News about military conflict
Azerbaijan has sent five trucks with humanitarian aid to Iran. The cargo was sent on behalf of Ilham Aliyev on the eve of Novruz holiday.
Joe Kent, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned after publicly stating his disagreement with President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to launch a military operation against Iran.
US President Donald Trump has called for an investigation into how Ukraine has been spending US-directed funds.
The military conflict over Iran is beginning to affect not only oil markets, but also a much less obvious segment – the global pistachio trade.
The global food market was highly vulnerable to the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, through which one third of the world’s urea exports pass. Military action in the Middle East has threatened global food security by paralyzing the production and export of critical fertilizers.
Relations between the EU and the US are once again on the verge of a deep crisis due to disagreements over security in the Strait of Hormuz, Politico reported, citing European diplomats.
Two publications, believed to be insiders, have reported the resumption of direct contacts between US President Steve Whitkoff’s special envoy and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in recent days. However, the latter denied this information.
On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei threatened Romania with an “adequate political and legal response” over that country’s decision to allow Americans to use military bases to refuel planes used in missions in the Middle East.
The U.S. administration is increasing pressure on its allies and China in an attempt to involve them in an international coalition to secure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy corridors.
Financial infrastructure and technology hubs in the Middle East have become priority targets for Iranian strikes as the regional conflict escalates. Last week, Iran officially declared banks and economic centers in the U.S. and Israel “legitimate targets.
Three U.S. refueling planes landed at Base 90 in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Sunday. They are the first planes to arrive after Romania approved America’s request to send troops to Romania to fight in the war in the Middle East.
The Chinese government is responding to sulfur supply disruptions due to conflict in the Middle East and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. The move has sharply raised shipping costs and sulfur prices, posing serious risks to the production of phosphate fertilizer needed for China’s spring planting campaign. The country imports about 47% of its sulphur, mostly from the Persian Gulf, so any disruption to transportation routes has a direct impact on domestic fertilizer production.
According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, a sharp rise in oil prices linked to the conflict in Iran could reduce global economic growth by about 0.3% and lead to higher inflation over the next year.
The global aluminum market is rapidly entering a deficit phase after one of the metal’s largest producers, Aluminium Bahrain, announced it would cut nearly 20% of its production capacity amid supply disruptions across the Strait of Hormuz due to the war in Iran.
US President Donald Trump said that after the completion of the operation in Iran, which he called “Epic Fury”, he plans to “get busy” with Cuba. He made this statement in a conversation with journalists.
The presidents of Romania and Ukraine, Nicusor Dan and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have signed a statement of intent to produce Ukrainian defense systems, including combat drones, in Romania, they said after a meeting in Bucharest.
The number of Ukrainians aged 18 to 63 years in Germany has increased by more than 50 thousand in a year, according to Logos Press.
The Middle East military conflict has caused tourism spending worldwide to drop by at least $600 million daily, according to Logos Press.
The Grand Prix stages of the world’s leading Formula 1 circuit racing in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been canceled due to the ongoing military conflict in the Persian Gulf, according to Logos Press.
The fifth year of the war will be crucial for Ukrainians who went abroad during the war. The conditions of their stay in Europe will change. Therefore, many of those who have been hesitant so far will have to make a choice: stay or return.
