Germany described the conflict as an economic ‘catastrophe’

The U.S. Postal Service has announced it is seeking a temporary 8% increase on some mail and parcel deliveries to combat rising transportation fuel costs.

“Transportation costs are rising, and our competitors have responded with multiple surcharges,” USPS said in a statement.

Delivery giant UPS imposed fuel surcharges in the United States in early March, and FedEx also frequently updates its fuel surcharges based on US gasoline prices.

If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the price hike will come into effect from April 26.

Australia has temporarily barred visitors from Iran from entering the country.

This ban has become effective from today, Thursday.

In announcing the ban, the government said there was a greater risk of Iranians being unwilling or unable to leave due to the war in Iran.

The ban prevents Iranians holding a certain type of visitor visa (subclass 600) from traveling to Australia for six months.

You can read more about the Australian ban on visitors from Iran here.

Russia is close to completing the delivery of a batch of drones to Iran financial Times Report.

The Britain-based newspaper quoted two unnamed officials as providing the intelligence.

“The delivery process began in early March and was expected to be completed by the end of the month,” foot Informed.

It is unclear what type of drones Russia was sending. foot Said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in early March that it was “100% fact” that Iran used Russian-made Martyr drones to target US bases in the Middle East.

According to the Atlantic Council think-tank, Russia and Iran are expanding “drone technology and production know-how” by 2022.

Russia now produces its own version of the Shaheed drone, originally developed by Iran.

So Wall Street Journal Last week there were reports that Russia is providing satellite imagery and better drone technology to Iran.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has described Iran as an economic “catastrophe”.

“To make it clear, this war is a catastrophe for the world’s economies,” Pistorius told reporters in Australia on Thursday.

He emphasized that Germany was not consulted before the war began and that it was not Germany’s war.

Pistorius said, “Nobody asked us before. This is not our war and so we don’t want to get into that war.”

He said that Germany was ready to help in any kind of peace and appealed for an armistice as soon as possible.

Pistorius is on a week-long visit to the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia.

Welcome to the 26th day of our reporting and analysis of the war in Iran and its global consequences.

Before you find out what’s happening on Thursday, you should probably know what’s happening on Wednesday:

• Iran rejects US 15-point plan to stop war in Middle East
• Instead, it issued its own counterproposal via state TV. This includes stopping the killings of its officials, ensuring that no other war is waged against it, reparations for the war, cessation of hostilities, and Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
• Iran’s foreign minister later told state TV, “There have been no negotiations with the enemy so far and we are not planning any negotiations.”
• America’s plan was sent to Iran through Pakistan
• Officials there said the US plan includes sanctions relief, rolling back Iran’s nuclear program, limits on missiles and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

If you missed any of our coverage It was Iran’s Wednesday, you can watch it here.