Iran

The Republican senator was a big advocate for strikes on Iran and other foreign policy priorities of Israel, according to the supplied report.

Pakistan is calling for calm as tensions between Iran and the United States intensify and a memorandum of understanding tied to its Mideast diplomacy falls apart.

President Donald Trump’s notification to Congress says the U.S. is again at war with Iran, starting another 60-day clock for possible military action.

The developing conflict raised the prospect of a more distant ceasefire as the two countries traded fire over the weekend, according to one report.

The UK proscribed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, with one report saying the move came after concerns about threats to life and intimidation on UK soil.

The France 24 review also notes coverage of Russian spies in Japan and a dog with an "emotional support duck."

Iran reported strikes on two of its southern islands and Kuwait said border posts and an offshore oil platform were attacked, as tensions widened after intense US strikes.

The article argues that blaming the Iranian president for the failed memorandum of understanding would obscure tensions between competing factions in Tehran.

The attacks came after three days of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and the US, as a June ceasefire deal frayed.

The UK, France and Germany said they had issued a statement on Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and countries in the region, according to a government notice.

The U.S. Treasury office also issued an Iran-related general license in its July 10 action.

Brent crude rose 4.7% to $79.59 a barrel and major Asian indexes fell after the new strikes amid tensions over the Strait of Hormuz.