Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the latest U.S. attacks against Iran, new Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan, and violent anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland.

‘Now They Will Have to Pay the Price’

U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that he still seeks to end the Iran war, telling reporters that all Tehran has to do is “start signing a paper” to reach a deal. But he also said that more attacks on Iran are coming.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the latest U.S. attacks against Iran, new Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan, and violent anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland.

‘Now They Will Have to Pay the Price’

U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that he still seeks to end the Iran war, telling reporters that all Tehran has to do is “start signing a paper” to reach a deal. But he also said that more attacks on Iran are coming.

“We hit them hard yesterday, and we’re going to hit them hard again today,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard.”

On Tuesday, the U.S. military carried out what it called “self-defense” strikes on “Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites” in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz late Monday; Tehran said that the crash was not deliberate, but Trump has claimed otherwise.

U.S. forces also fired on a Palau-flagged chemical- and oil-products tanker in the Gulf of Oman that allegedly sought to evade Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports. “A U.S. aircraft fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces,” U.S. Central Command wrote on X. Three Indian nationals who were aboard the ship remain missing; 21 others were rescued. The ship’s operator is reportedly based in India.

India’s Foreign Ministry condemned the strike on the ship, saying in a statement on Wednesday that “[t]he targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end.” India also summoned the U.S. deputy chief of mission to the country after lodging a “strong protest” to the........

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