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Trump says considering 'winding down' Iran war, US eases oil sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was considering "winding down" military operations against Iran, as the United States temporarily e...
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Lebanon
Israel bombs Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon
The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes on Beirut's southerb suburbs, claiming to target Iran-backed Hezbollah early Satu...
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Israel announced strikes on "regime targets" in Tehran on Monday as the longtime foes traded fire for an 11th consecutive day, after Israel ally the United States sent bombers to attack the Islamic republic's nuclear sites.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday slammed strikes on Tehran as "unprovoked aggression" and said Moscow was trying to help the Iranian people as he hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow.
"This is an absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran," Putin told Araghchi, calling the strikes "unjustified" and adding that Russia was "making efforts to provide assistance to the Iranian people."
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Israeli strikes on Monday hit a power supply system in the Iranian capital, triggering outages in some areas around the city, Iranian media reported.
The power distribution line in northern Tehran "was damaged, causing outages in some areas", Fars news agency reported.
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Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky landed in London on Monday and will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other officials, a senior Ukrainian source told AFP.
"There will be plenty of meetings, with the prime minister and parliament," the source said.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog head demanded Monday the return of agency inspectors to Iran's nuclear sites in a bid to "account for" its highly enriched uranium stockpiles following attacks by Israel and the United States on its atomic program.
To be able to "return to the negotiating table", "allow IAEA inspectors, the guardians on our on behalf of the NPT to go back to Iran's nuclear sites and account for the stockpiles of uranium" including the "400 kilograms enriched to 60 percent", Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told an emergency meeting of the organization's headquarters in Vienna.
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The EU's top diplomat warned Monday it would be "extremely dangerous" should Iran shut down the crucial Strait of Hormuz trading route over U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites.
"Any Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be extremely dangerous," Kaja Kallas wrote on X, as EU foreign ministers met in Brussels for talks with the Iran-Israel conflict high on the agenda.
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Israel carried out a fresh strike on Iran's underground Fordo nuclear site south of Tehran, a media outlet in the country reported.
"The aggressor attacked the Fordo nuclear site again," Tasnim news agency reported, quoting a spokesperson for the crisis management authority in Qom province where the site is located.
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The United States embassy in Lebanon said that the State Department on Sunday ordered the departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Lebanon, after Washington launched strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
"On June 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of State ordered the departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Lebanon due to the volatile and unpredictable security situation in the region," said a statement on the U.S. embassy website.
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Russia fired 352 drones and 16 missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least seven people in the capital Kyiv and its suburbs, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday.
"In total, 352 drones were launched, including 159 (Iranian-designed) Shaheds just overnight, along with 16 missiles. Preliminary reports indicate that ballistic weapons from North Korea were also used," Zelensky said on social media.
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China said on Monday that the international community must do more to prevent fighting between Iran and Israel from impacting the global economy, noting the "Persian Gulf and surrounding waters are important international trade routes".
"China calls on the international community to make greater efforts to promote the de-escalation of the conflict and prevent regional instability from having a greater impact on global economic development," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.
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