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Advisory warns of ‘heightened threat environment’ in US after Iran strikes

22 Jun 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An advisory from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned on Sunday of a “heightened threat environment in the United States” following overnight U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Rights advocates have already noted heightened Islamophobia and antisemitism in the U.S. since the start of U.S. ally Israel’s war …

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Pope Leo urges international diplomacy to prevent ‘irreparable abyss’

22 Jun 2025

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Sunday said the international community must strive to avoid war that risks opening an “irreparable abyss”, and that diplomacy should take the place of conflict. U.S. forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites overnight, joining an Israeli assault in a major new escalation of conflict in the Middle East …

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UK’s Starmer urges Middle East de-escalation in calls with leaders of Jordan and Oman

22 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Iran should return to the negotiating table and that an escalation of the situation in the Middle East is in no-one’s interests in calls with the leaders of Jordan and Oman, his office said on Sunday. A Downing Street spokesperson said Starmer “agreed on the grave …

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Belarus opposition couple to keep fighting for release of political prisoners

22 Jun 2025

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -A leading Belarusian opposition figure, freed from prison by President Alexander Lukashenko, said on Sunday his wife would continue to lead the exiled movement, and urged supporters to keep fighting for change and the release of political prisoners. In a U.S.-brokered deal, Siarhei Tsikhanouski was pardoned by Lukashenko on Saturday …

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US strikes on Iran nuclear sites are real-life test of hard power’s limits

22 Jun 2025

By Francois Murphy and John Irish VIENNA/PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. military strikes overnight in which President Donald Trump said Iran’s main nuclear sites were “obliterated” will put to the test the widely held view that such attacks can delay a nuclear programme but not kill a determined push for atom bombs. As Iran’s nuclear programme has …

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Senior Russian official says Trump has started new war on Iran that will strengthen Khamenei

22 Jun 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A senior Russian official said on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump had started a new war by attacking Iran that would only strengthen Tehran’s leaders by consolidating society around Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Kremlin, which has a strategic partnership with Iran and also maintains close links to Israel, had repeatedly cautioned …

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Despite clashes with US presidents, Israel’s Netanyahu usually gets his way

22 Jun 2025

By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A little over a month ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have been shunted to the shadows by U.S. President Donald Trump, who hopscotched the Middle East without visiting Israel, traditionally Washington’s closest regional ally. Worse still, from Netanyahu’s perspective, Trump lifted sanctions on neighbouring Syria – something Israel …

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France urges restraint, diplomacy after “concerning” US strikes on Iran

22 Jun 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -France’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Paris was concerned by U.S. air strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites overnight and urged all sides to show restraint and move to towards a negotiated solution to the crisis. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot wrote on X that France, which had held talks with Iran on …

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UK informed ahead of US strikes on Iran, no request for help, minister says

22 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain was informed of the U.S. military strikes on Iran ahead of time, but did not receive any U.S. request for their shared Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean to be used, senior minister Jonathan Reynolds said on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites …

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