NEWS FOR 6-18-2025 'Very late to be talking': Trump won't say if US would strike Iran Prez. Trump demands Iran’s "Unconditional" Surrender, says the US won’t kill Khamenei ‘for now’ The UN calling for de-escalation amid rising Israel-Iran tensions Beleaguered Khamenei warns of ‘irreparable damage’ to the US if it strikes, vows to ‘punish’ Israel Trump briefed on the military options against Iran by CENTCOM chief Iran's supreme leader says any US strikes on Iran will have serious consequences The Iran army chief Ali Shademani assassinated in the secret mountain compound near Tehran IAF does more than 600 aerial refuelings in the Middle Eastern skies IDF: Iran fired 1,000 drones at Israel, none hit targets; over 400 missiles launched IAF continues to strike Tehran, targeting police HQ and the centrifuge production sites Netanyahu: 'We control the skies over Tehran over in Iran, striking the regime hard' WATCH: IAF destroys Iran attack helicopters, Emad missile launchers 1,100 Iranian targets hit since Friday, including 40 overnight Iran fires missile salvo at central Israel in the first volley since on late Tuesday night Watch as Iran TV is hacked calling on the Iranians to “rise up” amid massive internet blackout Five battalions join the West Bank troops in operations in Nablus Trump shifts gears on Iran; US appears poised to strike Russia to US: Stay out of Israel-Iran war Ukraine: at least 15 people dead, over 100 injured in the Russian bombardment The new clashes drive thousands from homes across Sudan EU denounces ongoing violence and "military offensives" in S. Sudan RSF presses General al-Burhan SAF stronghold in Babanusa 15 killed in bloody Tonj North cattle raid over in South Sudan The Sudan "civil war" deepens with growing human suffering, chaos Soldiers in Nigeria foil B’Haram attack on Lake Chad naval base, kill dozens More than 4,000 guns has been surrendered in the Warrap’s Tonj East in South Sudan 6 charged in the gang-related kidnapping and assault in Union County in North Carolina, USA, sheriff says South Carolina, United States: A Horry County teen conspired to join terrorist group, create bombs Benue State in Nigeria: We’re facing calculated genocidal invasion by herder terrorists, Tor Tiv tells Tinubu Lagos, Nigeria taskforce raids criminal hideouts and arrests 49 Killings in Benue State, Nigeria: Let’s get those criminals, "President" Tinubu tells the service chiefs and the IGP Some bandits kill three, injure child in Kajo-Keji County in South Sudan City of Plymouth, USA in Pennsylvania: An illegal "street takeover" shuts down busy intersection with dangerous stunts and fireworks: police USA: Cherokee County, Georgia USPS employee charged with mail theft USA: A Pickens County, Georgia postal worker accused of stealing mail packages The Kenya police leader resigning 'temporarily' after protest erupts Kenyan on life-support after the police shooting during protests The Kenya protests turn deadly after a blogger dies in police custody North Carolina, USA: I-40 shut down near state line due to the possible rockslide and flooding A Congo minister quits after an embezzlement inquiry Hurricane Erick rapidly intensifies, is forecasted to reach Cat 3 strength before Mexico landfall Hurricane Erick forms, flash floods & landslides is forecasted ahead of a Mexico landfall The heat wave to push temps near 100 F across central and eastern US New York City in New York and Philadelphia to flirt with 100 degrees weather as potentially dangerous "heat wave" grips I-95 corridor Severe storms include tornado risk in central, eastern United States 77 killed and more than 100 missing after severe storms capsized boats and caused flash floods in DR Congo Over 700 missing weeks after Nigeria floods Heatwave continues to grip Japan West Virginia, USA flash flooding death toll rises to 8 as its communities continue cleanup Deadly flooding in West Virginia, USA won't be the last of this week Apartment collapses in West Virginia, USA amid flash flood: It is 'Like a waterfall, gushing out the window' Van swept away in flash flood in Botad, Gujarat, India, leaving 2 dead and 5 missing amidst intense monsoon rains See it: Massive tornado in Nebraska in the USA rolls through farmland for an hour as rainbow forms beside it Tornadoes, large hail, and severe floods strike northern Italy, causing widespread damage Tornadoes reported in Minnesota, Nebraska in the USA as record 101-mph wind gust blasts Wichita, Kansas An outbreak of severe weather produces 16 tornadoes all across the Midwest in the USA Massive landslide closes Colorado Loveland Pass indefinitely as summer travel gets underway 25 people killed in the lightning strikes across "14 districts" of Uttar Pradesh, India A very large wildfire prompted 'evacuations' up in Marathon, Attica, Greece Flights canceled in Bali after volcano erupts in Indonesia More than 20 Bali flights has been cancelled after local Indonesia volcano erupts Seaweed overruns some "Caribbean beaches" as Sargassum hits record levels Corruption and neglect deepen the Zimbabwe’s healthcare crisis Georgia in the USA: 6th measles case reported, health officials say Diphtheria: Edo, Nigeria places the hospitals on ‘High Alert’ to contain outbreak Nearly 2 dozen whales found dead around the San Francisco Bay Area in California in United States, alarming marine experts Reported shark attack on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, USA Alligators were found with increased mercury levels in Georgia and South Carolina swamps in the United States Nippon Steel completes US Steel acquisition NEWS FOR 6-2025