China condemns attacks on Iran, urges ceasefire and talks
The US and Israel attacked Iran early on Saturday, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The US and Israel attacked Iran early on Saturday, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Israel says its warplanes hit Tehran again after killing Khamenei, but many targets remain.
While most of the European leaders regarded the death as a direct consequence of the Supreme Leader’s deed, Russian President Putin condemned the attack as a violation of international law.
The protests follow the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Saturday’s coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran.
Iran had said it would target US bases in the region but it has hit a range of other targets across Gulf cities.
The biggest foreign-policy gamble of Donald Trump’s presidency comes after he campaigned as a “peace president” and said he preferred diplomacy with Iran.
Israel’s military said its strikes on Sunday morning targeted Iran’s ballistic missile and air defence systems.
He was killed on Saturday in Israeli and US air strikes on his Tehran compound after decades of failed nuclear diplomacy.
Trump said the strikes were meant to end a decades-long threat from Iran and stop it from developing a nuclear weapon, calling it a key foreign policy move of his presidency.
Trump says Iran’s Khamenei is dead
An Israeli official said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were both targeted but the result of the strikes was not clear.
The plane was carrying new banknotes from the country's central bank.
Islamabad accuses the Taliban of harbouring Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants a charge the Taliban denies.
An Israeli defence official said the operation had been planned for months in coordination with Washington, and that the launch date was decided weeks ago.
Cross-border strikes kill scores on both sides as Islamabad says it targeted Taliban positions over militant safe havens, prompting UN calls for an immediate ceasefire.
The strikes marked a sharp escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban, with both sides exchanging attacks and Pakistan calling it open conflict.
Tensions have heated up since Pakistan launched air strikes on militant targets in Afghanistan last weekend.
Security sources in Pakistan said the strikes involved air and ground strikes against Taliban posts, headquarters and ammunition depots in multiple sectors along the border.
India posted 256-4, the highest total of this year’s tournament, before restricting Zimbabwe to 184-6 in Chennai, setting up a virtual quarter-final against West Indies in Kolkata.
After a seven-hour appearance before the panel, Clinton said she was repeatedly asked the same questions and offered suggestions on the investigation, but did not elaborate.