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US Treasury chief says America is 'suffocating' Iran through economic blockade

US Treasury chief says America is 'suffocating' Iran through economic blockade

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US economic blockade is strangling Iran's regime, leaving it unable to pay soldiers and pushing the economy toward collapse.

Asia
China rejects US sanctions on refineries over Iran oil links

China rejects US sanctions on refineries over Iran oil links

China's commerce ministry has ordered five firms to ignore US sanctions over Iranian oil links, calling measures illegal and a violation of international law

Europe
Iran's Araghchi slams European countries for 'unconstructive' approach on nuclear program

Iran's Araghchi slams European countries for 'unconstructive' approach on nuclear program

Iran's foreign minister condemns European nations for repeating 'incorrect clichés' about Iran's peaceful nuclear program, as Trump casts doubt on Tehran's new peace proposal

Middle East
Two Gaza flotilla activists from Spain and Brazil appear in Israeli court

Two Gaza flotilla activists from Spain and Brazil appear in Israeli court

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila appeared in an Ashkelon court Sunday after Israel seized them from a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted at sea

North America
Rubio to visit Vatican and Rome after Trump-Pope Leo row

Rubio to visit Vatican and Rome after Trump-Pope Leo row

Marco Rubio will meet Vatican and Italian officials, weeks after Trump clashed with Pope Leo XIV over anti-war rhetoric and immigration