US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping discussed the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the White House said, with the Chinese leader agreeing that the waterway “must remain open to support the free flow of energy”.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on fellow BRICS nations to condemn the US-Israel war on his country as a violation of international law.
A third round of direct talks is taking place between Lebanese and Israeli negotiators in Washington, DC, to end hostilities while Israeli attacks continue across Lebanon’s southern towns and villages.
At least four Palestinians were killed by Israel in northern Gaza on Thursday amid the so-called “ceasefire” and as the United Nations warned of escalating Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank following the killing of a teenager in the Ramallah area.
Israeli nationalists marched through occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, chanting “Death to Arabs” and “May your villages burn”, as Israel marked its annual Jerusalem Day activities.—Al Jazeera
