NATO Annual Report 2025: Defense Expenditure as a share of GDP. Poland leads the pack with 4.2% of GDP; the U.S. is 7th with 3.19%. www.nato.int/content/dam/...

Battle damage assessment is ongoing, but officials believe the strike, that was conducted based on joint U.S. and Israeli intelligence, likely killed Tangsiri.-Fox News

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy, Alireza Tangsiri, who directly commanded the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, was targeted in a strike overnight. At the time of the strike, Tangsiri was with his senior operational leadership at a covert naval command center in Bandar Abbas, I'm told.

Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are preparing plans for a potential “final blow” against Iran, including possible ground operations and a wave of large-scale strikes, citing two U.S. officials and two sources familiar with the matter.-Axios

⚡️ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is taking the peace negotiations with Russia seriously and that discussions would be more effective if held at the level of national leaders. 📸: Office of the President

Everything is projection. A lot more likely that Trump is the one begging for a deal, before rising oil prices result in a blue wave election in November.

Israel says it has killed Iran's navy chief overseeing Strait of Hormuz blockade www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

Losing Telegram will stop comedy. Average russian looking for answers

'Nederland haalt oude NAVO-norm ruim (2,59% bbp), handvol landen ternauwernood.' nieuws.nl/buitenland/n...

NATO: 'The Secretary General's Annual Report 2025' www.nato.int/en/about-us/...

Turkey-operated oil tanker attacked in Black Sea

'Lumumba werd urenlang gemarteld en vervolgens geëxecuteerd door een vuurpeloton geleid door een Belg.' Over de rol van België en de VS in de moord op de eerste democratisch gekozen president van Congo.

A March 3 explosion involving the tanker #Arctic #Metagaz in the Mediterranean has disrupted Russia’s efforts to export liquefied natural gas from its sanctioned Arctic #LNG 2 project, slowing shipments, stranding cargoes in the Barents Sea, and highlighting safety and regulatory challenges

Hostilities in the Middle East have yet to cease, despite Donald Trump’s claims that negotiations are underway. Local media reports that intense U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran intensified, hitting Karaj, Isfahan, and Shiraz.

9 injured as Iran fires 7 missile salvos at Israel within hours, many with cluster warheads https://www.timesofisrael.com/9-injured-as-iran-fires-7-missile-salvos-at-israel-within-hours-many-with-cluster-warheads/

❗️🇺🇦 Zelensky: “We need more funding to produce drones for ourselves. Therefore, we are ready to sell the systems we have in surplus to our partners. We do not just sell; Interceptor drones do not work without our expertise." Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/zelenskyy-ou...

For those followers who are not subscribers to The Economist: 1. Get a subscription, it is the best investment for you (and probably your career) 2. Meanwhile, ten minutes of the best bits of the interview can be seen here: youtu.be/Lggjw3OuFrw?...

UK Defence Secretary John Healey tells the BBC there is an "axis of aggression" between Russia and Iran. The “hidden hand of Putin" is in Iran.

All of us here in Ukraine have been looking forward to spring, as our enemy was not only russia but also the bitter cold in our homes. Naturally, it has become easier and warmer, BUT russians continue to rob people of both their lives and their homes. This morning, the city of Dnipro…

Drones in Estland en Letland waren Oekraïense afzwaaiers, op weg naar Russische oliehaven Ust-Luga www.bbc.com/news/article...

Over die muntjes: ik heb als journalist diverse keren verbleven op militaire bases in Afghanistan. NAVO/ISAF Kaboel hoofdkwartier (1 keer), Kandahar Airfield (3 keer), Kamp Holland (Uruzgan, 3 keer), Camp Hadrian (Uruzgan, 2 keer). Nergens douchemuntjes gezien.

among other things, this post comes as u.s. bombers loaded with cruise missiles and jdams are flying out of uk bases, with uk permission

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Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said Ukrainian crews operated Patriot air defense systems “even better than Americans,” calling it a major success. He added that US forces were now learning from Ukraine’s combat experience. #Ukraine

MEPs back EU-US trade deal after slamming it as ‘imbalanced’

BREAKING - European Parliament votes to green light EU tariff deal with the US (with conditions) For: 417 Against: 154 Abstain: 71 Vote previously delayed after Trump's threats over Greenland and US Supreme Court striking down tariffs, Now negotiations with Council

Intussen werd wel het verhaal verspreid dat de Guardian-verslaggever de minister verkeerd had geciteerd. Nee hoor, zegt de verslaggever, de citaten klopten en ze neemt altijd alles op. Oei. 2/2

Woensdag liet Boekholt-O'Sullivan aan The Guardian weten dat ze campings bedoelde waar je muntjes voor douchen en bellen gebruikte, niet bases in Afghanistan. Dat zal via de woordvoerder gegaan zijn, mag je aannemen. www.theguardian.com/society/2026... 1/2

Zelenskyy stated that the United States had approached Ukraine regarding its bases in Middle Eastern countries. He also said that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait had also reached out.

Today in Russia there are 20-25% of young people who want the destruction of Ukraine and Europe, who want to return to Soviet influence, who want to return to the idea of ​​destroying NATO. It will not just disappear.

Video Shows Super Hornet’s Near Miss After Apparent Iranian MANPADS Launch A U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet was involved in a near miss after being targeted by an apparent Iranian MANPADS system during a low altitude strafing run with the 20 mm M61 cannon. Story: theaviationist.com/2026/03/26/s...

'VS ontvangen voor het eerst sinds 2022 weer Russische parlementsleden, onder wie gesanctioneerde partijgenoot Poetin' www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/l...

'Zelenskyy notes difference in views with USA on Russia's willingness to end war.' uazmi.com/news/post/3e...

⚡️🇺🇸🇺🇦 WP: The U.S. is considering diverting key air defense missiles (like Patriot/THAAD) from Ukraine to the Middle East because the Iran war is rapidly depleting U.S. stockpiles. Future aid to Ukraine could be reduced or delayed—especially air defense.

The Guardian reports that Belarusian state media said that Belarus and North Korea have signed a treaty on "friendship and cooperation" between the two states. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

According to channel 14 (israeli fox/newsmax) the Israeli cabinet decided to push 8km into Lebanon and hold the territory as a security buffer until the full dismantling of Hezbollah. 18 military outposts to be built in the area. And so it begins (continues?)

😂 These are the drone routes Russians shows on its channels… They don't want to admit the failures of their air defense at all.

Trump: I was in Saudi Arabia, came back with $2 trillion for our country from Saudi. $2 trillion from Qatar. $2 trillion from UAE, They are great, they are all fighting. They got hit. Nobody expected they were going to get hit. #cdnpoli

Russian "Z-war correspondents" are starting to lose their cool. They're already lashing out at each other during live broadcasts. The "SMO" is going according to plan...

Until recently, Alexei Dudarev was studying the health of people who live in Russia’s northernmost regions. Last month, reports started cropping up that left colleagues dumbfounded: he had been arrested for treason.

Zeker twintig schepen hebben gebruik gemaakt van een alternatieve vaarroute om de Perzische Golf te verlaten. Die voert ze door Iraanse territoriale wateren, naar verluidt tegen fikse betaling. Er gaan ook schepen de andere kant op.

Minister van Defensie Yeşilgöz bezocht NAVO-SG Rutte in diens Brusselse residentie. Zien daar ook iets van. (foto’s: Instagram)

US embassy urges citizens to leave Iraq over attacks

🚨🚨🚨 The sanctioned tanker 🇸🇱 ALTURA (IMO 9292199), reportedly carrying about one million barrels of 🇷🇺 Russian crude oil, was reportedly hit by a UAV attack 15 nautical miles from the Bosporus Strait in the Black Sea.

BIG: Israeli media reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy commander has been killed

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky: Providing Ukraine with a loan is a position agreed upon by all EU leaders at the end of 2025. The alternative to this step is a question for the EU today. If they do not unblock it, we hope for an alternative, otherwise the Ukrainian army will be underfunded.

Cypriot authorities stress that the country is safe, wanting to prevent a possible decrease in tourist flows due to the war in the Middle East. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/kjy5

De Russische energiegiganten Gazprom en Rosneft hebben een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de indoctrinatie van met geweld gedeporteerde Oekraïense kinderen. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (@hrl-yalesph.bsky.social).

🔴 BREAKING: Russian forces attacked Dnipro, damaging a high-rise building. Preliminarily, at least five people were injured, according to local authorities.

- Oorlogsminister Hegseth bidt tijdens de Christian Prayer & Worship Service in het Pentagon tot God en vraagt 'om zijn toorn uit te storten en geweld te sanctioneren tegen degenen die geen genade verdienen'.