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04.04.2026 16:51 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed on Friday the implementation of joint strategic energy projects between the two countries, the Kremlin said.

04.04.2026 16:51 Iran launched attacks across the Middle East on April 3, setting parts of a major Kuwaiti oil refinery ablaze and triggering air defense responses across the Gulf, as the war with the United States and Israel neared the end of its fifth week.

04.04.2026 16:51 At least eight civilians were killed and 95 others wounded in U.S. and Israeli attacks on a bridge in Iran's northern Alborz province on Thursday, Xinhua reported citing Iran's official IRNA news agency.

04.04.2026 16:51 Thirty-five 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 some top-ranking commanders, the military aggression continues to target civilian, medical and academic infrastructure across the country.

04.04.2026 16:51 Iranian armed forces and resistance groups across the region continue to carry out retaliatory military operations against the United States and the Israeli regime.

04.04.2026 16:51 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has censured American threats to bomb the Islamic Republic "back to the Stone Age," warning that those who keep silent in the face of criminals will pay "a heavy price."

04.04.2026 16:51 Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker , Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent raising serious concerns about the national security implications of a delegation of sanctioned members of the Russian Duma visiting the United States for

04.04.2026 16:51 A US crew member has been rescued by American forces after a jet fighter was shot down over Iran, a US official told RFE/RL, and the search is ongoing for a second, in the first known loss of an American plane to hostile fire since the war began.

04.04.2026 16:51 The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a stark warning on Thursday morning that the world is "on the edge of a wider war" with catastrophic global implications, according to the official UN website.

04.04.2026 16:51 The Pentagon announced Thursday that Gen. Randy A. George will retire from his role as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army "effective immediately," Anadolu Agency reported.

04.04.2026 16:51 House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith released the following statement in response to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's latest ouster of top military leadership.

04.04.2026 16:51 Sweden will invest 8.7 billion Swedish crowns in air defense systems, Anadolu Agency reported citing Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson.

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04.04.2026 16:51 Iranian armed forces announced that its air defense forces downed at least two fighter jets and five drones and missiles on Friday, describing it as a "black day" for the American and Israeli air forces.

04.04.2026 16:51 Iran's Army has announced downing of an American A-10 Warthog warplane by the Islamic Republic's integrated air defense network over the country's southern waters near the Strait of Hormuz.