By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that Canberra supported the United States strike on Iran and called for de-escalation and a return to diplomacy.

China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday it “strongly condemns” US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. The ministry said in a statement the strikes “escalate tensions in the Middle East.” “China calls on all parties to the conflict,

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