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26.04.2026 19:40 Iran will not allow anyone to export oil from the Middle East if the country is not able to do it itself, Iranian Vice President for Optimization and Strategic Management of Energy Affairs Esmaeil Saqqab Esfahani said on Friday.

26.04.2026 19:40 China has dismissed claims by US President Donald Trump that an Iranian-flagged cargo ship confiscated by terrorist American forces was a "gift from China."

26.04.2026 19:40 The first deputy head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry says Iran demonstrated a "shining example" of defense during the recent illegal US-Israeli war of aggression.

26.04.2026 19:40 French President Emmanuel Macron has publicly rejected Washington's coercive blockades against the Islamic Republic of Iran, declaring that negotiations must be "systematic" and rooted in diplomacy, not military pressure or economic strangulation.

26.04.2026 19:40 The remote Pacific island nation of the Marshall Islands has no guarantee of fuel supplies for the next two months due to the Middle East conflict, Finance Minister David Paul said.

26.04.2026 19:40 Russian forces destroyed two HIMARS launchers of the Ukrainian armed forces and carried out six group strikes with high-precision long-range weapons and drone strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

26.04.2026 19:40 The Russian Federal Security Service said on Friday that it had prevented a terrorist attack against the leadership of the Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor on April 18.

26.04.2026 19:40 The United States is still working on solving the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said.

26.04.2026 19:40 His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, met today in Jeddah with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine

26.04.2026 19:40 The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has released its fiscal 2027 national security and State Department funding bill, which includes at least US$500 million for Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing program.

26.04.2026 19:40 President Lai Ching-te's aborted trip to Eswatini, allegedly due to pressure from China, should serve as a warning about Beijing's "kindness," two United States-based experts said.

26.04.2026 19:40 Bilateral military cooperation between Russia and China is becoming increasingly important in the context of the constantly changing military and political situation, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said on Friday.

26.04.2026 19:40 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has ordered the U.S. Navy "to shoot and kill" any boat putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global energy waterway bordering Iran.

26.04.2026 19:40 The Pentagon is still struggling to secure funding to expedite the replenishment of critical munitions used up during the US-Israeli military operation against Iran, The New York Times reported, citing US officials.

26.04.2026 19:40 A senior Hezbollah legislator says no ceasefire agreement can hold as long as the Israeli regime continues its military aggression, assassinations, and the systematic destruction of Lebanese border towns.