Morning Briefing: April 15, 2024

Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Monday with, including Israel calling off response to Iranian attack, the UN chief's remarks about Iran-Israel tensions, Israel's airstrike at a refugee camp in Gaza, and Turkish foreign minister's phone call to his Iranian counterpart.

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• Israel calls off response to Iranian attack at last minute: State media

• UN chief says world cannot afford more war

• Casualties reported in Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp

• Türkiye does not want further escalation in region, Foreign Minister Fidan tells Iranian counterpart

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed Rafah's ground offensive, following Iran's attack on Israel, the country's public broadcaster said Sunday.

• The Israeli army said on Sunday it intercepted a "suspicious aerial object" in the city of Eilat, coming from the Red Sea area.

• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported.

• Jordan said Sunday it summoned the Iranian ambassador and urged his country to stop "insulting and questioning" the kingdom's position.

• Türkiye's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin and CIA Director William Burns recently spoke on the phone, and discussed the escalation between Iran and Israel, security sources said.

• Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday described his country's attack on Israel as "legitimate defense" and a "natural right."

• The US and UK carried out airstrikes on Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz, the Houthi group said late Sunday.

• Groups protesting against Israel's attacks on Gaza demonstrated outside Burger King outlets in various cities in the Netherlands on Sunday.

• Disagreements arose among members of Israel's War Cabinet on Sunday over the scale and timing of an attack on Iran following its unprecedented retaliatory strike on the country.

• Palestine urged the International Criminal Court on Sunday to issue arrest warrants against illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank and called for international intervention to compel Israel to halt settlement projects.

• Britain's health secretary said Sunday that the first flights carrying migrants to Rwanda will take off "within weeks" while not disclosing whether the government had found a carrier.

• Bayer Leverkusen win first-ever German Bundesliga title

• Fenerbahce win back-to-back EuroLeague Women titles in basketball