Confirmed: 200 Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home from Russian captivity, Zelensky said, thanking the United States for supporting the exchange. Returnees include defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.
Confirmed: 200 Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home from Russian captivity, Zelensky said, thanking the United States for supporting the exchange. Returnees include defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.
US military transport aircraft were spotted at a very low altitude in the deserts of Najaf, Iraq. Yesterday, there were rumors that US special forces landed and got into clashes with the Iraqi government forces.
Azerbaijani President Aliyev said Azerbaijan will not participate in any operation against Iran but demanded an apology and explanation over the drone strikes on his country.
The State Department is sending extra staff to Athens to aid stranded Americans as CENTCOM requests more military intelligence officers to support Iran operations for at least 100 days, Politico reported. One State Department official said relatively few people had been read in on war plans, which contributed to delays on evacuation orders and travel alerts.The State Department said its task force...
Iraqi PM told Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi that Iraq will not allow any threat against Iran to originate from its borders. Araghchi said Iranians are determined to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
❗️Iranian officials seem to confirm something is happening along their border. Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi called Patriotic Union of Kurdistan leader Bafel Talabani, citing "terrorist movements" on shared borders and urging stronger cooperation under their bilateral security agreement.
Slovakia's government approved the termination of emergency electricity supply to Ukraine, with state company SEPS set to cancel its contract with Ukrenergo, Dennik N reported. Ukrenergo said the move will not affect Ukraine's energy grid as the supply was already limited.
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The sanctioned Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in the Mediterranean after a reported sea drone attack near Malta, Reuters reported.
Dubai's government media office said relevant authorities have contained a limited fire near the US consulate caused by a drone attack.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that countries attacked by Iran may not remain silent if strikes continue, calling the risk of conflict expansion concerning, and said new Iranian leadership could open a window to end the war.
The sanctioned Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in the Mediterranean after a reported sea drone attack near Malta, Reuters reported.
Trump also said he is "not happy" with the UK over Diego Garcia, saying a lease deal was struck but "someone came and took it away," forcing the US to spend 3-4 days determining where to land. "We are not dealing with Winston Churchill," Trump said.
Trump said Spain "has been terribly" by refusing US military base use, and added "we can just fly in and use them, nobody is going to tell us not to use it." Trump said he personally told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut all trade with Spain. "Spain has absolutely nothing that we need, other than great people. But no great leadership."