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The BBC has refuted White House claims regarding its Gaza coverage, stating that it did not retract any stories and stands by its reporting. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of relying on Hamas for casualty figures and criticized its adjustments to the reported numbers, which the BBC clarified were standard practice as new information emerged. The BBC emphasized the challenges of reporting in Gaza due to restrictions on journalists and called...

Guyana’s UN Ambassador, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, emphasized that the right of people under colonial rule to resist is recognized in international law. As the president of the UN Security Council for June, she highlighted the council's priorities, which include maintaining international peace and security and protecting children in conflict zones, with 29 meetings planned on various global issues. Additionally, a session on June 30 will address the implementation of Resolution 2334 regarding settlement activities in the...

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by the US and Israel, temporarily closed aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli military warnings about combat zones, following deadly incidents that resulted in numerous civilian casualties. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the violence against civilians seeking aid, while the Israeli military claimed its actions were in response to threats. As international calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian access grow, a boat carrying aid organized...

Syria's foreign ministry has not confirmed reports of rockets fired from Syria toward Israel, while the IDF responded with airstrikes against Syrian regime weapons in Southern Syria. The new Syrian government, attempting to distance itself from the previous Assad regime's alliance with Iran and Hezbollah, seeks to stabilize the region but faces Israeli demands for demilitarization and ongoing airstrikes. Syria condemned Israeli actions as violations of sovereignty and called for international support to restore security...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment, directly rejecting a key US demand in ongoing nuclear negotiations mediated by Oman. Despite five rounds of talks, significant issues remain, particularly Iran's insistence on maintaining its enrichment capabilities and its refusal to export its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Khamenei emphasized that uranium enrichment is essential to Iran's nuclear program and criticized US demands as contradictory to Iran's principles...

Top secret intelligence files obtained by the BBC confirm that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his abduction near Damascus in August 2012. The files reveal he was held in a detention facility and treated better than other detainees, with reports of his health issues while in captivity. Despite US government beliefs about his survival, his whereabouts remain unknown following the regime's ousting in...