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Washington: Following Iran's decision to reject President Donald Trump's 15-point peace proposal, the United States (US) is reportedly considering a wartime contingency plan to seize the Islamic Republic's uranium. For this, the US military will likely deploy hundreds or even thousands of troops inside Iran. According to a report by the Washington Post, the aim of this mission would be to secure over 1,000 pounds of radioactive material from within Iran. But it will unlikely be a conventional attack, and would require a "large-scale ground-intensive" operation inside the Iranian regime. Quoting two US officials, the report stated that the American…

Beijing: China has strongly reacted to Donald Trump's "send Iran back to the Stone Age" remark, stating that military means and escalating the conflict will not serve any interest, amid concerns of an escalation in West Asia. "Military means cannot fundamentally solve any issue, and escalation of the conflict does not serve any party's interest," Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning said on Thursday. The response followed remarks by Donald Trump, who said the United States would “hit Iran extremely hard over the next two to three weeks”, raising fears of further escalation in West Asia. Trump's Stone Age threat to Iran…

Tehran: Iran once again ripped into Trump's claims to end the conflict in the Middle East, and that its leadership and military have been completely obliterated, with Tehran on Thursday asserting that the war will continue until the US faces "permanent humiliation". The Iranian military rebuked Trump, saying that conflict would persist until the United States faces what it described as "lasting humiliation, regret, and surrender." Tehran's response followed Trump’s address to the nation, in which he claimed that Iran’s Navy and Air Force had been significantly weakened and that its leadership structure had suffered major setbacks. According to Iranian…

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday schooled his US counterpart Donald Trump, asking him to refrain from making contradictory statements and work towards ensuring peace amid unrest in the Middle East.  Macron’s remarks came after Trump publicly rebuked France following the US being denied access to French airspace.  “We must be serious. And when we are serious, we do not say the opposite of what we said the day before. Perhaps we should not speak every day; we should simply calm things down and build lasting peace,” Macron said.  We were told everything has been settled: Macron on Trump’s…