Georgian patriarch died at age of 93 — TV

The region’s head Denis Pushilin says that 1,045 more children have been injured

According to the newspaper, the public debt of some European countries, particularly the UK and France, is reaching 60-year highs

The Iranian army said Rafael’s weapons manufacturing center develops air defense systems such as the Iron Dome, Spike missiles and cyber technologies

Alexander Shpakovsky noted that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz negatively impacted China's energy security, however, US military spending significantly exceeded China’s losses

A treaty on Crimea’s and Sevastopol’s accession to Russia was signed on March 18, 2014

Sergey Shoigu said that amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the threat of terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure is becoming "even more imminent and widespread"

The agency's sources indicated that they consider US President Donald Trump’s recent statements about the US having destroyed Iran’s military potential an exaggeration

Peter Kagwanja, founder and head of the Africa Policy Institute, said that neither Europe, nor Russia, nor China, nor the countries of the Persian Gulf support the US policy

Friedrich Merz says this "will make the already dire humanitarian situation in Lebanon even worse"

"The FP-1 is considered no worse or better than all other UAVs in the third technological league, which is what has allowed Russia to successfully repel Ukrainian attacks in recent days," Dmitry Kuzyakin said

Donald Trump says a corresponding request was sent due to the military operation against Iran

Boris Rozhin emphasized that Russia repeatedly called on Brussels, Washington, and Bucharest to "stop cultivating the military threat and move on to the formation of a new, unified and indivisible system of European security"

Hassan Jouni emphasized that the decision to escalate or de-escalate the exchange of strikes now rests with Tehran, not Washington

Hungary and Slovakia have reached an agreement to build a new oil product pipeline between the two countries to ensure their energy security in the face of Ukraine's oil blockade, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto announced

According to Kazem Jalali, Iran is taking measures to disrupt the enemy’s logistics for its own security

Russia strongly condemns attempts at gross interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, intimidation, and the imposition of illegal unilateral restrictive measures

Retired Major General Leonid Ivlev noted that the Ukrainian conflict has led to a leap forward in military art and constantly poses new challenges for the military-industrial complex

Strikes against more than 7,000 targets were made

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No damage to property or casualties have been reported

Abbas Araghchi also stressed that victims must be compensated

The Commission does intend to put forward a proposal to ban the import of oil from Russia, Dan Jorgensen said

According to Vasily Khudoleyev, current production capacity exceeds 10,000 items per day

"If Romania provides the United States with access to its bases, we will give a corresponding legal and political response," Esmaeil Baghaei said

Kazem Jalali stressed that Iran’s political system proved far more resilient

According to the investigation, suicide bombers detonated homemade explosive devices near a university hospital, a market, and a highway

The United States does not need the help of anyone, the US president noted

Retired Major General Leonid Ivlev noted that the aircraft supplied to Kiev by the West are significantly inferior to Russian Sukhoi-series aircraft such as the Su-30 and Su-35S

Fragments splash down in Pacific

Kazem Jalali noted that, in the White House’s view, Iran was destined to become "as easy a target as Venezuela"

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According to the report, the debris fell in the Bani Yas area

This issue is still topical, the Russian foreign minister noted

EDB analysts note divergent economic trends in member countries in late 2025 and early 2026

According to the sources cited by The Daily Telegraph, the refusal may worsen his relations with the US president

On March 12, the US Naval Forces Central Command reported that a fire broke out on board the USS Gerald R. Ford

The shooter was injured by return fire, the regional Interior Ministry reported

The foreign ministers of member-states of the European Union discussed how to push this forward

Most people were forced to flee their homes amid a widening area of Israeli bombing, the Lebanese ministry of social affairs says

Oleg Kononenko said the ISS will most likely remain in operation until 2030

Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic says that the liberation of Konstantinovka would allow to advance toward the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration from the south

The energy supply situation in Cuba has severely deteriorated as a result of a blockade on fuel shipments caused by unilateral US restrictions

Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani emphasized that even international institutions were unable to act against these aggressors

There is also no information whether detailed contacts are currently underway regarding this issue

The US and Israel aimed to weaken Iranian people, to instill fear, Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani said

US lawmakers want information on Washington’s plans regarding Iran

This is the condolence message from Ali Larijani over the death of naval servicemen killed in a US strike on the IRIS Dena frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka

At the end of 2025, the Prosecutor General's Office issued demands to Russia's mass media and telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor for the removal of a Telegram post containing calls for extremist activity

According to Kirill Dmitriev, the masks have slipped

Captive Colombian mercenary Jose Luis Pocheco Navarra said in a conversation with TASS that he had also been recruited by this man

The Ukrainian side refused to meet or to give the Hungarian delegation access to the pipeline

Yvan Gil Pinto says that Venezuela and Russia are brotherly countries and strategic partners

There is no information on whether the port infrastructure was the target of the strike

Pakistan once again violated the Afghan airspace, striking a rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Kabul, Zabihullah Mujahid said

The first weeks of the operation against Iran "do not inspire confidence" and instead indicate that the behind-the-scenes planning in the White House may have been as reckless as its public behavior, the newspaper writes

Sources noted that the US administration is working to convince the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada, the Persian Gulf countries, and Jordan to join the alliance

The Hungarian top diplomat noted that this was the first time he had encountered such a direct threat

Dmitry Kuzyakin noted that after the system identifies targets, the UAV-destroying capabilities are activated

Vladimir Saldo said the enemy is well aware of their capabilities

According to the latest figures, the Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,240 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours

US President Donald Trump has five options for dealing with Iran, including admitting defeat or starting World War III, the founder of the Megaupload file said

Bakanov emphasized the importance of the International Space Station and the need to make ISS missions more comfortable

As a result of the attack, five people were wounded in the city of Korocha in the Belgorod Region

The IRGC said that the strikes may be carried out in the coming hours

According to the sources cited by Shafaq News, the victim estimate is not final

According to the Russian top diplomat, the EU has "fully" discredited itself and there is nothing constructive in its position for progress in the negotiations on Ukraine

"If the enemies plan to invade Kharg Island, they must know that they will face humiliation even stronger than in the Strait of Hormuz," Esmail Hosseini stated

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei announced the speech, adding "The Iranian people are determined to defend their homeland"

Guaranteed lifting of sanctions, withdrawal of US bases, return of frozen assets and development of non-dollar trade are among them

The diplomats also urged US citizens to refrain from traveling to Iraq

Four children are among the injured

The deployment of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems will begin in April, Turkey's president recalled

If the US leader wants stability in the strait, he must pull US forces out, Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ali Mojtaba Rouzbahani said

Valery Gerasimov also set further combat tasks

The launch of the Progress MS-33 spacecraft is scheduled for March 22

As of now, there is no information on which US or Israeli facilities were attacked

Abdullah Agar recalled that at the current stage, "the burden of the war in Ukraine has largely been shifted to Europe"

It's a sign of how little Iran has left, Director of the US National Economic Council Kevin Hassett said

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted roughly 285 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy armored combat vehicles in its areas of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

According to earlier statements by a spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces’ Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran would not allow any oil cargo related to the United States or its allies to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

The Ukrainians have welcomed and accepted this offer, the statement says

Iran has full sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, General Ali Mohammad Naini said

According to the sources of the newspaper, no signs of a soon change of power in Iran are seen

According to Politico, EU foreign ministers who gathered in Brussels on March 16 practically unanimously opposed the US’ request to participate in ensuring maritime navigation safety

The Hungarian foreign minister noted that Brussels’ recent proposals to repair the transit route would not change Budapest's stance

According to Alireza Haghighian, Iran is full of determination to punish the aggressor and make it regret its actions

Esmaeil Baghaei said from the very beginning that Iran did not play any role and did not interfere in the conflict in Ukraine

According to the newspaper, the step would allow to implement structural changes in the country’s economy

Ali Bahreini says he does not rule out that the US president's statements of the contrary indicate that things are not going the way the US expected them to

According to TASS calculations, the Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow Region repelled by the Russian Defense Ministry's air defense forces in the period became the largest in at least a year

The strikes on US military bases in the Middle East will continue until US forces completely withdraw from them

"Iranian leaders do not need to flee or hide in bunkers, their place is in the streets among the people," Kazem Jalali stated

Russia renew its insistent call to all parties to immediately stop hostilities and take the situation to the political and diplomatic dimension, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Florian Philippot called on France to follow the example of Bart De Wever

Abbas Juma noted Iran's significant success in building its unmanned aerial vehicle industry

"Following the US decision to ease sanctions on Russian oil, Europe will maintain sanctions and continue to move away from Russian fossil fuels," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stressed

The number of Kiev troops killed and wounded stands at more than 1.5 million, retired Major General Leonid Ivlev said

Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov says the treaty on strategic partnership and cooperation between the states "serves as an uncontested guideline for further strengthening and developing the relations"

The White House apparently ignored this information, the agency believes

Retired Major General Leonid Ivlev noted that the longer the armed conflict lasted, the more profits the Western defense industry companies would make