Tit-for-tat violence must stop, says UN chief

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G7 condemns Iran attack; diplomatic solution still possible: Italy | Ayatollah calls West source of conflicts..

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Irans missile attack on Israel, telling the Security Council the deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence must stop...

The 15-member council met after Israel killed the leader of Lebanons Hezbollah and began a ground assault against the Iran-backed militant group and Iran attacked Israel in a strike that raised fears of a wider war in West Asia...

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that there would be more sanctions imposed on Iran, and that he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soonHe did not support an attack on Iran's nuclear sites following strikes on Israel, he added..

Meanwhile, Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed the presence of American and European nations in West Asia in his first remarks since Tehran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel...

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