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12.03.2026 17:40 An ongoing military investigation has preliminarily determined that a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed over 160 people, mostly pupils, resulted from a targeting error, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

12.03.2026 17:40 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today called on the joint forces service secretaries to work through their general counsels to conduct a "ruthless, no-excuses review" of the War Department's assorted legal support functions and operations.

12.03.2026 17:40 Press TV Website Staff

12.03.2026 17:40 Iranian officials went on the offensive on March 11 to knock down rumors over newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's state of health, saying he was injured in the air strikes that killed his father and other family members but is "safe and sound."

12.03.2026 17:40 The Security Council today adopted a resolution condemning Iran's "egregious attacks" against its regional neighbours amid rapidly spiraling violence in the Middle East, while rejecting a second draft tabled by the Russian Federation.

12.03.2026 17:40 US President Donald Trump miscalculated Iran's response to the ongoing aggression by a US-Israeli coalition, while the Strait of Hormuz remains virtually impassable with oil prices hiking up, The New York Times says.

12.03.2026 17:40 The UN's emergency relief chief on Wednesday condemned the "$1 billion-a-day" cost of the war in the Middle East, at a time when humanitarian needs are soaring and aid funding is falling dangerously short.

12.03.2026 17:40 Today, 11 March 2026, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court confirmed Pre Trial Chamber II's Decision on the Central African Republic's challenge to the admissibility of the case against Edmond Beina.

12.03.2026 17:40 The Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has expressed regret over the Security Council's adoption of a resolution against the Islamic Republic regarding the US-Israeli aggression, saying the country does not recognize the "unjust and unlawful" document.

12.03.2026 17:40 The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and France on the occasion of the U.S.-France Deterrence, Strategic Stability, and Non-proliferation Dialogue.

12.03.2026 17:40 U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. military operation in Iran is both a war and a short-term "excursion," sending mixed messages on when the strikes will end.

12.03.2026 17:40 Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected a major munitions factory under the Second Economy Commission on March 11 to learn about the munitions production.

12.03.2026 17:40 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warns that any attack launched from US military bases stationed in the region against the Islamic Republic are not be acceptable under any circumstances.

12.03.2026 17:40 The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to pass a draft resolution urging all parties to immediately stop their military activities and refrain from further escalation in the Middle East and beyond and condemning all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.

12.03.2026 17:40 Following the UN Security Council's Wednesday vote on a draft resolution concerning the situation in the Middle East, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said in explanatory remarks that the draft resolution proposed by Russia reaffirms the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, urges all parties to immediately cease military actions, condemns all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, and