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Tehran (AFP) – UGC images filmed on June 16 overnight show heavy traffic in Tehran as residents attempt to leave amid exchange of fire between Israel and Iran. Israel launched a devastating attack on 13 June that has killed at least 224 people in Iran, the health ministry said on 15 June, though it is yet to issue an update. The assault prompted a retaliatory barrage from Iran that has killed at least 24 people in Israel, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – At least 14 people have been killed and dozens more injured after overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv. Entire sections of apartment buildings lie in ruins, with rescuers racing to pull survivors from the rubble. As talks between Russia and Ukraine have stalled, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he had hoped to speak with his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada. But the Ukrainian leader was expected to arrive at the G7 after the departure of the American president, who cut short his stay in the Canadian Rockies as Israel pounded Iran.

Beijing (AFP) – China accuses President Donald Trump of “pouring oil” on the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran residents to “immediately evacuate”.

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – “Selfie man” Nizam is hustling to snap another tourist’s perfect Instagram shot on a balmy night at a bustling intersection near Kuala Lumpur’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers. “Photo? Photo?” he calls out, iPhone and selfie rig in hand, at the busy city centre junction that’s become a hotspot to showcase viral backdrops of the glistening skyscrapers.

Tehran (AFP) – Israeli strikes hit the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building as the presenter is live on TV lambasting Israel. Iran state TV later resumed live coverage, saying the voice of Iran will “not be silenced with a military operation”.

Jundiaí (Brazil) (AFP) – Just a few dozen kilometers from Sao Paulo, Latin America’s largest metropolis, pumas are seeing humans encroach more and more on their natural habitat. As a result, they face the risk of being hit by cars, electrocuted, poisoned, trapped, or shot by poachers. Brazil is home to the greatest diversity of wild cats in the world, with nine documented species. All of them are endangered due to human activity, particularly unchecked urban sprawl.

Bogotá (AFP) – Colombians pray at an altar erected in honour of senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe outside the clinic where he is currently undergoing emergency surgery for “acute intracerebral bleeding”, according to the medical team. The 39-year-old conservative senator was shot twice in the head and once in the leg while giving a speech in a park on June 7 in western Bogota. IMAGES

Tuam (Ireland) (AFP) – A quiet, walled patch of grass in the middle of an Irish housing estate is set to reveal the latest disturbing chapter in Ireland’s “mother and baby” home scandal. In the town of Tuam, 135 miles (220 kilometres) west of Dublin, significant quantities of human remains have been identified. Excavation crews are set to seal off the site before beginning the search for remains in July. Women pregnant outside of wedlock were siloed in the so-called ‘mother and baby’ homes by society, the state and the Catholic church, with some 56,000 unmarried women and 57,000 children passing through them, according to state-backed enquiries.

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – Syrian doctor Alaa Mousa arrives at a German court in Frankfurt, before being handed a life sentence for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted from power in December 2024. Mousa was accused of torturing patients at military hospitals in Damascus and Homs on 18 occasions between 2011 and 2012. In one instance, Mousa was said to have set fire to the genitals of a teenage boy and in another case, to have delivered a lethal injection to a detainee who resisted a beating.

Vienna (AFP) – Iran’s ambassador to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, Reza Najafi, urges the IAEA to condemn Israeli attacks on nuclear sites in the Islamic republic at an emergency meeting in Vienna. The strikes have targeted several of Iran’s nuclear facilities, as Israel claims Tehran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons — an accusation it denies. Iran says it is scrapping planned nuclear talks with the United States following the bombardments.

Haifa (Israel) (AFP) – Cleanup efforts begin in Haifa, one of several Israeli cities hit by Iranian missiles overnight, as Israel strikes deep inside the Islamic republic. Israel’s military says it has destroyed one third of Iran’s surface-to-surface missile launchers, as strikes between the two arch foes enter a fourth day.

Verona (Italy) (AFP) – Two tourists are captured on CCTV footage breaking a crystal-covered chair displayed at an art museum in Verona and then fleeing once the damage became apparent. The “Van Gogh” chair by artist Nicola Bolla was described by the Palazzo Maffei museum as “extremely fragile” and covered in “a myriad of Swarovski crystal.”