Two police officers have been injured and three suspects were “neutralized,” according to local media reports A firefight broke out between police and several gunmen near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye on Tuesday, local media have reported. The building has been closed for months and is said to be unstaffed. It is unclear if it was the target of the attack. According to reports, numerous police teams were dispatched to the consulate at around 12:15 PM local time. One of the attackers, who was armed with long-barreled weapons, was killed and two others were captured after being wounded, CNN’s Turkish-language outlet reported. Two police officers were also injured in the exchange. The Anadolu news agency said that since the Israeli consulate is not operational, initial findings suggest the attack targeted Turkish police who always maintain a heavy armed presence in the area. AFP and Reuters also reported that there are currently no Israeli diplomats stat...
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Berlin should not forget the lessons of World War II, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Germany’s continued military buildup could lead to another tragedy on a global scale, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned. Last week, German media reported that male citizens who remain abroad for more than three months without prior approval could face penalties in line with a new requirement under the Military Service Modernization Act. The rule, which came into force on January 1, 2026, obliges German males between the ages of 17 and 45 to obtain permission before leaving the country for an extended period. The Defense Ministry said the measure is intended to maintain a reliable registry of individuals eligible for military service. In a post on Telegram on Monday, Zakharova noted that previously German men were required to register before going abroad only during a “state of tension” or a “state of defense,” but that the measure has now been expan...
The first deliveries of Russian crude are expected in mid-April, the island nation’s transport minister has said Sri Lanka will purchase crude oil from Russia after reaching an agreement with Moscow amid the energy crisis spurred by the Middle East conflict, the island nation’s transport minister, Bimal Rathnayake, has said. Rathnayake told TASS on Monday that “energy is our priority today,” adding that the US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered a disruption in supplies to Sri Lanka. “Russia’s deputy energy minister [Andrey Rudenko] visited Sri Lanka a few days ago. The deputy foreign minister has also visited Sri Lanka. They reached an agreement on oil supplies to the country,” Rathnayake told the news agency. 🇷🇺🇱🇰 Oil Deal Done: Sri Lanka Turns to Russia Amid Energy Crunch Colombo has reached an agreement with Moscow to begin oil supplies from mid-April, as it grapples with ongoing disruptions, Transport Minister Rathnayake has told TASS. He noted that while technical a...
Iran’s intelligence chief has been confirmed dead as missiles hit Haifa and targets in the Gulf More than 30 people have been killed across Iran, including a senior intelligence official, in the latest wave of US-Israeli strikes on the country. The escalation comes ahead of a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on key infrastructure. Meanwhile, Egyptian, Pakistani, and Turkish mediators have circulated a ceasefire proposal to which Tehran says it has formulated a response but has yet to accept. Explosions rocked Tehran on Monday, with airstrikes hitting multiple locations across the capital. Thick smoke was seen rising near Azadi Square after a strike reportedly hit the grounds of the Sharif University of Technology, which Iranian officials said was targeted with a “bunker-buster” munition. Iran said Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in one of...
Belgrade earlier said incendiary devices of “devastating power” had been discovered near the TurkStream pipeline Explosives found at the weekend near the Serbian extension of the TurkStream pipeline, which delivers Russian gas to Hungary, were US-made, the head of Belgrade’s Military Security Agency (VBA), Duro Jovanic, has said. On Sunday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that explosives of “devastating power” had been discovered several hundred meters away from the key energy infrastructure in the municipality of Kanjiza, around 10 km from the Hungarian border. Had they been detonated, they would have caused gas outages in Hungary and northern Serbia, Vucic said, adding that he had swiftly informed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of the development. Later in the day, Jovanic told a press conference that the markings on the explosives make it “unequivocally clear” that they were manufactured in the US. However, he stressed that this “in no way means that the pro...
Planet Labs’ images had provided for independent verification of damage on both sides of the conflict The US government has pressured satellite imaging company Planet Labs to stop publishing photos of the Middle East. The company said it would implement an “indefinite withhold of imagery” for pictures captured from March 9 onward, lasting at least until the conflict ends, citing a White House request. Planet Labs’ customers were informed of the policy shift via email last week. The proprietary imagery had been widely used by journalists and open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysts to verify strikes and damage on both sides. These included sites such as Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, used by US forces, and Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport. The San Francisco-based company operates a large network of micro-satellites and has contracts with several US government agencies outside the defense sector. Earlier in the conflict, it introduced a 96-hour delay before releasi...