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Europe
Russia
June 14, 2025 21:19 CEST Among other things, Russian President Putin discussed the conflict between Iran and Israel during a 50-minute call with US President Trump today, top Kremlin aide Ushakov told state media outlet TASS. Putin condemned Israel’s attack on Iran and offered to mediate between the two countries. The Russian president made a similar offer to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, according to a prior statement from the Kremlin. (Source: CNN - U.S.)
Saturday, 14 June 2025 11:58 AM EDT Russian President Putin held separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Pezeshkian following Israel's attack against Iran. When speaking to Netanyahu, per the Kremlin, Putin emphasized the importance of resuming the negotiations and resolving any issues pertaining to Iran's nuclear program exclusively via political and diplomatic means. In addition, the Russian leader expressed willingness to provide mediation so as to prevent further escalation. In his call with Pezeshkian, Putin stressed that Russia condemned Israel's actions, which had been carried out in violation of the UN Charter and international law. The Russian side has been fully supporting the efforts to resolve the situation around Iran's nuclear program peacefully and has proposed concrete initiatives aimed at reaching mutually acceptable agreements. The Kremlin also noted Russia's willingness to "resolving the current situation, which is fraught with the most disastrous consequences for the entire region'. Russia's Foreign Ministry, in a message posted to Telegram, further condemned Israel's attack, describing them as "Unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign UN member state." The foreign affairs office went on to criticize the attacks targeting Iran's citizens, sleeping peaceful cities and nuclear energy infrastructure are categorically unacceptable. "The international community cannot afford to turn a blind eye to such acts of aggression, which threaten peace and undermine both regional and global security,' the ministry added. 'What makes the situation especially cynical is that these Israeli attacks took place in the midst of an [International Atomic Energy Agency] Board of Governors session and just before another round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States.' (Source: Newsmax - U.S.)
June 14, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET In May, Russian forces seized roughly 173 square miles, more than double April’s gains, according to DeepState, a Ukrainian group that maps the conflict using combat footage. This spring, both sides have turned to motorcycles and civilian cars to quickly cross open terrain. Ukraine is using them to resupply its defensive lines, while Russia uses them in assaults. It’s a kind of renaissance of the cavalry. Russia is advancing around Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region with small, fast-moving units. The first step is to try to isolate Kostyantynivka from multiple directions, in a semi-encirclement, isolating Ukrainian units while maintaining a narrow, hazardous corridor for retreat. The idea would be to advance eastward across the T-0504 road; northward from Toretsk; and westward from the hilltop town of Chasiv Yar. To the south, Russian forces are bogged down in urban fighting in Toretsk. They have been trying to capture Chasiv Yar for two years, since the nearby city of Bakhmut fell in the spring of 2023. So long as Chasiv Yar remains contested, Russia’s advance to Kostyantynivka will be slowed. West of Kostyantynivka lies Pokrovsk, also in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces are also pressing forward with superior manpower. Russian forces are closing in on Pokrovsk from several directions. Their efforts have recently shifted farther west, with some troops crossing the administrative border between the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In some areas near Kostyantynivka, Russia has a manpower advantage of up to 20 to 1, Ukrainian commanders in the area say. Frontline airstrikes have intensified. At the start of May, Russia was carrying out 11 airstrikes a day. That pace has picked up to 17 in June. In recent months, Russian troops have captured at least a dozen villages in the northern Sumy region. Small assault groups, often just two or three Russian soldiers probe Ukrainian positions in waves. The terrain is full of ravines, movement is only possible on roads. Russian forces were seizing high ground north of Sumy and pushing toward dense forests that dominate the city’s northern and northeastern approaches. If Russia captures four villages - Khotyn, Yunakivka, Pysarivka, and Kyyanytsia - that would threaten the city of Sumy itself. If the battles shift into the forests, it could require additional infantry reinforcements from Ukraine, as drone surveillance becomes less effective. (Source: The New York Times - U.S.)
by Varenikova; Sholudko and Diadchenko contributed
19:52, 14 Jun 2025 British fighter jets are being deployed to the Middle East 'to protect British military interests amid the spiralling Israel-Iran conflict, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. The escalation came after Iranian state media said American, British and French military bases would be in the firing line if they blocked Iran's drone and missile retaliation. Military capabilities such as further refuelling aircraft and additional fast jets will be deployed in the wake of the threat – adding to British presence there under Operation Shader. Sir Keir Starmer's intervention comes after a diplomatic blitz by telephone in the last 48 hours to the leaders of the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel. ’And of course, all of this is linked to what's going on in Gaza’, the PM said. He will be holding intense negotiations face-to-face with fellow leaders at the G7 on Sunday in Canada. He refused to get into any detail on whether he knew about the Israel attack in advance. It added that Putin also informed Trump about the implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul on June 2. Foreign Secretary Lammy had conversations with representatives from Iran, Jordan and Saudi Arabia as well as European foreign ministers yesterday. (Source: The U.S. Sun)
Asia
Iran
June 14, 2025 Following yesterday's attacks, Iran said it was withdrawing from the sixth round of nuclear negotiations that were due to take place in Oman tomorrow with US special Middle East envoy Witkoff. Tehran considered the dialogue with the US over the Iranian nuclear programme meaningless after Israel's biggest military strike yet, which it accused Washington of supporting. 'The other side [the US] acted in a way that makes dialogue meaningless. You cannot claim to negotiate and at the same time divide work by allowing the Zionist regime [Israel] to target Iran's territory,' the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei as saying. US President Trump told Reuters yesterday that he and his team had known the attacks were coming – and still believed there was room for an accord. 'We knew everything, and I tried to save Iran humiliation and death. I tried to save them very hard because I would have loved to have seen a deal worked out,' Mr Trump said. 'They can still work out a deal, however, it’s not too late.' Mr Trump said he had repeatedly pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay an attack to give diplomacy more time, though the US President himself had threatened to bomb Tehran if nuclear talks failed. (Source: The National - United Arab Emirates)
Saturday 14 June 2025 11:45 BST Iran has warned the US, UK and France that their bases and ships in the region will be targeted if they help stop Tehran's strikes on Israel, Iran state media reported today. Yesterday, a US official said the country’s military had helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel. (Source: The Independent - United Kingdom)
(14 June 2025) What if Israel succeeded in its long term aim of forcing the collapse of the Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran? Netanyahu claims his primary aim is to destroy Iran's nuclear capability. His broader aim involves regime change. He told in his statement yesterday "the proud” people of Iran that his attack was ’clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom’ from what he called their ’evil and oppressive regime’. Bringing down Iran's government what vacuum might it leave? What would civil conflict in Iran look like? Many can remember what happened to both Iraq and Libya when strong centralised government was removed. (Source: BBC - United Kingdom)
(14 June 2025) What if the Israeli attack fails to destroy Iran's nuclear capability? What if Iran's nuclear facilities are too deep, too well protected? ’What if its 400kg of 60% enriched uranium’ – the nuclear fuel that is just a small step away from being fully weapons-grade, enough for ten bombs or so – is not destroyed? It's thought it may be hidden deep in secret mines. No bombs can destroy Iran's knowhow and expertise. What if Israel's attack convinces Iran's leadership that its only way of deterring further attacks is to race for nuclear capability as fast as it can? What if those new military leaders round the table are more headstrong and less cautious than their dead predecessors? At the very least, this could force Israel to further attacks, potentially binding the region into a continual round of strike and counter-strike. (Source: BBC - United Kingdom)
14/06/2025 - 08:36 Over the past year, Israel has been targeting Iran’s air defences, hitting a radar system for a Russian-made air defence battery in April 2024 and surface-to-air missile sites and missile manufacturing facilities in October. The first wave of strikes gave Israel significant 'freedom of movement' in Iran’s skies, clearing the way for further attacks, according to an Israeli military official. Sound of explosions and Iranian air defence systems firing at targets echoed across central Tehran shortly after midnight today. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported a fire at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport. Black smoke could be seen rising into the air at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. UN nuclear chief Grossi told the Security Council that the above-ground section of the Natanz facility was destroyed. He said all the electrical infrastructure and emergency power generators were destroyed, as well as a section of the facility where uranium was enriched up to 60%, which is a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. The main centrifuge facility underground did not appear to have been hit, but the loss of power could have damaged the infrastructure there, he said. According to an Iranian news outlet close to the government that reported hearing explosions nearby, it also appeared to strike a second, smaller nuclear enrichment facility in Fordo, about 100 kilometres southeast of Tehran. Israel said it also struck a nuclear research facility in Isfahan, and said it destroyed dozens of radar installations and surface-to-air missile launchers in western Iran. Iran confirmed the strike at Isfahan. The Israeli military official said Israel is prepared for an operation that could last up to two weeks, but that there was no firm timeline. (Source: RFI - France)
14/06/2025 - 04:17 The Fars news agency said two projectiles hit Tehran's Mehrabad airport, and Iranian media said flames were reported there. Close to key Iranian leadership sites, the airport hosts an air force base with fighter jets and transport aircraft. Iran's UN envoy Iravani said 78 people, including senior military officials, were killed in Israel's strikes on Iran and more than 320 people were wounded, most of them civilians. Iran has long insisted its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only. Tehran had been engaged in talks with the Trump administration on a deal to curb its nuclear programme to replace one that Trump abandoned in 2018. Tehran rejected the last US offer. The UN nuclear watchdog concluded this week that it was in violation of its obligations under the global non-proliferation treaty. (Source: France 24 "with Reuters", United Kingdom)
14.06.2025 The escalation casts doubt over the future of nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington, which were being mediated by Oman. The sixth round of indirect talks, scheduled for tomorrow, is now likely to be canceled, according to sources familiar with the matter. (Source: Anadolu Agency - Turkey)
Israel
19:52, 14 Jun 2025 Four waves of ballistic strikes: 7pm first Iranian stike on Tel Aviv; 7.30pm: Second wave of strikes on Tel Aviv; 11pm: Third wave of strike on Jerusalem; 3am: Forth vave of strikes on Tel Aviv. (Source: The U.S. Sun)
Jun 14, 2025 21:25 IST Israel's air defences destroyed the majority of the Iranian ballistic missiles, but some did manage to make an impact on the ground. The most high-value target struck by Iran is the Israeli army headquarters, known as the Kiryat, in Tel Aviv, as per Fox News. At least three Israeli citizens lost their lives and dozens suffered injuries in overnight missile attacks today. Ramat Gan and Rishon LeZion were the worst-affected areas in central Israel. (Source: India Today)
June 14, 2025 Israel said it identified missiles launched from the Islamic Republic and reported explosions from interceptions and falling debris from projectiles. There was video of at least one large explosion in Tel Aviv, and reports of blasts across Jerusalem. An Iranian rocket has killed one person and injured more than 20 when it hit near homes in Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv. A number of people were reported to be trapped under the rubble, it said. The extent to which Israel’s air defences were breached is unknown. US forces assisted by firing on Iranian missiles. (Source: The National - United Arab Emirates)
Saturday 14 June 2025 07:52, UK How Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel unfolded? /Video/ (Source: Sky News - United Kingdom)
14.06.25, 12:16 PM The situation in West Asia remained tense today, as Iran retaliated against Israel using drones and multiple ballistic missile strikes. /Photo/ (Source: The Telegraph - India)
14/06/2025 - 08:36 Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel late Friday and early today. Explosions lit the night skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and shook the buildings below. Israel’s military said more drones were intercepted near the Dead Sea early today. Hours later, an Iranian missile struck near homes in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, killing two more people and wounding 19. Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said four homes were severely damaged. Israel’s paramedic services said 34 people were wounded in the barrage on the Tel Aviv area. US ground-based air defence systems in the region were helping to shoot down Iranian missiles, said a US official. (Source: RFI - France)
14/06/2025 - 04:17 'In the last hour, dozens of missiles have been launched at the state of Israel from Iran, some of which were intercepted, the Israeli military said. It said rescue teams were operating at a number of locations across the country where fallen projectiles were reported, without commenting on casualties. The Fars news agency said Tehran launched a third wave of airstrikes on Saturday after two salvos on Friday night. In central Tel Aviv, a high-rise building was hit during a wave of the missile attacks, damaging the lower third of the structure, which stands in a densely populated urban area. An apartment block in nearby Ramat Gan was destroyed. Israel's ambulance service said 34 people were injured on Friday night in the Tel Aviv area, most with minor injuries. Police later said one person had died. Israel's military said Iran fired fewer than 100 missiles on Friday and that most were intercepted or fell short. Several buildings in and around Tel Aviv were hit. Israel's UN envoy Danon said intelligence had confirmed that within days Iran would have produced enough fissile material for multiple bombs. He called Israel's operation "an act of national preservation." (Source: France 24 "with Reuters", United Kingdom)
Jordan, Lebanon
08:16-14 June 2025 Jordan reopened its airspace at 7:30 a.m. (0530 GMT). Lebanon said it will reopen its airspace on Saturday at 10:00 am local time (0700 GMT). ((Source: Asharq Al Awsat - headquartered in London, United Kingdom, owned by a member of Saudi royal family)
Persian Gulf
(14 June 2025) If Iran failed to damage Israel's well-protected military and other targets, then it could always aim its missiles at softer targets in the Gulf, especially countries that Iran believes aided and abetted its enemies over the years. Remember Iran was accused of striking Saudi Arabia's oil fields in 2019 and its Houthi proxies hit targets in the UAE in 2022. There are lots of energy and infrastructure targets in the region. Since then there has been a reconciliation of sorts between Iran and some countries in the region. But these countries play host to US airbases. Some also – discreetly – helped defend Israel from Iranian missile attack last year. If in a worst-case scenario the Gulf were attacked, then it might demand American warplanes come to its defence as well as Israel's. (Source: BBC - United Kingdom)
North America
United States
10:36 PM CEST, June 14, 2025 The U.S. military parade in Washington, D.C. commemorates the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, which coincides with President Trump’s 79th birthday. Trump was in Washington for the military parade. (Source: Associated Press - U.S.)
United States
10:36 PM CEST, June 14, 2025 Thousands of demonstrators crowded into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. today to protest President Trump, marching through downtowns and blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights. Federal immigration enforcement raids began last week and Trump was ordering the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire. No Kings’ demonstrations across the US against immigration raids were planned in nearly 2,000 locations across the country, organizers said. The 50501 Movement is orchestrating the protests. (Source: Associated Press - U.S.)
June 14, 2025 22:35 CEST US President Trump says he spoke with Putin for an hour, mostly about Israel-Iran conflict today. The US president said the leaders spoke about Iran and Israel’s tit-for-tat airstrikes at length and called for an end to the conflict. “President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Trump said both he and Putin agreed the Israel-Iran conflict should come to an end. “He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end,” Trump said, referring to Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Source: CNN - U.S.)
Saturday, 14 June 2025 11:58 AM EDT Ostensibly, Israel launched its attack in anticipation of President Trump announcing a deal on Iran's nuclear energy program. However, The Middle East Eye reports that the United States sent Israel 300 Hellfire missiles Tuesday prior to Israel's preemptive strike. 'Two U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the publication that the transfer of the missiles suggests the Trump administration was well-informed of Israel's attack plans before its strike on Iran'. ’The situation appears to be developing toward a conflict drawing in the U.S. to aid Israel with military support’, with Russia backing Iran. (Source: Newsmax - U.S.)
14 June 2025 What is still unclear is how Trump will handle Israel’s rush to war despite his opposition. Netanyahu appears to have bet that facing Iran’s retaliation, Trump will come under immense, even irresistible, pressure from Israel’s many influential allies within the US not to leave it unprotected. Those calls are certainly already being made. And so Netanyahu has put Trump in a bind and, for now at least, put any potential US-Iran deal in jeopardy. Iran will not agree to dismantle its nuclear enrichment facilities completely, has made that clear repeatedly, including during the ongoing talks with the US. Israel had a long-running, well-planned intelligence operation running inside Iran, one that likely reached right into the upper echelons of the Iranian government. Once this campaign ends, a witch-hunt will commence in Iran to get at the root of what has been a colossal, embarrassing intelligence failure. Hitting back hard – particularly if that hit included American assets in the region - would increase the probability that Trump will be forced to jump into the fray to defend Israel. That would make Iran’s military predicament far worse. We cannot dismiss the possibility that, from the outset, Trump may have approved, even if only with the equivalent of a wink and a nod, Netanyahu’s decision to strike Iran. The president may have calculated that an Israeli attack would have put pressure on Iran and forced it to accept a zero-enrichment agreement, which he could then take credit for - but without being seen as having colluded with Israel or having to participate in its war. Netanyahu has launched a war of choice, not of necessity, against a country that, though certainly a major adversary, was not taking any steps that suggested, even remotely, that it was gearing up to attack Israel. Seen thus, Netanyahu’s defense that Israel had no choice but to launch a preemptive attack - which means a response in advance to an enemy’s self-evident preparations to wage war - 'won’t play well internationally, including in Europe', particularly given the human toll that Israel’s war in Gaza continues to take. (Source: New Statesman - United Kingdom)
by Menon, a Spitzer Professor Emeritus of International Relations, City College of New York, and Senior Research Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
(14 June 2025) For all the US denials, Iran clearly believes American forces endorsed and at least tacitly supported Israel's attacks. Iran could strike US targets across the Middle East – such as special forces camps in Iraq, military bases in the Gulf, and diplomatic missions in the region. Iran's supportive militias in Iraq remain armed and intact. The US feared such attacks were a possibility and withdrew some personnel. In its public messaging, the US has warned Iran firmly of the consequences of any attack on American targets. A possible, worst-case scenario: If an American citizen were killed, say, in Tel Aviv or elsewhere, Trump might find himself forced to act. Trump promised his MAGA constituency he would not start any so-called ’forever wars’ in the Middle East. But equally many Republicans support both Israel's government and its view that now is the time to seek regime change in Tehran. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long been accused of wanting to drag the US into helping him defeat Iran. Military analysts say only the US has the bombers and bunker-busting bombs that can penetrate the deepest of Iranian nuclear facilities, especially that of Fordow. But if America were to become an active combatant, that would represent a huge escalation with a long, potentially devastating consequential tail. (Source: BBC - United Kingdom)
08:21 14/06/2025, Saturday Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel Friday night and the US is assisting in shooting down missiles targeting Israel, an American official confirmed yesterday. (Source: Yeni Şafak - Turkey)
International Atomic Energy Agency
Jun 14, 2025 21:25 IST In testimony before the UN, the IAEA said the above-ground portion of the Natanz plant where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60 per cent, had 'been destroyed' and centrifuges may have been damaged. (Source: India Today)
Global
(14 June 2025) There's a global economic shock - the price of oil is already soaring. What if Iran tried to close the Strait of Hormuz, further restricting the movement of oil? What if – on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula - the Houthis in Yemen redouble their efforts to attack shipping in the Red Sea? They are Iran's last remaining so-called proxy ally with a track record of unpredictability and high risk appetite. Many countries around the world are already suffering a cost of living crisis. A rising price of oil would add to inflation on a global economic system already creaking under the weight of Trump's tariff war. The one man who benefits from rising oil prices is President Putin of Russia who would suddenly see billions more dollars flood into Kremlin coffers. (Source: BBC - United Kingdom)
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