Evian [France], June 17 (ANI): A new chapter in global maritime stability began on Wednesday as G7 leaders officially endorsed a multinational defensive coalition led by France and the United Kingdom, tasked with safeguarding the Strait of Hormuz following a peace deal between the United States and Iran.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A group of journalists and photographers visited the site of the Iranian Space Research Center in Tehran, which has been destroyed in a US-Israeli military strike during the war of aggression against Iran in March.
US President Donald Trump said the United States could resume military action against Iran if he is dissatisfied with the implementation of the memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran, as world leaders hailed the potential end to the war.
More than 100 days of war reveals a shattering snapshot of life for civilians in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes and forced displacement, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Wednesday.
Israeli official says Iran war may not have been worth launching Submitted by Mera Aladam on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 11:11 The senior official's remarks come amid a wave of criticism over Netanyahu's handling of the war An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-Israel mural on a street in Tehran on 8 June 2026 (Majid Asgaripour/Wana/Reuters) Off A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger. "If we had known that these would be the final results of the operation in terms of political habit, it is highly doubtful that we would have embarked on this event," the official was quoted as saying on Israeli channel i24News. The terms of the deal reached between Iran and the US underline how Israel’s war on Iran has left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing pressure not only from the Islamic Republic, but from inside his own political and security establishment.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian minister called on the international scientific community and global organizations to take a clear and decisive stance against US-Israeli strikes on universities, scientists, and research centers, saying academic institutions must never become targets of war.
Trump's U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel's Middle East dream Submitted by David Hearst on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 08:11 The failure to subdue Iran has halted, or shattered, a much larger ambition: a project to change the shape of the Middle East, with a reborn and rejuvenated 'greater Israel' at its head A woman holds an Iranian flag on a street in Tehran, Iran, on 10 June, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters) On Of all the military failures the US has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran war is probably the most consequential. Unlike America’s military interventions in Afghanistan , Iraq , Yemen , Libya and Syria , the Islamic Republic did not just survive another US attempt at regime change.
Trump threatens 'dropping bombs on their head' if Iran doesn't 'behave' US President Donald Trump said that the memorandum of understanding on Iran was not final, and that he could resume bombing Iran if he did not like the agreement. "It's a memorandum of understanding. And if I don't like it, we'll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head.
Tehran just showed why military supremacy no longer guarantees political victory The war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran deserves a place in contemporary international relations textbooks. Not because it overturns everything we know about power, but because it shows how the use of power is changing.
Speaking on Tuesday, Trump said Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu needed "to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon".
Speaking on Tuesday, Trump said Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu needed "to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon".
'They're not all Hezbollah': Trump criticises Israel killing civilians in Lebanon Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 09:50 US president warns Netanyahu that without him there would 'be no Israel' US President Donald Trump attends a meeting at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on 17 June 2026 (Ludovic Marin/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump has criticised Israeli conduct in southern Lebanon , saying the country has been killing civilians and not just Hezbollah members. Speaking at the G7 summit on Tuesday, Trump said "too many people have been killed in Lebanon" and suggested Israeli tactics were disproportionate and indiscriminate. "You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah," he said.
War on Iran: How the Gulf stepped in to clean up America's mess Submitted by Andreas Krieg on Tue, 06/16/2026 - 18:18 As Trump waged a war he could not end, Gulf states closed ranks, revived diplomacy with Tehran and prevented a wider regional crisis US President Donald Trump meets Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on 16 June 2026 (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) On For 30 years, the Gulf monarchies rested their security on a single assumption: that the United States would keep them safe. The war that US President Donald Trump and Israel waged against Iran has buried that assumption. The American bases scattered across the Gulf did not shield states from a conflict they never chose.
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in West Bank Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in an occupied West Bank village on Wednesday morning. Osama Abdullah, head of the village council in Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, told AFP that "settlers set fire to the ablution room, caused damage to the village's main mosque, and scrawled hostile slogans on the outer walls". AFP journalists who visited the mosque on Wednesday reported that the ceiling, walls and floors were blackened by smoke and flames.
Israeli nationalists are increasingly flouting a convention on how faiths share the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Israeli nationalists are increasingly flouting a convention on how faiths share the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
JERUSALEM, Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu believed that fighting a war together with Donald Trump would bring down Iran's religious leadership and strengthen his position before elections, but instead, he is now heading toward a clash with Trump, who wants to pull the U. S. out of the war.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s UN ambassador dismissed the Israeli regime’s baseless accusations against Iran, arguing that Tehran’s recent military actions were lawful and proportionate measures taken in self-defense against continued Israeli aggression and violations of international law.
Israel’s continued military operation in southern Lebanon puts at risk the agreement reached between Iran and the US on Sunday Full report: Iran says peace deal dependent on Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon Analysis: Where does Iran deal leave US-Israel relationship? Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Iran’s military has threatened to respond to Israel after strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people, despite an agreement being reached between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon.
Muscat [Oman], June 17 (ANI): The mortal remains of two Indian nationals who lost their lives in the US strikes on vessel MT Settebello, have been repatriated to India, the Indian Embassy in Oman said on Wednesday. In a post on X, the Embassy expressed condolences to the bereaved families and said the remains had been brought back to India. 'The mortal remains of Mr.
