US President Donald Trump said that the war will end "immediately" after the US midterm elections and claimed that talks with Iran "could happen."
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency's resolution on the nation's nuclear program on Wednesday, saying that it is based on "fabrications" and won't accomplish the objectives of its signatories.
Iran said its subsequent attacks on regional U.S. targets were in self-defense on Wednesday, condemning the most recent American airstrikes on Iranian oil tankers.
According to Syrian authorities, an explosion at a temporary site used to store weapons and remnants of the country's protracted civil war on Wednesday resulted in at least 14 fatalities and 11 injuries.
In the southern Swiss village of Piotta, a hydroelectric power plant exploded on Wednesday, killing two workers.
In May 2021, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unveiled new plans to boost flagging birth rates and reverse population aging, raising the official limit on the number of children per couple from two to three