For the first time in its 116-year history, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has appointed a woman to lead its foreign spying operations. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli as the next chief of MI6 agency founded in 1909.

Washington: President Donald Trump vetoed a plan presented by Israel to the US to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a US official familiar with the matter.

New Delhi/Washington, June 15, 2025 – U.S. President Donald Trump has made at least fourteen public claims between May 10 and June 15, 2025, in that he has at least ten times asserted that he played a central role in securing a ceasefire between India and Pakistan by using U.S. trade leverage. While India officially maintains that the May 10 ceasefire was a bilateral outcome with no third-party intervention, it has not directly challenged Trump's version of events, allowing a growing perception of American influence over a critical South Asian security development.

Dubai: Israeli strikes in Iran have killed at least 406 people and wounded another 654, a human rights group said Sunday.

Tel Aviv/Tehran: Iran launched a fresh wave of ballistic missiles targeting multiple locations in Israel on Sunday, hours after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly struck several areas across Tehran, including the headquarters of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry.

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that he could secure a deal between Iran and Israel just as he had done between other arch-rivals, as he repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last month by “using trade”.

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned that Iran will pay a “very heavy price” for targeting civilians in Israel.

Amid intensifying hostilities with Israel, Iran is reportedly considering the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint for global oil supplies. The development was reported by Iranian state broadcaster IRINN and highlighted in a detailed Al Jazeera explainer published on Saturday, citing Iranian lawmaker and former IRGC commander Esmail Kosari.