London [UK], March 18 (ANI): Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that around 200 Ukrainian air defence experts are currently deployed in the Middle East to help counter Iranian drone attacks, CNN reported.
Two people killed from missile attack near Tel Aviv A man and a woman have died after suffering serious shrapnel wounds in an attack on the Ramat Gan area of Tel Aviv, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service is reporting. “We saw smoke rising from a building with extensive damage and shattered glass,” MDA paramedic Inbar Green and MDA EMT Naftali Halberstadt said. “From among the debris, we saw two unconscious casualties, with no pulse and not breathing, with severe injuries to their bodies.
US targets Iranian missile sites near Strait of Hormuz with 5,000-pound bomb The United States military said Tuesday that it targeted sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz with "multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions". "The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait", the military's CENTCOM said in a statement. Hours ago, U.
CAIRO, 18th March, 2026 (WAM) -- Al-Azhar al-Sharif strongly condemns Iran's continued unjustified attacks on its Gulf neighbours-namely the UAE, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Sultanate of Oman - as well as several other Arab and neighboring countries, including Jordan, Iraq, Trkiye, and Azerbaijan.
Tehran [Iran], March 18 (ANI): Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reacted to the confirmation of Ali Larijani's assassination, calling it a 'source of national awakening', Al Jazeera reported.
(260317) -- BEIJING, March 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Nov. 15, 2024 shows Ali Larijani delivering a speech in Beirut, Lebanon. Iran's Supreme National Security Council confirmed on March 17, 2026 that its secretary Ali Larijani has been killed, Iranian media reported.
Tehran [Iran], March 18 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its 'pre-war state. In a post on X, Ghalibaf said, 'The Strait of Hormuz situation won't return to its pre-war status. ' https://x.
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the Strait of Hormuz would soon be secured, saying it 'won't be too long,' even though NATO countries would not assist in the ongoing conflict with Iran, CNN reported. 'It won't be, I don't believe, too long. We're knocking the hell out of the coast.
Amid mounting criticism from other countries and his own administration, President Trump told reporters that the U. S. didn’t need help opening the Strait of Hormuz.
(260317) -- JERUSALEM, March 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Missile debris falls after Israeli air defense systems launched interceptor missiles over Jerusalem, March 17, 2026.
Oil, war and the limits of Washingtons power The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has now entered its third week and has already become one of the most significant geopolitical events of this decade.
IRGC responds to killing of Larijani Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to the confirmation of Ali Larijani’s assassination. In a statement published by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the IRGC called Larijani a “distinguished figure, thinker [and] revolutionary politician” and emphasised that the “pure blood of this great martyr, like other dear martyrs, will be a source of honour, strength, and national awakening. ” “The IRGC will certainly not forget the bloodlust of this great martyr and other martyrs,” it added.
A U. S. attack or a move to seize control of Iran’s main oil export hub could cripple the country’s ability to profit from its natural resources.
Mr. Larijani, the top national security official and a confidante of the former supreme leader, expertly navigated Iran’s internal politics and led the brutal crackdown on protests this year.
The killing, which Iran confirmed, could embolden Iranian hard-liners, as the U. S. -Israeli bombing campaign continues.
Israeli forces kill two people in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency is reporting that Israeli warplanes have killed two people and injured six in an attack on a residential neighbourhood in the Ras al-Ain neighbourhood of Baalbek. Rescue teams are searching for survivors with three people still missing, NNA’s correspondent reported.
By wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has turned the tables on US Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 20:08 If the US fails to push Iran out of Hormuz or washes its hands of the waterway, the repercussions will ripple across global trade and finance, experts say This frame grab, taken on 12 March 2026, shows smoke emerging from the Source Blessing cargo vessel, filmed from another vessel in the Gulf, north of Dubai (Wang Shang/Handout/UGC/AFP) Off Iran spent a decade building up a shadow fleet of tankers untouched by western finance and insurance to evade US sanctions. Now, those vessels are snaking through the Strait of Hormuz while their western-affiliated counterparts are locked out of the key chokepoint. Whereas the US used its heft as the underwriter of the world’s finance system to box out foes like Iran and Russia , the Islamic Republic is using missiles and drones to do the same.
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India, said that the country wants the war to be over soon. Ackermann, while talking to ANI on Tuesday, said that Germany wants the warring parties to get to the diplomatic table. He said, 'We want this war to end sooner rather than later.
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his administration's actions in the ongoing US-Israel conflict with Iran, claiming that scrapping the Iran nuclear deal signed under former President Barack Obama prevented a potential 'nuclear holocaust.
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to the resignation of Joseph Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, stating that his exit was 'a good thing' while criticising his stance on Iran.
