Iran’s missiles, drones stored under impenetrable granite mountains

US President Donald Trump claims US forces have destroyed Iran’s missile and drone stockpiles. But since the first days of the war the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) triggered its Mosaic Defences and hid its weapons inside mountains.

Middle East conflict fallout to slow growth, push up inflation in Emerging Europe and Mediterranean region, EBRD says

Development bank says economic fallout is already spreading, through higher energy and fertiliser costs, damage to tourism and higher debt-servicing costs.

Dutch gas reserves slump to lowest level since 2018

The Netherlands’ gas in storage has dropped to its lowest level in eight years, as Europe continues withdrawing stockpiles despite warmer weather.

Iran says 39 suspected Israeli spies arrested

Iran's intelligence ministry said it had identified and arrested 39 people it described as operatives working for Israel and terrorist groups in Tehran.

Venezuela's Rodríguez woos Washington in push to free frozen IMF reserves

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez is seeking to unlock roughly $4.9bn in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) held by the country at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), frozen since 2019 amid a dispute over the country’s political status.

US quietly ships 30,000 barrels to Cuba's private sector as state blockade holds

The United States has exported roughly 30,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba's private sector since early February, Reuters revealed, disclosing for the first time a carve-out that allows private Cuban firms to receive US supplies amid an oil blockade.

Moldova accuses Russia of deliberate attacks on water and energy infrastructure

Moldovan President Maia Sandu accused Russia of deliberately targeting infrastructure in Ukraine in ways that destabilise Moldova’s water and energy systems.

Iran rejects US proposal and sets five conditions for ending war

Iran rejects a US peace proposal and sets five conditions for ending the war, including reparations, a Hormuz sovereignty guarantee and a halt to what it calls aggression, a senior official tells Press TV.

Venezuela's two most powerful women pitch competing visions to investors

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez is due to address an international investment summit in Miami on March 25, a day after opposition leader María Corina Machado made her own appeal to the energy industry at a separate Houston conference.

Iran seizes assets of exiled academic Ali Sharifi-Zarchi over alleged collaboration

Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in airstrike on Anbar military base

Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in an airstrike on a military base in Anbar province, Iraq's defence ministry says, describing the targeting of a medical facility as a violation of international law.

Israel strikes Iranian Caspian port used by Russia to supply arms, food

More evidence emerged that the CRINK alliance (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) are supplying Iran with arms on March 24, after an Israeli strike on a Caspian sea smuggling route used by Moscow to supply Tehra

EU delays Russian oil sanctions

The European Commission has removed a proposal to fully phase out Russian oil imports from its near-term agenda, delaying a key element of its RePowerEU strategy aimed at ending reliance on Moscow’s energy supplies.

Drones hit Estonian power plant chimney, crash in Latvia after Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s Primorsk

The Baltic states are experiencing spillover effects from a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Baltic seaport of Primorsk.

Haiti violence kills over 5,500 in ten months, UN says

More than 5,500 people were killed in Haiti between March 2025 and mid-January as gang violence and security operations against armed groups ravaged the Caribbean nation, the United Nations said on March 24.

‘Orban-Gate’ scandal reveals Hungarian intelligence derailed probe into operation against opposition Tisza

Hungary’s intelligence services pressured the police over an investigation into a covert, high-profile operation against Tisza Party, documents obtained by investigative news site Direkt36 show.

Ukraine threatened by potential EU sovereign bond crisis

Ukraine attacks Russia's Primorsk export terminal in effort to cut Kremlin off from windfall oil profits

Ukraine has hit Russia's largest Baltic export oil terminal at Primorsk and set it on fire in an effort to prevent the Kremlin from capitalizing on sky high oil prices due to the war in Iran.

Think-tank flags Russian meddling ahead of Bulgaria election

Centre for the Study of Democracy said Bulgaria faces sustained “information manipulation pressure” ahead of its April snap election, the eighth parliamentary vote in five years.

The Philippines declares national energy emergency

The Philippines has declared a nationwide energy emergency, becoming the first country to take such a step in response to disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict involving Iran.