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Tehran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel after it said late Friday that 78 people were killed and 320 were wounded in Israel’s airstrikes on Iran.

Under heavy security and growing speculation, the Grand Hôtel in central Stockholm has become the focal point of global intrigue, as world elites gather behind closed doors for the annual Bilderberg Meeting. The historic hotel has been fully booked for days, with Swedish police confirming an ongoing operation involving multiple protected individuals.

Amid the smoldering wreckage of an Air India passenger jet that crashed moments after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, all but one of the 242 people aboard miraculously survived, while dozens of others died on the ground, police and witnesses said.

An Air India plane bound for London crashed shortly after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing 242 people on board in the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, officials confirmed.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog formally declared Iran in violation of its non-proliferation commitments on Thursday, marking the first such resolution in nearly two decades and igniting fears of renewed nuclear escalation in the Middle East.

Britain and Spain have agreed to mend fences over the future of the contested tiny, rocky territory of Gibraltar at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, following years of tense negotiations.

Scores of people have been confirmed dead as devastating floods ravage South Africa’s poorest provinces, amid ongoing search and rescue efforts.

President Donald Trump voiced deepening skepticism this week over the likelihood of securing a revised nuclear agreement with Iran, even as his administration pushes ahead with diplomatic talks aimed at halting Tehran’s uranium enrichment program.

The United States and China have reached a tentative agreement to ease tensions over critical minerals and export controls, following two days of high-level trade talks in London. The handshake deal, announced June 11, now awaits final approval from President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had reasons to celebrate Wednesday as most Italians followed her call to stay away from a referendum on easing citizenship laws for migrants.

Hungary’s government made clear Wednesday it won’t back down for a “resistance movement” announced at a rally attended by more than 20,000 people filling the square in front of Hungary’s Parliament in Budapest.

A French middle school employee was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student in northeastern France on the same day that, elsewhere in Europe, in Austria, at least 11 people died after a school shooting, officials confirmed.

Austria has declared three days of mourning after its worst shooting since World War II left at least 11 people dead Tuesday at a secondary school in Graz, the nation’s second largest city.

Iran has announced a major expansion of its civilian nuclear program through a new agreement with Russia to build eight nuclear power plants, including four in the southern coastal province of Bushehr, home to the country’s only operational reactor.

At least 10 people, including seven students and adults, have been killed in a school shooting in Graz, Austria’s second largest city, its Mayor Elke Kahr confirmed.