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The US Secretary of State has called on China to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open
US asks China to stop Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes.His comments came after Iran's state-run Press TV reported that parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait but added that the final decision lies with the Supreme National Security Council.Any disruption to the supply of oil would have profound consequences for the economy. China in particular is the world's largest buyer of Iranian oil and has a close relationship with Tehran.Oil prices surged following the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites, with the price of the benchmark Brent crude reaching its highest level in five months."I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them (Iran)...
June 23, 2025

US asks China to stop Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025
Russia lambasts US attacks as Iran looks to Moscow
MOSCOW — Russian officials on Sunday castigated the US for its missile strike against Iran’s nuclear plants, issuing veiled threats that Iran’s nuclear ambitions would not be thwarted and welcoming Tehran’s foreign minister for talks in Moscow.A statement from Russia’s Foreign Ministry “strongly condemned” the airstrikes and called them a “a gross violation of international law, the UN Charter, and UN Security Council resolutions.”Dmitry Medvedev, who serves as deputy head of President Vladimir Putin’s Security Council, said several countries were prepared to supply Tehran with nuclear weapons. He didn't specify which, but said the US attack caused minimal damage and would not stop Tehran from pursuing nuclear weapons.The Iranian foreign minister told a press...
June 23, 2025

Russia lambasts US attacks as Iran looks to Moscow

Sen. Bernie Sanders criticizes former President Donald Trump’s policies and corporate influence during a speech, as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour in Tulsa on June 21, 2025
We cannot let history repeat itself, says US senator
FORT WORTH, Texas — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday drew similarities between the US’s air strikes in Iran this weekend and the invasion of Iraq in 2003, telling a Texas crowd that “we cannot let history repeat itself.”The progressive Vermont senator, speaking at a town hall in Fort Worth as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, highlighted how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump used similar language around the strikes in Iran to what Netanyahu and then-President George W. Bush said surrounding the US’s invasion of Iraq in 2003.Sanders quoted a Netanyahu congressional testimony from 2002, in which the Israeli leader said, “There is no question that Saddam [Hussein] is seeking nuclear weapons.”Sanders then emphasized how “George Bush...
June 23, 2025

We cannot let history repeat itself, says US senator

Families of Israeli hostages demanding their release
Israeli military recovers bodies of three hostages in Gaza
JERUSALEM — IDF soldiers, in coordination with the General Security Service, recovered and returned to Israel the remains of three hostages: Yonatan Samerano, Ofra Keidar, and Sergeant Shai Levinson.The operation took place overnight. Following identification at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, the families were informed of the outcome.Yonatan Samerano, 21, was attending the Nova music festival in Western Negev when Hamas launched its attack on Israel. He and two friends fled to Kibbutz Be’eri, but Hamas militants had already infiltrated the area. The three were killed, and their bodies taken into the Gaza Strip.Samerano’s abduction was captured on CCTV. Israeli authorities later claimed his captor was an employee of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian...
June 23, 2025

Israeli military recovers bodies of three hostages in Gaza

Pictures from inside Mar Elias Church show heavy damage and a bloodied floor
Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills 22
DAMASCUS — At least 22 people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria's health ministry has said.A man opened fire with a weapon at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in the Dweila neighborhood during a service on Sunday evening before detonating an explosive vest, according to the interior ministry.It said the attacker was affiliated with the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). There was no immediate claim from the group itself.Photos and video from inside the church showed a heavily damaged altar, pews covered in broken glass and blood spattered across the walls.Witness Lawrence Maamari told AFP news agency that "someone entered [the church] from outside carrying a weapon" and began shooting. People...
June 23, 2025

Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills 22

First responders work at the scene of an Iranian strike in Haifa, Israel, on Friday.
Fresh missile barrage hits Israeli port city as high-level talks begin in Geneva
HAIFA — Nearly two dozen people were wounded in parts of Israel on Friday after Iran unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles as international efforts intensify to ease the conflict with Israel over Tehran’s nuclear program.Foreign ministers from the UK, France, and Germany have met their Iranian counterpart in Geneva on FridayThe talks come as US President Donald Trump says he will decide within two weeks whether to join Israel’s ongoing military campaign against Iran, amid reports that Washington is actively considering intervention.At least 23 people were injured, Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) said. A 16-year-old boy, and two men aged 54 and 40, were among those seriously injured with shrapnel.In the northern city of Karmiel, a woman died after she suffered a heart attack inside...
June 20, 2025

Fresh missile barrage hits Israeli port city as high-level talks begin in Geneva

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in shooting incidents near aid sites
Israeli military kills 23 Palestinians near aid site in Gaza, witnesses and medics say
GAZA — Israeli forces have killed 23 Palestinians after opening fire on crowds gathered near an aid distribution site, witnesses and medics say.Tanks and drones fired at thousands of people near a distribution centre in central Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the witnesses and medics said.A spokesperson for al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat confirmed they received 23 bodies and more than 100 wounded. Images from the hospital showed bodies on the floor.The Israeli military is yet to comment. The GHF denied a shooting occurred near their sites. The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed in similar incidents since late May.That is when the GHF took over most aid distribution in Gaza in an attempt by Israel to bypass...
June 20, 2025

Israeli military kills 23 Palestinians near aid site in Gaza, witnesses and medics say

Red paint is seen on and around a Royal Air Force plane
Pro-Palestinian activists break into RAF airbase
LONDON — Pro-Palestinian activists in the UK have broken into RAF Brize Norton and sprayed two military planes with red paint in a major security breach.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the action as "disgraceful", saying that it was an "act of vandalism".Footage posted online by Palestine Action on Friday showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a scooter up to an Airbus Voyager and spraying paint into its jet engine.The Ministry of Defense, which has also condemned the move, is now expected to conduct a review of security at UK military bases. It is working with Thames Valley Police, which is leading the investigation.Palestine Action said the activists evaded security and claimed they had put the air-to-air...
June 20, 2025

Pro-Palestinian activists break into RAF airbase

Fires burning close to Microsoft’s offices in Beersheba, southern Israel
Trump says he'll decide on US attacks on Iran within two weeks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said any decision on potential US involvement would be made within two weeks as the Iran-Israel air war entered its second week on Friday.Israeli air attacks have killed 639 people in Iran, said the Human Rights Activists News Agency. Those killed include the military's top echelon and nuclear scientists. Israel has said at least two dozen Israeli civilians have died in Iranian missile attacks. The death toll from either side could not be independently verified.Israel has targeted nuclear sites and missile capabilities, but also has sought to shatter the government of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Western and regional officials."Are we targeting the downfall of the regime? That may be a result, but it's up to the...
June 20, 2025

Trump says he'll decide on US attacks on Iran within two weeks

Israeli soldiers search through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, 15 June, 2025
Europe partly to blame for Iran-Israel conflict, Iran's UN ambassador says
GENEVA — Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva has said diplomacy still have a chance if Israel stops its strikes but warned that Iran would target the United States if it chooses to come into the conflict."We believe that the minimum thing Europeans can do is to very explicitly condemn Israel and stop their support for Israel," Ali Bahraini said in an interview for Euronews.Bahraini said Europe's reluctance to condemn Israel's aggression and its inability to keep the nuclear deal (JCPOA) afloat have all contributed to the current intensifying hostilities between Iran and Israel, now in their seventh day."The impunity which has been given to Israel is something which encourages that entity to continue committing new...
June 20, 2025

Europe partly to blame for Iran-Israel conflict, Iran's UN ambassador says

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