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World leaders on Sunday condemned the US decision to launch strikes against three nuclear facilities in Iran. US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the military had bombed Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, bringing to an end days of speculation about whether America would become directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was "gravely alarmed' by the US strikes on the sites. "This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security,' he said in a statement on X. "I call on member states to de-escalate and to uphold their obligations under the UN Charter and other rules of international law.' In the US Congress, Democrats attacked Mr Trump for the decision. Democratic House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries criticised the strike. 'President Trump misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorisation for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East,' he said in a statement. Even pro-Trump Republicans had strong words against the decision. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a leading Make America Great Again Republican isolationist congresswoman, wrote in a post on X that "Israel is a nuclear armed nation. This is not our fight. Peace is the answer.' Other Republicans, however, came out strongly in support of Mr Trump's decision, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying that the President "gave Iran's leader every opportunity to make a deal, but Iran refused to commit to a nuclear disarmament agreement'. And the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Roger Wicks, said: "Our commander-in-chief has made a deliberate – and correct – decision to eliminate the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime'. Senator Tom Cotton said Mr Trump "made the right call and the ayatollahs should recall his warning not to target Americans'. In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Mr Trump for ordering the strikes. "First comes strength, then comes peace,' he said. "And tonight, President Trump and the United States acted with a lot of strength.' Yoav Gallant, Israel's former defence minister, said that US President Donald Trump had taken "a bold decision' in attacking Iran. "The world is now a safer place,' he said in a post on X. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the US strikes 'outrageous' and said they will have 'everlasting consequences'. 'The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law and the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) by attacking Iran's peaceful nuclear installations,' he said on X. 'Each and every member of the UN must be alarmed over this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behaviour.' Hamas condemned the "blatant US aggression'. "The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemns in the strongest terms the blatant US aggression against the territory and sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran,' the group said in a statement. "This brutal aggression is a dangerous escalation,' it added, calling the attack "a flagrant violation of international law, and a direct threat to international peace and security'.
Khaleej Times
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FedEx founder, former CEO Frederick Smith dies at 80
FedEx Corp's founder and former CEO Frederick Smith, who started the global delivery conglomerate with more than a dozen planes in the 1970s, has died, the company's CEO Raj Subramaniam said in memo to staff posted on its website on Saturday. Born in 1944, Smith was most recently serving as the firm's executive chairman and focused on board governance, as well as issues of global importance, including sustainability, innovation and public policy, according to his profile on FedEx's website. Smith stepped aside as FedEx's CEO in 2022 and was succeeded by Subramaniam, who was then the company's operations chief. "Fred was more than just the pioneer of an industry and the founder of our great company. He was a mentor to many and a source of inspiration to all," Subramaniam said in the memo to staff. Smith, who served as an officer in the US Marine Corps in Vietnam, officially launched Federal Express in 1973 with 389 team members and 14 small planes that flew 186 packages from Memphis to 25 US cities. FedEx operations now include 705 aircraft, more than 200,000 vehicles and about 5,000 operating facilities, according to its website. More than 500,000 employees worldwide handle approximately 17 million shipments each day at FedEx.
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US leaders react, call for Trump's impeachment after attack on Iran's nuclear sites
[Editor's Note: Follow our live blog for real-time updates on the latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict.] Following the announcement of US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a wave of reactions swept through the American political landscape. Prominent lawmakers from across the political spectrum swiftly condemned President Donald Trump's decision, raising alarms about the legality, constitutional overreach, and long-term consequences of the action. While the administration framed the strikes as a strategic success, critics argued it marked a reckless escalation that bypassed congressional authority and endangered global stability. Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen 'Trump promised to bring peace to the Middle East, but he failed to deliver." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Trump's decision 'disastrous' and 'grounds for impeachment'. The Presidentâ��s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 22, 2025 US Representative, Marjorie Taylor Greene also called out Trump's attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, saying Netanyahu was the one who bombed the people of Iran first. House Member Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi said the president "ignored the constitution" and urged the administration to provide answers on the deadly move that potentially "endangers American lives".
