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03.03.2026 18:30 Portugal's government faces growing criticism over U.S. military operations at Lajes Air Base in the Azores following attacks on Iran, with opposition parties and experts questioning whether proper authorization was obtained.

03.03.2026 18:30 Several U.S. warplanes crashed on Monday morning, and all crew members survived, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said in a statement posted on X.

03.03.2026 18:30 Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the UN, said that China strongly condemns the targeting of children in attacks and urges parties to the conflict to fulfill their obligations under international humanitarian law, at a UN Security Council meeting presided by US first lady Melania Trump on Monday.

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03.03.2026 18:30 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended the attacks on Iran as "very necessary and important," slamming Democrats for "complaining bitterly."

03.03.2026 18:30 U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military campaign against Iran has "capability to go far longer" than the four to five weeks he projected during media interviews one day earlier.

03.03.2026 18:30 The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says it has destroyed the main command building and headquarters of the US air base in Bahrain in the fourteenth wave of Operation "True Promise-4."

03.03.2026 18:30 Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has warned of firm self-defense as long as the US-Israeli aggression continues.

03.03.2026 18:30 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has sharply criticized the "Israel First" policy of the United States, asserting that the lives of both American and Iranian citizens are being sacrificed to serve the interests of the Zionist regime.

03.03.2026 18:30 The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has issued a formal protest to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, demanding an immediate end to the agency's inaction following repeated military strikes against Iran's sovereign nuclear infrastructure.

03.03.2026 18:30 As the US Israeli military operation against Iran entered its third day on Monday, fighting and mutual retaliatory attacks intensified, with rising casualties on all sides and growing risks of a wider regional war. Amid the tense situation, China has intensified diplomatic efforts.

03.03.2026 18:30 Britain is not joining the U.S. and Israeli "offensive strikes" on Iran, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.

03.03.2026 18:30 The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization express grave concern over developments in the Middle East and the armed attack against Iran, said an SCO statement regarding the situation in Iran released on Monday.

03.03.2026 18:30 The United States embassy in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, has been set ablaze after at least a pair of drones hit the premises of the American diplomatic mission, the Saudi defense ministry says.

03.03.2026 18:30 China's Ministry of Commerce has announced the placement of 20 Japanese entities involved in enhancing military capabilities on its export control list. A further 20 Japanese entities, where the end-users and end-uses of dual-use items cannot be verified, have been added to a watch list.