JERUSALEM/TEHRAN, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Ballistic missiles fired from Iran into central and northern Israel on Sunday morning wounded 26 people, two of whom in moderate condition, Israels national emergency service Magen David Adom reported.

by Xinhua writer Zhang Yadong

KABUL, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Around 10,000 Afghan refugees are leaving Iran daily to return to their homeland amid war and insecurity in the Mideast country, local media outlet Tolonews reported on Saturday night.

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were outrageous and will have everlasting consequences.

JERUSALEM, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Sirens sounded across central, northern Israel and Israel-controlled Jerusalem as Iran launched a new wave of ballistic missiles.

TEHRAN, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were outrageous and will have everlasting consequences.

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran will face more military strikes if peace does not come quickly.

YAOUNDE, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly attack on its Friday patrol in the countrys north that killed a Zambian peacekeeper.

LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinas contribution to world-class science is advancing at a remarkable pace, further extending its lead in research output, according to calendar-year data for 2024 released in the latest Nature Index Research Leaders report.

DUISBURG, Germany, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A freight train loaded with maternal and infant products, cosmetics, and medical supplies departed Duisburg, Germany on Saturday, marking the launch of the return leg of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Express service.

GENEVA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Saturday urged de-escalation of the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran, saying that displacement has already been observed in both countries due to the intensifying conflict.

SAO PAULO, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from this weeks torrential rains and flooding in Brazils southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to three, with one person still missing, civil defense authorities said Friday.

UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Hostilities in Gaza trigger aid access restrictions and drive up child malnourishment rates, said the world body on Friday.

VIENNA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is the Iranian nuclear site where the consequences of an attack could be most severe, the United Nations nuclear watchdog chief warned on Friday.

YANGON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK), or the Chinese Proficiency Test, organized by the Le Hua International Education Center, was conducted at Myanmars prestigious Yangon University for the first time on Sunday.