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

On Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, recalling the cake that rattled the junta

June 20, 2025

The Myanmar military’s propaganda channels on Telegram have been busy inciting the surveillance and arrest of people planning to hold a flower strike and wear blue shirts to commemorate detained democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday on Thursday,  The Irrawaddy reports. Many people believe the social media campaign reflects the junta’s fear […]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

Trump to decide whether US will strike Iran ‘within next two weeks’

June 20, 2025

United States President Donald Trump will decide on whether his country will join the Israel-Iran conflict in the next two weeks, the White House has said, amid growing speculation of US involvement and fears of wider escalation, Al Jazeera and news agencies report. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump […]Continue Reading

Erdogan vows fully independent defence industry amid Israel-Iran conflict

June 18, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that his country’s defence industry would become fully independent, producing its own warplanes, tanks, drones and frigates, as Israel and Iran traded strikes for a sixth day, Middle East Eye reports. “We will further increase our domestic and national production rate, which we have raised from 20 Continue Reading

Iran leader rejects US demand for surrender; Trump says patience has run out

June 18, 2025

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender on Wednesday, and the U.S. president said his patience had run out, though he gave no clue as to what his next step would be, Reuters reports. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump declined to say if he had made […]Continue Reading