A ship is burning in the Mediterranean Sea, presumably the Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Arctic Metagaz (IMO: 9243148), writes maritime OSINT analyst HI Sutton , the Greek media Naftemporiki , as well as the specialized publication gCaptain . Updated 4 March 11:40. The Russian Ministry of Transport confirmed a fire on the ship. The agency claims that the gas carrier was attacked by Ukrainian unmanned boats from the coast of Libya.

At least 368 domain records have been removed from the Russian National Domain Name System (NDNS). This is reported by the “In Connection” project, which monitors the state of Internet connections and blocking in Russia. The DNS Monitor database , developed by On Connection, currently contains 2821 domain names, and the list is regularly expanding. Of these, some domains have already been deleted by various Russian DNS providers.

The leaders of Russia and Hungary, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, during a telephone conversation discussed the fate of Hungarian citizens who were mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine and were captured by Russia, the Kremlin reported . Whether there is an intention to transfer them to Budapest is not specified.

An international team of scientists has published the results of excavations at the Birds of Paradise (BOP) swamp complex in northwestern Belize in the journal PNAS. It turned out that while the large Mayan cities fell into disrepair, a small settlement in the swamps continued to exist until the 14th–15th centuries - that is, about 400 years after what is commonly called the “classical collapse” of this civilization.

News The Insider March 3, 2026 After Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Gulf countries, Qatar issued a tough statement, promising that Tehran "will have to pay the price." The remaining five countries emphasize their “right of reply.” Experts interviewed by The Insider disagree on whether these statements will translate into actual military action.

The US State Department announced the evacuation of some of its diplomats and their families from Middle Eastern countries amid the war in the region. We are talking about American representative offices in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan, Reuters reports . Earlier, the United States embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia suspended operations. At night, the diplomatic mission building in Riyadh was attacked by drones.

Israeli intelligence secretly remotely monitored the streets of the Iranian capital for years, which allowed them to plan the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, sources say in The Financial Times. The real-time image was transmitted encrypted to servers in Tel Aviv in southern Israel. According to the interlocutors, one of the cameras was aimed at the parking lot near Khamenei’s residence on Pasteur Street.

News The Insider March 3, 2026 Iranian Council of Experts. Photo: Washington Institute for Near East Policy The election of Iran's new supreme leader to replace slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "will not take much time," a spokesman for the Council of Experts, the body that must choose the leader, said Tuesday. Al Arabiya reports this with reference to the Iranian news agency ISNA.

News The Insider 3 March 2026 After Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at multiple countries in the Persian Gulf, Qatar responded with a strongly worded statement, promising that Tehran “will have to pay a price.” Five other Gulf states also expressed their right to respond, but experts interviewed by The Insider differ on whether those statements portend real military action.

The escalation of the Middle East conflict has caused a sharp rise in energy prices. Brent oil is trading at $85 per barrel - this is the highest level since July of the year before last. Transportation through the Strait of Hormuz, through which the world receives 20% of all raw materials, was effectively suspended after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Most ships avoid this waterway due to safety concerns.

Trump announced at a White House press conference a complete severance of trade relations with Spain and instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cease all business contacts with Madrid. According to the president, the decision was made in response to the refusal of the Spanish authorities to provide the American military with bases in the country to carry out attacks on Iran: “Spain behaved terribly. Spain told us we couldn't use their bases - and ok, we don't need them.

News The Insider March 3, 2026 #Military report In today's summary: On the Seversky ledge there are fierce oncoming battles on the right bank of the Seversky Donets River In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops are developing an offensive north of the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration In the southern Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian military, as a result of counterattacks, took control of 20 square meters.

France intends to send anti-missile and anti-drone defense systems, as well as a frigate, to Cyprus. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Cyprus News Agency. According to CNA, French President Emmanuel Macron notified Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides of this on the morning of March 3. An anonymous source in the Cypriot government confirmed this information to Reuters. The French Ministry of Defense has not yet commented.

The Izmailovo Court of Moscow satisfied the claim of the city prosecutor's office and for the second time transferred 272 paintings and memorial items from the collection of Nicholas Roerich and his sons, Svyatoslav and Yuri, into Russian ownership, TASS reports . The works were at the center of proceedings in connection with the criminal case of the former chairman of the board of Master Bank, Boris Bulochnik.

Security forces intend to add charges of treason to the case of Kaliningrad lawyer Maria Bontzler. This was reported by the “Word to Defense” project with reference to Bonzler’s son, Vyacheslav Medkov. According to him, Bontzler was informed about this by investigators in her case.