The UN rights chief decried Tuesday the “incendiary rhetoric” in the Middle East war, warning that deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure was “a war crime”. The French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that he hoped Donald Trump would not go ahead with his latest threats against Iran. Share44m ago 19.31 BST Kuwait’s interior ministry has asked residents to stay home from midnight to 6am on Wednesday. The “precautionary measure” spans the timing of Donald Trump’s threats against Tehran. Amir-Saeid Iravani said Trump’s threats that a “whole civilization will die” if Iran does not make a deal “constitute incitement to war crimes and potentially genocide”.

Source: The Guardian April 07, 2026 12:05 UTC