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Pelosi Positive for COVID-19, Was at White House with Biden

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reuters
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reuters
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Pelosi Positive for COVID-19, Was at White House with Biden

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reuters
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reuters

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.

Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman Drew Hammill said Thursday in a tweet. He said she had tested negative earlier in the week.

“The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided,” Hammill said.

Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly,” he said.

The 82-year-old Democratic leader’s announcement came ahead of her weekly press appearance on Capitol Hill, which was abruptly called off. The House is set to start a two-week spring recess.

Pelosi also postponed a planned congressional delegation trip to Asia she was scheduled to lead.

Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday night, the White House said in a statement Thursday.

Pelosi is not considered a "close contact," of the President's, it added, citing CDC guidelines.

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South Korea 'Closely Monitoring' Trump Call to Send Warships to Hormuz

A tanker sails in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (Reuters)
A tanker sails in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (Reuters)
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South Korea 'Closely Monitoring' Trump Call to Send Warships to Hormuz

A tanker sails in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (Reuters)
A tanker sails in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (Reuters)

South Korea said on Sunday it was paying close attention to US President Donald Trump's call for Seoul and other countries to send warships to help protect oil supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

"We are closely monitoring President Trump's remarks on social media and will carefully consider the matter in close consultation with the United States," a presidential official told AFP.

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Drone Debris Sparks Fire at Oil Facility in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, Authorities Say

Smoke is seen through the broken window of a residential neighborhood damaged by Russian aerial guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP)
Smoke is seen through the broken window of a residential neighborhood damaged by Russian aerial guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP)
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Drone Debris Sparks Fire at Oil Facility in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, Authorities Say

Smoke is seen through the broken window of a residential neighborhood damaged by Russian aerial guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP)
Smoke is seen through the broken window of a residential neighborhood damaged by Russian aerial guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP)

A fire broke out at an oil facility in Russia's Krasnodar region after debris from a downed drone fell on it, Russian authorities said on Sunday.

According to ‌preliminary reports, ‌there were no ‌casualties.

The ⁠damaged oil facility ⁠is located near Tikhoretsk, where Ukrainian drones struck an oil pumping station on Thursday. The fire ⁠had been extinguished on ‌Friday.

Authorities ‌did not clarify whether ‌it was the ‌same facility.

The Tikhoretsk hub is one of the largest oil points in southern ‌Russia and is the only supply route ⁠for ⁠petroleum products to the key Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

The attack was the latest in a series of drone strikes on the region's energy and port infrastructure.

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Iran Guards Vow to 'Pursue and Kill' Israeli Premier Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Jerusalem (archive – Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Jerusalem (archive – Reuters)
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Iran Guards Vow to 'Pursue and Kill' Israeli Premier Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Jerusalem (archive – Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Jerusalem (archive – Reuters)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war with Israel and the United States continues.

"If this child-killing criminal is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force," said the Guards on their website Sepah News.