Day: June 10, 2026
Extending his praise, Trump emphasized his own role in backing the Armenian leader, writing, “I was very proud to have Endorsed him for Re-Election.” The president added that he has “no doubt” that under Pashinyan’s continued leadership, the nation will achieve “levels of Greatness and Success beyond everyone’s wildest expectations,”, News.Az reports, citing Anadolu Agency
The election saw a voter turnout of nearly 59%, with approximately 1.47 million citizens casting their ballots at over 2,000 polling stations across the country. According to preliminary data released by Armenia’s Central Election Commission, Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party secured a commanding 49.82% of the vote.
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Its most prominent rival, the Strong Armenia party—helmed by billionaire Samvel Karapetyan—trailed significantly behind, capturing 23.28% of the total vote share.
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India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to Al Jazeera on Wednesday that it had summoned Jason Meeks, the US Embassy’s deputy chief of mission in New Delhi, News.Az reports, citing Al Jazeera.
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The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it carried out a “precision” strike on a vessel, the Settebello, as it transited the Gulf of Oman transporting Iranian oil on Tuesday evening, claiming the crew failed to comply with instructions from US forces.
The ship was a chemical/oil products tanker which reported an engine room fire 20 nautical miles (about 37km) northeast of Oman’s port of Sohar, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said.
The Omani navy responded to the Settebello distress call, British maritime risk management group Vanguard said.
Twenty-one Indian sailors have been rescued and three remain missing, India’s Foreign Ministry said, condemning the violence and calling for an end to attacks on commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region.
“Our embassy in Oman is closely monitoring the situation and proactively coordinating with the Omani authorities in the ongoing search and rescue operation,” the ministry said in a statement. “The targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end.”
Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the UN’s shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization, on Wednesday condemned “any act from any party that endangers the lives of seafarers and the safety of international shipping”.
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The target, the VNIIR-Progress facility in Russia’s Chuvashia region, is a high-tech electronics hub that produces essential satellite navigation receivers and jam-resistant antennas. These components, known as Kometa modules, are vital to the functionality of Russia’s Shahed-type attack drones, guided aerial glide bombs, and Kalibr cruise missiles, News.Az reports, citing RBC-Ukraine.
New footage shows Russian defense plant in Cheboksary after #Ukraine's strike pic.twitter.com/Zai2AyMdTX
— RBC-Ukraine (@NewsUkraineRBC) June 10, 2026
Independent OSINT analysts noted that Russia had recently erected 15 specialized metal towers designed to suspend heavy anti-drone nets around the plant. However, as the latest imagery demonstrates, these costly fortification efforts proved utterly useless against the sheer destructive power of Ukraine’s advanced Flamingo missiles.
The precision strike traveled over 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border to hit the target, bypassing Russia’s rear air defenses and leaving at least three personnel injured. Both Chuvashia Governor Oleg Nikolayev and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the success of the operation. The long-range assault triggered widespread panic deep within the Russian federation, prompting unprecedented airstrike and missile alerts across 18 separate regions, some located up to 2,000 kilometers away from the active front lines.
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Paltrow, who grew up in an interfaith Jewish-Christian family, appears in a commercial that started airing in Israel recently for 51 Park, a luxury housing project in Herzliya, News.Az reports, citing The Jerusalem Post.
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The commercial shows her waking up in her New York apartment, where she wonders, “Who decided mornings should be so early?” and bemoans the fact that “Even my coffee needs a coffee” before going out for a run in nearby Central Park. While it’s “brutal” for her to start her morning run, she says that, “Once I hit the park, pure energy takes over,” and notes that, “There’s a reason the world’s most iconic buildings are by a park.”
Coming out of her building dressed in a chic white suit, she tells a waiting driver to take her to “51 Park.” He asks, “New York?” and she replies, smiling, “Herzliya, Israel.” A voiceover lists the features of the two-tower development, which will be 51 stories tall and located right next to Herzliya Park.
Paltrow accused of supporting genocide for taking commercial job
Paltrow began to receive online hate after the commercial aired. Most accused her of supporting genocide, and many said she deserved to be beaten, and worse.
“Gwyneth Paltrow promotes $10M penthouses in Herzliya while Gaza burns and Lebanon bleeds,” one user wrote, while another, referencing Paltrow’s phrasing in the announcement of her divorce from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, said she was “consciously uncoupled from morality.”
Another X user wrote: “Something deeply unspeakably sinister about this thin, wealthy, white woman looking for any possible opportunity to collaborate with a state committing genocide across at least two states,” and others criticized her supposed $10 million contract for the commercial.
Paltrow, who is active on Instagram, did not post the commercial, but many of the comments on her recent posts reiterate these accusations, calling her such epithets as “Genocide Queen.”
Others praised her for her support for Israel and for “being on the right side of history.”
The actress has spoken up about her Jewish roots many times and, during the war with Hamas, posted support for the hostages held in Gaza. Her brother, Jake Paltrow, directed a movie in Israel, the 2022 June Zero, which was co-written by Tom Shoval and which focuses on people involved in the trial and execution of Adolf Eichmann, one of the main Nazi officials behind the Holocaust. Chris Martin has visited Israel several times to spend time at educational programs he supports.
In recent years, several ad campaigns featuring Hollywood stars have run in Israel, including Morgan Freeman for Tadiran, Snoop Dogg for SodaStream, and David Schwimmer for Meitav.
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During a tense press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York, Russian Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia declared that the UN has effectively stripped itself of the ability to serve as an honest broker in potential peace talks. Nebenzia revealed that Moscow formally requested access to the specific underlying materials and sources used by the UN Secretariat to level “grave accusations” against the Russian Federation. According to the envoy, that request was flatly rejected on confidentiality grounds, while he claims unverified Ukrainian sources are regularly accepted by UN officials without question, News.Az reports, citing Anadolu Agency.
Nebenzia slammed the lack of transparency, arguing that confidentiality is being weaponized to shield the UN’s reporting from proper scrutiny. “This is a selective treatment, it is institutional bias, it is discrimination,” he stated. When pressed specifically about the 2022 Bucha massacre—where hundreds of civilian bodies were discovered following a Russian retreat—Nebenzia indicated Russia would continue to “knock on the door” to challenge the narrative, maintaining Moscow’s long-held stance that the atrocities were staged by Kyiv to disrupt peace talks.
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