Russia’s Medvedev says Trump started new war for US after attack on Iran

June 22, 2025

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump had started a new war for the US by attacking Iran, Reuters reports. US forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, Trump said late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it […]Continue Reading

US airlines face heightened risks as global carriers bypass Middle East after attacks on Iran

June 22, 2025

An organisation that monitors flight risks warned on Sunday that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites could heighten the threat to American operators in the region as some airlines cancelled flights to and from Dubai and Doha, Reuters reports. Airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East due to ongoing missile exchanges between […]Continue Reading

Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble

June 22, 2025

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, US President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid – intervene militarily in a major foreign war, Reuters reports. The dramatic US strike, including the targeting of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation […]Continue Reading

Iran says it reserves all options on response to ‘outrageous’ US strikes

June 22, 2025

Iran reserves all options to defend itself after U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday on X, saying the attacks were “outrageous and will have everlasting consequences”, Reuters reports.Continue Reading

Trump says US forces bombed Iran nuclear sites; says ‘Fordow is gone’

June 22, 2025

US forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trumpsaid late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more attacks if it did not agree to peace, Reuters reports. After days of deliberation and long before his self-imposed two-week deadline, Trump’s decision to join Israel’s military campaign against its major rival Iran […]Continue Reading

Israeli scientists scramble to save work after Iranian missile hits labs

June 20, 2025

Researchers at Israel’s prestigious Weizmann Institute of Science have been scrambling to save their experiments after an Iranian missile destroyed a building containing dozens of cutting-edge laboratories, Reuters reports. The missile struck the institute’s campus at Rehovot, on the southern periphery of Tel Aviv, in the early hours of Sunday, damaging Continue Reading

Putin on Iran, Khamenei, regime change, Ukraine and NATO

June 20, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin made the following comments to senior news agency editors on the conflict between Iran and Israel, NATO and the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. The remarks were translated from Russian by Reuters reporters. ASKED ABOUT HIS REACTION IF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES KILLED IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI: “If […]Continue Reading

US moves military assets, limits access to its largest Middle East base

June 20, 2025

The U.S. military has moved some aircraft and ships from bases in the Middle East that may be vulnerable to any potential Iranian attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The moves come as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing whether the United States would join Israel’s bombardment of Iran’s nuclear […]Continue Reading

Starmer urges diplomacy as Trump considers Iran attack

June 20, 2025

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged further negotiations rather than an escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict, BBC reports. His latest call comes as President Donald Trump considers whether to join Israeli strikes, with the BBC’s US partner CBS reporting he has approved attack plans but has not made a final decision. Conservative shadow foreign […]Continue Reading

Israel-Iran air war enters second week as Europe pushes diplomacy

June 20, 2025

Israel and Iran’s air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any decision on potential U.S. involvement would be made within two weeks, Reuters reports. Israel began attacking Iran last Friday, saying it aimed to prevent its longtime […]Continue Reading