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The UK’s participation in a potential US-led attack on Iran on behalf of Israel could be unlawful, according to legal advice issued to Prime Minister Keir Starmer by Attorney General Lord Hermer. The warning, reported in The Telegraph, sharply limits Britain’s ability to support military action and presents a political headache for Starmer, who is under pressure to back Washington while avoiding another illegal war reminiscent of Iraq. 

Hermer, who was…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed the Middle East situation on Thursday, strongly condemning Israel’s actions as violation of the UN Charter, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, Anadolu reports.

Ushakov told reporters that during their phone conversations, both leaders shared “identical approaches” to the regional conflict and believe that the crisis cannot be resolved through military action.

“Russia…

A French court is set to deliver a long-awaited ruling in July on the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has been imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats.

The Paris appeals court, initially set to deliver its verdict in February before postponing, will now announce its decision on July 17 after re-examining the request on Thursday.

“I told the judges, either you release him or you sentence him to death,” his lawyer…