KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — The possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the recent Iran parliamentary vote poses limited risk to Malaysia, said MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd.

ISTANBUL/BAGHDAD, June 26 — Iran authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said.

TEHRAN, June 25 — Iran’s Parliament has approved a motion to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), following a near-unanimous vote during an open session on Tuesday.

THE HAGUE, June 25 — Nato leaders gathered in The Hague on Wednesday for a summit tailor-made for United States (US) President Donald Trump, with European allies hoping a pledge to hike defence spending will prompt him to dispel doubts about his commitment to the alliance.

PUTRAJAYA, June 25 — Malaysia and the Kyrgyz Republic have called for greater efforts to acknowledge Afghanistan into the international community.

VIENNA, June 25 — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for nuclear inspections in Iran to resume following the ceasefire between the Islamic Republic and Israel, reported German news agency dpa.

WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/ISTANBUL, June 25 — US airstrikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary US intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel.

TEL AVIV, June 35 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel in its 12 days of war with Iran had removed the threat of nuclear annihilation and was determined to thwart any attempt by Tehran to revive its programme.

WASHINGTON, June 24 — Explosions rang out here from Israeli airstrikes today despite United States President Donald Trump saying Israel had called off strikes at his command to preserve an hours-old ceasefire.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s initiative to broker a ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the United States successfully defused tensions in the Middle East, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

WASHINGTON, June 24 — United States President Donald Trump accused both Israel and Iran of violating a ceasefire today hours after he announced it, expressing particular frustration with Israel for announcing major new strikes on Tehran.

SEPANG, June 24 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke confirmed several Malaysian flights to the Middle East have been cancelled following airstrikes on a United States military base in Qatar today.

WASHINGTON, June 24 — Iran's foreign minister said today that, as of now, there is "no agreement" on any ceasefire between Iran and Israel, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

ISTANBUL, June 24 — Several Arab nations temporarily closed their airspace late yesterday as a precautionary measure amid heightened tensions in the region following an Iranian missile strike on a United States (US) military base in Qatar earlier, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

WASHINGTON/DOHA/ISTANBUL, June 24 — US President Donald Trump said that a "complete and total"ceasefire between Israel and Iran will go into force with a view to ending the 12-day conflict between the two nations, moments after both sides threatened new attacks.

MOSCOW, June 23 — Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that “unjustified” attacks by the United States on Iran’s nuclear sites were pushing the world towards great danger and promised to try to help the people of the Islamic Republic, though he gave no specifics.

BEIJING, June 23 — China said the United States’ attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has damaged Washington’s credibility and warned the situation “may go out of control”, its state broadcaster reported, following a United Nations Security Council meeting yesterday.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan has urged all parties to exercise the utmost restraint and avoid escalation of the situation in the Middle East.

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.