In a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an end to the fighting between Israel and Iran, urging the countries, “especially Israel”, to cease fire to prevent the situation from escalating and avoid a spillover of the conflict. The phone conversation came days after Israel initiated a…
Russia is a close ally of Iran: Tehran supplied Moscow with military drones to strike Ukraine and, in return, has received help with its civilian nuclear program. The Kremlin has also maintained warm relations with Israel, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu frequently visited Moscow before 2022, which could put Putin in position to play…
The Russian president says Iran’s nuclear programme continues and society remains united behind political leadership. Russian President Vladimir Putin declined to comment on speculation that Israel or the United States may try to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and continued to push for a political solution to the Iran-Israel conflict during a meeting…
An 8-year-old girl who loved dancing in a red dress at her dentist’s office. A 28-year-old national equestrian champion. A poet one week away from her 24th birthday. A graphic designer who worked at National Geographic. Grandparents in their 80s. All are among the civilians killed during Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Israel has said it…
Israel’s largest attack ever against Iran has targeted nuclear and military facilities, gas and oil depots and the government-run broadcaster. More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. Iranian facilities hit by Israeli attacks Sources: Nuclear Threat Initiative, International Atomic Energy Agency, Global Oil & Gas Features Database and New York Times…
Sydney Harbour and the skyline of the central business district (CBD) in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led declines in Asia-Pacific markets Thursday, falling over 2%, as investors weighed the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates steady, while the ongoing…
WHEN ISRAEL launched its war on Iran on June 13th it did so on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a “point of no return” in its quest for a nuclear weapon. That evidence galvanised Israel’s own security establishment to support an attack now. It has been shown to America…
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated Thursday as worries persisted about conflict in the Middle East. Ratcheting up tensions, President Donald Trump warned of the possibility of getting directly involved in the conflict with Israel, while Iran’s supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender. Oil prices and U.S. futures declined. In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected Donald Trump‘s call for ‘unconditional surrender’ and warned that the US military involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict would cause “irreparable damage.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of students in Tehran.(REUTERS file) The statement was made by Khamenei in his…
Editor’s note: Teymur Atayev is an Azerbaijani publicist, historian, political scientist, and host of the program “Aspects of Foreign Affairs” on the Azerbaijani CBC TV channel (broadcasts in Russian). The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az. While the world remains fixated on the escalating…