Sunday 15 June 2025

An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a residential building kills nine people, including three children, and injures over 200 others in Bat Yam, Israel.

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 41 Palestinians across Gaza.

The Israeli Air Force says it has targeted Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport in eastern Iran, destroying a refueling plane used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a Syrian civilian woman was killed after a drone strikes her home in rural Tartus Governorate, Syria, which the group says was likely an Iranian drone.

The Israel Defense Forces confirms that they recovered the body of Israeli hostage Aviv Atzili, who was abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the October 7 attacks, in Gaza last Wednesday.

At least eight people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a shooting near an aid distribution site near Rafah, Gaza. Witnesses attribute the shooting to Israeli forces.

Russia returns the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in action as part of a prisoner exchange agreement with Ukraine.

Between 100,000 and 150,000 protesters march in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding that the Dutch government pressure Israel to halt its military campaign in the Gaza Strip.

The 51st G7 summit begins in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.

Seven people are killed, including an infant, when a Bell 407 aircraft crashes in a forested area in bad weather while en route to the Kedarnath Temple in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India.

A Mw 6.1 earthquake hits Lima, Peru, killing one person and injuring at least five others.

Twenty-five people are killed in lightning, rain-related incidents across India in the past 24 hours.

Three hikers are killed by a lightning strike on Mittagsspitze mountain in the Central Eastern Alps, Austria.

In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third consecutive year, with drivers Phil Hanson, Robert Kubica, and Yifei Ye.

In tennis, German player Tatjana Maria defeats American player Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 6–4, in the Queen's Club Championships women's singles final to become the event's first female winner since Russia's Olga Morozova in 1973. At 37 years old, Maria also becomes the oldest winner of a WTA 500 event.