9 d. ago Bank of Israel expected to hold rates, August cut seen as likely

The Bank of Israel is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged next week but analysts believe a cut is possible as early as August following a swift war with Iran that likely set back the Iranian nuclear programme. Ten of the 11 economists polled by Reuters said the central bank will keep its benchmark […]

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9 d. ago Iran enacts law suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put into effect on Wednesday a law passed by parliament last week to suspend cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, Iranian state media reported. Iran has threatened to halt cooperation with the IAEA, accusing it of siding with Western countries and providing a justification for Israel’s air strikes, which […]

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2 w. ago Israel killed 30 Iranian security chiefs and 11 nuclear scientists, Israeli official says

Israel killed more than 30 senior security officials and 11 senior nuclear scientists to deliver a major blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a senior Israeli military official said on Friday in summarising Israel’s 12-day air war with Iran. In the United States, an independent expert said a review of commercial satellite imagery showed only a […]

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2 w. ago US intel challenges Trump’s ‘obliteration’ claim on Iran nuclear sites

U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Tuesday, both Iran and Israel signaled that the air war between the two […]

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2 w. ago Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, CNN reports

An early US intelligence assessment indicated that the US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last week did not destroy the core components of Tehran’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on it. “This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong,” CNN quoted […]

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2 w. ago Netanyahu says Israel has agreed to Trump’s proposal for ceasefire with Iran

Israel has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire with Iran after it achieved its goal of removing Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile threat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Tuesday. “Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defense and their participation in […]

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2 w. ago Trump’s gamble: Strikes on Iran, ceasefire declared, uncertainty remains

When President Donald Trump sent U.S. bombers to strike Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend, he was betting he could help ally Israel cripple Tehran’s nuclear program while keeping his long-standing vow to avoid entanglement in a protracted war. Just days later, Trump’s surprise announcement on Monday of an Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement suggests he may have […]

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2 w. ago Diplomacy ends, missiles begin: US pounds Iran nuclear sites

In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe’s top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva. Those hopes collapsed on Saturday when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran’s three main nuclear sites, in support of Israel’s military campaign. “It’s irrelevant to […]

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2 w. ago UK informed but bases not involved in US strikes on Iran, minister says

The British government was informed ahead of time of the United States’ strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, but did not receive and request for its bases in Cyprus or in the Indian Ocean to be used as part of the operation, the country’s Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said on Sunday. “I know often because […]

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2 w. ago Tatar likens Republic to Israel in online post, warns of global war risk

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has warned of “arrogant behaviour” that has brought the world to the brink of a third world war, while comparing what he called “South Cyprus” to Israel. In a social media post published across Turkish Cypriot media, Tatar said the recent strikes by the US and Israel on Iran’s nuclear […]

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2 w. ago Emergency flights to Israel resume from Larnaca after earlier cancellations

Emergency repatriation flights to Israel resumed shortly after noon on Sunday from Larnaca airport, following earlier cancellations due to the overnight US airstrikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran. According to information from Hermes Airports, the operator of Cyprus’ airports, several flights to Jordan – including scheduled routes to Amman and Aqaba – departed as […]

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2 w. ago Gulf states on high alert after US strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

Gulf states, home to multiple U.S. military bases, were on high alert on Sunday after U.S. strikes on Iran raised the possibility of a widening conflict in the region. U.S. forces “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites with massive bunker-busting bombs in the early hours of Sunday in the region, President Donald Trump said, warning Tehran […]

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2 w. ago Trump says US ‘obliterates’ Iran nuclear sites, Tehran reserves ‘all options’ to defend itself

US President Donald Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes overnight, joining an Israeli assault in a major new escalation of conflict in the Middle East as Tehran vowed to defend itself. Trump, in a televised address to the US people, called the strikes a “spectacular military success” and warned Tehran […]

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2 w. ago Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid – intervene militarily in a major foreign war. The dramatic U.S. strike, including the targeting of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation deep underground, […]

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2 w. ago Cyprus watching closely as U.S. strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

Cyprus watching closely as U.S. strikes Iran’s nuclear sites  Kathimerini.com.cy

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2 w. ago Erdogan says Israel attacks aimed to sabotage Iran nuclear talks

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Israel’s attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations, and it showed Israel did not want to resolve issues through diplomacy. Speaking at a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, […]

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2 w. ago Russia has told Israel there’s no evidence Iran wants nuclear weapons

Russia has repeatedly told Israel that there is no evidence Iran is aiming to get nuclear weapons, Sky News Arabia on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in an interview. “Russia, as well as the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), has never had any evidence that Iran is preparing to obtain nuclear weapons, as we have repeatedly […]

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2 w. ago ‘My Director of National Intelligence is wrong on Iran,’ say President Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was wrong in suggesting there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon. Trump contested intelligence assessments relayed earlier this year by his spy chief that Tehran was not building a nuclear weapon when he spoke with reporters at an airport in […]

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3 w. ago Iran, Israel launch new attacks after Tehran rules out nuclear talks

 Iran and Israel exchanged fresh attacks early on Saturday, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Europe tried to keep peace talks alive. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. in Israel (2330 GMT on Friday), the Israeli military warned of an incoming missile barrage from Iran, triggering air raid sirens across […]

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3 w. ago Israel says it killed veteran Iran commander as both sides attack

Israel said on Saturday it had killed a veteran Iranian commander as the countries traded attacks, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Europe tried to keep peace talks alive. Saeed Izadi, who led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ […]

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