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Qatar: Iran and US need more time to negotiate

The US and Iran need more time to reach a negotiated solution. This is what Majed al-Ansari, spokesman for the mediating country Qatar's Foreign Ministry, says, AFP reports. The statement comes after Donald Trump announced on Monday evening that he had stopped a planned attack on Iran at the request of Qatar, among others.

However, al-Ansari does not want to answer whether Qatar is optimistic about the conditions for the negotiations to actually lead to an agreement. However, he thanked the mediating country Pakistan for its efforts to achieve a diplomatic solution.

At the same time, Iran is threatening to "open new fronts" against the US if the American attacks resume.

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Israeli Minister: ICC Plans Arrest Warrant

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to issue an arrest warrant for Israel's ultranationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. He himself stated this according to AFP.

- Yesterday I was informed that the prosecutor at the anti-Semitic court in The Hague has written a request for an international arrest warrant against me, he said at a press conference.

The ICC has not commented.

Smotrich calls it "a declaration of war" and says he will retaliate by expelling the approximately 750 Palestinians who live in Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank.

The ICC has previously issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former

Emirati power plant attacked from Iraq

The drone that caused a fire in a generator outside a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates came from Iraq, the Emirati Ministry of Defense said according to AFP.

A total of three drones were fired, but two were neutralized. The fire in the generator caused no injuries or radiation leaks.

It is unclear which actor was behind the drone attack on Sunday.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who is suspected of war crimes.