International Atomic Energy Agency

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General Hua Liu met on Friday in Belgrade to discuss support from and cooperation with the agency in development of Serbia's national infrastructure for peacetime use of nuclear power, the Ministry of Mining and Energy said in a statement.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Israel's attack on the Islamic Republic "should neither be exaggerated nor minimized."

"The evil perpetrated by the Zionist regime [Israel] two nights ago must not be exaggerated or minimized," he said in a post on X.

Without elaborating, he described the deadly attack as a "miscalculation."

It should be considered certain that Tuesday’s attack by Iran on Israel will not go unanswered. The question with the collapsing balance isn’t “if” but “when” and “how.”

Ukraine is enduring yet another missile assault from Russia following a series of deadly strikes in recent days. The latest wave of attacks includes Russian cruise missiles and drones flying over various regions, from the easternmost areas to Lviv in the West.

U.N. nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi kicked off a visit Tuesday to "independently assess" conditions at Russia's Kursk nuclear plant following Ukraine's unprecedented cross-border offensive into the Russian region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant, according to Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting about the situation in border areas of Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions of Russia, at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.

Russian forces are now positioned just 10 kilometers from the outskirts of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. This advancement comes amid ongoing conflicts in the region, where Ukrainian forces have been engaged in various operations.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has yet to determine the cause of the fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Energodar, southern Ukraine. The blaze, which began on Sunday, ignited in the plant's cooling system, with Russia and Ukraine each attributing the incident to the other.

Britain, France and Germany will seek to censure Iran over its lack of cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog at its board meeting from Monday despite U.S. opposition, diplomats told AFP.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tehran is the only non-nuclear weapon state to enrich uranium to 60 percent, while it keeps accumulating large uranium stockpiles.