Day: June 9, 2026
In a post on the social network X on Tuesday, Sybiha wrote that Bosnia and Herzegovina had officially confirmed its intention to join the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, noting that with its accession, the number of member states in the initiative had reached the 50 mark, News.Az reports, citing Interfax-Ukraine.
***
Sybiha expressed gratitude to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to his counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmedin Konaković, for making this important decision.
He has said that this was an important step demonstrating Bosnia and Herzegovina’s commitment to protecting children’s rights, upholding international law, and supporting Ukraine’s efforts aimed at returning home every deported or forcibly displaced Ukrainian child.
He has said that the expansion of the coalition strengthened the collective capacity of the international community to take decisive action. He has said that Ukraine, together with its partners, would continue active work aimed at holding accountable all individuals involved in the illegal deportation, forced adoption, and militarization of Ukrainian children in the temporarily occupied territories and within Russia.
The post Bosnia and Herzegovina joins coalition to bring back Ukrainian children appeared first on azeritimes.com.
Security agencies under India’s Ministry of Home Affairs have reportedly withheld the crucial clearances required for the SpaceX-operated satellite internet service. The hesitation stems from recent reports that Starlink terminals were actively used during conflicts in the Middle East, even though the service is not licensed in Iran. This incident has raised red flags in New Delhi regarding its ability to monitor and control a US-based satellite operator during times of high geopolitical tension, News.Az reports, citing Anadolu Agency.
The regulatory freeze comes after Indian telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio signed agreements with SpaceX in 2025 to help bring the high-speed satellite internet service to the Indian market.
***
Beyond blocking Starlink specifically, the security standoff has caused a wider bottleneck in India’s satellite communications sector. The Department of Telecommunications has finalized a framework for satellite-spectrum pricing, but transmission to the federal Cabinet for final approval is currently delayed as officials adopt a more cautious approach to the industry as a whole.
To move forward, Starlink must now explain how it will guarantee compliance with Indian security mandates when faced with conflicting demands from foreign governments or during international crises. Neither SpaceX nor the Indian government has issued an official comment on the matter.
The post India freezes Starlink approvals over security concerns appeared first on azeritimes.com.
During an ICC session, a committee representing 21 member states voted by a majority to initiate formal disciplinary proceedings against Khan over allegations of sexual harassment. The bureau confirmed that the suspension and related documentation will remain confidential to protect the privacy and rights of all involved parties, as well as the integrity of the ongoing process, News.Az reports, citing RBC-Ukraine.
Khan’s legal team has strongly pushed back against the suspension, calling the decision unlawful and arguing that the claims against him lack supporting evidence. The 56-year-old British lawyer had already been on administrative leave since May 2025 while an initial investigation was conducted.
***
The allegations first surfaced in late 2024, reportedly involving a Malaysian lawyer working as his assistant. Khan has consistently denied any wrongdoing, previously suggesting that the accusations were part of a covert intelligence campaign designed to discredit his work.
As Chief Prosecutor since 2021, Khan has been at the center of some of the most controversial international legal battles in recent history. In March 2023, he issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova over the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children. The move prompted Moscow to retaliate by sentencing Khan in absentia to 15 years in prison.
Later, in November 2024, Khan drew further global scrutiny by securing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza, a move that resulted in the United States imposing sanctions against the prosecutor.
The post ICC suspends Putin prosecutor over misconduct probe appeared first on azeritimes.com.
The San Diego-based biotech firm did not disclose the total amount raised in the round, its updated valuation, or the identities of the other participating investors. The closing of the financing remains subject to standard regulatory approvals, News.Az reports, citing Reuters.
According to Element Biosciences, the fresh capital will be used to scale the commercialization of its core genetic testing and research products, expand its international footprint, and fund the development of next-generation diagnostic tools.
***
Specifically, the funds will support the company’s current benchtop sequencing systems, AVITI and VITARI, alongside the upcoming commercial launches of AVITI Dx and AVITI24.
How it works: The AVITI system is a specialized benchtop gene-sequencing device designed to decode DNA and RNA. The technology is widely used in medical research, early disease detection, and targeted drug development.
The specialized gene-sequencing market is currently dominated by industry giant Illumina, though competitors like Roche have been aggressively expanding their footprints through strategic partnerships and heavy investments in next-generation molecular diagnostics.
This Series E round follows a successful $277 million Series D funding round that Element Biosciences completed in July 2024.
The post Samsung backs gene-sequencing firm Element Biosciences with $175M appeared first on azeritimes.com.
PARKINSONIAN MSA-P is the more common type of multiple system atrophy. The most common symptoms seen with MSA-P are those that are like Parkinson’s disease. These symptoms may include slowness or difficulty initiating movement, increased falls due to walking problems associated with shuffling of gait, tremor, rigidity or muscle stiffness, slurred speech, voice changes, drooling, difficulty …
In a decision obtained by Global News, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded $100 million in compensation and another $100 million in punitive damages to Zahed Haftlang, News.Az reports, citing Global News.
***
The court said Haftlang, an Iranian refugee who fled to Canada in 2001, merited the unusually large sum because of the “years of mistreatment” and “lifetime of mental trauma” he suffered.
Justice Lee Akazaki wrote that while a single judgment might not deter Iran’s abuses, the “accumulation of damage awards, often executed against Iran’s frozen foreign assets, has some effect.”
Although foreign governments are generally immune from Canada’s civil courts, Justice Akazaki ruled that Iran’s torture of Haftlang was motivated by the regime’s politics, religion and ideology.
As a result, it amounted to “terrorist activity” akin to staging attacks on foreign soil intended to silence opposition to the regime, so Iran did not benefit from state immunity, the judge ruled.
“Iran is therefore liable to Mr. Haftlang and answerable to a civil judgment by this court for his loss caused by the acts committed against him,” according to the 13-page decision handed down on May 29.
The decision is the latest against Iran by a Canadian court under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, which allows those impacted by terrorism to sue state sponsors of the groups that harmed them.
It marked the first time a court in Canada had found that terrorist activity included Iran’s atrocities against its own citizens, and could potentially open the door for many more such lawsuits.
Haftlang’s lawyer, Mark Arnold, said it may be the largest sum ever awarded to an individual in Canada. The Ontario court earlier awarded $100 million in damages to the estates of six passengers killed when the regime shot down Ukraine Airlines flight 752 on Jan. 8, 2020.
The decision stems from abuses committed in the 1990s, but the regime has continued to mistreat opponents, most recently in January with the mass killing of anti-regime demonstrators.
While the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran in February initially raised hopes of regime change, that seems unlikely as U.S. President Donald Trump struggles to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Haftlang is now a Canadian citizen and works as an auto mechanic in North Vancouver, B.C. But before he resettled in Canada 25 years ago, he was recruited into the Iranian military at age 13.
At the time he enlisted as a child soldier, in 1981, Iran was at war with neighbouring Iraq. Haftlang was captured by Iraqi forces and held prisoner until the conflict ended, at which point he was sent home.
But Iranian authorities viewed him with suspicion, according to the court decision. At his debriefing, he criticized the Iranian regime, prompting authorities to call him an infidel and send him to prison.
During the two years he was held captive, Iranian police and prison guards beat him, put objects in his rectum, attached objects to his genitals, electrocuted him and left him with head trauma, the court said.
Released in 1993, he went to work on government-operated cargo ships, where he got into arguments with those the judge described as “ideologically adherent crew members.”
Aboard the ship Iran Mazandaran, he insulted Iran’s Supreme Leader. Fearing the captain would report him, he jumped ship in Vancouver’s English Bay, and a kayaker helped him to shore.
Now married with two children, he sued the Iranian government in 2024 with the help of Arnold, a Toronto lawyer with a long record of successful civil court actions against the Islamic Republic.
Before the court could rule on the case, it first had to decide whether Iran was immune from civil actions. Under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, Iran can’t claim immunity for acts of terrorism.
Justice Akazaki found that Iran’s torture of Haftlang amounted to terrorism because it arose from the decision that “he was an infidel worthy of control and isolation from Iranian society.”
The “revolutionary arm” of the Iranian regime that is controlled by the Supreme Leader and his Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was responsible for Haftlang’s detention, the judge ruled.
“I also conclude that these revolutionary actors were driven by their suspicion of the returned prisoner of war because of his vocal dissent and the length of detention in the military prisons of Iraq,” the judge wrote.
“They branded him an ‘infidel’ and tortured him to condition him into loyalty to the Supreme Leader,” according to the decision, which said he was tortured “to suppress any misgivings he may have harboured about his participation as an Iranian soldier.”
“He was an ordinary person upset by the Iran to which he returned and was caught up in a paranoid regime’s cogs,” wrote the judge, who said what Haftlang endured was “no less an act of state terror than firing an ordnance into a residential area.”
By passing legislation lifting Iran’s immunity, Canada had “joined the chorus of nations requiring Iran to stop the use of violence and the threat of violence toward civilians as an instrument of foreign and domestic policy,” the judge added.
In addition to the $200 million, the court awarded a further $100,000 to Haftlang’s wife and $50,000 to his daughter for the “loss of guidance, care and companionship” caused by the regime’s actions.
Canada severed diplomatic relations with Iran in 2012 and added Tehran to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Since then, terror victims have won several judgments against Iran in the Canadian courts.
To compensate them, Iran’s non-diplomatic assets in Canadian cities were sold off. The government views Tehran’s diplomatic properties, such as its Ottawa embassy building, as untouchable, but victims are seeking to change that through the courts.
Iranian officials have expressed outrage over the loss of their Canadian properties and bank accounts, accusing Ottawa of “economic terrorism.” They have also threatened to seize Canadian ships in retaliation.
The post Canadian court fines Iran $200M over alleged torture of B.C. man appeared first on azeritimes.com.
Categories
牢 A（斯奎奇大王）说的「三通一达」到底是什么意思？
A massive gas explosion has rocked Kizilyurt, Dagestan, following the suspected rupture of a local gas pipeline.
Authorities are responding to the incident, assessing damage, and ensuring the safety of residents in the area, News.Az reports, citing social media reports.
The incident site has been cordoned off, and the evacuation of residents from nearby buildings is being considered, according to media reports.
The post Massive gas explosion reported in Kizilyurt, Dagestan – VIDEO appeared first on azeritimes.com.
According to the Russian state-controlled Kommersant, the company confirmed the loss on Tuesday, adding that 15 of the 16 satellites launched during the first operational deployment in March remain in orbit, News.Az reports, citing Kyiv Post.
***
“There are currently six experimental ‘Rassvet-1’ and ‘Rassvet-2’ spacecraft and 15 satellites from the first batch launch in low-Earth orbit, which have passed tests of key systems in space, are practicing maneuvers and are functioning in normal mode,” Bureau 1440 told Kommersant.
Bureau 1440 reportedly plans to launch 292 satellites into orbit by 2030, out of a total of 383 scheduled for launch.
The project is being developed under Russia’s national program “Data Economy.” Russian authorities plan to allocate 102 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) from the federal budget, while Bureau 1440 is expected to contribute an additional 329 billion rubles (around $4.2 billion).
Despite being in development for years, the project took on new urgency earlier this year, after SpaceX shut down Starlink access for Russian military use.
Plans to launch the service commercially by 2027 were confirmed June 5, by the CEO of Iks Holding, Alexei Shelobkov, speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
Shelobkov’s announcement comes as Starlink becomes an increasingly decisive factor in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
While Starlink is currently banned in Russia, with use of its equipment subject to fines, Ukrainian drones connecting to Starlink’s network have conducted successful attacks on Russian refineries in recent months, as the network is resilient to jamming.
The post Russia’s Starlink rival loses one of its first satellites appeared first on azeritimes.com.