Month / June 2025

by JR

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Father’s Day 2025 

According to American officials, U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed Israel’s plan to kill Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Reuters) 

Elon Musk announces on X (formerly Twitter) that Starlink will provide internet access to citizens in Tehran, Iran after the Iranian government shut down the internet in the country due to Israeli strikes against the nation. (The Times of Israel) 

A series of protests occur across the United States in all 50 states, the same day as the United States Army military parade in Washington DC. (Politico) 

The Israeli Air Force says it has targeted Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport in eastern Iran, destroying a refueling plane used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. (BBC News) 

An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a residential building kills 7, including 2 children, and injures over 200 in Bat Yam, Israel. (The Times of Israel) 

Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Israeli hostage Aviv Atzili, who was killed and abducted by Islamic Jihad during the October 7 attacks. (Haaretz) 

Seven people are killed, including an infant, when a Bell 407 aircraft crashes in a forested area in bad weather while en route to the Kedarnath Temple in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India. (The Free Press Journal) 

At least six people are killed, twenty-five are swept away and thirty-two others are injured, including six critically, when a bridge over a river collapses at a popular tourist destination in Kundamala, Pune, Maharashtra, India.  (CTV News) 

A Mw 6.1 earthquake hits Lima, Peru, leaving one person dead and at least five others injured. (Agencia EFE) 

Between 100,000 and 150,000 protesters march in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding that the Dutch government pressure Israel to halt its military campaign in the Gaza Strip. (AP) 

In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third consecutive year, with drivers Phil Hanson, Robert Kubica, and Yifei Ye. (AP) 

Iran and Israel continue to launch missiles and drones at each other after the preemptive strike on Iran yesterday. Israel targeted Iran’s Ministry of Defence headquarters while Iran retaliated by launching missiles at Tel Aviv and Haifa. (AP) 

At least 79 Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip, including 15 people near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (Al Jazeera) 

At least eleven Israelis are killed and over 200 others are injured in the latest Iranian ballistic missile attack on Bat Yam. (The Times of Israel) 

above posted sunday 06.15.2025 7pm

Saturday, June 14th, 2025 

At least 79 Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip, including 15 people near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 100 people are killed, including many who were burned to death, hundreds of others are injured, and dozens are still missing, in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria. (Star Tribune) (AP) 

The death toll from flooding caused by a winter storm in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, earlier this week increases to 86, as police continue to find bodies in the water. (AP) 

At least 19 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Niagara Falls Review) 

A fire breaks out late Friday night at a residential building in Dubai‘s Marina area, prompting evacuations. The fire is successfully contained. (Gulf News) 

Minnesota state senator John Hoffman, state representative and former speaker Melissa Hortman, and their spouses are shot in two targeted spree shootings at their homes in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, United States. Hortman and her husband are killed, while the conditions of the Hoffmans are “grave”. (ABC News) 

Anti-immigration protestors use fireworks and Molotov cocktails against riot police across Northern Ireland, injuring at least 63 police officers. Police deploy water cannons in return to control the protestors. (Reuters) 

Friday,  June 13th, 2025 

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members crashes into a residential area shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, India. Authorities find one survivor from the plane, and 204 bodies have been recovered from the crash site so far. (Fox News) 

The death toll from the crash of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, yesterday rises to 279 as a police source says 38 ground fatalities are confirmed. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

The Israeli military confirms it has targeted nuclear facilities in Iran with the main goal of the operation being to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms Israeli warplanes have targeted Iran’s main Natanz Nuclear Facility. It is later confirmed that the underground nuclear reactor at Natanz has been destroyed by a bunker buster. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC News) 

The Israeli Air Force launches a bombing campaign against Iran targeting nuclear facilities with the main goal of the operation being to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. A special state of emergency is declared in Israel by Defence Minister Israel Katz and Israeli airspace is closed to all flights. Iranian state television reports that 60 people were killed in the attacks, while Israel claims only three people died and dozens got injured. (BBC News) 

Israel also launches targeted assassination strikes against senior Iranian government officials, Iranian military leadership and senior nuclear scientists. (Reuters) 

Iranian state media reports that all flights to and from Imam Khomeini International Airport have been suspended until further notice and that several residential buildings in Tehran have collapsed due to missile strikes. (The Times of Israel) 

Israel also launches targeted assassination strikes against senior Iranian government officials, Iranian military leadership and senior nuclear scientists. (Reuters) 

Those killed in the Israeli decapitation strikes include commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami, senior nuclear scientist and former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereydoon Abbasi, and chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Bagheri and Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani. (The Times of Israel) (BBC News) 

Those killed in the Israeli strikes include commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami, Senior nuclear scientist and former head of Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi, and chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Bagheri. (BBC News) (

Exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last Shah, writes in Farsi calling for the Iranian military to abandon the Islamic Republic and accuses Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of forcing Iranians into the war. He also refers to the war as “Khamenei’s war and the Islamic Republic’s war”. (Jerusalem Post) 

The death toll from Israeli missile strikes on Tehran rises to 78 with at least 329 others injured. (Anadolu Agency) 

At least three people are killed and 172 others injured in Israel after Iran’s retaliatory strikes. (The Jerusalem Post) 

Iran launches over 100 Shahed drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel in retaliation for the strikes. (Reuters) 

Five people are killed, including two children, and sixteen others are injured, including two critically, in a traffic collision when an Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus loses control and crashes into the back of a truck at Gottipura Gate in Hoskote, Karnataka, India. (India Today) (Deshsewak) 

Four people are killed and 34 others are injured, including eleven seriously, when a bus carrying Ukrainians crashes on the A81 autoroute in Sarthe, France. (Midi Libre) 

U.S. district judge Charles Breyer issues a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California, saying he violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded his statutory authority. Later, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocks the order. (AP) 

Kenyan police constable James Mukhwana is arrested over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang, which prompted protests and clashes with police this week. (BBC News) 

North Korean destroyer Kang Kon is successfully launched, having partially sunk during its first launch attempt two weeks prior. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un announces plans for two more 5,000-tonne destroyers to be built next year.  (BBC News) 

In South Korea, five-term National Assembly lawmaker Kim Byung-kee is elected as floor leader of Democratic Party, replacing acting party leader Park Chan-dae. (The Korea Herald) 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un steps on the relaunched destroyer Kang Kon after it partially sunk two weeks prior, announcing plans for two more 5,000-tonne destroyers next year. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) 

Thursday, June 12th, 2025 

At least 103 Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, including 21 people this morning near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (Reuters) 

Eight Palestinian GHF workers are killed and several others are injured after their bus was attacked en route to an aid distribution site in southern Gaza. The GHF claims that Hamas was responsible. (The New York Times) (Reuters) 

Israeli forces kill one person and detain seven people, all Syrians, who they allege are Hamas members in an early-morning raid on the village of Beit Jinn in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. (AP) 

Dutch-Israeli writer Yael van der Wouden wins the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel The Safekeep, which was also shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. British physician and writer Rachel Clarke wins the sister prize, the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, for her book about palliative care, The Story of a Heart. (AP) (The Bookseller) 

The death toll in the flooding caused by heavy rainfall and snowfall from a winter storm in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, increases to 57, with several others still missing. (ABC News) 

The International Atomic Energy Agency finds Iran in breach of its obligations to limit uranium enrichment and provision of information on its nuclear materials. (BBC) (The Guardian) 

A man in his 60s is arrested on suspicion of the murder of Annie McCarrick, who went missing in Dublin, Ireland, in 1993. (RTÉ) 

The Internal Security Agency of Poland announce the arrest of a teenager in Olsztyn, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, accused with two other men, arrested in April, of planning a far-right terrorist attack. (AP) 

Somalia‘s federal government calls for the dissolution of the C6+ international coordination framework, saying it is outdated and misrepresents the country’s current political and security progress. (Garowe Online) (ChimpReports) (Hiiraan Online) 

Police fire tear gas at demonstrators gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to protest against the Kenya Police and its chief, Eliud Lagat, after blogger Albert Ojwang is confirmed to be killed in custody by the police force, demanding Lagat’s resignation. (DW) 

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Above posted 06.14.2025 

by JR

06.10.2025 thursday

Tuesday,  May 27th, 2025 

The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla‘s flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants (including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and MEP Rima Hassan) to Israel. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza. (CNN) 

Russia launches drone attacks on Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine. The Odesa attack targets medical facilities and residential buildings, killing two people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC) 

The Walt Disney Company closes a deal to acquire NBCUniversal‘s stake in the streaming service Hulu for $439 million, completing its acquisition of Hulu. (AP) (Variety) 

The British government announces it will invest £14.2 billion (US$19 billion) to construct the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England, to reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. (Reuters) 

The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway impose sanctions on Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and travel bans, due to their conduct during the Gaza war. (Reuters) 

Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 11 others are injured, in a shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria. (BBC) 

Iran executes nine members of the Islamic State for a 2018 attack which killed three Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel. (AP) 

The Federal Police of Brazil arrest at least eleven people in an operation aiming to reduce drug trafficking in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. (AP) 

Monday,  June 9th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of roughly 500 Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings amid the ongoing riots in Los Angeles, California. (The Wall Street Journal) 

The U.S. state of California sues the Donald Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles. (CBS News) 

Amidst protests in Los Angeles, the city of Glendale ends a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees. (The Guardian) 

The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla‘s flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants to Israel. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza. (CNN)

The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, El Chapo‘s sons who are believed to be in Mexico and leading factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. (AP) 

Two people are killed in a shooting at the Fountains of Bellagio attraction on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The suspect is currently at large. (BNO News) 

Fifteen people are killed and 33 others are injured in a traffic collision when a bus carrying students loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. (France 24) 

Five people are killed, including an on duty railway police constable, and seven others are injured when passengers get thrown off two overcrowded local trains at the Mumbra railway station near Mumbra in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (The Indian Express) 

The Indian Coast Guard rescues 18 crew members from a Singaporean-flagged container ship after it catches fire following an explosion 144 km (89 mi) off the coast of Kerala, India. Search operations are underway for the missing four crew members. (DW) 

A court in Prague, Czech Republic, sentences a Colombian national to eight years in prison over a 2024 arson attack on public buses and for planning another similar attack. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the arson attack is part of Russia’s hybrid war against his country. (AP) 

A police car and multiple properties are damaged in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, amid disorder which broke out following an alleged sexual assault. (BBC News) 

At least 15 people are killed, mostly students, and 33 others are injured, including 7 critically, in a traffic collision when a bus loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik in Malaysia. (France 24) 

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, fourteen Palestinians are killed and 150 others are injured by Israeli gunfire at an aid distribution site near Rafah, Gaza. The total death toll from shootings at aid distribution sites increases to 136 with hundreds others wounded. (Al Jazeera) 

Sunday, June 8th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard to quell anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, California. (CNN) 

Iran says it would reduce cooperation with IAEA if anti-Iran resolution passed by agency. (Times of Israel) 

A derecho and tornado outbreak begins in the eastern United States, with three tornado warnings and 22 severe thunderstorm warnings. (Fox News) 

At least twelve Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured by Israeli fire near two aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The Israeli military says they fired warning shots at people who had advanced toward its forces and ignored warnings to turn away but claimed they did not see any casualties. (CTV News) 

Six people are reported missing when a Cessna 414 small aircraft crashes into the ocean off the coast of Point Loma in San Diego, California, United States. (KNSD-TV) 

Multiple people are injured, including at least two critically and three airlifted to hospital by medical helicopters, when a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter skydiving aircraft carrying 20 people crashes while taking off from Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tullahoma near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. (CNN) 

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Bogotá, Colombia resulting in over 25 injuries. (Boyacá 7 Días) 

Rwanda announces that it will withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States following a diplomatic row with other members over its military involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‘s conflict with M23 rebels. (BBC News) 

In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz wins his second men’s singles title at the French Open and his fifth Grand Slam overall after defeating Italian Jannik Sinner 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–2) in the longest-ever French Open final at five hours and 29 minutes. (BBC Sport) 

In association football, Portugal defeats Spain 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, to win its second UEFA Nations League title. Nuno Mendes is named man of the match. (BBC Sport) 

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by JR

06.08.2025 sunday [i comp]

Monday,  June 9th, 2025 

The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla‘s flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants to Israel. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza. (The Guardian) 

At least 15 people are killed, mostly students, and 33 others are injured, including 7 critically, in a traffic collision when a bus loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik in Malaysia. (France 24) 

Two people are killed in a shooting at the Fountains of Bellagio attraction on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The suspect is currently at large. (BNO News) 

A court in Prague, Czech Republic, sentences a Colombian national to eight years in prison over a 2024 arson attack on public buses and for planning another similar attack. (AP) 

Sunday, June 8th, 2025 

At least twelve Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured by Israeli fire near two aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The Israeli military says they fired warning shots at people who had advanced toward its forces and ignored warnings to turn away but claimed they did not see any casualties. (CTV News) 

U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard to quell anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, California. (CNN) 

Six people are reported missing when a Cessna 414 small aircraft crashes into the ocean off the coast of Point Loma in San Diego, California, United States. (KNSD-TV) 

Multiple people are injured, including at least two critically and three airlifted to hospital by medical helicopters, when a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter skydiving aircraft carrying 20 people crashes while taking off from Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tullahoma near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. (CNN) 

A derecho and tornado outbreak begins in the eastern United States, with three tornado warnings and 22 severe thunderstorm warnings. (Fox News) 

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Bogotá, Colombia resulting in over 25 injuries. (Boyacá 7 Días) 

Rwanda announces that it will withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States following a diplomatic row with other members over its military involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‘s conflict with M23 rebels. (BBC News) 

Iran says it would reduce cooperation with IAEA if anti-Iran resolution passed by agency. (Times of Israel) 

In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz wins his second men’s singles title at the French Open and his fifth Grand Slam overall after defeating Italian Jannik Sinner 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–2) in the longest-ever French Open final at five hours and 29 minutes. (BBC Sport) 

In association football, Portugal defeats Spain 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, to win its second UEFA Nations League title. Nuno Mendes is named man of the match. (BBC Sport) 

Saturday, June 7th, 2025 

Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades during the October 7 attacks. (BBC News) 

Israeli airstrikes kill 55 people in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) 

Israel announces that it killed Asaad Abu Sharia, leader of the Mujahideen Brigades which was responsible for the abductions of several hostages during the October 7 attacks, including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons. (The Times of Israel) 

A Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, involving Shahed drones, cruise missiles and glide bombs kills four people and wounds at least 60 others, according to local officials. (Reuters) 

Ukraine scores the first shooting down of a SU-35 fighter. (msn) 

Kyrgyzstan takes down a 23-meter-tall statue of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin which was thought to be the tallest statue of Lenin in Central Asia. (BBC News) 

Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campaign event in Bogotá, leaving him in serious condition. Police arrest a 15-year-old suspect at the scene. (Infobae) (NBC News) 

Afghan prime minister Hasan Akhund announces that no Afghan refugees who left the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 will be prosecuted if they return to Afghanistan. (Arab News) 

Municipal elections are held in Latvia. (Euractiv) 

In tennis, American player Coco Gauff defeats Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka 65–77, 6–2, 6–4 in the women’s singles final to win her first French Open title. (ESPN) (The Guardian) 

Friday,  June 6th, 2025 

An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills three people, injures 49 others and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. At least 2,000 homes lose power, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. At least 407 drones and 45 missiles are launched in total. (Reuters)

Widespread power outages are reported in Ternopil after several cruise missiles hit energy infrastructure supplying the city. (Ukrinform) 

Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the United States, two months after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador and spending time at the CECOT prison. He now faces criminal charges in Tennessee for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants. (ABC News) 

Radar on the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Canberra (L02) accidentally blocks wireless internet and radio services in New Zealand before the incident is resolved. (The Guardian) 

The End Monday 

Above posted monday 06.09.2025 

D-Day 2025 

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously blocks a 10-billion dollar lawsuit by the Mexican government against large American firearms manufacturers alleging their failure to prevent firearms sales to drug cartels and other criminal organisations due to a lack of evidence that the companies allow such transactions. (Politico) 

An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills three people, injures 49 others and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. At least 2,000 homes lose power due to the strikes, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. At least 407 drones and 45 missiles are launched in total. (Reuters) (AP) 

Widespread power outages are reported in Ternopil after several cruise missiles hit energy infrastructure supplying the city. (Ukrinform) 

Thursday, June 5th, 2025 

The Freedom Flotilla, a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid en route to Gaza with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, Irish actor Liam Cunningham, and French European Parliament member Rima Hassan, rescue four Sudanese civil war refugees from a dinghy near Libya. (The Times of Israel)

Nintendo‘s Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide. (The Verge) 

Two members of the Ta’ Maksar gang are convicted as accessories to murder for supplying the explosive that killed the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. (Times of Malta) 

Zia Yusuf announces via X that he is stepping down as the Chairman of Reform UK. (The Telegraph) 

Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes on southern Beirut, Lebanon, targeting alleged underground Hezbollah drone manufacturing facilities. (Türkiye Today)

A CNN investigation points to the Israel Defense Forces opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to get humanitarian aid in Rafah, Gaza. (CNN) 

Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of an American-Israeli couple abducted and killed by militants during the October 7 attacks. (NBC News) 

An overnight Russian Shahed drone strike kills five people, including a 1-year-old child, and injures nine others in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (AP) 

A Russian drone strike injures nineteen people in Kharkiv, including children and a pregnant woman. (AP) 

The Kherson Regional State Administration headquarters in Kherson is destroyed in a Russian missile strike. (Ukrinform) 

The government of the Ivory Coast declares an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven recent deaths from the disease, and calling on the population to remain vigilant. (AP) 

Chad suspends the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to a new travel ban announced by U.S. president Donald Trump, that includes Chad among twelve countries facing entry restrictions. (BBC News) 

Citizens of Burundi vote to elect 100 of the 123 members of the National Assembly. (BBC News)

In association football, Uzbekistan and Jordan qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, with Uzbekistan securing a top-two finish in Group A and Jordan advancing from Group B following Iraq’s loss to secure their places in the 2026 tournament. (Reuters) 

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