🔊 "A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force completed a wave of intelligence-based strikes in Beirut against several command centers belonging to the Hezbollah," the IDF said.

💬 “We will… resolutely fight against separatist forces aimed at Taiwan’s independence and oppose external interference so as to promote peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and advance the cause of national reunification,” Chinese Premier Li Qiang said in a report at the opening of the National People’s Congress.

"The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran's shores. Frigate Dena, a guest of India's Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning. Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

💬 "The [US] tanker was hit this morning in the northern part of the Persian Gulf by the IRGC naval forces and now [the vessel] is on fire," the IRGC stated.

💬 "What is currently unfolding in the Middle East as a result of the aggression of Israel and the United States against Iran <...> [it] is indeed fraught with colossal consequences, negative consequences for the whole world, for global stability and the global economy," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the ambassadors’ round-table.

Anchorage agreements are the starting point for Russia in negotiations with the US on the Ukraine settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the ambassadors’ round-table.

"The situation is indeed becoming more difficult for Europeans with each passing day. This applies both to citizens in terms of household energy bills, and to industry."