Iran could start enriching uranium for bomb within months, UN nuclear chief says
Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again - for a possible bomb - in "a matter of months", the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said, BBC reported.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but "not total" damage, contradicting Donald Trump's claim that Iran's nuclear facilities were "totally obliterated".
"Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there," Grossi said on Saturday.
Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran on 13 June, claiming Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon, according to BBC.
Serbia police clash with anti-government protesters in Belgrade
Serbian police have clashed with a huge crowd of anti-government protesters demanding an early election and end to President Aleksandar Vucic's 12-year rule in the capital Belgrade, BBC reported.
A sea of around 140,000 protesters rallied in the city, the largest turnout in recent months, as student-led demonstrations mount pressure on the populist government. "We want elections!" the crowd chanted.
Dozens have been arrested, with riot police seen firing tear gas and stun grenades.
President Vucic accused protesters calling for an election of being part of a foreign plot trying to usurp his country. "They wanted to topple Serbia, and they have failed," he wrote on his Instagram page, according to BBC.
PM Oli reaches Madrid
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reached Madrid, Spain to attend the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development of the United Nations.
Nepali Ambassador to Spain, Shanil Nepal, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa, and senior officers of the Foreign Ministry of Spain, welcomed Prime Minister Oli at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport here.
The PM Oli led Nepali delegation is scheduled to reach Seville, the conference venue, this evening.
Meanwhile, PM Oli and Tanzanian Vice President, Dr Phillip Mpango, held a meeting earlier this morning.
The meeting was held at Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar while heading towards Spain to attend the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development of the United Nations.
On the occasion, they discussed various dimensions of mutual relations between the two countries.
Prime Minister Oli's Principal Advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, among other officials in the PM's entourage were present on the occasion.
Iran deports over 88,000 Afghan migrants in a week amid rising humanitarian crisis
Between June 18 and 26, a total of 88,308 undocumented Afghan nationals were forcibly returned from Iran to Afghanistan, according to the IOM's June 28 update, Hindustan Times reported.
More than 88,000 undocumented Afghan migrants were deported from Iran in a single week, Khaama Press reported, citing International Organisation for Migration (IOM), raising alarm over urgent humanitarian and funding needs.
Between June 18 and June 26, a total of 88,308 undocumented Afghan nationals were forcibly returned from Iran to Afghanistan, according to the IOM's June 28 update. The organisation stated that only 11 per cent of these returnees received any humanitarian assistance due to critical resource limitations, calling for urgent international funding to meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable.
The report further highlighted that 55 per cent of the returnees during this period were forcibly deported, and 64 per cent were travelling as families--underscoring the disproportionate impact on women and children. This figure marked a steep rise from the previous week, when 32,844 individuals were returned between June 10 and June 17, according to Hindustan Times.
