News about military conflict

US President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the terms of the ceasefire and again threatened Tehran with the destruction of the country’s critical infrastructure, including bridges and power plants. Iranian authorities, in turn, accused the United States of violating the truce after the U.S. military seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.

The investigation into the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022 is still ongoing. German authorities suspect a group of Ukrainians in this sabotage, one suspect was detained in Italy and extradited to Germany. Investigative journalist Bojan Panchevski offers a new version – he claims that he personally met with the organizers and perpetrators and learned how the operation was planned and carried out.

The world economy missed 500 million barrels of oil due to supply disruptions from the Middle East. Losses from lost trade are estimated at about $50 billion.

Iran has not yet agreed to the next round of talks because of the naval blockade and excessive demands from the US.

American President Donald Trump yesterday formulated two ultimatums at once. First, he announced that he had banned Israel from bombing Lebanon, and soon wrote on his social network Truth Social that NATO should “stay out” of the unblocked Strait of Hormuz.

Due to the Gulf War, the inaction of the U.S. Federal Reserve and tightening policies in Europe and Asia-Pacific, some currencies are pulling away from the weakening U.S. dollar.

Bitcoin traded near $74,700 in Asian morning hours on Friday, down 0.4% in 24 hours but up 3.5% for the week as a 10-day rally in global stock markets paused ahead of the expiration of a truce between the U.S. and Iran next week.

US President Donald Trump said it “looks very good” that the United States and Iran will reach an agreement to end the war and that US and Iranian representatives could meet this weekend.

European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius said at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Security and Defense that the first tranche of military aid to Ukraine, which will be transferred within the framework of the EU’s 90bn-euro loan, will be used to purchase Ukrainian-made drones.

The head of the International Energy Agency warned Thursday that Europe has only six weeks of jet fuel reserves because of ongoing problems in the aviation industry caused by the crisis in the Middle East.

The leaders of Israel and Lebanon will hold their first talks in more than 30 years on April 16. The location of the meeting and the names of the participants were not disclosed.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that a second round of talks with Tehran could take place in the next two days. The first round of consultations, which took place over the weekend in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, ended in failure.

Not a single vessel has been able to break the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in the 24 hours since it began, Logos Press reported, citing RBC.

Japan plans to buy Kazakhstan’s oil to partially replace supplies from the Middle East.

According to Reuters, U.S. and Iranian delegations could return to Islamabad for peace talks as early as this week.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be effective April15.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned that any Iranian vessels that violated a U.S. naval blockade imposed on Monday would be “immediately destroyed”, escalating tensions amid a fragile truce after Pakistan-brokered talks failed to produce a peace deal on the Iranian conflict.

Prior to the war in Ukraine, Latvian and Lithuanian ports served Belarusian cargoes, including exports of mineral fertilizers. Therefore, the Lithuanians recently received an unambiguous signal from the United States to start negotiations with Lukashenka.

The dollar has surged, oil is back above the $100 mark, and U.S. stock futures have fallen. Trump warns that oil and gasoline prices could remain high until after the midterm elections. The blockade of Iranian ports risks spreading the war to the high seas.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the blockade of maritime traffic to Iranian ports will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET (5:00 p.m. CT) on April 13.