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The Iranian knot is like a gallows rope for Trump

20:56 28.02.2026

The Iranian knot is like a gallows rope for Trump

Trump gambles on war to force Iran’s capitulation. Bloody history of US interventions in region shows those launching assaults are rarely able to control outcome, ‘Financial Times’ writes. After weeks of threats and a massive US military build-up, the missiles began to rain down on Tehran on Saturday morning, the …

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi

17:01 28.02.2026

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi

On February 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi, MFA informs: The Iranian minister briefed Sergey Lavrov on IRI leadership’s steps to repel the aggression by the United States and Israel, …

Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding military aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran

16:56 28.02.2026

Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding military aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran

Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding military aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran: On the morning of February 28, US and Israeli armed forces carried out airstrikes on the territory of Iran. The scope and character of the military, political, and propaganda preparations that preceded this …

Waiting for the Lord in Joy

11:07 28.02.2026

Waiting for the Lord in Joy

What we have yesterday heard from St. Peter’s Epistle, today we see directly in the words of Jesus: “Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is... Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at …

View from Poland: The deindustrialization of Europe

11:06 28.02.2026

View from Poland: The deindustrialization of Europe

The Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry is sounding the alarm: the rate of plant and factory closures in the EU has accelerated sixfold since 2022. To date, 37 million tons of production capacity in the chemical industry alone has been closed in Europe. However, new investment is failing to offset …

FA: Europe’s next war – The rising risk of NATO-Russia conflict

11:05 28.02.2026

FA: Europe’s next war – The rising risk of NATO-Russia conflict

There will, in short, be little communication and much suspicion between NATO and Russia, ‘Foreign Affairs’ notes. This is hardly a recipe for a new long peace. Quite the opposite: the risk of a direct conflict between Russia and Western states will remain unacceptably high. With prolonged distrust, ongoing military …

Xi, Merz seek to build on economic ties amid fallout from US tariffs

11:03 28.02.2026

Xi, Merz seek to build on economic ties amid fallout from US tariffs

Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have expressed their desire to deepen economic ties between their countries during the German leader’s inaugural visit to Beijing, China’s state broadcaster reports. During a meeting with Merz, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on a visit focused on resetting trade …

Ariana News: Afghanistan attacked Pakistan's nuclear facility

11:01 28.02.2026

Ariana News: Afghanistan attacked Pakistan's nuclear facility

The Afghan armed forces have attacked a nuclear facility in Pakistan and a military base in the Abbottabad area. This was reported on February 27 by the Afghan Ariana News channel. "Hundreds of dead and injured were taken to PIMS State Hospital in Islamabad after the attacks on the Kakul …

Reuters: Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China

10:57 28.02.2026

Reuters: Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China

Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti-ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the United States deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead of possible strikes on the Islamic Republic, Reuters reports. The deal for the …

MFA: Russia has questions to Board of Peace’s Charter, mandate

12:09 27.02.2026

MFA: Russia has questions to Board of Peace’s Charter, mandate

Russia has questions to the charter and mandate of the Board of Peace that is being established at the US initiative, Kirill Logvinov, director of the Russian MFA’s international organizations department, told TASS. The diplomat recalled that the inaugural meeting of the US President Donald Trump-led Board of Peace was …

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