Global oil prices have surged as tensions escalate in Middle East following Israel military chief's declaration that Tel Aviv will target Iran again, despite calls for calm.
Global oil prices have surged as tensions escalate in Middle East following Israel military chief's declaration that Tel Aviv will target Iran again, despite calls for calm.UN calls for called for urgent de-escalation of the situation and a renewed focus on bringing peace to the Middle East / Photo: Reuters
Guterres “called for the urgent de-escalation of the situation and a renewed focus on bringing peace to the Middle East," added Dujarric. " stressed that significant escalation was in no one’s interest and would only deepen insecurity in the Middle East. This was a moment for calm heads to prevail," Sunak's office said in a readout of the call.Israeli warplanes are operating everywhere in the Middle East, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said amid rising tensions with Iran.
"Israel is trying to provoke a regional conflict, and its attack on Iran's embassy in Damascus was the last drop," he told a press conference in Ankara after a cabinet meeting. But he added:"I sincerely hope that they will understand that it's not in their interest to continue this kind of exchange of blows. We are not interested in a full-scale war. We are not, as I have said, in the business of revenge.
"Treasury will not hesitate to work with our allies to use our sanctions authority to continue disrupting the Iranian regime's malign and destabilizing activity," according to excerpts of Yellen's speech ahead of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington this week.
One of the bills will also include additional sanctions on Russia and Iran, Johnson told Fox News in an interview, and lawmakers are trying to include provisions to secure the US border.Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that the international community should stop Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from"stealing" attention away from Gaza by escalating his confrontation with Iran.
I hope that we can now finally take this step together," Annalena Baerbock told a press conference in Berlin, ahead of a visit to Israel.Japan has urged Iran to “exercise restraint” to avoid further tension in the Middle East following Tehran's retaliatory missile and drone attack on Israel, local media reported.
Israel's military Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, said on Monday that Iran's attack on Israel - which was a retaliation after the April 1 bombing of the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus - warranted a response.Israel's foreign minister said he was urging countries to place sanctions on Iran's missile programme and proscribe its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a"terrorist organisation" after Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel.
"We are always concerned about this possibility. What I can tell you is that our inspectors in Iran were informed by the Iranian government that yesterday , all the nuclear facilities that we are inspecting every day would remain closed on security considerations," he said. The Israeli army “together with the United States Central Command, the British Armed Forces, the French Armed Forces and other partners operated together in real-time in the air, on the ground and at sea,” he added.
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