U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (April 7) he has agreed “to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” Reuters reports.   Trump said he spoke to leaders in Pakistan, which has been a mediator between Washington and Tehran and which had sought a two-week ceasefire in the…

Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump once again exhorted Iran to make a deal by his Tuesday (April 7) deadline, saying a “whole civilization will die tonight” if an agreement is not reached to end the conflict.   “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen,…

Iran’s state news agency Fars has reported that gas facilities of the Islamic Republic, including those in the Persian Gulf, have once again been targeted by Israeli and U.S. attacks. According to those reports, a series of explosions occurred in the Asaluyeh industrial area, near a refinery located at the center of Iran’s gas industry….

The Hungarian government has ordered heightened security measures along the TurkStream gas pipeline infrastructure following indications of a planned sabotage attempt on its Serbian section, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday.   “Based on the information available to us, a sabotage action was being prepared on the Serbian section of the TurkStream pipeline supplying…

Six children were killed in strikes on the Iranian capital of Tehran last night, the city’s emergency management department said in a statement.   “Six children under the age of ten were killed in the bombing of Tehran last night,” the statement reads.   Meanwhile, the Mehr news agency reported that a residential building in…

The Iranian foreign minister said that “radioactive fallout will end life in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) capitals, not Tehran,” following the US-Israeli air strikes that hit Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant.   “Remember the Western outrage about hostilities near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine?   “Israel-US have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive…

Russia has repeatedly said that in order to stop the hot stage of its special military operation, Ukraine must withdraw troops from Donbass, but Moscow has not set any deadlines for that, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, TASS reports.   “There are no deadlines, it’s not true,” he said, commenting on reports alleging that…

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite unit of the Iranian Armed Forces, has found the pilot of the downed American F-35 fighter jet during a search operation and arrested him, NourNews reports.   According to the news agency, footage from the pilot’s seat of the fighter jet was previously deliberately published to mislead…

Reuters. French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at Seoul Air Base in South Korea on Thursday (April 2) for a two-day state visit following his trip to Japan.   Macron is expected to visit the War Memorial in Seoul later on Thursday, and have dinner with South Korean president Lee Jae Myung at the Blue House….

Reuters. U.S. President Trump said Wednesday (April 1) other countries should guard the Strait of Hormuz calling on Japan, France, South Korea and China to take up the task.    Speaking at an Easter White House event, Trump suggested that other nations should take a more active role in securing the strait.   In a…

Rosatom could have extended the operation of Armenia’s nuclear power plant until 2036, but Yerevan is choosing a “European direction,” giving preference to European contractors, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said in an interview with TASS.   According to him, the condition for extending the plant’s operation until 2036 was to ensure that at…

Russian forces have launched almost 340 drones into Ukraine. There are casualties and injuries in the country. “We offered a ceasefire on Easter, but in response we are receiving martyrs,” said the Ukrainian President. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the Russian strikes targeted civilian objects.   The Russian side also reported shooting down more than 40…

As of Tuesday, 348 US soldiers have been wounded since the start of the military operation against Iran, ABC News reported, citing Pentagon data.   The report notes that 315 of them have already returned to duty. At least 10 are in serious condition. According to statistics, 11 US soldiers are wounded every day. Officially,…

Reuters. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told a briefing on Tuesday (March 31) the next few days in the Middle East conflict would be decisive, saying there had been major desertions from the Iranian armed forces.   Hegseth, citing intelligence, said the U.S. and Israeli strikes were damaging the morale of the Iranian military….

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that some Western partners have appealed to Kyiv to reduce attacks on Russian oil facilities.   These appeals stem from the global energy crisis caused by the ongoing war in Iran and Tehran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has led to a significant oil shortage on the…

A Russian tanker full of crude oil has entered Cuban waters and was expected to reach port on Monday (March 30), possibly granting a lifeline to Cuba as U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to relax a de facto oil blockade on the Caribbean island, Reuters reports.   Ship tracking data showed the Russian-flagged tanker Anatoly…

Reuters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday (March 27) that Kyiv was working on reaching an agreement with countries in the Middle East on supplies of diesel, the type of fuel most in short supply in the country.   Zelenskiy was speaking to a Ukrainian television interviewer while on a tour of Middle Eastern…

A jury in LA has delivered a damning verdict for two of the world’s most popular digital platforms, Instagram and YouTube, BBC reports.   It ruled those apps are addictive, and deliberately engineered that way – and that its owners have been negligent in their safeguarding of the children who have used them.   It’s…

Reuters. G7 foreign ministers held a working session on peace and security on Friday (March 27) afternoon as a two-day ministerial summit in France approached its final hours.   European foreign ministers on Friday used the summit held near Paris with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press the case that Russia was helping…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on the results of the work of Ukrainian military experts who have been in Saudi Arabia for more than a week. According to him, the specialists have already presented their first findings and conclusions at both the operational and broader strategic levels.   The main task of the Ukrainian team is…

Armenia’s Ambassador to the United States, Narek Mkrtchyan, held a meeting with Brendan Carr, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Armenian Embassy to the USA reports. During the meeting, a number of priorities in the fields of communications and security were discussed, particularly in the context of hybrid threats, countering disinformation, and related issues….

Reuters. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday (March 26) that the military had eliminated Iran’s IRGC navy commander Alireza Tangsiri.   There was no immediate confirmation from Tehran.   An experienced commander in place since 2018, Tangsiri has played a significant part in Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Նյութերը գեներացվում են…

Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday (March 24) Iran is negotiating with his government “but they’re afraid to say it.”   Addressing the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising dinner in D.C., Trump said leaders in Iran are afraid “they’ll be killed by their own people. They’re also afraid they’ll be killed by us.”  …

Reuters. Hungary will gradually stop sending natural gas to Ukraine until crude oil flows on the Druzhba pipeline resume, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday (March 25), escalating a standoff with Kyiv over energy supplies disrupted by the war.   Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the EU for maintaining relations with…

Reuters. A rare Russian daytime drone attack on Ukraine injured at least three 22 people and set a building in the centuries-old centre of western Lviv aflame on Tuesday (March 24), officials said, following an overnight bombardment that killed five people across the country.   Over 400 drones were launched at Ukraine in the middle…

Iran has stopped natural gas exports to Turkey following an Israeli strike on the giant South Pars gas field last week, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports.   Ankara is still importing gas from Russia and Azerbaijan, its main suppliers, and can use gas held in storage, the people said, asking not…

Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Monday (March 23) the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.   Trump’s move followed a threat by Iran to attack Israel’s power plants and those…

Reuters. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reappointed as president of state affairs, state-run television KRT reported on Monday (March 23), after the isolated nation convened the first session of its Supreme People’s Assembly on Sunday (March 22).   The assembly, North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature that formally approves state policy, typically meets following a…

Reuters. At least one Iranian missile carrying cluster warhead could be seen in the night sky over Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank just after midnight on Monday (March 23).    It was yet to be confirmed whether it was more than one missile that was spotted, with smaller bombs spreading out of it.   …

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz on Saturday (March 21) said that the Israeli and U.S. attacks against Iran ‘will be stepped up significantly’ in the coming days, Reuters reports.    In a video distributed by the ministry of defence, Katz, seated between two senior army officers, added that Israel is determined to “continue leading the…