Ekrem Imamoglu, the former mayor of Istanbul who stands accused of corruption, clashed with the judge and criticized the trial as baseless.
Israeli fighter jets also bombarded the southern outskirts of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, as part of its escalating military campaign against Hezbollah.
Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese president, called for direct talks with Israel to end the fighting. He also leveled blame at Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group, for igniting the war.
The Pentagon has not yet released an official estimate of the cost of the US war on Iran.
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Bangladesh closes universities due to Iran war energy crisis
In northern Nigeria, Shias see new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as a 'continuation of his father’s resistance'.
Iran’s deputy health minister, Dr Ali Jafarian, says more than 1,255 people have been killed and that most are civilians
Supporters across Iran gathered to celebrate after Mojtaba Khamenei was named the country’s new supreme leader.
Modern wars show how easily leaders meet rhetorical burden of justification and avoid strategic burden of ending them.