Trump threatens US tolls on Strait of Hormuz if Iran talks collapse

Trump threatens US tolls on Strait of Hormuz if Iran talks collapse

Pakistan ⁠Prime ​Minister Shehbaz ​Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Syed ​Asim ‌Munir ⁠will participate ‌in the technical-level talks ⁠being held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on ​June 21, ‌the PM’s office said ‌on Saturday.

Earlier ​today, the country’s foreign ministry said U.S. ​and Iranian representatives ​would ​participate in the ​meeting, along with mediators from Pakistan and Qatar.

Lebanon’s central bank on Saturday condemned a “direct and deliberate” Israeli attack on one of its branches in the southern city of Nabatieh, where Israel has intensified its strikes despite a ceasefire.

“Israeli forces directly targeted a branch of the Bank of Lebanon in Nabatieh,” the bank said in a statement.

It condemned what it called “a deliberate attack against an official building that is inseparable from Lebanese state institutions”.

The building was empty at the time of the strike and sustained only material damage, it added.

The central bank called on the United States and allies “to guarantee the protection of civilians and Lebanese official institutions”.