The United States will shut its embassy in Jerusalem from Wednesday through Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, the State Department announced on Tuesday.“Given the security situation and in compliance with Israel Home Front Command guidance, the US Embassy in Jerusalem will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, June 18) through Friday (June 20). […]
President Trump said on Tuesday that President Macron of France “always gets it wrong,” as simmering tensions between the two leaders over the Israel-Iran conflict blew up into insults.As he made an early exit from the G7 meeting in Canada and flew back to Washington, Trump called Macron “publicity seeking.” In a post on his […]
Qatar warns that strikes on nuclear or energy sites could have unknown consequences for Gulf nations reliant on shared waters/ Image composite (File), PANA Amid heightened conflict between Israel and Iran, Qatar has stepped up monitoring of radiation levels in the Gulf, following Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and energy sites. On Tuesday, Qatari foreign […]
US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his rhetoric against Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that America knows his location but will not kill him “for now.” On Truth Social, the US president in another post appeared to demand Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” amid its conflict […]
Leaders of Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting in Canada on Monday issued a joint statement declaring that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,” while calling for immediate de-escalation across the Middle East.The statement comes days after Israel conducted its Operation Rising Lion to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities.In the joint statement, the G7 reaffirmed […]
Benjamin Netanyahu (AP photo) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of pushing the region toward a “forever war” and warned the situation is approaching the “brink of a nuclear war.”In a wide-ranging interview with ABC News, Netanyahu argued that the only way to end hostilities is by directly targeting the Iranian regime’s […]
Donald Trump will leave theG7 summit a day early, White House confirms US President Donald Trump will cut short his visit to the Group of Seven summit in Canada and leave on Monday night due to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, the White House announced.“Because of what’s going on in the Middle East, […]
Donald Trump does not intend to sign G7 joint statement on Israel-Iran. President Donald Trump does not intend to sign the joint statement drafted by G7 leaders in Canada calling for de-escalation between Israel and Iran. A senior White House official told CNN that the president feels that there is no reason at this time […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says eliminating Khamenei would end the crisis. A day after it was reported that US president Donald Trump blocked an Israeli plan to kill Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is not ruling out eliminating Khamenei as that would only end the ‘forever war’ […]
An explosion is seen during a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday The Middle East stands on the brink of wider conflict as Israel and Iran continued exchange of missile strikes early Monday, ignoring global calls for de-escalation.Israel’s most aggressive military campaign to date inside Iran has targeted key nuclear and energy sites, while […]
