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20.03.2026 13:20 A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry has censured the assassination of Iranian authorities and attacks on civilian targets by the United States and the Israeli regime.

20.03.2026 13:20 With soon to be two near-peer nuclear-armed competitors to deter, the U.S. must upgrade its nuclear forces, which serve as a backdrop to conventional capabilities that must also be robust, War Department leaders told lawmakers March 17.

20.03.2026 13:20 U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will not put troops in Iran as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is escalating.

20.03.2026 13:20 Iran warned Thursday it would carry out more severe retaliatory strikes if the United States and Israel attack its energy facilities again.

20.03.2026 13:20 Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on the international community to take action against US-Israeli crimes, warning that many countries may become subject to such atrocities.

20.03.2026 13:20 The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the abrupt withdrawal of the USS Gerald R. Ford from West Asia has laid bare the "hollowness of the arrogant powers' material strength."

20.03.2026 13:20 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the United States and Israel to end the war, and pressed for diplomacy to replace military action.

20.03.2026 13:20 The Foreign Ministry describes Iran's retaliation targeting hostile objects in regional countries as acts of self-defense, while urging those countries to prevent the United States and the Israeli regime from using their territory against the Islamic Republic.

20.03.2026 13:20 Bay-class landing ship dock HMAS Choules sailed in formation with vessels from the Indian Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Thai Navy and the Philippine Navy, while conducting replenishment-at-sea approaches as part of Exercise Kakadu.

20.03.2026 13:20 Building fighting depth has many meanings. At its heart, it is about ensuring the Royal Australian Air Force can continue to give Australia more options, in more places, more often - even as the strategic environment becomes more contested and uncertain.

20.03.2026 13:20 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, visited the Pyongyang Training Base No. 60 under the Capital City Defence Corps of the Korean People's Army on March 19 to oversee a coordinated offensive tactical drill of infantrymen and tankmen's sub-units.

20.03.2026 13:20 During a Pentagon briefing today on Operation Epic Fury, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the current conflict with Iran differs from the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

20.03.2026 13:20 The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a request exceeding 200 billion U.S. dollars for Congress to fund the ongoing U.S. strikes on Iran, a move likely to stage a major partisan battle on Capitol Hill, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a senior U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter.

20.03.2026 13:20 The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a funding request exceeding $200 billion to support the war in Iran, according to The Washington Post, a figure that could face strong resistance in Congress.

20.03.2026 13:20 US President Donald Trump has said he did not know in advance about Israel's terrorist attack on Iran's South Pars gas field, but according to media reports, the attack was coordinated with the United States.