ISTANBUL/MOSCOW, June 23 — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sent his foreign minister to Moscow today to ask President Vladimir Putin for more help from Russia after the biggest military action from the United States against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution over the weekend.

WASHINGTON, June 23 — US President Donald Trump yesterday raised the question of regime change in Iran following US strikes against key military sites over the weekend, as senior officials in his administration warned Tehran against retaliation.

WASHINGTON, June 23 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route, after Iranian lawmakers backed such a move which would likely disrupt global oil exports, reported German news agency dpa.

WASHINGTON, June 22 — An organisation that monitors flight risks warned today that the United States’ strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites could heighten the threat to American operators in the region as airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East due to ongoing missile exchanges.

BANGKOK, June 22 — Embattled Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will not resign or dissolve Parliament, a senior official from the ruling Pheu Thai party said yesterday, risking a prolonged political crisis in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — The Palestine Embassy in Malaysia has condemned the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), calling the aid distribution initiative a veiled operation that endangers innocent aid seekers in the enclave.

SINGAPORE, June 21 — A 47-year-old participant in Singapore’s National Day Parade (NDP) has died after collapsing during a rehearsal at the Padang today.

ISLAMABAD, June 21 — Pakistan has said it will recommend United States (US) President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves, for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.

JAKARTA, June 21 — Indonesia has evacuated 100 of its citizens from Iran and Israel amid rising tensions in the region, said Foreign Minister Sugiono today.

WASHINGTON, June 21 — United States (US) President Donald Trump has said that National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard was wrong in suggesting there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon.

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 21 — Iran and Israel exchanged fresh attacks early on Saturday, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Europe tried to keep peace talks alive.

GENEVA, June 20 — European foreign ministers met their Iranian counterpart on Friday, hoping to test Tehran's readiness to negotiate a new nuclear deal despite there being scant prospect of Israel ceasing its attacks soon, diplomats said.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 20 — Iran has said that it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as Europe tried to coax Tehran back into negotiations and the United States (US) considers whether to get involved in the conflict.

BANGKOK, June 20 — Consumption has remained tepid despite a government stimulus programme, few of its economic engines are firing, and uncertainty wrought by United States (US) President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs means that the Thai economy could grow just over one per cent this year.

NEW YORK, June 20 — The United Nations (UN) retains Israel on its annual 'blacklist' of parties responsible for committing serious violations against children in conflict zones, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported.

JAKARTA, June 20 — Indonesia’s military has said that it is prepared to evacuate hundreds of citizens from conflict-hit areas in Iran and Israel, as it deploys a 34-member Crisis Response Team to support the operation.

BRUSSELS, June 20 — Chinese companies will be excluded from bidding on certain large-scale public contracts for medical devices in the European Union (EU), the bloc's executive arm announced on Friday, the German News Agency (dpa) reported.

TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, June 20 — Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital overnight, as a week-old air war escalated with no sign yet of an exit strategy from either side.

TAIPEI, June 19 — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has ordered defence and security units to step up their monitoring and intelligence efforts in response to China's military activities, which he said have not abated even as tensions rise in the Middle East.

ST PETERSBURG, June 19 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto held talks with President Vladimir Putin in the northern Russian city of St Petersburg on Thursday as they explore ways to deepen what some officials have called a burgeoning strategic partnership.