The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and its representatives use radio communications to warn ships that no ships can cross the strait. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the EU mission to protect European ships in the Red Sea ASPIDES. These reports are also confirmed by the British maritime agency UK Maritime Trade Operations. Iranian authorities have not yet officially announced the closure of the strait.

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to integrate its AI tools into the military information systems. The head of the company, Sam Altman, announced this on Twitter the night before. According to Altman, the tools developed by OpenAI will also be used in the Pentagon’s “secret network.” As part of the agreement, the company allowed the Pentagon to use its AI models for any lawful purpose.

News The Insider February 28, 2026 Photo: consequences of the attack on Tehran / AP Photo Israel and the United States launched a joint strike on Iranian territory on the morning of February 28. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Operation Roar of the Lion. According to media reports, the strikes could continue for up to four days. Their main target now, according to the IDF, is military installations in western Iran.

Previously, Kuwait suspended all flights to Iran after the Israeli attack on the country and the closure of the country's airspace. In addition, flights flying through Iranian airspace in transit were delayed. Israel's strikes on Iran were carried out on the morning of February 28 in coordination with the United States. The strikes come amid tensions that have been rising during negotiations over Iran's nuclear program over the past couple of weeks.

As a result of Israeli strikes on Iran, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammed Pakpour, and the country's Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh were killed. This was reported by Reuters citing sources. The deaths of Pakpour and Nasirzadeh were previously announced by Israeli officials and media.

The head of the office of the President of Ukraine and a member of the negotiating team, Kirill Budanov, said that Russia, during the last stage of negotiations on a truce in Ukraine, agreed to security guarantees for Ukraine from the United States. Budanov said this on air at a national telethon; he was quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society said at least 201 people were killed and 747 were injured of varying severity as a result of American and Israeli strikes on Iranian territory. These figures are cited by Iranian media and Reuters. 24 of 31 Iranian provinces were hit by shelling. The agency, citing eyewitnesses, reports that residents of Tehran are trying to leave the city as soon as possible, since it is especially unsafe to be there. Local authorities are also calling for this.

Al Jazeera reports about explosions in Qatar and Bahrain . They came after IDF reports that Iran had re-launched missiles. These Gulf countries are home to US military bases. Over Qatar, according to Al Jazeera, an Iranian missile was intercepted by air defense systems, and explosions are reported from Bahrain. Bahrain News Agency writes that the US Fifth Fleet Service Center came under rocket fire. It is located in Manama, the capital of the country.

By Jan. 31, Ukraine had introduced emergency measures to counter Russian use of Starlink terminals. The first step was to impose speed-based restrictions, with signals blocked at speeds above 90 kph. On Feb. 2, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced a whitelist system, saying that all unregistered devices would be disconnected from the service. Terminal verification is a fairly simple process.

Journalist of the YouTube channel “Editorial” Karina Mukhutdinova published a video on her Telegram channel that shows the fire brigade leaving the scene of the events, the fire and smoke are not noticeable. She drew attention to the fact that the city authorities did not block traffic in the area of ​​the fire. Dubai Media Office reports that the fire has already been contained, the area has been cordoned off, and four victims have already been taken to hospitals.

SOCIETY Nikita Aronov 28 February 2026 Mortality in Russia is rising, and the funeral industry is expanding right along with it — making the sector one of the few that has shown stable growth in the country since the war began. In the first half of 2025, at least 916,000 people died in Russia, a figure that is higher in per capita than that of the pre-COVID years. Now, however, the dead are increasingly young, and the causes of death are increasingly unrelated to illness.

US President Donald Trump confirmed US participation in strikes against Iran. This is according to an eight-minute video he posted on Truth Social. In his address, Trump said that the US military had begun “full-scale military operations” in Iran: “Our goal is to protect the American people by eliminating the immediate threats from the Iranian regime, a brutal group of very terrible people.

The official statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry was published on the department’s website: “The scale and nature of the military-political and propaganda preparations that preceded this reckless step, including the deployment of a large US military group to the region, leave no doubt that this is a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent UN member state in violation of the fundamental principles and norms of international law.

Today, Boyarsky and Sobchak are together again: the MP has proposed labeling critics of the state-backed messaging app Max as “foreign agents,” while Sobchak urges her 1.5 million Telegram followers to switch to the new Russian platform. Sergei Boyarsky supports blocking not only messaging apps operating beyond Kremlin authorities’ control, but also films that discredit the values of a “strong family.” According to the legislator , “Family is the most important thing in any person’s life.

Mortality in Russia is rising, and the funeral industry is expanding right along with it — making the sector one of the few that has shown stable growth in the country since the war began. In the first half of 2025, at least 916,000 people died in Russia, a figure that is higher in per capita than that of the pre-COVID years. Now, however, the dead are increasingly young, and the causes of death are increasingly unrelated to illness.