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Shafaq News
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Israel warns of renewed strikes against Iran
Shafaq News – Tel Aviv On Tuesday, Israeli leaders signaled that military strikes on Iran could resume if necessary, a month after a fragile ceasefire ended their 12-day war. Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared in a public briefing that 'the campaign against Iran is not over,' emphasizing that Tehran and its regional allies remain firmly in Israel's sights. Israeli Blue and White Party chairman Benny Gantz echoed the warning during the Conference of Presidents in Jerusalem that Iran poses 'a global and regional problem and a threat to the State of Israel.' 'We cannot allow a nuclear Iran, and it was right that we struck there. We may need to strike there again," he added. Earlier, US President Donald Trump stood by last month's American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. 'We will do it again, if necessary!' he wrote on Truth Social, responding to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's admission that the targeted sites had suffered extensive damage. Tensions between both sides have remained high since the June conflict, which involved nearly two weeks of missile and drone exchanges before a truce was reached. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military commanders warned Israel and the US of attacking the country again. 'Iran is capable of delivering a stronger blow to its enemies than what it carried out during last month's conflict with Israel,' Khamenei noted in a televised address.
Malaysian Reserve
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Malaysian Reserve
No-confidence vote against EU Commission president set for July 10
BRUSSELS — A no-confidence motion against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be debated July 7 and voted July 10 during the European Parliament's plenary session in France, a MEP(member of the European Union Parliament) wrote Thursday on X. According to Anadolu Ajansi (AA) it follows an approval by the Conference of Presidents (COP) with 79 supporting signatures. 'The motion of No – Confidence against Ursula von der Leyen just gone through the filter of COP (Conference of Presidents). There are 79 signatures. Will be debated next Monday and voted next Thursday in Strasbourg,' wrote Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea, who submitted the motion. It stems from accusations that von der Leyen violated EU transparency standards by refusing to disclose text messages exchanged with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla during the coronavirus vaccine negotiations in 2021. Despite a ruling by the European Court of Justice in favor of a journalist requesting access to the messages, the Commission has not released the correspondence. Piperea accused the Commission of hypocrisy when he spoke to Anadolu, claiming it enforces strict rule of law standards on Eastern European states while shielding itself from scrutiny. While the no-confidence vote is unlikely to gain a majority of MEPs, Piperea argued it sends a powerful symbolic message. — BERNAMA-ANADOLU
