The US has reportedly asked the NATO member to help intercept strikes on American bases in the Middle East Poland will not relocate its American-made Patriot air defense missile systems to the Middle East to help the US intercept attacks from Iran, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said.
PMF says strike on Tal Afar brigade killed commander, wounded four Iraq’s Iran-aligned Popular Mobilisation Forces said one of its units in Tal Afar, northern Iraq, was hit by what it described as a “double US-Israeli air strike”. In a statement, the group said the attack killed the commando battalion commander and another soldier, while four others were injured. Reports of similar incidents have emerged amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, with strikes targeting PMF positions in Iraq’s Nineveh province.
Tehran [Iran], April 2 (ANI): Kamal Kharazi, a senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader, sustained injuries during a US-Israeli strike on the Iranian capital, CNN reported, citing the country's semi-official Mehr News Agency. 'In today's bombing of residential homes in Tehran by the American-Zionist enemy, Dr Kamal Kharazi was injured,' Mehr stated in its report on Wednesday.
Iraqi group says it carried out 41 attacks on US bases The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it launched 41 operations targeting US bases in Iraq and across the region. In a statement on Telegram, the group said it used dozens of drones in the attacks carried out today.
Iranian leader says Israel will fight 'to last US tax dollar', as US weighs invasion Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 04/01/2026 - 21:10 President Masoud Pezeshkian's letter to the American people comes just before Trump is expected to make an announcement about the war Smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran, on 1 April 2026 (AFP) Off Israel plans to fight Iran “to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar”, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote in an open letter released on Wednesday, hours before US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a primetime address on the war. Pezeshkian's letter, addressed to the American people and published on PressTV, says that they were being fed an image of Iran crafted by a “machinery of misinformation” and how portraying Iran as a threat was "neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts”. “Iran has never initiated a war,” he wrote.
We look at what has changed, and what hasn’t, as a result of the joint U. S. -Israeli war against Iran.
Hezbollah claims rocket and drone attacks on Israeli positions Hezbollah said its fighters launched a rocket barrage targeting the Nahariyya settlement in northern Israel, as well as artillery fire at Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the Shomera area. In a separate statement, the group said it twice targeted Israeli troops in the town of al-Bayyadah in southern Lebanon, using rockets and a drone.
Israel says over 400 strikes carried out in Tehran in two days The Israeli military said it has carried out more than 400 air strikes in Tehran over the past two days. In a statement, the army said around 650 munitions were used in strikes targeting what it described as infrastructure linked to the Iranian government. It added that overnight attacks hit dozens of sites in the capital, including about 15 weapons production facilities, among them a complex affiliated with Iran’s defence ministry.
Washington, DC [US], April 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump is set to provide an 'operational update' on the progress of 'Operation Epic Fury' during a national address scheduled for 9 PM Wednesday (US local time), a White House official told The Daily Wire. The official noted that the ongoing military operation is currently 'meeting or exceeding all of its benchmarks' as it enters a critical phase.
Bhairahawa [Nepal], April 2 (ANI): Nepal repatriated nine bodies of migrant workers from Kuwait whose bodies had been stranded due to the ongoing West Asia conflict. Along with the bodies, hundreds of stranded migrant workers were also rescued from the Gulf region.
Tehran [Iran], April 1 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday extolled the sacrifice and martyrdom of senior Iranian armed forces leaders as the conflict in West Asia enters into its second month.
The war with Iran has not yet resolved any of Israel's regional conflicts in the way its prime minister suggested it would.
IEA, IMF and World Bank form group to address war’s economic impact The heads of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said they will form a coordination group to respond to the economic and energy fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran. In a joint statement, the organisations said the group will assess the scale of the impact across countries, coordinate responses and mobilise support for those most affected.
Trump mulls Nato withdrawal, stopping weapons to Ukraine over Europe's response to Iran war Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 04/01/2026 - 19:33 US president threatens to quit decades-old European alliance, as he fails to address Iran's control of Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump, right, speaks with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 21 January 2026 (Mandel Ngan/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump plans to lambast Nato in his address at the White House on Wednesday night local time, in the latest sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is causing fissures in the West's premier alliance. Trump will announce during his primetime address that he is considering withdrawing from Nato, out of disgust with the alliance's response to Iran’s wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz, he told Reuters. Trump told Reuters he was “absolutely without question” considering withdrawing from the alliance.
War shows little sign of easing despite Donald Trump claiming Iranian leadership ‘just asked’ for ceasefire Israel unleashed two waves of attacks on Tehran and said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Wednesday with little sign of the war easing up despite Donald Trump repeating a claim that Iran’s leadership was seeking a ceasefire. The US president, writing on social media, said that Iran’s president had “just asked” for a ceasefire, and that American troops would be “out of Iran pretty quickly”, as he sought to extricate the US from the war. However, he confused the picture by incorrectly describing the president as a “new regime” leader.
British and Australian citizens are paying the price for a war that their leaders refuse to condemn The leaders of the UK and Australia have told their citizens to cut fuel consumption and prepare for months of hardship as a result of the US-Israeli war with Iran. But Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese couldn't bring themselves to name who's responsible.
Washington DC [US], April 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) claimed that Iran has asked US for a ceasefire. He said that Washington would consider it once the Strait of Hormuz is open. He made the remarks in a post on Truth Social and said that if the Strait of Hormuz is not open, US would continue bombing the country.
The slow-moving A-10 “Warthog” is a close-air support plane that could be used to help U. S. ground forces seize territory near the Strait of Hormuz.
US offers $3m reward for information on Iraq attacks The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme has called for information on recent attacks targeting US diplomatic sites in Iraq. In a post on X, it referred to strikes on the US Embassy in Baghdad, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and the US Consulate General in Erbil. The programme offered a $3m reward for information on those responsible, including Iran-aligned armed groups.
The Iranian-aligned militia, Kataib Hezbollah, is pressing for the release of members detained by the Iraqi government in exchange for freeing the journalist, Shelly Kittleson.
