The war in the Middle East started by US-Israeli strikes on Iran has “nothing to do with NATO” and is “not NATO’s war”, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s spokesman said Monday.
Israel’s military said on Monday it had launched a broad wave of strikes on the Iranian cities of Tehran, Shiraz and Tabriz, more than two weeks into the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.
Beijing said it is in talks with Washington over a visit by US President Donald Trump expected this month.
Iran’s foreign minister said Israeli strikes on Tehran fuel depots constituted “ecocide” due to the long-term risks to residents’ health.
Donald Trump said an upcoming summit in Beijing with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be delayed, as the US president seeks help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he had told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian it was “unacceptable” to target French interests, after an Iranian-designed drone killed a French soldier in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Pakistan said its forces had attacked military facilities in southern Afghanistan, as well as “terrorist hideouts”, in the latest strikes between the two sides.
Israel said on Sunday that no direct talks were planned with Lebanon to end the war, a day after a Lebanese official said Beirut was preparing a delegation to negotiate with Israel.
Araghchi urged other countries on Sunday to refrain from any action that could widen the scope of the war with Israel and the United States.
Officials from China and the United States met for trade talks in Paris on Sunday, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported.
