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British Air Base in Cyprus Hit by Suspected Drone Strike

In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 is prepared to take off to carry out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AS1 Leah Jones/Ministry of Defence via AP)
In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 is prepared to take off to carry out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AS1 Leah Jones/Ministry of Defence via AP)
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British Air Base in Cyprus Hit by Suspected Drone Strike

In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 is prepared to take off to carry out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AS1 Leah Jones/Ministry of Defence via AP)
In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 is prepared to take off to carry out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AS1 Leah Jones/Ministry of Defence via AP)

Britain's Royal Air Force base Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the UK's Ministry of Defense said.

A Cyprus government spokesperson ⁠said that "information received through ⁠various channels indicates that it involved an unmanned drone, which caused limited damage.”

A security alert put out to residents in ⁠the vicinity of Akrotiri by the British bases administration advised residents to shelter in place until further notice 'following a suspected drone impact.’

Britain retains sovereignty over the territory of two bases on the eastern Mediterranean island, which is a member ⁠of ⁠the European Union.

RAF Akrotiri covers a sprawling, square-shaped peninsula on the southern tip of Cyprus. The last time it was directly attacked was by Libyan militants in the mid-1980s.

The incident came as Britain agreed on Sunday to allow the United States to use British military bases to fire "defensive" strikes at Iranian missile systems.

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Türkiye’s Trade Minister Says Day-trip Crossings Halted at Iranian Border

Iranian nationals arrive in Türkiye through the Razi-Kapikoy border crossing with Iran, in the province of Van, eastern Türkiye on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP)
Iranian nationals arrive in Türkiye through the Razi-Kapikoy border crossing with Iran, in the province of Van, eastern Türkiye on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP)
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Türkiye’s Trade Minister Says Day-trip Crossings Halted at Iranian Border

Iranian nationals arrive in Türkiye through the Razi-Kapikoy border crossing with Iran, in the province of Van, eastern Türkiye on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP)
Iranian nationals arrive in Türkiye through the Razi-Kapikoy border crossing with Iran, in the province of Van, eastern Türkiye on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP)

Türkiye’s trade minister said on Monday that day-trip passenger crossings at three Turkish customs gates at the Iranian border have been mutually suspended ‌but Türkiye is allowing ‌its ⁠own citizens and third-country ⁠nationals to enter from Iran.

Minister Omer Bolat said in a statement ⁠on X that ‌Iran ‌was permitting its own ‌citizens to enter ‌Iran via Türkiye, adding that commercial cargo transits at all three ‌gates continued under controlled conditions.

"All our ⁠units ⁠continue to perform their duties on high alert to ensure the uninterrupted continuation of Türkiye’s border crossing services and trade flows," Bolat said.

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Iran's Larijani Says 'Will Not Negotiate' with US

13 August 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. Photo: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
13 August 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. Photo: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Iran's Larijani Says 'Will Not Negotiate' with US

13 August 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. Photo: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
13 August 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. Photo: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Iran "will not negotiate with the United States", Ali Larijani, the head of Tehran's Supreme National Security Council said on Monday.

In a post on X, Larijani denied media reports that Iranian officials had sought to initiate talks with the Trump administration following a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which came after Tehran and Washington held nuclear negotiations.

US President Donald Trump's "delusional fantasies" have plunged the Middle East into chaos, he said.

"Trump plunged the region into chaos with his 'delusional fantasies' and now fears more American troop casualties," Larijani wrote on X.

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Argentina's Milei Wants 'Strategic Alliance' with US to be State Policy

Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks during the opening of the 144th Ordinary Session of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 01 March 2026. EPA/JUAN IGNACIO RONCORONI
Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks during the opening of the 144th Ordinary Session of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 01 March 2026. EPA/JUAN IGNACIO RONCORONI
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Argentina's Milei Wants 'Strategic Alliance' with US to be State Policy

Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks during the opening of the 144th Ordinary Session of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 01 March 2026. EPA/JUAN IGNACIO RONCORONI
Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks during the opening of the 144th Ordinary Session of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 01 March 2026. EPA/JUAN IGNACIO RONCORONI

Argentina President Javier Milei said Sunday that he wants to make the "strategic alliance" with the United States led by ally President Donald Trump a "state policy."

In a state of the nation address to parliament, the Argentine leader said "the South Atlantic is the strategic battleground of the coming decades," arguing Argentina must be a "player" in the region.

"We must create the century of the Americas: Make Americas Great Again, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego," he added, according to AFP.

Devoting the majority of his speech to his government's macroeconomic successes over the past two years, particularly in combating inflation, Milei said he wanted to press his reforms further.

He announced an ambitious package of 90 reforms in an address to parliament on Sunday, which he said would "redesign" Argentina "for the next 50 years."

The reforms are expected to address the economy, taxes, the criminal code, the electoral system, education, justice and defense, Milei said in his address, which was marked by verbal clashes with opposition lawmakers.

There will be "nine uninterrupted months of structural reforms that will reshape the institutional architecture of the New Argentina," he said.

President since 2023, Milei begins this parliamentary year in a position of political strength, bolstered by his electoral success in the midterm elections in October.