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At least 18 dead as landslides hit Indonesia

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The local government in South Sulawesi also reported that two people were in a critical condition in hospital, Daily Mirror reports.

Landslides, triggered by high-intensity rains, affected two villages in the region of Tana Toraja, in South Sulawesi and destroyed four homes, according to the country’s disaster mitigation data on Sunday.

Photos of affected villages provided by the agency showed rescuers trawling through the rubble for survivors, with homes flattened and reduced to planks of wood and concrete.

Emergency response efforts have been complicated by poor weather conditions and damage to roads into the affected areas, making it difficult for vehicles, including ambulances to evacuate victims, the agency previously said.

Located in the centre of Sulawesi island, the mountainous region of Tana Toraja is about 300 km (186 miles) from the provincial capital, Makassar.

Floods and landslides killed at least 26 people on Indonesia’s Sumatra island last month, with torrential rains destroying hundreds of homes, and displacing thousands.

Indonesia’s rainy season began in January with the meteorological agency forecasting a first-quarter peak, particularly on the islands of Java and Sumatra.

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Iran's response to Israel based on substantive rights

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Senior Iranian diplomat Nasser Kan’ani made the remarks while speaking at his weekly press conference on Monday morning.

Regarding Iran’s recent operations against the Zionist regime, Nasser Kan’ani stated that we can not still estimate the diplomatic positions of the US.

Saying that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a security-generating power, Kan’ani stressed that the country’s action in attacking the military headquarters of the Zionist regime was carried out in line with the exercise of the substantive right of legitimate defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, considering the Israeli regime’s recent aggression against Iran’s diplomatic building in Damascus.

He noted that the Iranian diplomatic apparatus and the country’s armed forces acted completely professionally in the recent event and gave a legitimate response to the aggressive act of the Zionist regime.

Iran had issued the necessary warnings before the military action, he added.

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3 killed in Mexico helicopter crash

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Pablo Vazquez, head of the secretariat of citizen security of Mexico City, said on social media, “We can confirm that three people lost their lives, the pilot of the plane and two passengers,” Xinhua reported.

“We are crossing information to determine the identity of the three people,” he added.

Emergency services are still investigating the accident, which was brought under control almost immediately, Vazquez said.

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All Iran hypersonic missiles hit targets in occupied lands

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched extensive missile and drone strikes late Saturday night on the occupied territories, marking the first time the Islamic Republic employed such weapons against real targets.

The series of retaliatory strikes, dubbed Operation True Promise, inflicted damage on Israeli military bases across the occupied territories.

Sources informed Press TV that the Israeli regime and its supporters failed to intercept any of the hypersonic missiles fired by Iran.

Iran is among few countries that possess the technology to produce hypersonic missiles which can travel at stunning speeds and hit their targets with great precision.

Iran’s hypersonic missiles are highly maneuverable, enabling them to have an unpredictable flight path in order to confuse the enemy’s missile shields.

The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri said on Sunday that Iran hit a large intelligence base in the occupied lands and Israel’s Nevatim Airbase, from where an F-35 jet took off to target Iran’s diplomatic premises in Damascus.

He added that the strikes “reached its goals” as the regime’s so-called Iron Dome system failed to deal with the Iranian missiles and drones properly.

The IRGC’s operation was carried out in retaliation for a missile attack by Israel on Iran’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier in April.

The terrorist attack drew categorical condemnation from senior Iranian political and military leaders, who vowed “definitive revenge.”

During a speech in Tehran on Wednesday after leading the Eid al-Fitr prayers, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the Israeli regime “must be punished and will be punished” for its deadly strike on the Iranian diplomatic premises.

The Leader added, “The evil Zionist regime committed another mistake …  and that was the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria. The consulate and diplomatic missions in any country are considered to be the territory of that country. When they attack our consulate, it means they have attacked our soil.”

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Israel ‘main source of insecurity’ in West Asia: Iran FM

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has denounced Israel as the root cause of insecurity gripping West Asia.

“The main source of insecurity is the occupying Zionist regime,” Amir-Abdollahian said during a Sunday telephone conversation with Qatrai Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.

The top Iranian diplomat also briefed his Qatari counterpart on recent developments in the region and the Islamic Republic’s legitimate act of self-defense that involved a major attack on the occupied territories.

Overnight on Saturday and early Sunday morning, Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at targets in the occupied lands.

The large-scale operation came less than two weeks after Israeli warplanes bombed the consular annex of Iran’s embassy in the Syrian capital, killing seven members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were on an advisory mission to the Arab country.

Sheikh Mohammed underlined the need for security in West Asia, saying the actions of the Israeli regime have caused regional instability.

The two sides also discussed the developments in the Gaza Strip and called for an end to Israeli war crimes and the humanitarian suffering in Gaza and the West Bank.

Israel waged a bloody war on the besieged Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

So far, Israel has killed at least 33,729 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 76,371 others.

‘Iran’s retaliatory strike based on Article 51 of UN Charter’

Additionally on Sunday, the Iranian foreign minister had a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry.

Amir-Abdollahian emphasized Tehran’s principled position against the war in the region, saying, “Everyone should work to stop the genocide and war crimes in Gaza.”

He further expounded Iran’s views about its retaliatory operation against Israel based on Article 51 of the UN Charter.

Shoukry, for his part, expressed concerns about growing tensions in the region as the Israeli regime continues its war on Gaza and kills Palestinian people.

Egypt, he added, will keep up its active efforts to stop the Gaza war.

In another telephone conversation, Amir-Abdollahian talked with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.

The Iranian foreign ministry elaborated on Iran’s diplomatic actions over the past two weeks regarding Israel’s acts of aggression and the UN Security Council’s inaction in this regard.

Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel was conducted within the framework of legitimate defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, he asserted.

Prince Faisal, for his part, expressed gratitude for the explanations provided by Amirabdollahian and underscored the imperative need for regional stability and security, as well as enhanced bilateral cooperation.

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Iran attacks against Israel unmasked ‘latecomer crusaders’

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Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks in a Sunday phone call with Ismail Haniyeh, who serves as politburo chief of the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas.

He said Iran’s overnight missile and drone attacks that targeted deep inside the Israeli-occupied territories crushed the myth of invincibility that has surrounded the Israeli regime since world wars.

“… this decisive and crushing move of defense broke up the fake grandeur of the Zionists and exposed the world’s latecomer crusaders,” he said while likening Israel and its Western supporters to Crusaders who sought to take control of the Holy Land more than 10 centuries ago.

Iran’s attacks against Israel came nearly two weeks after the regime carried out an airstrike on an Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.

Iran had vowed to respond firmly to the attack which killed senior commanders of the elite IRGC military force stationed in Syria.

Velayati’s conversation with Haniyeh comes as Hamas is still fighting a brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza that has killed more than 33,500 people since it started in early October.

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Era of strategic patience 'over'; Israel's war between wars defeated: Tehran

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The photo shows Iranian missiles in the skies over the occupied Palestinian territories.

Iran’s retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories signify the end of the “strategic patience” era, according to the Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs.

Mohammad Jamshidi made the remark in a post on his X account on Sunday after Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched extensive missile and drone strikes, dubbed Operation True Promise, on the occupied territories in response to Israel’s deadly offensive on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on April 1.

The retaliatory strikes inflicted damage on Israeli military bases across the occupied territories, the extent of which is yet to be specified. 

“Iran’s victorious Operation True Promise means that the era of strategic patience is over and the Israeli strategy of war between wars has been defeated,” Jamshidi wrote.

He said the operation changed the equation.

The official warned Israel of Iran’s “direct and punishing response” if the regime targets Iranian personnel and assets.

The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, said on Sunday that Iran hit a large intelligence base in the occupied lands and Israel’s Nevatim Airbase, from where an F-35 jet took off to target Iran’s diplomatic premises in Damascus.

He added that the strikes “reached its goals” as the regime’s so-called Iron Dome system failed to deal with the Iranian missiles and drones properly.

The Israeli attack on Iran’s diplomatic facilities in Syria resulted in the martyrdom of Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, his deputy, General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, and five of their accompanying officers.

The terrorist attack drew categorical condemnation from senior Iranian political and military leaders, who vowed “definitive revenge.”

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US-Israeli deterrence a 'massive failure' against Iran

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Al-Mayadeen reported citing Bolton’s interview with CNN, “What we had tonight was a massive failure of Israeli and American deterrence.”

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned the US government that supporting or taking part in harming Iran’s interests would result in a decisive and regrettable response by the Iranian Armed Forces.

White House spokesperson John Kirby revealed that the United States does not want to see more escalations in the Middle East, following the events of Iran’s retaliatory operation against “Israel” on Sunday. 

“We’re not looking for a wider war with Iran,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press. 

US President Joe Biden also told Netanyahu that his country would not participate in an offensive operation against Iran. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin relayed the same decision to Israeli war Minister Yoav Gallant.

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