Escalation in Tehran, tragic fire in Karachi, mass casualties in Kabul, and more updates from Lebanon and Bryansk.
TEHRAN, IRAN — An airstrike in Tehran results in the death of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, escalating tensions in the region.
KARACHI, PAKISTAN — A devastating fire at Gul Plaza leads to at least 73 deaths, with medical authorities citing inhalational asphyxia as the primary cause.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — A Pakistani airstrike on a hospital in Kabul reportedly kills 400 people, according to the Taliban government, deepening the crisis.
SOUTHERN LEBANON — Israeli airstrikes prompt mass displacement of tens of thousands as violence in the region escalates further.
BEIRUT, LEBANON — Israeli military operations continue in Beirut, exacerbating civilian hardships amid ongoing conflicts in the region.
BRYANSK, RUSSIA — A missile attack by Ukraine on the Russian region of Bryansk leads to six civilian deaths and injuries to 37 others.
BAHRAIN — Iran targets the Israeli embassy in Bahrain, prompting missile interceptions by Saudi Arabia, illustrating the ongoing tensions.
IRAN — An investigation suggests possible U.S. involvement in a deadly bombing at an Iranian primary school, raising international concerns.
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Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian politician and Muslim cleric. The second eldest child of Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988, and also reportedly took control of the Basij that was used to suppress the protests over the 2009 election.
Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. He previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years and six months, made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East at the time of his death.
Zeina Khodr is a Lebanese broadcast journalist for the Al Jazeera English channel.
Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
Mark Joseph Carney is a Canadian politician and economist who serves as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025. He has also been leader of the Liberal Party and the member of Parliament (MP) for Nepean since 2025. He previously was Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.
The Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The conflict also separately includes the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Pakistani Taliban, National Resistance Front (NRF), and the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF). The skirmishes took place over a number of locations in Afghanistan, along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, and Western and North-Western part of Pakistan. After de-escalation in March 2024, the conflict resurged in December 2024 with Pakistani airstrikes against Afghanistan, specifically in Paktika Province. Conflict in December 2024 marked the third round of air strikes by Pakistan on the territory of Afghanistan in a period of less than two years. The first similar Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan soil since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan were in 2022 and the second Pakistani airstrikes were in March 2024.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
Lee Cheuk-yan is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016, when he lost his seat. He represented the Kowloon West and the Manufacturing constituencies briefly in 1995 and had been representing the New Territories West constituency from 1998 to 2016. He is a former trade union leader, former General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, as well as former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. He has been jailed since April 2021 for his role in the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests, having been sentenced for organizing two unauthorized assemblies; for an alleged offence of subversion of the state, no trial date has been set as of February 2024.
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French former politician and convicted criminal who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012.
This is a list of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Twelve-Day War based on visual evidence or official self-admision from involved parties. It includes proven helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and military drones (UCAVs).
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