Cuba has successfully completed the unloading of a Russian oil tanker carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil delivered as humanitarian assistance, the Cuban state energy company Union Cuba-Petroleo (CUPET) announced on Saturday, 5 April 2026. The vessel, identified as the Anatoly Kolodkin, docked at the port of Matanzas earlier in the week. The Russian Transport…

Moscow has issued a sharp condemnation of fresh missile strikes on Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), with Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declaring on Saturday that the attacks constitute an irreparable blow to the non-proliferation credibility of those responsible for launching them. “We are increasingly alarmed by reports of new missile strikes on…

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a forceful warning that any foreign military vessel approaching the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of the stated pretext, will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and met with severe consequences. The declaration, made by the IRGC’s public relations department on 12 April 2026, marks a significant…

High-stakes negotiations between the United States and Iran, held in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, have stalled following a breakdown in trust and an irreconcilable dispute over control of the Strait of Hormuz, raising fresh concerns over the durability of the current ceasefire and the broader prospects for a lasting peace agreement. Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a stark warning on Saturday, 4 April 2026, stating that radioactive fallout resulting from repeated strikes on Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) would devastate the capitals of Persian Gulf states — not Tehran — should the attacks continue. The warning came hours after the Atomic Energy Organization of…

The nuclear risk surrounding Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is escalating at an alarming rate, with Rosatom Chief Executive Alexey Likhachev warning on Saturday that the probability of a catastrophic nuclear incident is growing with each passing day, following a confirmed strike on the facility’s physical protection circuit that claimed the life of at least…

TEHRAN — Iran’s military command announced on Sunday that a United States rescue operation mounted to recover the crew of a downed F-15E fighter-bomber has ended in failure, with Iranian air defences destroying two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 military transport aircraft in the south of Isfahan province. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the…

TEHRAN — Iran’s military command announced on Sunday that a United States operation to recover the pilot of a downed F-15E fighter-bomber had ended in failure, with Iranian air defences shooting down two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 military transport aircraft in the south of Isfahan province. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Khatam…

Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaee Sarraf, has issued a scathing condemnation of what he described as a deliberate and coordinated campaign by the United States and Israel to destroy Iran’s academic and scientific infrastructure, revealing that more than 30 Iranian universities have been struck since the onset of the current conflict,…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a stark warning on Saturday, stating that radioactive fallout resulting from repeated strikes on Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) would devastate the capitals of Persian Gulf states — not Tehran — should the attacks continue. The warning came hours after the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) confirmed…