Latest Iranian attacks on Israel 'most violent' since start of war, IRGC says The Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the 37th wave of missiles will be the "most violent" and heaviest since start of war. They noted that the barrage of attacks will continue for three hours. "The war will not stop until the threat is eliminated or the enemy surrenders completely," the IRGC said in its statement.
Iran targets air base near Tel Aviv, state-owned TV says Iranian television said that the latest wave of the country's missiles targeted an air base near Tel Aviv. According to Israeli media outlets, a rocket or shrapnel reportedly fell nearby a hospital and a military base in central Israel.
Iran launches latest round of missiles Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced the launch of a new wave of missiles and drones, amid reports that Tel Aviv has been hit, Al Jazeera is reporting.
Saudi Arabia battles wave of missiles Saudi Arabia’s ministry of defence has said that the country’s security forces are combating a wave of missiles and drones including two drones intercepted in Hafar Al-Bati and six ballistic missiles launched towards Prince Sultan Air Base. All were intercepted and destroyed, with no casualties reported.
Bahrain sounds alarm siren Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior has said that the country’s alarm siren has been activated, suggesting that the country’s defence forces are combating incoming missiles or drones. “Citizens and residents are requested to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels,” the ministry said.
Trump: US destroyed Iranian 'mine-laying' vessels The US military destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the US Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any mines laid in the Strait by Iran must be removed immediately. Trump previously said the US had "completely destroyed" 10 inactive mine-laying vessels. In apparent response to media reports that Iran had begun laying mines in the waterway, a key passage for oil shipments, Trump posted on Truth Social: "If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!
South Korea confirms US moving air defence systems to the Middle East Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 21:05 The US has a mutual defence pact with the country, but Seoul says it has no power to stop the move South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the Philippines-Korea Business Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, on 4 March 2026 (Jam Sta Rosa/Pool/AFP) Off South Korean President Lee Jae Myung confirmed on Tuesday that the US planned to pull air defence systems from his country to wage war on Iran . “We oppose the withdrawal of some US air defence weapons used for our country’s military needs, but it is also a harsh reality that we cannot completely impose our opinion,” Lee Jae Myung told his cabinet. The statement is the first public confirmation that the US has been forced to take critical air defence systems from East Asia to secure the Middle East after the US and Israel launched a war on Iran.
Explosions heard in Tehran Explosions have been heard in the Iranian capital, after the Israeli army announced it was launching a “massive” new attack, Aljazeera is reporting.
'Swinging into action:' The Saudi Arabian pipeline designed to bypass Hormuz Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 20:08 Saudi Arabia is pumping oil to the Red Sea, but this new route will not address fuel shortages and puts the Houthis back in play A handout picture provided by Energy giant Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's oil company, shows one of its engineers at Yanbu refinery in Medina province, on 16 January 2011 (Joe Lynch/Saudi Aramco/AFP) Off Oil tankers were aflame in the Gulf, and Saudi Arabia was worried Iran would cut its access to markets by closing the Strait of Hormuz. Four decades later, the desert pipeline the kingdom built in the 1980s to bypass the strait is “swinging” into action as the world faces an unprecedented plunge in oil supplies. Saudi Aramco chief executive officer Amin Nasser said on Tuesday that they are ramping up crude flows through the East-West pipeline, and it will hit full daily capacity - seven million barrels - in a few days.
Democratic senator says Trump on 'path toward deploying' US troops in Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 19:50 Richard Blumenthal spoke to reporters after a closed briefing provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, speaks to reporters after a classified briefing on the US-Israeli war on Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on 10 March 2026 (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Off Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday told reporters he believes the Trump administration is "on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran". Blumenthal was speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill after emerging from a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. This comes as the Reuters news agency, citing unnamed sources, reported on Tuesday that at least 150 US troops have been wounded in the US- Israeli war on Iran thus far.
Netanyahu tells Iranian people to ‘remove the Ayatollah regime’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote a message on his office’s official X account on Tuesday night local time, where he addressed the people of Iran, urging them to seize what he calls a “once in a lifetime opportunity to remove the Ayatollah regime and gain your freedom”. “The Ayatollah [Ali Khamenei] is no more, and I know you don’t want him replaced with another tyrant,” Netanyahu posted. “So you must act.
Close to 10,000 civilian sites destroyed by US-Israeli bombing, Iran's UN envoy says Iran's United Nations ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said on Tuesday that US and Israeli air strikes on Iran have destroyed nearly 10,000 civilian sites, including 65 schools and educational institutions, and almost 8,000 homes since the war began on 28 February. He also said that the strikes had killed more than 1,300 civilians.
Netanyahu: Israel will create special budget for Iran war In a video message addressed to the nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that Israel will devote a special budget worth tens of billions of shekels to fund Israel’s war on Iran. Netanyahu also claimed Israel’s economy remains strong despite the conflict.
Advocacy groups sue Trump administration to maintain temporary visas for Somalis Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 17:28 The temporary protected status programme is scheduled to end on 17 March A view of the sign in front of the US Department of Homeland Security in southeast Washington, DC, on 15 February 2026 (Ken Cedeno/Reuters) Off Advocacy groups on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's shutdown of the temporary protected status (TPS) programme for Somalis in the US. Three Somali TPS holders, one Somali TPS applicant, and the groups African Communities Together and Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans said in their complaint that Somalia is "currently facing a humanitarian crisis with roots that stretch back decades". "In recognition of ongoing armed conflict and other extraordinary conditions threatening the safety of Somali nationals, the United States government designated Somalia for TPS in 1991," they wrote.
Democrats demand investigation of claims US-Israeli war on Iran is biblical prophecy Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 16:39 Commanders told troops Trump was 'anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran' US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the US-Israeli war on Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on 2 March 2026 (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Off Nearly 30 Democrats in Congress are demanding an internal investigation into hundreds of complaints by US troops that the US- Israeli war on Iran has been framed to them as a biblical prophecy to hasten the return of Jesus Christ. Their letter to the Department of War's inspector general was obtained by the news site Military. com on Friday , and is signed by several progressives, including Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and Washington state Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war Two sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters that 150 US troops have so far been wounded in the war with Iran. The figure has not been previously reported and is far higher than the Pentagon's publicly disclosed figure of 8 seriously wounded US forces.
US energy secretary deletes post about Navy escorting vessel through Strait of Hormuz US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday deleted a post on X which had said the US Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian threats to attack vessels passing through the narrow waterway. "President Trump is maintaining stability of global energy during the military operations against Iran," Wright wrote on X. “The U.
Lebanon’s death toll from Israeli attacks reaches 570 The number of people killed in Lebanon since Israel’s renewed attacks on the country has risen to 570, according to a report issued by the Lebanese government’s Disaster Risk Management Unit. At least 1,444 people have also been wounded and a total of 760,000 have registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war, according to the report.
US spent $5. 6 billion on munitions in first two days of Iran war, Trump administration says US President Donald Trump's administration said it used $5. 6 billion in munitions during the first two days of strikes against Iran in a report provided to US congressional committees, a source familiar with the information said on Tuesday.
Trump reportedly wants to seize Iran's Kharg Island. He floated the idea 40 years ago Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 15:51 Trump called for the US to take over the key Iranian oil export hub as early as 1988 This handout image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, shows a view of Iran's Kharg Island, on 2 March 2026 (European Space Agency/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump mulled over taking over Iran’s oil-export hub Kharg Island as a way to assert US power in the Gulf and punish the Islamic Republic. The idea came to him nearly 40 years ago.
