UN rights chief slams the US for its illegal blockade on Cuba, warning that "children are dying" there.

In a pre-dawn attack on Tuesday, US military deliberately destroyed two civilian water reservoirs in southern Iran, cutting off drinking water to thousands of residents amid scorching summer temperatures, an act widely condemned as a war crime.

The president’s remarks came shortly after Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that the United States would attack Iran “very hard” if no peace deal is finalized.

A survey suggests that only one in 10 Europeans see the United States as an ally.

Trump’s renewed threats of a "harsh attack" on Iran expose a desperate, failing algorithm of coercion, as Tehran, unmoved by psychological warfare and manufactured deadlines, holds firm in the war of endurance, ready for every scenario.

With none of his goals achieved after 100 days, there is widespread admission within the United States that President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran was the wrong decision.

Iran rejected a draft resolution against it at the UN nuclear agency, and denied any role in the crash of a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.