Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, Chief of Staff of the IDF (Picture source: IDF) Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), told Israel’s intelligence officers on Thursday that the country had turned Iran’s “ring of fire” against them — a reference to alleged years of Iranian preparation for attacks on […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will decide within the next two weeks whether to join Israel in its military strikes on Iran, noting that there is still a “substantial” possibility of negotiations to resolve the conflict peacefully. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read out Trump’s message, acknowledging ongoing speculation about “direct […]
Iranian missile strikes in Tel Aviv (left), Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building that were hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. (right) As the conflict between Israel and Iran entered its seventh day, both countries continued to launch strikes against each other on Thursday.Iran launched a fresh […]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed that right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson had phoned him to apologise.The apology came after the former Fox News host admitted his remarks about the conflict between Israel and Iran were “a little bit too strong.”Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump called Carlson a “nice guy” and said he appreciated […]
US president Donald Trump has once again left his position open-ended on whether the United States will take military action against Iran amid the worsening conflict with Israel. Speaking from Washington, Trump said he has “a plan for everything” but refused to share details, adding that “anything could happen.” “I have a plan for everything, […]
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 […]
