(From left to right) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UN Secretary-General António Guterres. — Reuters/ File World leaders have issued strong and varied responses after US forces launched air strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The strikes, confirmed by the White House early …
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The strikes, confirmed by the White House early Sunday morning, targeted Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. The US administration framed the attacks as a response to Tehran’s continued enrichment efforts and as a warning to deter further escalation in ongoing conflict with Israel. President Donald Trump described the operation as a “necessary and proportionate act to prevent a …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday after the president said the US military bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. “Congratulations President Trump. Your bold decision to target Iran’s nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history,” Netanyahu said in a video message, adding that the attacks demonstrated “America has …
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres branded the US strikes on Iran as a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.” “There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world,” Guterres said in …
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President Donald Trump on Sunday said US air strikes had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, and warned of more attacks to come if Tehran does not seek peace. In a televised address to the nation from the White House after the United States joined Israel’s air campaign against Tehran, Trump called the US attacks a “spectacular …
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A picture taken on November 10, 2019 shows an Iranian flag at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. — AFP WASHINGTON: The United States has launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, with President Donald Trump saying on Saturday that it was a “very successful attack” and confirming all US aircraft were safely on their way back. Trump had spent weeks attempting …
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A general view of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, October 26, 2010. — Reuters VIENNA: President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US military had carried out a “very successful attack” on nuclear sites in Iran, including a facility buried deep in a mountain at Fordow, south of Tehran. Israel has been targeting Iranian nuclear sites since it began …
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A B-2 Stealth Bomber, which is the only military aircraft capable of deploying the GBU-57, pulls up on the runway after landing at the Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in Palmdale, California on July 17, 2014. — AFP The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday, as …
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of teachers in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2025. — Reuters Iran bans cell phones for top officials to prevent surveillance. Formal succession plan drawn, naming 3 possible replacements. His son Mojtaba was notably excluded from the list of successors. As tensions with Israel reach dangerous new heights, …
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Passengers disembark from a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane parked at the tarmac of Ninoy Aquino International airport in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines September 20, 2016. — Reuters JAKARTA: A plane carrying hundreds of Hajj pilgrims back to Indonesia from the Middle East was diverted on Saturday after a bomb threat, the transport ministry and police said, the second such …
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