Vella calls for quicker action after conviction of two men for supplying bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia eight years ago

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Tense standoff as Northern Ireland town hit by third night of riots

Hundreds gathered on the streets armed with petrol bombs, facing off against police armed with riot shields and backed by water cannons. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier on Wednesday condemned the 'mindless violence.'

BBC News 🇬🇧

A Belgrade landmark bombed by Nato could get Trump makeover

The Serbian project, led by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, has run into opposition and scandal.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Police: Austrian school gunman planned bomb attack

Police found a pipe bomb, bombing plans, and a farewell note at the home of the alleged Graz school shooter.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Russia flies bomber planes over Baltic for first time since Ukrainian drone attacks

Russia's Wednesday flyover appeared to send a message that business was running as usual despite the Ukrainian attacks.

The Independent 🇬🇧

‘Bombshell’ badger cull study review ‘disproves evidence used’

The Times 🇬🇧

Slow justice emboldens criminals, says murdered blogger’s sister

Corinne Vella calls for quicker action after conviction of two men who supplied bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia eight years ago

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Russian Drone Barrage Kills 3 in Ukraine’s Second-Largest City

The assault continued Moscow’s stepped-up drone and missile attacks, which have been ratcheting up for months with nightly bombardments on regions and cities in Ukraine.

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Second night of disorder in Ballymena with missiles thrown at police

Petrol bombs, fireworks and masonry are thrown at police in the same area where disorder broke out on Monday.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Two bombmakers jailed for life over murder of Maltese journalist

Trial of suspects in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death was seen as test of EU county’s ability to tackle organised crime

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Four killed in wave of bomb, gun attacks across southwest Colombia

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Starving Palestinians in Gaza spend Eid al-Adha under bombardment

Starving Palestinians in Gaza spend Eid al-Adha under bombardment

The Times 🇬🇧

Can Spain’s PM outrun the scandals threatening to overtake him?

Spain’s PM fled the floods crisis, was silent on the power cut and is mired in claims of dirty tricks and a fake bomb plot — and now faces protests in Madrid

The Independent 🇬🇧

Passenger makes bogus bomb threat after missing his flight

The Economist 🇬🇧

Might the Royal Air Force go nuclear again?

The defence review suggests that Britain could soon wield tactical nuclear bombs

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israeli military officials say there are no restrictions on bombing Gaza homes

Senior Israeli officials have rejected a report on Channel 14 that claimed Israel's military advocate general prevented an air strike on a building where four soldiers later died

The New York Times 🇺🇸

U.N. Agency Suspects North Korea Is Building New Uranium-Enrichment Site

​The nuclear energy agency noted the construction of a site similar to current plants, as Kim Jong-un has been pushing to produce more fuel for nuclear bombs.

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

Long-range missiles, days of planning: How the navy struck the Houthi's Hodeidah port

The IDF said that the explosive power of the sea-to-land missiles would leave a mark and promote a different kind of deterrence than bombs from the air.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Zelenskiy calls for ‘concrete actions’ as hundreds of Russian drones and missiles strike Ukrainian cities

Kyiv main focus of latest barrage with launching of 316 drones and seven missles seen as part of response to operation that destroyed bombers

Monday, 9 June 2025

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

British girl who took life was radicalized by US neo-Nazis, inquest says

Rhianan Rudd, who had autism, became obsessed with fascism, even carving a swastika into her forehead, and had downloaded material about making bombs and 3D guns, Durran said.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Exclusive: David Cameron threatened to withdraw UK from ICC over Israel war crimes probe

Former foreign secretary told ICC prosecutor Karim Khan that issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders would be like ‘dropping a hydrogen bomb’

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

British surgeon: Israeli bombing ‘far more direct hits on people’ in Gaza

Victoria Rose says the scale of recent bombardment is the ‘worst’ she has witnessed since war began.

Sunday, 8 June 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

IDF Proud of Killing Hamas Chief, but Struggling to Justify Bombing Near Hospital

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱

IDF names Sgt. Cohen, Sgt.-Maj. Rotstein as additional fallen soldiers in Khan Yunis

The IDF announced on Friday that four Israeli soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, when a bomb detonated, causing a building to collapse on the troops.

Saturday, 7 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Killer drones are changing war — and may soon think for themselves

Ukraine’s destruction of expensive warplanes with simple flying bombs was Russia’s Pearl Harbor moment. The technology is changing faster than you think

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Russia Strikes Kharkiv Twice in Same Day, Ukraine Says

Kharkiv’s mayor described Russia’s first strike, an overnight swarm of drones, bombs and missiles, as the “most powerful attack” on the city since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Russia, Ukraine trade accusations over delaying POW swap

This hold-up to an exchange that both sides said would take place this weekend came hours Moscow's army launched a barrage of missiles, drones and bombs across Ukraine.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Updates: Israel commits ‘massacre’ in Gaza City, 75 killed across the Strip

At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli bombing of Gaza City’s Sabra with more than 50 wounded, medics say.

Friday, 6 June 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Man charged with plotting terror attack after ‘Asda bomb hoax’

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

House Progressives’ “Block the Bombs Act” Would End Transfer of Offensive Arms to Israel

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

Israeli jets bombard Beirut suburb on eve of Eid al-Adha

Israeli defence minister says there will 'be no calm in Beirut' while Hezbollah continues to operate

The Times 🇬🇧

From ‘bomb squad’ reject to cusp of England history — Chalobah’s crazy year

BBC News 🇬🇧

The long wait for answers over the Lockerbie bombing grows longer

Families react to the delay of the trial of a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Israel bombs Beirut outskirts, ‘targeting Hizbullah drone workshops’

Bombardment is one of the heaviest on Lebanon capital’s southern outskirts since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect in November

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

UN says Gaza child malnutrition cases soaring, Israel bombs Beirut

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Russia mounts deadly barrage of Kyiv after vowing revenge for Ukraine attack on bomber fleet

Four killed and 20 wounded as missiles and drones target the Ukrainian capital

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Russia launches drone and missile attack on Ukraine

Assault comes days after raid by Kyiv destroyed more than a dozen of Moscow’s strategic bombers

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Russia Launches Broad Assault on Kyiv and Other Cities in Ukraine

Air defense crews in the capital were racing to combat a large-scale bombardment before dawn on Friday, officials said.

Thursday, 5 June 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts, Citing Hezbollah Drone Workshops

The airstrikes on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, were some of the heaviest since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire came into effect in November.

Middle East Eye 🇬🇧

What is stopping Israel from bombing Iran's nuclear sites?

US confident Israel could set Iran's nuclear programme back 'a few years', but Netanyahu's fear of Trump holds him back, experts say

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Russia’s war on Ukraine intensifies as peace talks appear at dead end

Russia lost a third of its strategic bombers as talks stalled, while Moscow’s forces made marginal front-line advances.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Axed Love Islander says he wants to return to series as a bombshell

Kyle Ashman was axed from the reality series before it started after reports he was arrested.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Attack on Russia nuclear bombers captured in new Ukraine drone footage

Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Three World War II bombs are defused in a German city's biggest postwar evacuation

Three unexploded US bombs were successfully defused on Wednesday in Cologne, after more than 20,000 residents were evacuated from the city center.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Man sent chemicals to suspect in California fertility clinic bombing: FBI

The bombing outside the clinic in May killed the suspect and injured four others.

The Times 🇬🇧

Iran rejects US pressure to curb uranium enrichment

Ayatollah Khamenei warned that US proposals were ‘100 per cent’ against Iran’s interests as concerns grow over its potential to develop a nuclear bomb

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Putin Intends to Respond to Ukraine Strikes on Russian Bombers, Trump Says

President Trump spoke with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia amid escalating attacks between Russia and Ukraine, even as their officials have been engaged in direct talks.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Man linked to fatal bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic arrested

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

Israel Kills 95 Palestinians Across Gaza in a Day; 18 Killed in Bombing of School Turned Shelter

The Independent 🇬🇧

Man jailed for Bali bombing that killed 202 starts coffee business

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Thousands evacuated from Cologne after discovery of second World War bombs

Three American bombs, each with impact fuses, were discovered during construction work

Tuesday, 3 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Richard Garwin, creator of the hydrogen bomb

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Major evacuation in Cologne after second world war bombs discovered

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Two suspected Ugandan rebels killed in Kampala explosion

A female suicide bomber and another suspected rebel were killed in a blast in Uganda’s capital city.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Ukraine hits Putin’s bridge to Crimea with underwater bomb attack

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian air bases expose Russia's vulnerability

Kyiv said its military damaged more than 40 aircraft, including bombers, on Sunday. Beyond the strategic losses, which remain to be exactly determined, the operation is above all a humiliation for Moscow.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Suicide bomber 'killed' in Uganda on Christian holy day, army says

A suicide bomber and an accomplice were "intercepted and neutralized", the army says.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Aiming to Change Putin’s Calculus, Ukraine Exposes Russia’s Vulnerability

Kyiv’s attack on the country’s bomber fleet appeared designed to show Russia’s leader that continuing the war carries big risks for Moscow.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

‘An epic failure’: Russia reels from surprise Ukraine attack on bomber fleet

Audacious drone raid threatens Moscow’s military operations and exposes vulnerability deep within its territory

Monday, 2 June 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Ukraine Says It Unleashed 117 Drones in Attack on Russia: What to Know

The strike set several aircraft on fire, video showed, and dealt a symbolic blow to Moscow’s relentless bombing campaign.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Ellen Pompeo says she was detained by TSA who called in bomb squad over her ‘expensive’ snack

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Ukraine showcases capabilities by bombing Russian aircraft as far as Siberia with drones

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said 41 Russian aircraft were destroyed or damaged on the ground across four bases, using drones that had been smuggled into Russia.

BBC News 🇬🇧

How Ukraine carried out daring 'Spider Web' attack on Russian bombers

On 1 June, more than 100 Ukrainian drones struck strategic targets deep into Russia in an elaborate and audacious operation.

The Times 🇬🇧

‘Holocaust survivor’, 88, named eldest victim of Boulder terror attack

Mohamed Soliman has been detained after a march to honour Hamas hostages was attacked with petrol bombs

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

How will Ukraine’s attack on Russian bombers affect the war?

An unprecedented assault on the eve of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict weakens Russia’s image, observers say.

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Russia-Ukraine fighting steps up ahead of talks in Turkey

Planned further direct talks in Turkey come after Ukraine targeted Russian long-range bombers with drone attacks

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Zelenskyy praises 'brilliant' operation following drone attack on Russian bombers – video

Sunday, 1 June 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Many hurt in petrol bomb attack on Jewish demo in Colorado

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Monday Briefing: Ukraine bombarded Russian air bases

Plus, the tech bros of “Mountainhead.”

BBC News 🇬🇧

Ukraine's audacious drone attack sends critical message to Russia - and the West

The BBC's Paul Adams reflects on the impact of Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian bombers.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Ukraine strikes Russian bombers ahead of Istanbul talks

Ukraine claimed it had damaged $2 billion worth of Russian aircraft on Sunday, a day before the second round of talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul.

The Economist 🇬🇧

An astonishing raid deep inside Russia rewrites the rules of war

Ukraine’s high-risk strikes damage over 40 top-secret strategic bombers

Haaretz 🇮🇱

While Netanyahu Boasted of Victory, Tehran Leapt Toward a Nuclear Bomb

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Ukrainian drones target Russian airbases in unprecedented operation

Ukrainian drones hit Russian airbases in largest single-day attack since war began, targeting strategic bombers.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Footage shows major Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers – video

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds of same attack

Hamdi al-Najjar’s son Adam (11) remains in hospital following bombing of family home

Saturday, 31 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Israel bombs, children die and this British surgeon keeps working

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Hamas responds to US ceasefire proposal with offer to release 10 hostages and 18 bodies

UN warns of worsening humanitarian situation as Israel continues bombardment

BBC News 🇬🇧

Lawyers ask for year-long delay to Lockerbie bombing trial

A judge will be asked to decide whether the trial of the man accused of building the bomb can be delayed until next April.

Declassified UK 🇬🇧

‘Where is the justice?’, asks father of Manchester bombing victim

Could MI5 have prevented the murder of 22 people? The key evidence remains a state secret.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Lawyer accused of client murder after courthouse bomb threats

Friday, 30 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Lionesses put Earps bombshell behind them with six-goal demolition

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Islamic State Says It Targeted Syrian Forces in Bombings

The extremist group claimed responsibility for two attacks, its first against the new government since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, a war monitoring group said.

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

Israel Uses Continued Displacement, Bombing and Starvation in Gaza as Genocide Passes 600 Days

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

ISIL (ISIS) launches first attacks against new Syrian government

The bombings mark a sharp escalation by the armed group, which views the new government in Damascus as illegitimate.

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Trump Blocks the Building of an Iranian Bomb but Saves the Binding Accords for Later

Financial Times 🇬🇧

There’s a ticking time bomb in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Investors are fretting about a clause that would penalise foreign holders of US assets

Thursday, 29 May 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Killer teacher who disguised bomb as wedding gift gets life sentence

The Times 🇬🇧

Russian officer behind Mariupol strikes dies in ‘suicide bombing’

Zaur Gurtziyev was killed in a grenade blast in Stavropol after being approached by a man in the street

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Israel Intensely Bombards Gaza Amid Chaos Surrounding Aid Handouts

Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed more than 60 people over the past day, according to local health officials.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

The Take: How the Afghan village hit by a 10,000kg bomb is coping now

A rare visit to the Afghan village hit by the ‘mother of all bombs’ reveals lasting damage and unanswered questions.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Court tariffs bombshell should inspire trading partners to defy Trump

The EU must stand up to the US president’s bullying for the sake of the world trading system

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

US trade court rules in bombshell decision that Trump 'exceeded his authority' with 'Liberation Day' tariffs

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘Heinous crime’: Israel kills 10 desperate aid seekers in Gaza in 48 hours

Updated death toll comes amid condemnation of US-backed aid delivery scheme and Israeli bombing across the enclave.

The Times 🇬🇧

Do not read this article if you are over six. You won’t get it

Meet Ballerina Cappucina, Bombardino Crocodilo and Tung Tung Tung Sahur — the little monsters of TikTok whose express purpose is to rot your child’s brain

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Israeli Jets Strike Yemen’s Main Airport Again After Houthi Attacks

Israel said the bombing of the airport, which was targeted for the second time this month, had destroyed the last plane used by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Indian teacher gets life sentence for deadly 'wedding bomb' murder

The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift, killed a software engineer and his great aunt just days after his wedding in 2018.

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Arena bombing survivors caught up in Liverpool parade chaos

Football fans have described scenes of panic as euphoria turned to terror

Democracy Now! 🇺🇸

Israel Bombs Home of Gaza Pediatrician, Killing 9 of Her 10 Kids, in Latest Attack on Health Workers

The Independent 🇬🇧

Breakthrough for families 12 years after WWII bomber cras

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Ukraine says Russia launched its biggest drone attack since the start of the war

The three consecutive nights of Russian bombardment come after Kyiv accepted an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in March, proposed by the US, but that Moscow effectively rejected. Russia's Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said Monday that its forces shot down 103 Ukrainian drones overnight that were flying over southern and western Russia, including near Moscow.

Monday, 26 May 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes

Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died

The Independent 🇬🇧

WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and ‘non-recoverable’

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Ukraine's air defense is struggling to keep up with intensifying Russian strikes

Ukrainian territory has come under massive attacks in recent nights. Kyiv is beginning to run out of ammunition to counter these bombardments.

The Times 🇬🇧

Two million to be hit by ‘stealth tax bombshell’ by end of decade

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Gaza school-turned-shelter bombed while people slept, killing 25

The Israeli strike in northern Gaza also wounded more than 55 people

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Gaza school, killing 19; EU, Arab nations urge end to war

Israel kills two Red Cross workers and 11-year old influencer Yaqeen Hammad after seizing 77 percent of Gaza’s land.

Sunday, 25 May 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Monday Briefing: Russia Bombards Ukraine

Plus, Mexico City’s artistic eras.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Colorado man plotted to bomb US embassy in Israel and left note saying ‘Death to America,’ prosecutors say

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Glide bombs: Russia's secret to making cheap weapons 08:10

Glide bombs: Russia's secret to making cheap weapons 08:10

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Spain hosts European, Arab nations to pressure Israel to halt Gaza assault

The Madrid meeting comes as Israel’s aid blockade fuels a looming famine amid relentless bombing of Gaza.

Saturday, 24 May 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Reliable energy or ‘carbon bomb’? What’s at stake in the battle over Australia’s North West Shelf

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel accused of ‘engineered starvation’ as it bombs Gaza relentlessly

At least five Palestinians killed, 50 wounded by Israeli attack targeting people around a aid truck.

Friday, 23 May 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Trump’s Big Budget Bomb

Financial Times 🇬🇧

The priceless Lebanon heritage sites destroyed by Israeli bombing

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israeli attacks kill at least 16 people in Gaza as aid agencies warn of famine

Latest wave of bombings brings number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to nearly 70 in less than 48 hours

Thursday, 22 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Chris ‘Swampy’ Garrett, bomb disposal expert killed in Ukraine

Le Monde 🇫🇷

French-Israeli relations go even colder as Gaza bombardment continues

Israel's ambassador to Paris was summoned after gunfire from Israeli soldiers disrupted a group of foreign diplomats' visit to Jenin. The incident, in which no one was injured, comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries linked to the war in Gaza.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Slaying Outside D.C. Jewish Museum Is Part of Global Surge in Antisemitism

Anti-Jewish attacks have increased since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in 2023, and have remained high during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, according to groups that monitor hate crimes around the world.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza

Majed Abu Ramadan says 29 Palestinian children, elderly people killed as hunger grips bombarded enclave.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Hawaii-California planes diverted over bomb threat and message on mirror

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Even Halting the Bombings Won't End the War

The Times 🇬🇧

Antinatalist philosopher: Palm Springs bomber proves my point

The Independent 🇬🇧

‘Trump you need me’: Florida man facing federal charges after bomb hoax shuts FBI Tampa field office

The New York Times 🇺🇸

School Bus Bombing in Pakistan Kills at Least 6, Including 4 Students

The vehicle was carrying dozens of children to a military-run school in Balochistan, a southwestern region long roiled by rebel activity.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

‘A rabbit hole of paranoia’: what an IVF clinic bombing tells us about young men and online extremism

BBC News 🇬🇧

The Papers: 'This must end now' and 'Rayner's secret plan'

Foreign Secretary David Lammy's rare condemnation of Israel's bombing of Gaza dominates Tuesday's papers.

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

How the Afghan village hit by a 10,000kg bomb is coping now

A rare visit to the Afghan village hit by the ‘mother of all bombs’ reveals lasting damage and unanswered questions.

The Independent 🇬🇧

How fans reacted to the latest bombshell episode of Handmaid’s Tale

The New York Times 🇺🇸

My Father Prosecuted History’s Crimes. Then He Died in One.

He was a Nazi hunter — and was killed in the Lockerbie bombing. What does it mean to seek justice for his death?

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing suspect had anti-natalist views

Monday, 19 May 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Was ‘efilism’ behind the Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing?

The Irish Times 🇮🇪

Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill ‘at least 70 Palestinians’ in intensified bombardment

The New York Times 🇺🇸

A Scientist Fighting Nuclear Armageddon Hid a 50-Year Secret

Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Gaza’s Khan Younis latest focus of Israeli forced displacement, bombing

Israeli army warns of ‘unprecedented’ assault on the southern city as dozens killed in strikes across blockaded enclave.

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Romania’s new president faces fiscal time bomb

Nicușor Dan needs to appoint a government to curb spending and keep access to EU funds

Sunday, 18 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 — a sober, respectful telling of a complex atrocity

The Independent 🇬🇧

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 – elegant and sensitive, but unecessary

BBC News 🇬🇧

Mission: Impossible returns, and Nine Perfect Strangers: What's coming up this week

BBC drama The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is also released, and Peter Andre's film Jafaican is coming out.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Suspect in Palm Springs Bombing Is Said to Have Died in Blast

Officials said Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, targeted the fertility clinic in the bombing that damaged the facility and injured four people.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israeli strikes batter Gaza hospitals as brutal siege, bombing intensify

Indonesian Hospital in Gaza’s north ‘forced out of service’ amid intensifying Israeli strikes on healthcare system.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Scores of Palestinian people dead in attacks on Gaza as Israel intensifies bombing campaign

The Economist 🇬🇧

America steps up bombing the Houthis but lacks a clear strategy

It will be hard to secure the Red Sea without driving the rebel group from power in Yemen

Saturday, 17 May 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Palm Springs bomb that killed one was ‘intentional act of terrorism’

The New York Times 🇺🇸

1 Dead as Bomb Damages Palm Springs Fertility Clinic, Mayor Says

The explosion happened less than a mile from downtown Palm Springs, Calif. A bomb was in or near a vehicle by the clinic, Mayor Ron deHarte said.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours

Israel says intensified bombings are part of campaign expansion to ‘achieve all of the war goals in Gaza’

BBC News 🇬🇧

Celtic fans gather for unofficial title party despite club appeal

Supporters descended on the Merchant City and Trongate areas and let off smoke bombs following the draw against St Mirren.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Thousands of Palestinians flee north Gaza amid intensified Israeli attacks

Israel kills at least 115 Palestinians since Friday as it intensifies bombardment amid widespread forced starvation.

Friday, 16 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

‘No soap, no morphine’: Gaza volunteer on life under intensified bombing

Gaza volunteer calls Israel’s intensified bombardment “shocking” as Palestinians face severe food and medical shortages.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Cassie breaks down at the end of bombshell four-day testimony describing pain of Diddy’s alleged ‘freak offs’

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Israel launches new round of strikes against Houthis in Yemen

Bombing of two ports comes after rebels repeatedly fired missiles into Israel despite truce with US

The Guardian 🇬🇧

‘They came for us, to take our shelters and kill us’: how violence returned to a shattered South Sudan

Terrified civilians are watching a fragile peace crumble as politicians are arrested and deadly bombings increase

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 103 people, Civil Defence says

Fifty-six were killed in the south when homes and tents sheltering displaced families were bombed overnight, a hospital says.

Thursday, 15 May 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Eighty dead in Gaza bombing, Coalition talks begin, doctors’ gene genius

As ceasefire talks wither, Trump suggests territory could become ‘freedom zone’; Sussan Ley expects partnership talks to ‘take time’

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Deadly air raids have increased in Myanmar despite truce since earthquake

The junta has intensified bombings across the country despite the 'truce' extended until the end of May in areas affected by the earthquake.

The Independent 🇬🇧

50 Cent mocks Diddy after Cassie Ventura’s bombshell testimony

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel intensifies Gaza war during Trump visit

As Donald Trump tours the Middle East without visiting Israel, Israeli forces intensified their bombardment of Gaza.

BBC News 🇬🇧

At least 50 people reported killed as Palestinians say Israel launches offensive in north Gaza

The Israeli military is yet to comment but local residents say the assault began with smoke bomb barrages, followed by intense artillery shelling.

The Times 🇬🇧

Nuclear weapons are terrible — but it’s foolish to ban the bomb

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Wheelchair, falls and a cover-up: key claims in bombshell Biden book

The biggest revelations from Original Sin, a book written by CNN journalists based on 200 interviews exploring ‘disastrous’ 2024 election

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israeli 'bunker buster' bombs used in Gaza hospital strike, experts say

CCTV footage obtained and verified by the BBC shows the moment before impact and the immediate aftermath. Munitions experts told BBC Verify that the strikes and destruction are consistent with the use of so-called "bunker buster" bombs - designed to hit underground targets. BBC Verify's Merlyn Thomas has more.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Richard Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97

Many scientists contributed to the final result, but he was the one who designed the world’s deadliest weapon. He went on to advise presidents.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Jake Tapper admits it’s ‘fair’ for conservatives to bash him over past coverage of Biden following bombshell book

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Gaza hospitals and camps as UN condemns starvation tactic

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in intense Israeli attacks across Gaza, including attacks on hospitals

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Germany arrests three Ukrainians over alleged Russian parcel bomb plot

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Freed U.S.-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander Feared IDF Bombing in Captivity, Mother Says

BBC News 🇬🇧

Israeli air strike on hospital kills dozens in Gaza, local officials say

Israeli warplanes dropped six bombs simultaneously on the hospital, according to local sources.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Israel Bombards Gaza Seeking to Kill Top Hamas Leader, Officials Say

Israeli officials said the military had launched an attack targeting Mohammad Sinwar, one of Hamas’s top remaining commanders in Gaza and the brother of a leader killed last year.

The Times 🇬🇧

Biden staff discussed giving him a wheelchair, bombshell book claims

Financial Times 🇬🇧

War memes and bomb shelters: Israelis and Lebanese await new phase of conflict

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs two Gaza hospitals, killing at least 18 Palestinians

Both the European and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis were attacked by Israel on Tuesday.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

‘Timestamp on our minds’: Philadelphia marks 1985 Move bombing that killed 11

The Independent 🇬🇧

‘Biggest discovery since the atomic bomb’: 80 years of the bikini

Monday, 12 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Hamas frees US-Israeli soldier as Gaza faces bombardment, risk of famine

Hamas frees Edan Alexander as Israel presses on with its Gaza assault and 71-day blockade of all aid.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Suspected wartime bomb found at supermarket

The bomb disposal service is sent to Morrisons and the area is cordoned off.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

‘I had a chance to pass my mum’s story on’: Kazuo Ishiguro on growing up in shadow of the Nagasaki bomb

The Independent 🇬🇧

Democrats fear Fetterman can’t handle stress of Senate and are looking for ways to help after bombshell report

Sunday, 11 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel attacks Yemen’s Hodeidah, striking port areas

Israel has previously bombed Hodeidah and Sanaa airport; Houthi missile targeted Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv

Saturday, 10 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

This is why gardai are so worried about weaponised drones

The ‘pipe bomb’ drone that crashed in Finglas indicates gangs are now using the technology to deliver deadlier payloads

Le Monde 🇫🇷

In Israel, the Weissmanns are back in their home but disillusioned: 'There was a time when we were idealists'

Following Hamas's terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, Le Monde published profiles of two families caught in the conflict: the Weissmanns, on the Israeli side, and the Redwans, on the Palestinian side. After a year and a half of a never-ending war, with the Gaza Strip under further bombardment, we spoke with them again.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Iga Swiatek bombs out of Italian Open to drop down world rankings

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Released Hostage: Hamas Told Us a Bomb Would Go Off if Israeli Soldiers Approached

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

After Israel’s bombs, Nabatieh’s Monday Market revives itself once again

Nabatieh’s weekly market was destroyed in Israel’s war on Lebanon, but vendors and customers are returning.

BBC News 🇬🇧

No water, no power - Port Sudan reeling after week of attacks

The city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments.

Friday, 9 May 2025

Financial Times 🇬🇧

Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis in Yemen

US says rebel group has agreed to halt its attacks on regional shipping in the Red Sea

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Pakistan army accuses India of firing ballistic missiles after earlier drone claims

Spokesperson in unscheduled television broadcast says bombs fell in Indian territory

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Locals dispute Indian claim Muridke mosque was ‘terror training camp’

Residents of Muridke, Pakistan held Friday prayers at a bombed-out mosque that was targeted by the Indian military.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

The letters from two Ukrainian sisters: 'In my mind and body, I have reached breaking point. I can't take it anymore'

Sasha and Olga Kurovska are two Ukrainian sisters, one lives in Kyiv, the other in Paris. This month, they share their horror at the massive bombing launched on Kyiv on April 24 and their skepticism toward the peace negotiations led by Trump.

The Independent 🇬🇧

India-Pakistan latest: Pakistan retaliates with bombings after ‘India targets military bases’

Thursday, 8 May 2025

Le Monde 🇫🇷

92 dead in 24 hours: An ordinary day of horror in the Gaza Strip

Israeli bombings on Wednesday devastated a market as well as two schools serving as shelters for displaced people. Since Israel broke the ceasefire in mid-March, dozens of Palestinians have perished under its airstrikes every day.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

What does Israel’s escalation with the Houthis mean for Yemen?

Israel bombed Sanaa airport and Hodeidah port after Houthi missiles hit near Tel Aviv, prompting fears of wider war.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Bomb disposal expert killed in Ukraine 'died a hero'

Chris Garrett, 40, was volunteering with a humanitarian charity he founded when he died on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

British bomb disposal expert killed in Ukraine

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Gaza City

The single deadliest bombing took place near a popular cafe in Gaza City where at least 33 people were killed, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Manx bomb disposal specialist killed in Ukraine

Chris Garrett, 40, had been volunteering clearing mines in the country when he was killed on Tuesday.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Between borders and bombs, I lost my mum: A daughter’s tribute from Gaza

As Israel continues to bomb Gaza, Maram Humaid writes about never getting the chance to say goodbye to her mother.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma

Le Monde 🇫🇷

India bombs Pakistan, which denounces 'an act of war'

The Indian army said it attacked 'terrorist infrastructure' after an April 22 terrorist attack in India's Kashmir region. Pakistan's army claimed to have shot down five Indian aircraft in retaliation, including three Rafales.

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Israel Bombs Yemen’s Main Airport Days After Houthi Airstrike

Israel attacked Sana’s international airport after the Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel’s main airport.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Deported man ID’d as suspect in Lady Gaga concert bomb plot: Report

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Trump is ordering a halt to US airstrikes on Yemen's Houthis

The president claims that the Houthis have indicated to US officials that 'they don't want to fight anymore (...) And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings.' Omari Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi has confirmed the end of the US bombing campaign.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Trump says bombing of Yemen to stop as Oman confirms US-Houthi ceasefire

Oman says it brokers truce between Washington and Houthis, says neither side will target the other.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

US to halt bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen, Trump says

The Times 🇬🇧

Military might won’t solve the Middle East

For all the excitement about bunker-busting bombs and air superiority, those who start wars rarely get what they want

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Unexploded Israeli Bombs Gift Hamas Firepower Worth Millions – and Cost Soldiers' Lives

BBC News 🇬🇧

Home of Ukrainian Eurovision contestant destroyed

Khrystyna Starykova shares photos of her bombed-out apartment block, but vows to keep performing.

Monday, 5 May 2025

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Israel bombs Yemen after Houthi strike on Tel Aviv airport

Israel claims the strikes on Yemen's western coast targeted Houthi-controlled areas.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Yemen’s Hodeidah port after attack near Tel Aviv

Air strikes come a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel’s main airport.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Israel Bombs Yemen After Houthi Missile Struck Near Tel Aviv Airport

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Lady Gaga concert alleged bomb plot 'targeted LGBTQ community', says police chief – video

Rio de Janeiro police arrest two people in connection with the alleged concert bomb plot

Sunday, 4 May 2025

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Brazil police arrest two suspects over Lady Gaga gig bomb plot

Police believe attackers targeted LGBTQ fans attending American star’s free concert on Rio’s Copacabana Beach.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Watch: How Lady Gaga's record-breaking concert almost ended in disaster

A large-scale bomb attack was thwarted by police before Gaga's first concert in Brazil since 2012.

The Times 🇬🇧

Police ‘foil bomb plot’ at outdoor Lady Gaga concert Brazil

The Bad Romance singer’s free gig on Copacabana beach drew a crowd of more than two million

The Independent 🇬🇧

Police foil bomb attack on huge free Lady Gaga concert in Brazil

Saturday, 3 May 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

The Papers: Harry bombshell 'backfires' and Reform 're-education'

The continued fallout from Prince Harry's BBC sit-down interview features across Sunday's papers.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Doctors Without Borders says South Sudan hospital bombed

At least seven people were killed and 20 injured in the attack that damaged the hospital in Old Fangak, in the north of the country.

The Times 🇬🇧

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but it is still killing people

The legacy of the conflict persists in unexploded bombs and landmines that cause 1,000 deaths a year

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

At least seven killed in South Sudan hospital bombing: MSF

The UN has warned in recent weeks that the country is on the brink of a new civil war.

The New York Times 🇺🇸

Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center

Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.

The Independent 🇬🇧

Woman dies in Greece when bomb explodes in her hands

Friday, 2 May 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Sir Roger Birch obituary: chief constable at time of the Brighton bombing

The Independent 🇬🇧

Sen. John Fetterman clashed with his wife over Israel support and aides questioned his mental health, bombshell report says

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Gaza humanitarian aid ship bombed by drones in waters off Malta – video

Freedom Flotilla Coalition claims Israel to blame for attack on unarmed civilian vessel in international waters

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Drones hit ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Gaza aid ship in international waters

Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations including blockade and ‘bombing of our civilian vessel’.

Thursday, 1 May 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

UK banks put £75bn into firms building climate-wrecking ‘carbon bombs’, study finds

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

3,000 aid trucks pile up at Gaza border, Israel bombs central, south Strip

UN says 1 million children’s lives hang in the balance due to Israel’s refusal to let aid into the Strip.

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

First UK strikes on Houthis in Yemen under Trump

RAF jets hit a Houthi drone production facility with precision bombs in joint UK-US operation, the Ministry of Defence says.

The Independent 🇬🇧

A young couple found love during war. Then Putin’s bombs came for them

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel attacks tent camps in Gaza again

Video shows the moment Israel’s military bombed more tents in Gaza, targeting shelters for displaced Palestinian

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Roadside bomb blast kills 26 in Nigeria’s restive northeast

Violence reportedly flaring up in region long plagued by ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram.

Monday, 28 April 2025

The Guardian 🇬🇧

US bombardment is moving Yemen further from the peace Trump promised

BBC News 🇬🇧

Bomb squad attends 'unexploded ordnance' on beach

The incident is ongoing a short distance from the pier in Clacton-on-Sea.

The Times 🇬🇧

Long term, this makes an Iran bomb likelier

We do not know how much of the regime’s nuclear material and knowledge survives and how quickly it can be put to use

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs southern Beirut as its attacks in Lebanon continue

Israel has bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs, part of a series of attacks across Lebanon that violate the ceasefire deal

Sunday, 27 April 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

They vowed to stop bombing after Myanmar's earthquake. I saw the air strikes continue

The BBC's Quentin Sommerville witnesses daily attacks on a rebel-held area ravaged by the country's long-running civil war.

The Times 🇬🇧

Russia charges ‘Ukrainian agent’ over assassination of general

The authorities released video of Ignat Kuzin admitting to planting a bomb that killed Yaroslav Moskalik near Moscow

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Israel bombs Beirut; President Aoun calls for international pressure

Israel has violated the November ceasefire multiple times, attacking the Lebanese capital and the south.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Nicola Jennings on Trump’s reaction to Putin’s Kyiv bombings – cartoon

The US president insists he’s putting pressure on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine

Saturday, 26 April 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Like every true friend of Israel, I am obliged to say — enough

With each bomb, each bullet, each meal denied to Gaza’s children, Hamas is getting more of what it wants

BBC News 🇬🇧

Russia detains suspect in car bomb attack that killed general

The FSB say they detained a "Ukrainian special services agent". Kyiv has not commented on the attack.

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Thirteen killed, dozens under rubble as Israel bombs Gaza amid food crisis

Entire Strip, with a population of two million people, may be on the brink of famine as WFP runs out of supplies.

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Who opened her first classroom in Rome back in 1907?

From the Albert Square pub and Bombay Sapphire bottle to the Pest Control Office, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Friday, 25 April 2025

The Independent 🇬🇧

Russian general killed by bomb near Moscow as Trump envoy meets Putin

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

Car bomb outside Moscow kills Russian lieutenant general

Surveillance cameras captured the moment a blast outside Moscow killed Russian Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik.

Le Monde 🇫🇷

Russian general killed by car bomb near Moscow

Authorities named General Lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military's General Staff, as the victim.

BBC News 🇬🇧

Senior Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow

Authorities confirm the general, Yaroslav Moskalik, was part of the Russian delegation for the 2015 Minsk agreements.

The Times 🇬🇧

Russian army officer killed by exploding Volkswagen Golf near Moscow

Major General Yaroslav Moskalik died when an apparent car bomb detonated, with Kyiv likely to face blame

The Guardian 🇬🇧

Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general

Russian official calls talks with Steve Witkoff ‘quite useful’ as investigation launched into suspected Ukrainian bombing

Haaretz 🇮🇱

'We'll Die Whether From Hunger or the Bombing': Gaza Faces Critical Food Shortage

Thursday, 24 April 2025

The Times 🇬🇧

Trump: You don’t know what pressure I’m putting on Russia

US president tells Putin to stop bombing and make peace — and suggests Ukraine will have to give up Crimea

Aljazeera 🇶🇦

At least 59 Palestinians killed as Israel escalates Gaza bombardment

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 59 as military issues evacuation orders for Beit Hanoon and Sheikh Zeid.

The Independent 🇬🇧

North Korea issues threat after US flies long-range bombers over South

The Guardian 🇬🇧

My cousin Ziyad loved his family, Gaza’s candies and life. A bomb ended all that on Friday night

When Israeli strikes killed 45 members of my family, Ziyad rushed to try to save them – this time, he was the victim

Haaretz 🇮🇱

Dropping Bombs on Gaza Again, Netanyahu Can Accuse His Critics of Wartime Treason

BBC News 🇬🇧

Trump envoy in Moscow to meet Putin as Russia's Lavrov says 'ready to reach deal' on Ukraine

Meanwhile, a senior Russian general has reportedly been killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow.

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Sri Lanka Easter bombings victims named 'heroes of faith' by Vatican

The 167 people recognised were Catholics attending mass at churches attacked by suicide bombers.

Tuesday, 18 March 2025

BBC News 🇬🇧

Why has Israel bombed Gaza and what next for ceasefire deal?

The truce was already in trouble - now Israeli air strikes have dealt it a huge blow.

Saturday, 24 February 2024

BBC News 🇬🇧

Jersey aid helping with bomb disposal in Ukraine

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

BBC News 🇬🇧

How we escaped Gaza bombs for a new life in Canada

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

BBC News 🇬🇧

Diseases could kill more than bombs in Gaza, WHO warns