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Egypt Today
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Egypt Today
EgyptAir cancels flights to Beirut, Amman, Baghdad, Erbil until further notice due to ongoing Iranian-Israeli conflict
FILE – EgyptAir plane CAIRO – 15 June 2025: EgyptAir announced on Sunday the suspension of its flights to Beirut, Amman, Baghdad, and Erbil until further notice. The decision comes in response to ongoing developments in the region and is part of the airline's commitment to ensuring the safety and security of its passengers. EgyptAir stated that operations will resume once the situation stabilizes. The company called upon the passengers of flights heading to these destinations to review their booking status on the hotline 1717 or call: 090070000, 97142306666, 966122297777. Travelers can also e-mail the company on or go to the nearest travel agency. For the third day in a raw, Iran and Israel have exchanged the launch of missiles and drones, killing dozens and injuring hundreds in both countries, besides bombing vital nuclear and scientific facilities. Iran said that most of the killed people are women and children, in addition toseveral nuclear scientists and military leaders. The conflict started when Israel launched airstrikes in the early hours of June 13, 2025, targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military institutions, and oil refineries. In retaliation, Iran has launched a devastating missile attack on Israel causing massive destruction in vital facilities and oil refinery in Haifa. Today, the Israeli military warned the Iranians to stay away from all nuclear facilities and weapons manufacturing factories, amid the non-stop Israeli strikes on Iran. Likewise, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards sent warnings to Israeli residents of the occupied territories to leave areas near nuclear and oil facilities. Meanwhile, the Iranian Army said that it destroyed and shot down 44 Israeli drones along border areas in two days.
New Indian Express
14 hours ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
World of wars and bonfire of G7 vanities
A week is indeed a long time in geopolitics. On Tuesday, the world markets celebrated headlines about a trade deal between China and the US. On Friday, world markets plummeted following Israeli strikes on Iran. Real wars tend to make trade wars look insignificant. This week, the G7, the group of advanced economies, is observing the 50th anniversary of its origin in picturesque Kananaskis in Alberta, at the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. The theme, as always, is lofty: international peace and security, global economic stability and growth, digital transition and global challenges. The ground realities mock at the ballyhooed heft of advanced economies to sustain predictability and stability. Global trade is upended, thanks to Donald J Trump's America First tariff policies. Sure, there is a ceasefire on tariffs, a détente with China and talks about talks with other countries. Peace is in pieces. Trump's promise of peace in 24 hours is consigned to the bunker by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza is comatose. Newly 'liberated' Syria is haunted by sectarian killings despite a relief on sanctions—US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned the country is weeks away from an epic civil war. On Wednesday, after US declared the 'end of bombing', the Houthis warned of attacks. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upped the ante as he authorised Israeli forces to attack Iran. With it, Trump's agenda in West Asia—and a possible Nobel honour—was washed off. In a sequence of complex manoeuvres, Israeli forces targeted the leadership of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, nuclear scientists, military units and nuclear facilities. The sequence is instructive. The audacious attacks were executed just before officials from Iran and the US were to meet in Oman over a new nuclear deal. The US president authorised the talks for the new deal and gave a deadline of 60 days; the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six countries including the US took 20 months.
LBCI
2 days ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted 'dozens' of targets in Israel
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they carried out attacks against dozens of targets in Israel in retaliation for the latter's biggest attacks ever against Iran. Reuters
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Threatens ‘Even More Brutal' Strikes on Iran as His Pleas for a Deal Unravel
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's attempts to distance the U.S. from Israel's strikes on Iran just got even more complicated. In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombing Iran on Thursday—even after Trump asked him not to—the president warned Iran in a social media post that things 'will only get worse' if Tehran doesn't 'make a deal' with Washington. Trump had reportedly asked Netanyahu on Monday to wait to strike Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities until all diplomatic options had been exhausted. The U.S. and Iran were scheduled to have a sixth round of nuclear talks in Oman this weekend, and on Thursday night, Trump reiterated on social media that his administration remained committed to diplomatic resolution. Hours later, though, Netanyahu announced what he called a 'pre-emptive strike' against Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, killing the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and his military chief of staff, two nuclear scientists, and at least a dozen civilians, according to Iranian state media. Secretary of State Marco Rubio quickly put out a statement saying the Israeli attacks were 'unilateral' and that Iran should not retaliate against U.S. interests or personnel. But in a rambling social media post early Friday morning, Trump threatened 'even more brutal strikes' against Iran. 'I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come,' Trump wrote. 'Certain Iranian hardliner's spoke bravely, but they didn't know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!' he added. In a follow-up post, he wrote that, 'Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to 'make a deal.' They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn't get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!' Both Iran and the Trump administration have said they wanted to make a deal, with Trump eager to notch a diplomatic win and Iran looking for relief from painful economic sanctions. The first rounds of talks were mostly indirect, but were described as 'positive' and 'respectful,' according to CNBC. This week, though, the talks seemed to hit an impasse. On Wednesday, the president accused Tehran of 'delaying,' while Iranian officials said Washington was not engaging seriously on the issue of sanctions or respecting the country's right to enrich uranium at lower levels to generate nuclear power. Trump has warned that the U.S. or Israel could bomb Iran's nuclear facilities if negotiations failed, leading Iran's defense minister to tell the Iranian press on Wednesday, 'In that case, America will have to leave the region, because all of its bases are within our reach,' The Guardian reported. The State Department responded that it was instructing 'non-essential' diplomatic staff and their families to leave the embassies in Baghdad, Bahrain, and Kuwait. On Thursday, the day of the Israeli strikes, the UN's nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency, passed a resolution saying Iran was not complying with its nuclear safeguards obligations for the first time in nearly two decades. Netanyahu called Iran's nuclear program a 'clear and present danger to Israel's very survival' and vowed to continue Operation Rising Lion for 'as many days as it takes to remove this threat.' Israeli sources are now saying the U.S. supported the strikes all along and only pretended to oppose them to keep Iran from suspecting the attack, Axios reported. During Monday's call, Trump didn't actually try to delay the strikes—Netanyahu's aides just told reporters that so Israel could maintain the element of surprise, sources told the outlet. Trump has acknowledged that he knew about the strike ahead of time but said the U.S. was not involved militarily. The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment. In his Friday Truth Social post, Trump wrote, 'There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!' A U.S. official told Reuters that Sunday's talks will still go forward as planned.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Humiliated as Israel Strikes Iran Right After Last-Ditch Plea
Israel launched what it described as a 'preemptive strike' on Iran on Thursday, just hours after President Donald Trump called for a 'diplomatic resolution' to long-simmering nuclear tensions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Operation Rising Lion targeted Natanz, home to one of Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, as well as the center of the Iranian ballistic missile program and leading Iranian nuclear scientists. 'This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat,' Netanyahu said in an address claiming that Iran's nuclear program posed a 'clear and present danger to Israel's very survival.' Explosions were heard in and around Tehran on Thursday night, according to Iranian state media outlet IRNA. Air raid sirens also went off in Tel Aviv, reported ABC News. The attack killed Major General Hossein Salami, chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards; nuclear scientists Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoun Abbasi; and at least a dozen civilians, IRNA reported. 'I want to thank President Trump for his leadership in confronting Iran's nuclear weapons program,' Netanyahu said. 'He has made clear time and again that Iran cannot have a nuclear enrichment program.' But State Secretary Marco Rubio swiftly released an unusually strong statement distancing the U.S. from the attack, which Trump had explicitly warned against. The statement notably lacked any expression of support for the Israeli operation. 'Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,' Rubio said. 'Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.' Just two hours before explosions were first reported in Iran, Trump made a last-minute call for sobriety on Truth Social. 'We remain committed to a Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Issue!' he wrote. 'My entire Administration has been directed to negotiate with Iran. They could be a Great Country, but they first must completely give up hopes of obtaining a Nuclear Weapon.' Earlier on Thursday, Trump told reporters at the White House that he would 'love to avoid a conflict' in the region. Asked whether an Israeli strike on Iran was imminent, Trump said 'it looks like it's something that could very well happen.' 'Look, it's very simple, not complicated: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,' he said. 'Other than that, I want them to be successful. I want them to be tremendous. We'll help them be successful. We'll trade with them. We'll do whatever is necessary.' Trump also touted that the U.S. was 'fairly close' to a 'pretty good agreement' with Iran, though he did not provide details. The next round of talks is scheduled for Sunday in Oman. 'I want to have an agreement with Iran,' he said. 'As long as I think there is an agreement, I don't want them going in, because I think that would blow it. Might help it, actually, but it also could blow it.' The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump spoke with Netanyahu by phone on Monday and explicitly told him not to attack. Two U.S. officials claimed that the Israeli PM broached the topic of striking with Trump, who 'responded that he would like to see diplomacy run its course before turning to military options.' Trump also confirmed on Wednesday that non-essential U.S. personnel were being moved out of parts of the Middle East as tensions continued to escalate between Israel and Iran. The State Department urged U.S. citizens in Israel and the broader region to take caution: 'Due to high tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex and can change quickly.' Senior U.S. officials told CNN that they became increasingly concerned about an Israeli strike on Iran in recent days after Tehran said it would scale up its nuclear activities in response to a United Nations watchdog ruling that it failed to comply with its nuclear obligations. This marks the latest foreign policy flub for Trump, who campaigned last year on a promise of America First and vowed to swiftly end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Since then, both wars have seen major escalations, and Trump has made fresh promises to claim the Panama Canal, Greenland, and even Canada. 'I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars,' he declared in his victory speech in November.
