Russian president Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a 50-minute phone call on the Middle East crisis, the Kremlin said. Putin condemned Israeli attacks on Iran; Trump spoke of America’s willingness to negotiate with Tehran. Reuters, citing the Kremlin, reported that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchanged views on recent developments in More
Israel and Iran have exchanged a fresh wave of strikes, fuelling fears of a wider conflict after Israel intensified its military campaign against its main regional rival. The latest wave of Iranian strikes began shortly after 11:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, when air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Haifa, sending around one million More
Iran has accused the United States of supporting Israeli attacks on its soil, a claim made during a United Nations Security Council meeting, media reports said on Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin strongly condemned the Israeli strikes and expressed Russia’s readiness to mediate between the two sides. According to reports, Iran launched retaliatory missile attacks More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have urged both Israel and Iran to show maximum restraint and avoid at all costs a descent into deeper conflict. He condemned “any military escalation in the Middle East,” said Farhan Haq, his deputy spokesperson in a statement. The UN chief “is particularly concerned by Israeli attacks on nuclear installations in More
Iranian media said Iran’s airspace has been closed to all flights until further notice following Israeli attacks on targets in Iran, with carriers scrambling to divert and cancel flights to keep passengers and crew safe.. According to IRNA, Mehdi Ramezani, Director of Public Relations for the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, said that the country’s More
Israel on Friday targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders, with Tehran vowing revenge. Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country’s main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, while Israel declared a state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile and drone strikes. The United States says it has no More
Iranian media reported on Friday that the commander of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and a number of other military officials and nuclear scientists lost their lives in Israeli attacks. IRNA news agency said: “The commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, was martyred in the attacks of the Zionist regime on Friday morning.” More
At least 30 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in India’s Ahmedabad city on Thursday, media reports said. The aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was en route to Gatwick Airport, south of London, with 242 people on board, Air India confirmed. The More
At least seven people have been killed in a wave of attacks across Colombia, media reports said on Wednesday. The Colombian Ministry of Defence confirmed that 19 attacks had taken place, the BBC reported. Local media have linked some of the violence to a dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a More
Ukrainian and Russian officials say they have begun a new major exchange prisoners of war agreed during the second round of peace talks in Istanbul. Both sides agreed at the peace talks to exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war and those under the age of 25. The Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday that the More
