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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday strongly condemned Israeli attacks on Iran in a phone call and stressed the need for a diplomatic solution, Moscow and Beijing said. Israel has launched an unprecedented wave of strikes at Iran that prompted Tehran to respond with its own attacks with missiles and drones. Putin and Xi “strongly condemn Israel’s actions”, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters after the call. He added that Moscow and Beijing believed the end to the hostilities “should be achieved exclusively…

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HONG KONG: Governments around the world are evacuating thousands of their nationals caught up in the rapidly spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, organising buses and planes and, in some cases, assisting people crossing borders on foot. Foreigners have rushed to leave both countries after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear and military facilities, sparking retaliation from Tehran. With Israel’s airspace closed and the two countries exchanging heavy missile fire, many people are being evacuated via neighbouring countries. Europe European countries have already repatriated hundreds of their citizens…

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ST PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin has declined to comment on whether Israel and the United States might try to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stressing that the Iranian people were standing behind the leadership in Tehran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly speculated that Israel’s military attacks could result in regime change in Iran, while US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US knew where Khamenei was “hiding” but that Washington was not going to kill him “for now”. Asked what his reaction would be if…

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WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM: President Donald Trump has refused to rule out the possibility of the United States joining Israel’s military campaign against Iran, keeping the world guessing as tensions in the Middle East reach boiling point. Speaking outside the White House, Trump said he had not made up his mind, adding, “I may do it. I may not do it.” “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” His remarks came as Israel continued to launch airstrikes against for the sixth consecutive day, forcing thousands to flee Tehran and prompting urgent diplomatic efforts…

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated that he had played a key role in stopping a potential war between Pakistan and India. His statement came just hours after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that the ceasefire following a four-day conflict in May was the result of direct military-to-military communication between the two neighbouring countries, without any involvement from the United States. Trump made his latest ceasefire remarks just before he was scheduled to host Field Marshal Asim Munir in a rare meeting at the White House on Wednesday,…

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India has a “clear intent” to target members of a Sikh separatist movement in North America, a Canadian intelligence report said on Wednesday after leaders of the two nations agreed to turn the page on a bitter spat over an assassination. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office in March, welcomed his counterpart Narendra Modi to the Canadian Rockies as a guest at a summit of the Group of Seven major economies. They agreed during bilateral talks on Tuesday to name new high commissioners, as ambassadors are known between Commonwealth…

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By Muhammd Sohail The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic is once again organizing the Conference on Economic and Scientific Diplomacy, which will take place in the last week of June 2025. The conference will be officially opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský. It will be followed by a ministerial panel dedicated to the priorities of the Czech government in the field of economic and scientific diplomacy. The discussion will be led by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jiří Kozák and will be…

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NEW DELHI: India once again has reiterated its claim that there was no involvement of the United States in the ceasefire agreed with Pakistan after brief armed conflict between the two countries last month. “PM Modi told President Trump clearly that during this period, there was no talk at any stage on subjects like India-US trade deal or US mediation between India and Pakistan,” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a press statement while referring to the telephonic conversation between the two leaders “Talks for ceasing military action happened directly…

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ASTANA: Xi Jinping celebrated China’s “eternal friendship” with Central Asia at a summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, as the Chinese leader blasted tariffs and sought to assert Beijing’s influence in a region historically dominated by Russia. The summit in Astana brought together Xi with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Under Russia’s orbit until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the five Central Asian states have courted interest from major powers including China, the European Union and the United States since becoming independent. At the…

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was hiding, calling him an easy target, but added he would not be killed, at least for now. “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there — We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience…

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