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Operation Midnight Hammer hit Iran's nuclear sites on 21 June 2025, with Trump urging peace. Can it calm tensions, or will Iran's retaliation escalate?

Tehran has criticised Rafael Grossi for rhetoric it believes helped pave way for strikes, mulling exit from NPT.

COMMENT: With Donald Trump apparently warming to the idea of overthrowing Iran’s theocratic rulers, history reminds us that whenever the White House upturns an unsatisfactory regime, from Fidel Castro to Saddam Hussein, it contrives only to make matters worse, says Sean O’Grady

Awarded by the European Patent Office, the prize rewards young inventors working towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has announced heightened measures to crack down on cybercrime that target neighboring Cambodia

Attacks on both sides ramp up as US president questions if regime change in Tehran could ‘make Iran great again’

Arnaldo Pomodoro, one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists, has died at age 98

Pictures show superficial damage to Iran’s nuclear sites, while a leaked intelligence report suggests the strikes only set back Tehran’s atomic programme by a matter of months

Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran’s nuclear program because its archenemy's furtive efforts to build an atomic weapon are a threat to its existence

UK foreign secretary also sidesteps questions on legality of strikes and Donald Trump’s ‘regime change’ post

The Foreign Secretary is stressing that that the Middle East, and beyond, is at a ‘moment of peril’