The damage was hard to comprehend for many at Israel's Soroka Hospital as staff took stock of the wreckage after a strike by an Iranian ballistic missile on Thursday left part of the facility in ruins.

In a calculated show of force, Israel has struck deep inside Iranian territory, targeting a series of high-value nuclear and military installations.

Speaking solemnly in front of a missile-damaged Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, Netanyahu invoked the spirit of Britain during the Blitz, likening Israel's current crisis to the World War II bombings.

Two "very smart" leaders of India and Pakistan decided to end last month's conflict that could have turned into a nuclear war, US President Donald Trump said.

Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities in its military campaign, but that it also wants to avoid any nuclear disaster in a region that is home to tens of millions of people and produces much of the world's oil.

Iran's foreign minister will meet in Geneva on Friday with counterparts from Germany, France and the United Kingdom, Iranian state media and European diplomats said, as Israeli strikes target country'snuclearand military sites andIran fires back.

The Iran Military has confirmed in a statement on Telegram that it has begun a "new round of combined missile and drone attacks" on military sites in Haifa and Tel Aviv.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he had given social media platform TikTok another 90 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States.

August 5 will mark a year since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh. To mark the event, the interim government has decided to observe the day as Student-People's Uprising Day and declare it a nationwide public holiday.

French President Emmanuel Macron has shared a montage of his meetings with world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G7 Summit which took place in Canada's Kananaskis.

Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul.

While Pakistan has always lived by its wits, this time, it faces the unpredictable, transactionalist Donald Trump, a dealmaker with a penchant for sudden surprises (ask Zelensky).

"We saw missiles in the sky and heard bombs in our neighbourhood... We were petrified", said MBBS student Mir Khalif as he stepped out of the Delhi airport after being evacuated from war-hit Iran under Operation Sindhu.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched a series of airstrikes deep inside Iranian territory overnight on Wednesday, targeting nuclear infrastructure, missile production sites, and air defence systems.

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"The first two days were okay, people said it would just end. But then it started escalating and people really started panicking," said Mehran Ataei of the Israeli bombardment of Tehran.

"We would like to particularly warn Washington against military intervention in the situation, which would be an extremely dangerous step with truly unpredictable negative consequences," Russia's foreign ministry's spokeswoman said.

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Moreover, Tel Aviv's residential buildings were hit by another missile. Around 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service.

India must understand that the future does not belong to those who imitate - neither the American model nor the Chinese one - but to those who craft their own narrative of growth and sovereignty.