Author: Prima News

The US said Saturday that the safety of its allies is “not conditional” as it defended military attacks against Iran during an emergency UN Security Council meeting. “Iran’s continued pursuit of advanced missile capabilities, coupled with its refusal to abandon nuclear ambitions, despite diplomatic opportunities, presents a grave and mounting danger,” said US envoy to the UN Mike Waltz. Reiterating Washington’s position on Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, he said, “The international community has long affirmed a simple and necessary principle: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.” “That principle is not a matter of politics. It’s a matter of global security,…

More than a thousand demonstrators marched to the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Athens on Sunday to protest against strikes in Iran. Demonstrators mainly affiliated to the Greek Communist Party held banners and placards reading “Hands off Iran” and “close Souda base”. Greece on Saturday tightened security in Souda naval base on the island of Crete, a strategic facility for the United States in the eastern Mediterranean. The U.S. and Israeli embassies were cordoned off with rows of blue police buses. Police sources estimated the number of protesters at more than 1,300.

Global air travel remained heavily disrupted on Sunday as continued air strikes kept major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world’s busiest international hub, closed in one of the sharpest aviation shocks in recent years. Key transit airports, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Doha in Qatar, were shut or severely restricted as much of the region’s airspace remained closed after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Israel said it launched another wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday while loud blasts were heard for a second day near Dubai and over Doha after Iran launched…

The secret conclave that elected Pope Leo head of the Catholic Church last May was interrupted when one of the 133 cardinals involved was found carrying a cellphone, a massive security breach, a book released on Sunday revealed. As the clerics were preparing to take their first vote inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, which was fitted with jamming equipment to prevent outside communications, security officials picked up the signal of an active mobile connection. The cardinals stared at each other incredulously, then one of the older clerics discovered he had a phone in his pocket and handed it over, according to “The Election of Pope Leo XIV”,…

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “a defining moment in Iran’s history”. “What comes next is uncertain. But there is now an open path to a different Iran, one that its people may have greater freedom to shape,” Kallas said on social media platform X. “I’m in contact with partners, including those in the region that bear the brunt of Iran’s military actions, to find practical steps for de-escalation.” Khamenei was killed on Saturday, Iranian state media announced, in Israeli and U.S. air strikes that pulverised…

Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and Qatari capital Doha for a second day on Sunday and Oman was hit for the first time as retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic widened. Iran had said it would target U.S. bases in the region but it has hit a range of other targets across Gulf cities. Two people were injured in Dubai after shrapnel from drones fell over two houses when they were intercepted, a Dubai media office statement said. Thick black plumes of smoke continued to rise from the…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes, state media confirmed as another wave of attacks hit the country on Sunday. Below is international reaction to his death. EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER URSULA VON DER LEYEN “With Khamenei gone, there is renewed hope for the people of Iran. We must ensure that the future is theirs to claim and shape. At the same time, this moment carries a real risk of instability that could push the region into a spiral of violence.” ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANTONIO TAJANI “For the moment, Iran is in a transitional phase, and it remains…

A helicopter crash in western Kenya on Saturday killed six people, including a member of parliament, police and government officials said. The helicopter crashed in Nandi County, in the North Rift region. The cause was not immediately clear. County police commander Samuel Mukusi told Kenyan television station Citizen TV that the MP, the pilot, and four other people had died. President William Ruto identified the lawmaker as Johana Ng’eno, of Emurua Dikirr constituency, in a post on X. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his friends, the people of Emurua Dikirr, and all the victims and families affected…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a “cynical” murder but he offered little in public to Moscow’s ally beyond condolences. Khamenei is the third Russian ally to be toppled in the past 15 months, following the falls of Moscow‑backed leaders in Syria and Venezuela. His death leaves the Kremlin facing a strategic setback in a region where it has long sought greater influence. Russia says this weekend’s U.S. and Israeli attacks have thrust the entire Middle East into the abyss, although some Iranian sources have said that they have had little…

North Korea’s foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement that Israel’s attacks on Iranand the U.S. military operation were “illegal aggression” and a violation of national sovereignty, state media Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday. The U.S. military operation against Iran was “within the range of expectations,” the spokesperson said, calling it an inevitable outcome given the “hegemonic and gangster-like” nature of the United States. The “war of aggression” by the United States and Israel is unacceptable under any circumstances, the statement said. Regional countries and others with shared interests should take responsibility for restoring peace and stability in the…