U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured him India would stop buying Russian oil. Trump called this a “big step” in efforts to pressure Moscow to end the Ukraine war and said he would now seek China’s cooperation as well.

Iran has officially suspended cooperation with the United Nations` nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, after President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a new law requiring all future inspections to be cleared by Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council. Iran accuses the IAEA of siding with Western nations and justifying Israeli air strikes. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has claimed the U.S. bombed the Fordow nuclear facility, causing serious damage. The move has triggered global concern.