War in the Middle East: Egypt calls on Washington and Tehran to seize the “opportunity” of an agreement

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Egypt called on Washington and Tehran to seize “the opportunity” of an agreement to end the war, after the cancellation of the strikes on Iran by Donald Trump.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said it hoped “that the opportunity which presents itself will be seized to reach an agreement on the various outstanding issues and prepare the ground for the end of the war and the start of a new phase of regional stability”in a press release published late Thursday.

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Asian markets jumped on Friday, with the Nikkei index in Tokyo climbing by more than 3%, and the Kospi in Seoul by more than 7%, after Donald Trump renounced his threat of new strikes against Iran.

Around 2:15 a.m. (Paris time) the Nikkei rose 3.5%, while the South Korean benchmark Kospi soared 7.59% while the American president also indicated that an agreement to end the war could be signed in the coming months. days.

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The funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, killed by Israeli-American strikes on the first day of the war on February 28, was «reportées» at the end of June or the beginning of July, Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani said on Thursday.

The national funeral will now take place between June 26 and July 5 of the month of «mouharram» of the Muslim calendar, estimates the mayor, quoted by the Iranian agency Fars.

Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic for nearly 37 years, died at age 86 during the bombing of his residence in central Tehran.

A national funeral initially planned for March 4 was postponed due to the war.

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The new conservative Slovenian government, led by the nationalist Janez Jansa, on Thursday lifted the arms embargo targeting Israel as well as the entry bans on the territory imposed on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers.

Last year, this country of 2 million inhabitants, member of the European Union (EU), then led by liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob, had imposed several measures against Israel because of its war in Gaza, like several other EU countries.

But on Thursday, the government of Janez Jansa, who took office last week, indicated in a press release that it had canceled the bans targeting Benyamin Netanyahu, the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich. “This will help re-establish the conditions for normal political dialogue with Israel.”he explained.

The country also lets the arms embargo expire, deeming the decree “useless” taking into account existing national defense laws and EU criteria for arms exports, he said.

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The Kuwaiti Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday that attacks carried out by Iran in the morning, in retaliation for American strikes, had damaged an airport radar and injured people. This is the second Iranian attack on Kuwait’s only international airport in just over a week, following a drone strike on June 3 that claimed the life of an Indian national and injured 63 people.

“The airport’s radar was targeted this morning,” the Kuwaiti civil aviation authority said in a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). She added that the attack “injured people and caused significant material damage, affecting radar installations, equipment and air traffic management systems.”

Earlier in the day, Kuwait announced the reopening of its airspace to commercial traffic, after Iranian attacks caused a brief interruption.

The United States carried out new bombings against Iran at dawn on Thursday, which announced responses against military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. In a statement, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the “hateful and repeated Iranian aggressions”. “These blatant attacks demonstrate a systematic and aggressive approach that the State of Kuwait will neither accept nor tolerate,” he said.

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Israeli settler violence in occupied West Bank reaches pace «record» with an average of six attacks per day resulting in casualties or damage, the UN deplored Thursday.

According to figures from the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), “The number of settler attacks causing casualties or damaging property this year in the West Bank has now exceeded 1,000”affecting «plus de 230 communautés» throughout the territory, declared Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, to the press.

“Last week alone, settler attacks injured more than 30 Palestinians and caused widespread damage to property, infrastructure and livelihoods.”a-t-il noté. “The current rate of settler attacks resulting in casualties or damage to property, with an average of six per day, is the highest ever recorded in a year”underlined.

“More than 2,200 Palestinians have been displaced this year by settler violence and other access restrictions, and hundreds more have been displaced due to the demolition of their homes by Israeli authorities.”he also indicated.

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The head of the Iranian armed forces threatened war on Thursday “more extensive” in the event of new American attacks.

“If the United States once again attempts to carry out heroic attacks against Iran, it will face a harsher response than before, and the flames of war, in addition to sowing insecurity in the region, will become more widespread.”I declared General Ali Abdollahi in a communiqué.

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Ten staff members at a hospital in the city of Tire were injured in an Israeli bombardment on Thursday, the director of the establishment told AFP, as Israel continues its raids in southern Lebanon. Since the start of the war between pro-Iranian Hezbollah and Israel, the three hospitals in the thousand-year-old city have been hit by strikes. “An area located approximately 15 meters from the hospital was targeted, and ten members of the nursing and administrative staff were injured.”declared Doctor Salman Aïdibi, who heads Hiram Hospital. Windows at the establishment were broken and staff cars damaged, he added. According to him, “This is the sixth time that the hospital perimeter has been targeted by Israeli raids since the start of the war.” between Israel and pro-Iranian Hezbollah on March 2.

Tire is subject to incessant shelling and the Israeli army on Tuesday ordered all residents of the city and its surroundings to evacuate. On May 31, 13 staff members at Hiram Hospital were injured, according to the Health Ministry. The next day, a strike near the Jabal Amel hospital killed four people and injured 127 others, including 39 staff members, according to the same source. The third establishment in Tyre, the Lebanese-Italian hospital, was damaged by two Israeli strikes at the beginning of April. According to the Ministry of Health, 17 hospitals were damaged in the war and three others had to close, while the toll to date of Israeli operations, of 3,711 dead, includes 132 rescue workers and health personnel.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “following in Hitler’s footsteps”the two leaders referring to each other the qualifier of «genocidal» by speeches and intermediary press releases. Affirming that Israel has turned into a “factory to create suffering” feeding “of blood and tears”the Turkish head of state once again compared Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, predicting “the same fate as that of other tyrants in history”. On Wednesday, President Erdogan, at loggerheads with Benjamin Netanyahu since the outbreak of the war in Gaza at the end of 2023, had already declared that “Turkey’s security begins (…) in Aleppo, Damascus and Beirut”believing that the Israeli Prime Minister and «sa click crime» also threaten Turkey.

“We will not tolerate any fait accompli in brotherly countries and will not stand idly by in the face of attacks”he added to the deputies of his party. Stressing that the Israeli army “refuses to withdraw from Lebanon”where its strikes have left some 3,700 dead since the start of its new war against Hezbollah on March 2, according to local authorities. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office responded in a statement Wednesday evening, accusing “the anti-Semitic dictator Erdogan, author of genocide against the Kurds”to support Hamas and imprison its opponents, judging that“he is the last one to be able to give moral lessons to Israel”. Returning to the charge, Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Thursday the misdeeds in Gaza of “Zionist genocidal network led by Netanyahu”. “Those who attack our region like bloodthirsty sharks will one day have to answer for their actions”he concluded.

Donald Trump said Thursday that he «You would prefer not to pass» strike bridges and power plants in Iran, where he has already announced new bombings.

“Yes, but I would rather not do it because once you do that, people suffer.”the American president said to a Fox News anchor who asked him if the next step for the United States was to destroy civilian infrastructure.

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At least 12 soldiers were killed in southern Yemen and several injured in an explosion that occurred during the night from Wednesday to Thursday in an ammunition depot in Aden, two security sources told AFP. The explosion, the origin of which has not been identified, took place in a military camp of the «Brigade des Géants»a force trained by the United Arab Emirates and now allied with government forces supported by Saudi Arabia. “The provisional toll from the explosion is 12 dead among the members of the brigade and 9 injured”a security source who requested anonymity told AFP. This assessment was confirmed by another source from the security forces.

More than a decade of civil war has left Yemen divided between the Houthis, Iran’s allies, who control the north of the country, and the internationally-backed government backed by a Saudi-led coalition in the south. The government coalition fractured last year when fighting pitted forces supported by Riyadh against others supported by Abu Dhabi, which ended in the victory of pro-Saudi forces and the withdrawal of the Emirates from the country.

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The European Central Bank (ECB) once again upended its macroeconomic forecasts for 2026 on Thursday in the face of the persistent rise in energy prices caused by the war in the Middle East, anticipating significantly higher inflation and slightly weaker growth this year.

According to a press release, inflation should accelerate to 3% in 2026, compared to 2.6% hoped for earlier. In 2027, it should also settle at a higher level than expected, at 2.3%. The euro zone economy is expected to grow slightly less than expected, by 0.8%, compared to 0.9% previously forecast in March. In 2027, growth should also be lower than expected, at 1.2% instead of 1.3%.

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British Defense Minister John Healey announced his resignation on Thursday, expressing his disagreement with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over a defense investment plan due to be published soon. “You were not able, and the Treasury (Ministry of Finance, editor’s note) did not want to mobilize the resources that the nation needs to defend the country in this period of growing threats.”writes the minister in his resignation letter addressed to Keir Starmer, published on X.

The publication of a ten-year investment plan in defense, initially scheduled for the end of 2025, has been postponed several times. “Having explained to you that I could not accept an agreement that would not give our forces the necessary resources, I now have no choice but to tender my resignation.”explains John Healey. This resignation is a new blow for the Labor Prime Minister, politically weakened for months and threatened by internal protest, one week before a crucial by-election.

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Syrian President Ahmad al-Chareh has received an invitation to soon visit the United States, where he had already been received in November by Donald Trump, a diplomatic source told AFP on Thursday. This invitation comes as the American president recently stated Syria’s readiness to intervene against pro-Iranian Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“President Chareh received an invitation to visit the United States on June 14”indicated this source who requested anonymity, without confirming the visit. The date is that of the 80th birthday of the American president, who plans to organize a mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament on the lawns of the White House for the occasion.

An explosion was heard Thursday afternoon off the Gulf coast in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but its origin was not immediately known, Iranian state television reported.

“A few minutes ago, an explosion was heard in the Sirik region (south) from the sea”said a state television journalist near the area, without providing further information.

French radio RFI denounced Thursday as “an obstacle to freedom of the press” the refusal of entry by Israel to journalist Alice Froussard upon her arrival the day before at Tel Aviv airport.

“The Israeli authorities did not provide RFI with a justification for this decision.”writes the radio in a press release adding that “The management of RFI provides its full support to Alice Froussard and protests against this expulsion which constitutes an obstacle to press freedom and which comes in a context of increasing difficulties encountered by journalists in covering news in the region.”

The Israeli authorities announced on Thursday that they had banned entry and turned back a French journalist, Alice Froussard, who has been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for several years for Radio France and Radio France International (RFI).

Alice Froussard “tried to enter Israel and resume her work here permanently, but the ministry’s recommendation was accepted, and the journalist was deported and put on a plane to France.”writes in a press release the Minister of the Diaspora and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, Amichaï Chikli, accusing the journalist of being a supporter of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.

Press releases from Radio France and RFI are expected during the day regarding this refusal of entry occurring two days after the announcement by Paris of a ban on French territory targeting the Israeli Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, whom the French authorities accuse in particular of promoting the annexation of the West Bank.

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Oil prices fell slightly on Friday, a counter-intuitive movement after new American bombings carried out on Thursday at dawn by the United States and Iranian responses, which can be explained by the very significant use of reserves to respond to the request.

Around 9:30 a.m. GMT (11:30 a.m. in Paris), the price of a barrel of Brent from the North Sea, for delivery in August, fell 0.79% to $92.36.

Its American equivalent, a barrel of West Texas Intermediate, for delivery in July, lost 0.64% to 89.45 dollars.

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The Kremlin on Thursday called on the United States and Iran to show restraint and continue negotiations to end their conflict, while the two camps exchange strikes and American President Donald Trump threatens a new escalation.

The American strikes carried out during the night from Wednesday to Thursday are part of a series of exchanges which raise fears of a resumption of a large-scale war, suspended at the beginning of April after a fragile ceasefire between the two parties.

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Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned the “Iranian aggressions” against Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, while calling for the continuation of Pakistani mediation and welcoming the role played by Qatar in supporting the negotiations.

The powerful Gulf monarchy called «à la désescalade» and à “continue the negotiations carried out under the aegis of Pakistan as well as the accompanying efforts on the part of Qatar”indicated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.

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An Iranian cargo barge was hit early Thursday by an American projectile in the Gulf of Oman, the Iranian governor of Sirik county said, according to the Mehr agency.

This 150-ton ship, belonging to residents of Sirik and carrying essential goods from the Omani port of Khasab, was hit about 5 nautical miles off Khasab, the Iranian official said, adding that the five crew members were rescued by passing ships and then transported to Oman.

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Negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement between Washington and Iran remain on track after nightly discussions, CNN reported Thursday, citing a diplomatic source.

Reuters was not able to immediately verify this information.

The United States and Iran exchanged airstrikes for the second day in a row on Thursday, with President Donald Trump threatening further attacks if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.

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Qatar’s negotiators left Tehran on Thursday where they had gone the day before to try to resolve differences between the United States and Iran, a diplomat familiar with the discussions told AFP.

“The Qatari delegation left Tehran this morning after discussions with Iranian officials, carried out in coordination with the United States and which lasted until the early hours of the day.”said the diplomat on condition of anonymity.

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At least three people were injured in the Tehran region after strikes carried out by the United States overnight against the country, the Fars agency announced Thursday, citing a medical official.

“Three people were injured in incidents linked to brutal US attacks in Tehran provinceâ€declared the local head of emergency services.

The US strikes mainly targeted southern Iran, but sites near the capital were also hit, including Karaj, Nazarabad and Pishva, according to the Revolutionary Guards.

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The Jordanian army said Thursday it had shot down 20 Iranian missiles, the Revolutionary Guards having earlier reported strikes on an American command center in the kingdom.

“At dawn on Thursday, air defense systems and the Air Force intercepted and shot down 20 missiles that had been launched from Iran towards Azraq.”where the American base is located, declared a military official quoted in a press release, referring to an area located approximately 80 km east of Amman.

“The interception led to the fall of a certain amount of debris, without causing any casualties or causing material damage”selon la même source.

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Pakistan, a mediating country in the war between the United States and Iran, deplored the«escalade» military observed in recent days in the Middle East and reiterated its call for a «business solution».

“Diplomacy and dialogue must be the basic principles to achieve a negotiated solution to all contentious issues”declared to the press in Islamabad the spokesperson for Pakistani diplomacy Tahir Andrabi after new bombings during the night in the Gulf.

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The conflict with Iran is shaking the world and seriously disrupting air traffic in the Persian Gulf region. This is not enough to dampen the ambitions of Saudi Arabia, which launched the airline Riyadh Air on Wednesday, the country’s second after Saudia.

The kingdom is building a new airport in Riyadh, to accommodate up to 120 million passengers per year by 2030, compared to 53 million today.

“Our ambition is to connect more than 100 international cities over the next five years.”assures Tony Douglas, the general director of the company.

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L’Iran met “too much time negotiating a deal”to declare Donald Trump on Wednesday, here to menacé de“new strikes” the day after a rise in tensions between the two parties.

The spiral began on Monday when Iran attacked a US army Apache helicopter, which was flying over the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appeared to downplay the incident.

“Foreign forces near our territory are constantly exposed to risks […]. The best solution is for them to leave.”he indicated on X.“We prefer diplomatic language, but we also speak other languagesâ€he added.

A few hours later, Donald Trump ordered retaliatory strikes«proportionnées» against Iran.

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Kuwait resumed air traffic on Thursday and Kuwait International Airport returned to normal operation after a temporary suspension caused by Iranian attacks, the Civil Aviation Authority said.

Earlier on Thursday, Kuwait closed its airspace and suspended air traffic as a precautionary measure following the Iranian attacks, rerouting flights to alternative airports.

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Bombs destroy buildings in seconds. Civilizations are measured in centuries. This is perhaps the first lesson of the conflict which today pits Iran against Israel and the United States.

Because behind the strikes, the negotiations interrupted then laboriously resumed, the martial declarations and the strategic calculations, a deeper reality emerges: the conflictual encounter between two radically different ways of inhabiting time.

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It is around seven o’clock in the morning in Iran, Tuesday June 9, when theNew York Timesreveals that a US Army Apache combat helicopter crashed into the sea near the Strait of Hormuz.

At this time, the cause of the crash is not known, but the daily says that the two crew members were rescued safely near the coast of Oman.

A few moments earlier, Donald Trump assured that his team of diplomats was in the“last efforts” with a view to concluding an agreement with Iran to put an end to the conflict between Washington and Tehran – and more generally in the Persian Gulf -, which began on February 28.

An optimistic, Trumpian declaration in short, among 36 others over the last two months, according to a count carried out by CNN.

Alas, at the end of the day, the American president announced that these were“the Iranians” qui ont “fall” l’aéronef militaire et promet de «replicar», “necessarily”.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they fired ballistic missiles at a US command center in Jordan in response to US strikes against Iran.

This “punitive operation against the aggressor” targeted “Al-Azraq Air Base and its control center, with the help of 12 ballistic missiles”declared the guards cited by the Tasnim agency, ensuring that they had destroyed these installations «and a large number of fighter jets».

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Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority announced on Thursday “temporary closure of airspace” of the country, attacked by Iran in retaliation for American strikes.

“This measure follows Iranian attacks against the State of Kuwait and the potential risks this represents for civil aviation in the region”indicated the authority in a press release.

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Senior Iranian officials have asked Donald Trump to stop attacks against Iran, said Wednesday a Fox News journalist who said he spoke with the American president by telephone.

“President Trump told me Iran called him tonightâ€said journalist Trey Yingst. “He told me that the Iranians had asked him to stop the bombings.”he declared on the Fox News channel.

The American president also assured that “the bombings will stop shortly”declared the journalist.

Tehran immediately denied, according to the Revolutionary Guards, the Iranian ideological army, in a press release.

“Trump’s allegations that Iranian officials contacted him are strongly denied and are just an excuse to escape war.”they declared.

The American army announced that it had launched “new strikes in self-defense against several targets in Iran”according to the Middle East Military Command.

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Twenty-two countries, including the United States, Australia and several European nations, are calling on Iran to stop attacks on people “on their territories”, in a joint press release published Thursday.

These countries “condemn attempted murder and other malicious actions in Europe, North America and Australia» by Iranian state entities.

«The Islamic Republic of Iran must stop these acts immediately“, they write according to the text published in French by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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The American army on Wednesday denied the assertions of Iran, which said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz after the latest strikes by the United States.

«Commercial ships continue to transit the Strait of Hormuz this evening“, wrote the US Middle East Military Command (Centcom) on X.

The Iranian General Staff had announced earlier that “any ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz would be targeted» and the Iranian navy declared having hit two ships.

The Middle East is once again sinking into war. Accusing Tehran of “mock” of the United States, Donald Trump ordered a new wave of “defensive strikes” Wednesday against Iran.

The Islamic Republic’s response was not long in coming: the revolutionary guards shelled military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, pushing the Kuwaiti emirate to urgently close its airspace.