Syria's health ministry said the toll from Sunday's attack on the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood had risen to 25

Russia, already at war in Ukraine, weighs war in Iran

"This is an absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran," Putin told Araghchi

"The world clearly saw that the Atomic Energy Agency has not fulfilled any of its obligations and has become a political tool," Qalibaf added.

"The Zionist enemy... is being punished right now," Khamenei wrote on social media.

Iran is the world's ninth-biggest oil-producing country, with output of about 3.3 million barrels per day.

"The Department of State advises US citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution."

International concern focused on fears that the unprecedented US attacks would deepen conflict in the volatile region after Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran earlier this month.

"The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States marks a perilous turn," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Sunday.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Syria's capital Damascus yesterday, health authorities and security sources said.

President Donald Trump said US air strikes yesterday had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, and warned of more attacks to come if Tehran does not seek peace.

New Delhi’s counter-terrorism agency said yesterday it has arrested two men in India-administered Kashmir for allegedly harbouring Pakistani gunmen behind a deadly attack on civilians that sparked a days-long conflict between the two countries.

For nearly a half-century the United States has squabbled with Iran’s Islamic Republic but the conflict has largely been left in the shadows, with US policymakers believing, often reluctantly, that diplomacy was preferable.

US federal authorities and leaders in several major US cities and states are increasing security measures and monitoring for potential threats after US strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities.

Ukraine’s top military commander vowed to increase the “scale and depth” of strikes on Russia in remarks made public yesterday, saying Kyiv would not sit idly by while Moscow prolonged its three-year invasion.

The United States has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, further escalating the war between Israel and Iran.

Pakistan on Sunday said Trump's decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to resolve the Iran crisis

...they were a decoy. The real group of seven bat-winged, B-2 stealth bombers flew east undetected for 18 hours...

Iran has long used the threat of closing the Strait, through which around 20% of global oil and gas demand flows

President Donald Trump had spent weeks pursuing a diplomatic path to replace the nuclear deal with Tehran