World News Briefs -- June 25, 2019

Daily Mail: Trump lashes out after Iran's president calls him 'mentally retarded' by threatening that any attack on 'anything American' will be met with 'obliteration'

* Iran's president savaged the Trump administration in the wake of new sanctions
* Hassan Rouhani said the White House is 'mentally retarded' and desperate
* Sanctions are evidence the US is not serious about negotiating, he added
* Added that sanctioning the ayatollah is 'futile' because he has no foreign assets
* Trump tweeted furiously on Tuesday morning saying that any attack on 'anything American' would be met with 'overwhelming force'
* 'In some areas overwhelming will mean obliteration,' he tweeted

Donald Trump threatened Iran with 'obliteration' if it attacks 'anything American' Tuesday after the country's president branded the White House 'mentally retarded' after Donald Trump issued fresh sanctions against the leadership in Tehran.

He launched a fusillade of tweets calling the country's leadership 'ignorant and insulting' after the insult from its president, Hassan Rouhani.

'Iran’s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that they do not understand reality.' he said.

'Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force. In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration. No more John Kerry & Obama!'

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran says U.S. sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy.

Trump threatens 'great and overwhelming force' if Iran attacks 'anything American'. US-Iran crisis: Trump lashes out at 'ignorant and insulting' statement.

Iran threatens more attacks on US drones as Pompeo visits region.

Iran says it will never build a nuclear weapon.

Iran vows to ditch more nuclear curbs in war of words with US.

UN: Yemen's Houthi rebels blocking food for tens of thousands.

Erdogan: No backtrack from S-400 deal with Russia.

Kushner leads U.S. Israeli-Palestinian peace plan in Bahrain.

ASIA

U.S., Taliban aim to firm up date for foreign force exit from Afghanistan.

Pompeo hopes for Afghan peace deal 'before September 1'.

Pakistani envoy praises new round of US, Taliban talks.

'Journalism is not a crime': Taliban decried for threats to media.

Trump 'comfortable with any outcome' from pivotal Xi talks: official.

North Korea running trade deficit with China, South Korea bank says.

Xinjiang camps defended at UN human rights forum.

'Not a word': Aung San Suu Kyi criticised over Rakhine silence.

AFRICA

Mauritania cracks down on two opposition parties after election.

Ethiopia mourns after officials killed during failed coup bid.

'Back at square one': Sudan's opposition plans new mass protests.

Sudan crisis: Internet restored - but only for lawyer.

Bangladeshi migrants in Tunisia forced to return home, aid groups claim.

Aliou Sall, Senegal president's brother, resigns post amid corruption claim.

Zimbabweans wary of latest currency re-launch.

EUROPE

Georgia: Ruling party promises reforms to calm unrest.

Jeremy Hunt calls Boris Johnson a coward for not participating in head-to-head debate.

Council of Europe restores Russia's voting rights.

Ukraine fury as Russia gets back Council of Europe voting rights.

Russia’s middle class is shrinking – bank report.

In France, media worry about press freedom

Ukranian tycoon Firtash will be extradited to the U.S. for bribery charges.

Intense heat wave hits northern Europe.

AMERICAS

Bipartisan House duo unveil amendment to block Iran strike without Congress' approval.

House Democrats unveil changes to border bill to win over progressives.

US Democratic bigwigs fear debates will devolve into horror show.

Mexico will not detain migrants at US border: president.

Russian warship docks in Havana as Moscow warns the US that the build-up of weapons in Europe could spark a repeat of the Cuban missile crisis.

Honduras protests: Military police open fire on students injuring four.

Venezuela's former spy chief says Maduro could yet fall.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

IS head in Yemen captured by special forces: coalition.

62-year-old Singaporean is oldest woman to be radicalised by Isis: expert.

Iran claims fishermen have found more 'wreckage' of downed American drone as Tehran official releases pictures of metal marked with a U.S. air force logo.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

UBS: World economy ‘one step away from global recession'.

AbbVie buys Allergan for $63 billion.

Bill Gates reveals the biggest mistake of his career.

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