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The US president again slammed the military bloc for not aiding Washington during the war on Iran · ©  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has again lashed out against NATO, stressing that he does not need its help in the Strait of Hormuz, and saying that the military bloc was “useless when needed” during the war on Iran. · On Friday afternoon, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that…

Prime Minister Robert Fico says the bloc abused its power by seeking to force the country to stop buying energy from Moscow · The European Commission building in Brussels, Belgium, on March 24, 2026. ©  JPix / NurPhoto / Getty Images · Slovakia will file a lawsuit with the EU’s Court of Justice challenging the bloc’s decision to ban imports of Russian gas, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. · In January, the EU…

Tehran has announced the complete reopening of the waterway for the entire duration of the ceasefire in Lebanon · A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz. © Getty Images / Gallo Images;  Orbital Horizon;  Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025 · Passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is now completely open, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi declared…

Court affirms injured patients’ right to access manufacturer data, forcing disclosure. · Jon Fleetwood · In a major procedural victory for vaccine-injured plaintiffs, a German court has ordered BioNTech to turn over internal data on its Comirnaty mRNA COVID-19 vaccine—affirming that individuals claiming harm have the right to access the manufacturer’s own records to challenge its safety claims and pursue damages. · The Regional Court…

The growing Israeli-Turkish rivalry might soon expand to Jordan. · Andrew Korybko · Turkiye, Syria, and Jordan signed a trilateral MoU in early April on transport cooperation that followed their meeting more than half a year prior last September where they first committed to reviving the Hejaz Railway. This late-Ottoman project connected Istanbul with Medina and Mecca but collapsed during World War I. Its restoration in contemporary…

The US wrestles for power in the Hormuz Strait, at least verbally, claiming it's the one who rules the waterway. But the Iranian ambassador to Indonesia says America is just spinning a narrative and its not based in reality. Iranian trains are back on track as the nation has managed to rapidly reconstruct its railway network following US and Israeli attacks. While Israeli and Lebanese leaders are expected to speak this Thursday…

An overnight Ukrainian drone raid killed two minors in the Russian Black Sea port city of Tuapse · FILE PHOTO. © Sputnik / Sergey Bobylev · The Russian armed forces carried out mass strikes on Ukrainian military and energy sites on Thursday in response to a drone attack that killed two children in the country’s Krasnodar Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. · Russian strikes hit facilities involved in the…

Peter Magyar claims his party’s election win has “liberated” the state broadcaster from airing “propaganda” · Tisza party leader Peter Magyar, slated to become the next Hungarian Prime Minister, Budapest, April 13, 2026. ©  Jakub Porzycki / Anadolu via Getty Images · Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, has pledged to suspend the news operations of the state broadcaster following two tense interviews he gave on…

Sergey Shoigu has cautioned Finland and the Baltic states against allowing Kiev to use their airspace for attacks on Russia · Russian National Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, Moscow, Russia, February 5, 2026. ©  Aleksey Mayshev/RIA Novosti · Russia would have the right to retaliate if Finland and the Baltic states are deliberately allowing Ukrainian drones to pass through their airspace, Security Council…

A ten-day truce will begin at 5 PM EST (22:00 GMT) on Thursday following talks between the sides, the US president has announced · US President Donald Trump ©  Win McNamee / Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has announced that a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been agreed upon following talks in Washington. · In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump stated the truce would begin at 5 PM EST (22:00…