Portal:Current events/2025 June 16

June 16, 2025 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
  - Iran–Israel war (list of airstrikes)
    - The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Iran rises to 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. Three employees are killed and several others are injured. (Al Jazeera) (Al-Monitor) (The Wall Street Journal)
    - 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 ten command and control centres belonging to the 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)
    - Israel announces it has taken "full aerial operational control" of the airspace over Tehran and western Iran after destroying much of the country's air defence network giving the Israeli Air Force near complete air supremacy over Iranian forces. (BBC News)
  - Democratic senator Tim Kaine of Virginia introduces legislation to prevent U.S. president Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress's authorization. (Reuters) (US Congress)
- Gaza war
  - Rafah aid distribution killings
    - Israel kills at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza, including 23 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)

International relations

Foreign relations of Andorra
- Andorra and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta establish official diplomatic relations. (Diari d'Andorra)

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).
Thai police raid a house in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, and arrest 13 foreigners, mostly Australians and British people, for running a fraudulent electronic trading platform that has stolen over AU$1.9 million (US$1.2 million). (AP)