The Iranian foreign minister explained that Tehran is still open to nuclear negotiations with Washington, but the White House must give assurances that the US or Israel will not launch another aggressive war against the Islamic Republic.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during the 12-day Israeli war on Iran last month.

Iran is accusing Israel and the United States of violating the United Nations Charter, the Iranian state-owned Press TV reported on Thursday.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is calling on the International Atomic Energy Agency to drop its “double standards” if it hopes to normalize relations with his government.

The top American and Russian diplomats met for the first time since February on Thursday. Secretary of State Rubio said he and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed a “new and a different approach” toward peace.

The Donald Trump administration is using the Canary Mission’s website to target foreign students with deportation. The Canary Mission is an anonymous database that uses McCarthyite tactics against people expressing pro-Palestine views or criticism of Israel.

US officials ignored dozens of objections and waived several required safeguards to rush millions of dollars to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Amnesty International has labeled the GHF a tool of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

A week after the Pentagon paused some weapons shipments to Ukraine due to supply constraints, the US resumed transfers of artillery shells and rockets to Kiev.

The Israeli government and High Court have maintained a prohibition on foreign journalists entering Gaza since October 7, 2023. The Israeli onslaught in Gaza has killed more than 230 Palestinian journalists.

Russian forces have carried out their largest aerial attack against Ukraine since the start of the war on Wednesday. Over 700 drones and a dozen cruise and ballistic missiles were fired at Ukraine overnight.

Israeli settlers attacked the West Bank town of Taybeh on Monday, causing extensive damage to a fifth-century church and a cemetery.

President Donald Trump is weighing whether to send yet another Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, even as US arsenals face critical shortages in some munitions. The Pentagon recently assessed that it has only 25% of the Patriot interceptors needed for its various battle plans.