Iranian media outlets said on Monday that Tehran has submitted its final 14-point response to the Pakistani mediator, who will present it to the US side.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran is working on new mechanisms for crossing the Strait of Hormuz, adding, “Communication is ongoing with Oman regarding the transit mechanism.”
British Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy ruled out Prime Minister Keir Starmer setting a timeline for his resignation amid the political turmoil gripping the ruling Labour Party.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that one of the Russian drones fired on the city of Odessa had hit a China-owned vessel, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s scheduled trip to Beijing to meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on top military officials to bolster front-line units and turn the country’s southern border into an “impregnable fortress,” state media reported Monday.
Trump issued a fresh warning to Iran on Sunday, saying it had to move quickly towards a peace deal or “there won’t be anything left of them.”
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said Sunday that US arms sales and security cooperation with the island democracy were “key elements” to regional peace.
The U.S. is considering placing Hadi al-Amiri, secretary-general of Iraq’s Badr Organization, on its sanctions list this week, according to a U.S. source familiar with the deliberations. The move would be aimed at intensifying pressure on the government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zeidi after it secured parliamentary approval for only 14 cabinet portfolios.
From Russia’s perspective, the escalation involving Iran is strategically significant, as it imposes substantial costs on the West without placing any notable burden on Moscow. It also offers Russia a crucial opportunity to exploit the strategic strain facing the Western coalition supporting Ukraine.
The UAE said a fire broke out in an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the Al Dhafra region following a drone attack. No injuries were reported.
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