Baku, Jun 16 (AP) Azerbaijani media reports said that following the evacuation of citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, citizens of Portugal, the Philippines, Finland and some other countries have crossed the Astara border checkpoint and headed to the airport in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizade said 41 of its citizens, including family members of its diplomats in Iran, also have returned to Azerbaijan, said. He added that Azerbaijan's diplomatic missions in Iran have continued to operate as usual.
UN warns of 'unprecedented' food crisis in Gaza
A new UN food crisis report released on Monday said the resumption of military operations in Gaza was escalating the food crisis in Gaza “to unprecedented levels".
The Hunger Hotspots report by the World Food Programme and Food and Agricultural Organisation said that no adequate humanitarian aid or commercial supplies have reached the Gaza Strip since the end of the eight-week cease-fire, the longest interruption since the start of the conflict.
According to the latest projections, released in May, the whole of Gaza's 2.1 million people are at risk of falling into acute food insecurity by September.
UN human rights chief decries 'unconscionable suffering' in Gaza
The UN human rights chief said Israel's warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on Palestinians and urged government leaders to exert pressure on Israel's government and the militant group Hamas to end it.
“Israel's means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza,” Volker Türk told the 47-member Human Rights Council in an address that raised concerns about the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, the fallout from sweeping US tariffs, and China's human rights record among other topics.
Israeli authorities have regularly accused the council of anti-Israel bias, and the Trump administration has kept the United States out of the its proceedings.
Israel claims 'air superiority' over Tehran
Israel's military claimed Monday to have achieved “aerial superiority” over Iran's capital.
The military says it has degraded Iranian air defences and missile systems to the point that its planes can now operate over Tehran without facing major threats.
It says Israel now controls the skies from western Iran to Tehran. (AP) SCY
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