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Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin said on Friday.

The Asian-African Parliamentary Council (AAPC) has issued a strong condemnation of Iran's attacks targeting regional security and stability, with particular reference to the strikes directed at Gulf Cooperation Council member states and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that Israeli air strikes have destroyed 70% of Iran's steel production capacity, a claim that followed the shutdown of the country's two largest steel companies, both crippled by coordinated Israeli-American strikes.

In the hills and valleys of southern Lebanon, in the districts of Bint Jbeil, Marjeyoun and Hasbaya, something unexpected is happening. 

One of Iran's most experienced and internationally respected diplomats has broken the silence that has enveloped Tehran since the outbreak of war. 

A container ship belonging to French shipping group CMA CGM has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, MarineTraffic vessel tracking data shows, in a sign that Iran may not consider France a hostile nation.

The U.N. Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China made clear its opposition to authorizing any use of force.

The war in Iran is no longer just a geopolitical event. It is a real-time stress test of the global energy system.

Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, will face trial in July over a comment she posted on X last month about a 1970s attack on an Israeli airport, the Paris prosecutor's office said late on Thursday.

Burkina Faso's military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that "people need to forget about democracy" and that "democracy kills", the latest sign he aims to rule for the long term. 

President Donald Trump said the U.S. "hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran", reiterating vows to increase the ferocity of attacks on its infrastructure, as dozens of countries sought ways to restart vital energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday offered to provide Ukraine's expertise in dealing with freedom of navigation in the Black Sea to countries considering how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open amid conflict in the Middle East.