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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 16

Xinhua
| June 16, 2025
2025-06-16

TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that eight other senior commanders of its aerospace division were killed in Israel's Friday airstrikes on the capital Tehran.

In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC extended condolences over the "martyrdom" of its senior commanders. (Iran-Israeli Attack-Slain Commanders)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on Sunday that 244 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the past 65 hours.

In a post on the social media platform X, Kermanpour noted that women and children were among the dead, and that 1,277 people had been hospitalized. (Iran-Israeli Strikes-Casualty)

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JERUSALEM -- Iran launched a fresh aerial attack on Israel on Sunday night, injuring at least two people and igniting fires, Israeli authorities said.

The attack came shortly after Israel announced its warplanes had begun a new wave of airstrikes in western Iran, targeting missile launchers. (Israel-Iran-Attack)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday over the tensions in the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine peace talks, and both of them agreed that "this war in Israel-Iran should end."

"He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, adding that Putin knows Iran "very well." (Trump-Putin-Phone Conversation) Enditem

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