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The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East, the State Department said
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called by Iran that the US strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities removed the greatest existential threat facing the free world. Danon on Sunday said diplomacy was tried over and over but claimed Iran used the negotiating table as camouflage, a delay tactic, a way to buy time while building missiles and enriching uranium. Danon said Israel gave Iran years, but it wouldn't move, so Israel acted and when the world stood at the edge of a nuclear catastrophe, America stepped forward. Now the world must ensure Iran is never a nuclear threat again, he said.
Warning of the global consequences of inaction, the envoy added, A nuclear Iran would have been a death sentence
One of Layton Tallwhiteman's earliest memories was watching the news at his uncle's house in Montana in 2003 and seeing the US bomb Baghdad to launch the war in Iraq. Recollections of that war waged in part to find weapons of mass destruction that did not exist flooded back for Tallwhiteman after President Donald Trump ordered weekend bombing strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities amid its escalating conflict with Israel. The administration has indicated it wants to avoid getting pulled into all-out war. Tallwhiteman, who grew up on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation southeast of Billings, is sceptical. Their idea is to eliminate the threat. Like Bush said in Iraq, We're going to eliminate the threat. We're going to find weapons of mass destruction and eliminate them.' Did that work the way he planned? No, obviously it didn't, said Tallwhiteman. The 30-year-old driver for a food distribution company said he usually votes Libertarian, but backed Democrat Kamala Harris over Trump last
Iran warned that it may close the Strait of Hormuz (~26 per cent of oil trade), attack US military installations in the region, and take other military and diplomatic actions.
Protesters were also calling out to Israel for initiating the conflict with Iran, as well as their military operation in Gaza
It was an unprecedented attack years in the making, with some last-minute misdirection meant to give the operation a powerful element of surprise. US pilots dropped 30,000-pound bombs early Sunday on two key underground uranium enrichment plants in Iran, delivering what American military leaders believe is a knockout blow to a nuclear programme that Israel views as an existential threat and has been pummelling for more than a week. American sailors bolstered the surprise mission by firing dozens of cruise missiles from a submarine toward at least one other site. Dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, US officials say the plan was characterised by a precision strike that devastated the Iranian nuclear programme, even as they acknowledged an assessment was ongoing. For its part, Iran denied that any significant damage had been done, and the Islamic Republic pledged to retaliate. Taking off from the US heartland, B-2 stealth bombers delivered a total of 420,000 pounds of explosives, aided
After receiving 285 Indians evacuated from Iran, MoS Margherita said 162 others who crossed into Jordan from Israel would be repatriated within a day or two
The US is now closely watching whether Iran attacks American troops or continues its nuclear weapons programme, Vance said
Indian markets may open lower on Monday due to fears of crude oil disruption from the West Asia though domestic institutional investors may support valuations
The Trump administration on Sunday signalled a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war in the aftermath of a surprise attack on three of the country's nuclear sites as US officials assessed Tehran's nuclear ambitions and the threat of retaliation against American interests. President Donald Trump, who had addressed the nation from the White House on Saturday night, allowed his national security team to speak for him the next morning, staying quiet on social media and scheduling no public appearances. The coordinated messaging by his vice president, Pentagon chief, top military adviser and secretary of state suggested a confidence that any fallout from the attack would be manageable and that Iran's lack of military capabilities would ultimately force it back to the bargaining table. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a news conference that America does not seek war with Iran while Vice President JD Vance said the strikes have given Tehran the possibility of
This (West Asia conflict) is just one of the sources of uncertainty, albeit the 800 pound gorilla at the moment
The US bombed three nuclear sites in Iran overnight, with President Donald Trump warning of additional strikes if Iran retaliates
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But despite the US hit, the Iran-Israel war is still going on, and Iran has threatened to attack US military installations in the Gulf
India has enough crude reserves and is boosting imports from other sources even as the Strait of Hormuz faces risk of disruption due to the escalating Iran-Israel conflict
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By doing this, we sign on to the interests of the regime. There is a small matter of the interests of the people
Iran's Parliament has approved closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to US strikes on its nuclear facilities, raising fears of global energy and shipping disruptions