The BBC’s security analyst Gordon Corera examines how much damage is likely to have been caused to Iran’s nuclear sites. The US has bombed three sites in Iran and President Trump said the strikes took “the ‘bomb’ right out of their hands”. However, Iran’s foreign minister has said his country’s nuclear knowledge “can’t be destroyed…
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Sunday that two more border crossings with Thailand were completely shut down amid an ongoing border dispute between the two ASEAN member states, Xinhua reported. Hun Manet said the Thai army Saturday night informed the governor of Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province about its unilateral decision to…
GENEVA: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Sunday that he is convening an emergency meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors on Monday, after the recent United States (US) attacks in Iran, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. “In light of the urgent situation in Iran, I am convening an emergency meeting…
ISTANBUL: The United States and Israel crossed a major red line in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran’s top diplomat warned Sunday, saying he was heading to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin. “They crossed a very big red line by attacking (Iran’s) nuclear facilities,“ Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on the sidelines of a…
GENEVA: Switzerland on Sunday urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint and immediately return to diplomacy, after the United States joined Israel’s war with Tehran by striking Iranian nuclear sites. “Switzerland is deeply alarmed by the dangerous escalation between Israel and Iran since June 13, including today’s attacks by the US,“ the foreign ministry said…
ANKARA: Iran condemned on Sunday United States (US) airstrikes on three nuclear sites and called on the United Nations Security Council to act, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Iran reserves the right to resist “US aggression and the crimes committed by this rogue regime” in defence of its…
Donald Trump has said Iran “must now make peace” or face future attacks, after the US struck struck three Iranian nuclear facilities. The US president said the strikes were a “spectacular military success” in a televised address to nation on Saturday. Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister had warned that US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict would…
Donald Trump, the president who returned to the White House in January promising to be a “peacemaker”, has taken a dramatic step to insert the US into the fraught conflict between Iran and Israel. Far from bringing peace to the Middle East since taking office, Trump is now presiding over a region on the precipice…
What we know about US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities This satellite image shows the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran on 14 June President Donald Trump says the US has carried out a “successful” bombing attack on three nuclear sites in Iran and said they have been “obliterated”. Israel says they were in “full co-ordination”…
TEL AVIV: First responders fanned out across Israel Sunday following fresh waves of Iranian missile strikes that left pockets of devastation in their wake — as the Islamic republic hit back after a US attack on its nuclear sites. In both Haifa and areas around Tel Aviv, the scenes were all too similar. Rubble filled…
