Rush Hour: Israel strikes Lebanon hours after ceasefire, TMC claims EC told it to ‘get lost’ & more
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The Israeli military said it had carried out “the largest coordinated strike across Lebanon” since the start of the West Asia conflict. This came hours after United States President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire in West Asia in exchange for Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran had confirmed that Iranian forces will stop their “defensive operations” if the attacks on the country are halted. “For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces…,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
Welcoming the announcement, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said New Delhi expects that “unimpeded freedom of navigation and global flow of commerce would prevail through the Strait of Hormuz”. Read on.
The Congress said that Pakistan facilitating the ceasefire talks between the US and Iran was a “severe setback” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “highly personalised” style of diplomacy. Modi’s “self-styled vishwaguru [world leader]” image had been “thoroughly exposed”, the party said.
While announcing the two-week ceasefire in West Asia, Trump said that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...