Current events: 2025-06-16

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
    • 2025 Iran–Israel War
      • The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Iran rises at least 220 people, including 70 women and children. (Al Jazeera)
      • Israel strikes buildings in Tehran belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran's state-owned media company, knocking it temporarily off-air for an hour before later returning. (Al Monitor) (WSJ)
      • Iran says Israel struck a hospital in Kermanshah in western Iran. Video footage published by local platforms showed bloodstains, indicating casualties from the strike. (Al Jazeera)
      • Israeli jets strike 120 surface-to-surface missile systems in central Iran and 10 command and control centres belonging to IRGC's Quds Force. (AP)
      • Israeli drones strike two Iranian Air Force F-14 Tomcats stationed at Imam Khomeini International Airport. Combat footage released by the IDF confirm both were destroyed. (The Times of Israel)
      • An Iranian ballistic missile barrage kills eight people and injures 287 others in central Israel. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)
      • Iran's parliament prepares a bill to exit the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Reuters)
  • Gaza war
    • Rafah aid distribution killings
      • Israel kills at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza, 23 of them near an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Reuters)
• Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • The death toll from the attack by unknown gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria, on Saturday increases to over 150, including many who were burned to death. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from severe weather and flash floods in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, rises to at least 77 with more than 100 others still reported missing. (AP)

Law and crime

• Kincora Boys' Home scandal
  • Gary Hoy, a survivor of child sexual abuse at Kincora, resolves a legal action against the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Home Secretary with an undisclosed agreement. The legal action alleged that paedophile housemaster William McGrath was allowed to target children to gather information about the far-right paramilitary organization Tara. (RTÉ).

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