Doha, 23 June 2025 Qatari air defenses successfully intercepted 18 powerful Iranian missiles launched this evening toward Al Udeid Air Base, the second-largest US air base outside the United States and the forward headquarters of US Central Command near Doha. The attack came in retaliation for US airstrikes late Sunday on three Iranian nuclear facilities...

22 June 2025 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued the following statement condemning US attacks on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran condemns in the strongest possible terms, the United States’ brutal military aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities—a grave...

Doha, 20 June 2025 By Ashraf Siddiqui After more than two decades of dedicated spiritual leadership in Qatar, Archbishop Makarios of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has stepped down from his post, marking the end of a remarkable chapter in the country’s religious and interfaith history. Talking exclusively to www.asiantelegraphqatar.com recently on the eve...

Washington, 18 June 2025 (Anadolu) Sen. Bernie Sanders warned against US involvement in military action against Iran, noting Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu's past support for the Iraq War as a cautionary example. Sanders noted Netanyahu’s 2002 congressional testimony where he urged the US to invade Iraq, claiming that the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was...

Islamabad, 16 June 2025 The Government of Pakistan has strongly condemned the baseless and dangerous report published by the Daily Mail on June 13, 2025, which falsely claimed that Pakistan had assured Iran of a nuclear strike on Israel in the event of a nuclear attack on Tehran. This report, citing a manipulated video of...

Tehran, 16 June 2025 (Tehran Times) By Esmaeil Baqaei In the early morning hours of 13 June 2025, Israel launched an unprovoked, large-scale armed attack against Iran. This was an egregious act of aggression by every definition. Through coordinated air, missile, and drone strikes, it targeted residential neighborhoods, civilian infrastructure, public authorities, and nuclear facilities...

Doha, 16 June 2025 The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), held a high-level discussion and roundtable at the Westin Doha Hotel to mark International Domestic Workers' Day under the theme 'Advancing Access to Justice for Domestic Workers: Enhancing Legal Support and Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms'. The event...

12 June 2025 A tragic aviation disaster unfolded on June 12, 2025, when an Air India flight AI 171, bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, Western India. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people, including passengers and crew. Among those confirmed dead is former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. His death...

Tashkent, 12 June 2025 Uzbekistan hosted the fourth edition of the Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) from June 10 to 12, 2025, in its capital city, drawing a record 7,500 participants, including nearly 3,000 international delegates from around 100 countries, including State of Qatar. The event reinforced Uzbekistan’s growing role as a regional economic hub...

Istanbul, 11 June 2025 (Anadolu News) BioNTech co-founders Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin were awarded the 2025 German National Prize on Tuesday in recognition of their pioneering work in medical science and their contribution to Germany’s social and scientific progress. The ceremony took place at the French Friedrichstadt Church in Berlin, where German Chancellor Friedrich...