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Shafaq News
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Former Iranian President denies assassination rumors
Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the reports claiming he had been assassinated along with his wife and two sons. In a statement, his media office dismissed the rumors as entirely false, describing them as part of a coordinated psychological operation involving foreign entities and domestic collaborators. The reports, which circulated across Iranian news platforms and social media, emerged as the Iran-Israeli war entered its sixth consecutive day. Despite mounting international appeals for de-escalation, the exchange of missile fire, drone strikes, and airstrikes has continued across multiple fronts.
The Star
15 hours ago
- Politics
- The Star
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, June 17
JERUSALEM -- Israel said on Tuesday it had launched another wave of airstrikes in Iran and was determined to press ahead with its military campaign, now in its fifth day. Israeli military spokesman Effie Defrin said Iranian forces had been pushed toward the center of the country as a result of sustained Israeli airstrikes. (Israel-Iran-Airstrikes) - - - - TEHRAN -- Two loud explosions were heard in central and northern Tehran on Tuesday, local eyewitnesses reported, as Israel continued its bombardment of the Iranian capital for a fifth consecutive day. Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on social media platform X that Iran's Natanz site, which contains the Fuel Enrichment Plant and the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant, was hit amid Israeli strikes. (Iran-Israeli Attacks-Explosions) - - - - JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel is not engaged in any negotiations with Iran to halt the deadly aerial conflict that began with a large-scale Israeli strike on Friday. "We are not engaged in any negotiations, and we will not allow harm to Israeli civilians," Katz told reporters during a visit to Herzliya, a coastal city north of Tel Aviv, where a missile fired from Iran struck earlier. (Iran-Israel-Negotiations) - - - - RAMALLAH -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said on Tuesday that the escalation between Iran and Israel should not distract attention from the Israeli "aggression" against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. During a phone call with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Mustafa noted the importance of maintaining international momentum toward the Gaza Strip and not diverting focus from ending the war in the coastal enclave, allowing the entry of relief and humanitarian aid, and opening the crossings, according to a statement issued by his office. (Palestine-Israeli Aggression-Gaza)
The Advertiser
a day ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Toronto's brief moment at the centre of the national political news cycle
It's not every day that the acting prime minister of Australia walks into the Toronto Men's Shed flanked by uniformed security. And it's definitely not the venue you'd expect a media pack to be asking questions about US President Donald Trump or the increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East. However, that's the bizarre situation that unfolded on Tuesday morning in the industrial backroads of Toronto. Members of the men's shed stood around sipping tea and coffee as, for several minutes, their workshop became the centre of the national news cycle. Acting PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles fielded questions about Trump's late cancellation of his meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the G7 summit and the Iran-Israeli conflict before focusing on the issue at hand, promoting men's health. During the recent election, Labor promised $32 million to support men's health. Over a quarter of that spend [$8.3 million] was dedicated to funding another two years of the Men's Shed Initiative's National Shed Development Program. Mr Marles said there were more than 1300 men's sheds in Australia and they provided an "invaluable service" for mental health and well-being. "They promote community, men getting together, and they really deal a lot with the challenges of isolation that men particularly feel in retirement," Mr Marles said. "When you listen to the stories of those here at the Toronto Men's Shed and how people are looking after each other, providing camaraderie and doing really good things for the community and keeping their own mental health in stead, you realise how important this men's shed is and how incredible the movement is across Australia." The acting PM was flanked by the Member for the Hunter, Dan Repacholi, who was last month appointed the special envoy for men's health. Mr Repacholi said communication was the biggest challenge that needed to be overcome to improve men's health. "The biggest gap is us, as men," Mr Repacholi said. "It's actually making that step and having those communication barriers broken down. "We think we have to be strong. It's not weak to speak, as we say all the time. But it's something that doesn't happen enough." Mr Marles and Mr Repacholi weren't the only public faces at the Nicholson Street workshop. Pop music icon John Paul Young, himself a life member of the Toronto Men's Shed and the host of the monthly podcast The Shed Wireless, was also in attendance. The Love Is in the Air and Yesterday's Hero hit-maker said the men's shed provided an "organic" way for men to address health issues and to find social connection. "Whether or not they sit there and talk about their prostrate or whatever, it doesn't matter in a way," Mr Young said. "It's the fact they are together and talking a lot of crap, to be honest, but there will be kernels of truth in there." Toronto Men's Shed boasts 48 members and is heavily involved in building wood and metal products for the community, such as pencil cases, model cars, and timber toys for charities and also provides a lawn mowing service. "We'll hear someone that might be down on their luck a little bit, or the husband might be in the hospital and can't get the lawns mowed and we'll come around and do that," Toronto Men's Shed president Glenn Shepherd said. The benefits for members are also apparent. "What used to happen is men got to the end of their working life and they'd retire and sit at home and maybe go to the bowls club every day and have a couple of beers but that was their only contact," Mr Shepherd said. "But we've got a social club that's making something that's unusual, so it's giving back to the community." It's not every day that the acting prime minister of Australia walks into the Toronto Men's Shed flanked by uniformed security. And it's definitely not the venue you'd expect a media pack to be asking questions about US President Donald Trump or the increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East. However, that's the bizarre situation that unfolded on Tuesday morning in the industrial backroads of Toronto. Members of the men's shed stood around sipping tea and coffee as, for several minutes, their workshop became the centre of the national news cycle. Acting PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles fielded questions about Trump's late cancellation of his meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the G7 summit and the Iran-Israeli conflict before focusing on the issue at hand, promoting men's health. During the recent election, Labor promised $32 million to support men's health. Over a quarter of that spend [$8.3 million] was dedicated to funding another two years of the Men's Shed Initiative's National Shed Development Program. Mr Marles said there were more than 1300 men's sheds in Australia and they provided an "invaluable service" for mental health and well-being. "They promote community, men getting together, and they really deal a lot with the challenges of isolation that men particularly feel in retirement," Mr Marles said. "When you listen to the stories of those here at the Toronto Men's Shed and how people are looking after each other, providing camaraderie and doing really good things for the community and keeping their own mental health in stead, you realise how important this men's shed is and how incredible the movement is across Australia." The acting PM was flanked by the Member for the Hunter, Dan Repacholi, who was last month appointed the special envoy for men's health. Mr Repacholi said communication was the biggest challenge that needed to be overcome to improve men's health. "The biggest gap is us, as men," Mr Repacholi said. "It's actually making that step and having those communication barriers broken down. "We think we have to be strong. It's not weak to speak, as we say all the time. But it's something that doesn't happen enough." Mr Marles and Mr Repacholi weren't the only public faces at the Nicholson Street workshop. Pop music icon John Paul Young, himself a life member of the Toronto Men's Shed and the host of the monthly podcast The Shed Wireless, was also in attendance. The Love Is in the Air and Yesterday's Hero hit-maker said the men's shed provided an "organic" way for men to address health issues and to find social connection. "Whether or not they sit there and talk about their prostrate or whatever, it doesn't matter in a way," Mr Young said. "It's the fact they are together and talking a lot of crap, to be honest, but there will be kernels of truth in there." Toronto Men's Shed boasts 48 members and is heavily involved in building wood and metal products for the community, such as pencil cases, model cars, and timber toys for charities and also provides a lawn mowing service. "We'll hear someone that might be down on their luck a little bit, or the husband might be in the hospital and can't get the lawns mowed and we'll come around and do that," Toronto Men's Shed president Glenn Shepherd said. The benefits for members are also apparent. "What used to happen is men got to the end of their working life and they'd retire and sit at home and maybe go to the bowls club every day and have a couple of beers but that was their only contact," Mr Shepherd said. "But we've got a social club that's making something that's unusual, so it's giving back to the community." It's not every day that the acting prime minister of Australia walks into the Toronto Men's Shed flanked by uniformed security. And it's definitely not the venue you'd expect a media pack to be asking questions about US President Donald Trump or the increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East. However, that's the bizarre situation that unfolded on Tuesday morning in the industrial backroads of Toronto. Members of the men's shed stood around sipping tea and coffee as, for several minutes, their workshop became the centre of the national news cycle. Acting PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles fielded questions about Trump's late cancellation of his meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the G7 summit and the Iran-Israeli conflict before focusing on the issue at hand, promoting men's health. During the recent election, Labor promised $32 million to support men's health. Over a quarter of that spend [$8.3 million] was dedicated to funding another two years of the Men's Shed Initiative's National Shed Development Program. Mr Marles said there were more than 1300 men's sheds in Australia and they provided an "invaluable service" for mental health and well-being. "They promote community, men getting together, and they really deal a lot with the challenges of isolation that men particularly feel in retirement," Mr Marles said. "When you listen to the stories of those here at the Toronto Men's Shed and how people are looking after each other, providing camaraderie and doing really good things for the community and keeping their own mental health in stead, you realise how important this men's shed is and how incredible the movement is across Australia." The acting PM was flanked by the Member for the Hunter, Dan Repacholi, who was last month appointed the special envoy for men's health. Mr Repacholi said communication was the biggest challenge that needed to be overcome to improve men's health. "The biggest gap is us, as men," Mr Repacholi said. "It's actually making that step and having those communication barriers broken down. "We think we have to be strong. It's not weak to speak, as we say all the time. But it's something that doesn't happen enough." Mr Marles and Mr Repacholi weren't the only public faces at the Nicholson Street workshop. Pop music icon John Paul Young, himself a life member of the Toronto Men's Shed and the host of the monthly podcast The Shed Wireless, was also in attendance. The Love Is in the Air and Yesterday's Hero hit-maker said the men's shed provided an "organic" way for men to address health issues and to find social connection. "Whether or not they sit there and talk about their prostrate or whatever, it doesn't matter in a way," Mr Young said. "It's the fact they are together and talking a lot of crap, to be honest, but there will be kernels of truth in there." Toronto Men's Shed boasts 48 members and is heavily involved in building wood and metal products for the community, such as pencil cases, model cars, and timber toys for charities and also provides a lawn mowing service. "We'll hear someone that might be down on their luck a little bit, or the husband might be in the hospital and can't get the lawns mowed and we'll come around and do that," Toronto Men's Shed president Glenn Shepherd said. The benefits for members are also apparent. "What used to happen is men got to the end of their working life and they'd retire and sit at home and maybe go to the bowls club every day and have a couple of beers but that was their only contact," Mr Shepherd said. "But we've got a social club that's making something that's unusual, so it's giving back to the community." It's not every day that the acting prime minister of Australia walks into the Toronto Men's Shed flanked by uniformed security. And it's definitely not the venue you'd expect a media pack to be asking questions about US President Donald Trump or the increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East. However, that's the bizarre situation that unfolded on Tuesday morning in the industrial backroads of Toronto. Members of the men's shed stood around sipping tea and coffee as, for several minutes, their workshop became the centre of the national news cycle. Acting PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles fielded questions about Trump's late cancellation of his meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the G7 summit and the Iran-Israeli conflict before focusing on the issue at hand, promoting men's health. During the recent election, Labor promised $32 million to support men's health. Over a quarter of that spend [$8.3 million] was dedicated to funding another two years of the Men's Shed Initiative's National Shed Development Program. Mr Marles said there were more than 1300 men's sheds in Australia and they provided an "invaluable service" for mental health and well-being. "They promote community, men getting together, and they really deal a lot with the challenges of isolation that men particularly feel in retirement," Mr Marles said. "When you listen to the stories of those here at the Toronto Men's Shed and how people are looking after each other, providing camaraderie and doing really good things for the community and keeping their own mental health in stead, you realise how important this men's shed is and how incredible the movement is across Australia." The acting PM was flanked by the Member for the Hunter, Dan Repacholi, who was last month appointed the special envoy for men's health. Mr Repacholi said communication was the biggest challenge that needed to be overcome to improve men's health. "The biggest gap is us, as men," Mr Repacholi said. "It's actually making that step and having those communication barriers broken down. "We think we have to be strong. It's not weak to speak, as we say all the time. But it's something that doesn't happen enough." Mr Marles and Mr Repacholi weren't the only public faces at the Nicholson Street workshop. Pop music icon John Paul Young, himself a life member of the Toronto Men's Shed and the host of the monthly podcast The Shed Wireless, was also in attendance. The Love Is in the Air and Yesterday's Hero hit-maker said the men's shed provided an "organic" way for men to address health issues and to find social connection. "Whether or not they sit there and talk about their prostrate or whatever, it doesn't matter in a way," Mr Young said. "It's the fact they are together and talking a lot of crap, to be honest, but there will be kernels of truth in there." Toronto Men's Shed boasts 48 members and is heavily involved in building wood and metal products for the community, such as pencil cases, model cars, and timber toys for charities and also provides a lawn mowing service. "We'll hear someone that might be down on their luck a little bit, or the husband might be in the hospital and can't get the lawns mowed and we'll come around and do that," Toronto Men's Shed president Glenn Shepherd said. The benefits for members are also apparent. "What used to happen is men got to the end of their working life and they'd retire and sit at home and maybe go to the bowls club every day and have a couple of beers but that was their only contact," Mr Shepherd said. "But we've got a social club that's making something that's unusual, so it's giving back to the community."
