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07.04.2026 14:21 On April 5, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov upon request. The two sides exchanged views on the current situation in the Middle East.

06.04.2026 15:40 US President Donald Trump repeated his threat to strike Iranian infrastructure hard if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, using explosive language hours after announcing that US forces rescued the missing crew member from a downed F-15 fighter jet.

06.04.2026 15:40 Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has thanked Iran for facilitating and allowing Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Islamic Republic's restrictions on the critical conduit for global energy supplies.

06.04.2026 15:40 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has warned of potential consequences following reported attacks near Iran's civilian nuclear facilities, including the Bushehr power plant.

06.04.2026 15:40 The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy says that the Strait of Hormuz has undergone irreversible strategic changes and will never revert to its former status, particularly for the United States and the Israeli regime, as Iranian forces finalize operational preparations for a new security order in the Persian Gulf.

06.04.2026 15:40 The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has warned that any further attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran's civilian infrastructure would trigger even more forceful retaliatory attacks on enemy targets.

06.04.2026 15:40 Ukraine has kept up its attacks on Russian oil export and production infrastructure, hitting facilities in two regions, while widespread Russian drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least one civilian overnight and fighting persisted at the front, officials said.

06.04.2026 15:40 Israeli air strikes hit Beirut and southern Lebanon on April 5, killing at least four people in the capital and several others in the south, according to Lebanese authorities and state media.

06.04.2026 15:40 Serbian military and police officers have found a cache of highly powerful explosives not far from a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Turkey to Hungary, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on April 5.

06.04.2026 15:40 The section of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline on Hungarian territory from Serbia to Slovakia will be placed under military protection, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Sunday.

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06.04.2026 15:40 U.S. President Donald Trump posted "Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time!" on social media on Sunday, a message that appeared to signal a possible extension of the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

06.04.2026 15:40 Many US political figures have sharply criticized President Donald Trump following his expletive-laden threats aimed at trying to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, casting his mental stability into doubt and highlighting the risks posed to American troops, with some even calling for his removal.

06.04.2026 15:40 The French AFP news agency has compiled a list of casualties reported in countries around the Middle East linked to the US-Israeli war with Iran.

06.04.2026 15:40 Thirty-seven days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, launched on February 28 with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and top-ranking commanders, the military campaign continues to attack civilian, industrial, and strategic infrastructure across the country.