10:49 PM Today
"Everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately": Donald Trump's warning amid Iran-Israel attacks
The US president, who is in Canada for the G7 summit, said the Persian regime “should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them about.”
US President Donald Trump warned Iranians to evacuate their capital in a social media post on Monday.
10:34 PM Today
Israeli emergency services report no damage in the country after a new Iranian attack.
The Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) reported no damage from the missile attack launched on Israeli territory on Monday night.
"Following the red alert sirens of the last few minutes in central and southern Israel, no reports of missile impacts or casualties have been received at the MDA Emergency Dispatch Center, except for several people who were injured on their way to a shelter," the statement said.
10:24 PM Today
Marco Rubio and the European Union coordinate a response to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
The top diplomats of the US and EU agreed to maintain close contact as the conflict leaves more than 240 dead.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Kaja Kallas spoke by phone on Monday about the conflict between Israel and Iran and agreed to remain in contact regarding further developments.
10:20 PM Today
The Iranian regime is often described as decadent, corrupt, bankrupt, and despised by its citizens. Is it about to collapse? Israel's shock and awe campaign continues relentlessly: on June 16, it claimed to have “full air supremacy over Tehran.” In recent days, cars have left the city en masse. Its businesses are closed. On social media, some Iranians have celebrated the killing of their generals with roast beef emojis. The humiliation highlights the failure of the regime's military strategy and, some say, could trigger an uprising or coup, in turn creating chaos or national renewal. Yet Iran's norm is to defy its aggressors, not capitulate. And a protracted war with numerous civilian casualties could serve to mobilize public opinion in an intensely nationalist country, allowing the regime to survive and redouble its efforts to obtain a bomb.
10:09 PM Today
The United States deploys more defensive capabilities in the Middle East
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday he had ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East, as the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran raises regional tensions.
Hegseth did not disclose what military capabilities he sent to the region, but Reuters reported early Monday that a large number of U.S. military refueling aircraft and the transfer of an aircraft carrier to the Middle East had been deployed.
“Protecting U.S. forces is our top priority, and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,” Hegseth said in a post on the social media platform X.
9:44 PM Today
Air defenses activated"at a high level" in Tehran
Air defense systems were activated "at a high level" in Tehran, Iranian state media reported Monday night, following Iran's announcement of strikes"until dawn" against Israel.
"The air defense systems are activated at a high level," the Irna news agency reported, on the fourth day of a military escalation between Iran and Israel.
9:43 PM Today
Air defenses activated"at a high level" in Tehran
Air defense systems were activated "at a high level" in Tehran, Iranian state media reported Monday night, following Iran's announcement of strikes"until dawn" against Israel.
"The air defense systems are activated at a high level," the Irna news agency reported, on the fourth day of a military escalation between Iran and Israel.
9:10 PM Today
Iranian officials project strength, but their people denounce silence on security
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have fled the capital due to the lack of evacuation protocols and the absence of bomb shelters.
As the Iranian president gathered his cabinet on Sunday afternoon to praise the armed forces for their performance, Tehran residents flooded their social media channels with photos and videos of renewed Israeli airstrikes that had destroyed buildings.
8:49 PM Today
A US aircraft carrier has left the South China Sea and appears to be heading for the Middle East.
The USS Nimitz was scheduled to make a port call in Danang, Vietnam, later this week. However, the visit was canceled due to an"emerging operational requirement."
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea early Monday, according to data from ship-tracking website Marine Traffic. The ship was heading west, presumably toward the Middle East, amid rising regional tensions, particularly over the Israel-Iran conflict.
