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Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the latest regional developments during a phone call on Friday evening.The two sides reviewed efforts aimed at de-escalation and addressing the regional and international repercussions of current tensions, in a manner that supports lasting security and stability. Related Story Source link
Fourteen soldiers were killed yesterday during operations to defuse unexploded ordnance in Iran’s northwestern Zanjan province, local media reported.”Following enemy airstrikes using cluster bombs and aerial mines, parts of Zanjan province, including about 1,200 hectares of agricultural land, were contaminated by bombs,” Fars news agency reported, citing the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guards.Revolutionary Guards specialists were working to clear the areas, and had neutralised more than 15,000 items, it added.”However, today, during one of these missions, 14 of these dedicated forces were martyred and two were injured,” it said.Iran has previously accused the US and Israel of using cluster munitions, which explode in mid-air and scatter smaller bomblets – some of which fail to explode, creating a danger that can last for decades.Israel has also accused Iran of using the munitions in its missile strikes on Israeli cities.Iran, Israel and the US have all declined to join the more than 100 countries that are party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits their use, transfer, production and storage. Related Story Source link
Cuba condemned the US sanctions imposed on it, stating that they are illegal and arbitrary.Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said in a post on the X platform that the US government responds with unilateral, illegal, and arbitrary measures against Cuba, describing the new sanctions announced by Washington yesterday (Friday) as unlawful and arbitrary, amid heightened tensions between the two countries.The new sanctions announced by US President Donald Trump primarily target foreign banks that cooperate with the Cuban government and include restrictions related to migration.Sanctions were also imposed on individuals and entities operating in several sectors on the island, including energy and mining, as well as on anyone found guilty of committing serious human rights violations.It is worth noting that Cuba, with a population of about 9.6 million, is experiencing a deep economic crisis that has been exacerbated by tighter US sanctions during Trump’s first term (2017-2021), along with structural imbalances in its centrally planned economy, leading to a near paralysis of economic activity since late January. Source link
Two people were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the town of Choukin in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).According to NNA, the mayor of Choukin was among the wounded, adding that the strike also destroyed several residential buildings and caused extensive damage to a neighborhood.Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike earlier in the day on the town of Adshit in the Nabatieh District, while a drone strike targeted a vehicle on the Kfarjuz-Nabatieh road, causing material damage.Israeli artillery shelling also resumed on the outskirts of the towns of Froun, Ghandouriyeh, and Wadi al-Slouqi, alongside heavy machine-gun fire at dawn targeting the vicinity of Ramyeh and Qawzah.Separately, the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Zawtar al-Gharbiya, as well as the river area between Zawtar and Deir Siryan, were hit by a series of intense airstrikes overnight.Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health had earlier said that the death toll from ongoing Israeli aggression on the country since March 2 has risen to 2,618, with 8,094 people injured. Source link
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) unanimously condemned the Iranian attacks on telecommunications infrastructure in several Middle Eastern countries and Jordan, and recommended monitoring, assessing, and reporting on the impact of these attacks.A spokesperson for the ITU Council said that the council discussed a draft resolution on the impact of these attacks on civilian information and communications technology infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, and adopted it unanimously.She noted that under the resolution, the council tasked the union's secretariat with monitoring and evaluating the specific impacts of these attacks in those countries and reporting on them, as well as assessing their broader implications for regional and global communications.GCC countries, along with Jordan, had called on the International Telecommunication Union to take urgent action regarding the Iranian attacks on their telecommunications infrastructure and submitted the draft resolution on the impact of these attacks on their civilian ICT infrastructure.It is worth noting that the International Telecommunication Union, headquartered in Geneva, was established in 1865 to manage international telegraph networks. It later expanded its scope to include modern technologies such as telephony, radio, television, satellites, mobile phones, and the internet, and plays a central role in setting regulations for radio frequencies, satellites, and 5G networks. Source link
US President Donald Trump informed the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate today that hostilities against Iran have ended.In a message addressed to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson and President Pro Tempore of the US Senate Chuck Grassley, Trump said that there had been no exchange of fire between US forces and Iran since Apr. 7, 2026, adding that the hostilities that began on Feb. 28, 2026, had come to an end.US Congress had been pressing Trump to seek authorization to proceed with the conflict, which had entered its third month. However, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said yesterday that military operations against Iran had ceased since the ceasefire was announced on Apr. 7, noting that this period therefore could not be counted within the 60-day timeframe set by law before requesting authorization for an extension. Source link
