ABU DHABI, 5th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the attempted targeting of the Republic of Trkiye with an Iranian ballistic missile. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) air defense systems successfully destroyed the missile before it reached Turkish territory.
(260304) -- TEHRAN, March 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People protest against U. S. and Israeli military attacks on Iran in Tehran, Iran, on March 4, 2026.
The measure, passed largely along party lines, would halt US military action until approved by Congress.
Washington DC [US], March 5 (ANI): The United States said that more than 17,500 American citizens have safely returned from the Middle East since February 28, as Washington stepped up evacuation and assistance efforts amid escalating security concerns in the region.
NATO downed a missile fired by Iran at Turkey, and a U. S. sub sank an Iranian Navy ship off Sri Lanka, thousands of miles from the war zone.
Three high-quality polls taken after the United States and Israel launched their attack Iran on Saturday show that a majority of Americans are not on board with the military action.
(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images) Former World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and two other Russian players made it out of Dubai and will play in the BNP Paribas Open after travel plans were thrown into chaos amid the United States' and Israel's attacks on Iran, according to multiple reports.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian official categorically denied earlier media reports that Tehran has sent message to the US.
Iranian strike kills 11-year-old Iranian in Kuwait Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 21:10 The incident marks a new phase in the US-Israeli war on Iran as Gulf nations face the brunt of Iran's retaliation Mourners carry the coffin of Alna Abdullah, 11, ahead of her burial in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on 4 March 2026 (Screengrab) Off An 11-year-old girl in Kuwait was killed in her home when the remnants of an Iranian rocket hit a residential building in Al-Asimah, the capital governorate. The health ministry said doctors tried to resuscitate Alna Abdullah for nearly 30 minutes before she was declared dead in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Four other members of Abdullah's family present in the home did not sustain any serious injuries.
Nearly every Republican voted to block a measure that would require that President Trump win authorization from Congress to continue the offensive in the Middle East.
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.
Experts say backing Iran’s ethnic communities could ‘open up a hornet’s nest’ and increase risk of chaotic civil war Intense waves of airstrikes have hit dozens of military positions, frontier posts and police stations along northern parts of Iran’s border with Iraq in what appears to be preparation by US and Israel for a new front in their war. A US official with knowledge of the discussions between Washington and Kurdish officials said the US was ready to provide air support if Kurdish peshmerga fighters crossed the border from northern Iraq. Continue reading...
Tensions soar as Hegseth and Rubio feud over US troops in Iran Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 21:30 US Secretary of State is warning against deploying troops as Hegseth takes a hawkish turn US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth look on during a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House, on 3 March 2026 (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP) Off Tensions are rising between US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the US’s approach to the war on Iran , three former US officials and a senior regional official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. Rubio and Hegseth were described as “at each other's throats” over the question of whether the US should deploy troops to Iran at Israel’s request, the sources told MEE. Hegseth is supportive of the position, while Rubio is deeply wary of entangling the US in a long war, the sources told MEE.
At least 80 people on board the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena were killed after the vessel was attacked and sunk by the U. S. submarine in the Indian Ocean off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arun Hemachandra said Wednesday.
MANAMA, 5th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) announced that its air defence systems have continued to intercept successive waves of Iranian terrorist aggression.
Washington DC [US], March 5 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions in West Asia, the White House said that the 'rogue Iranian terrorist' regime is being 'absolutely crushed' under the Operation Epic Fury, as President Donald Trump has set clear objectives to raze Tehran's missile industry and annihilate its navy.
(260304) -- TEL AVIV, March 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People go down to take shelter in an underground parking lot during an air raid siren in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 4, 2026. At least two people were injured in central Israel during two joint missile and rocket attacks launched by Iran and Hezbollah on Wednesday, as Israeli forces carried out a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon.
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Many civilians in the Iranian capital have been killed and the city has suffered heavy damage, according to Tehran bureau chief Hami Hamedi The city of Tehran has been subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by US and Israeli forces, with the strikes targeting multiple government and public sites acro
Hundreds have been killed as the city is battered by wave after wave of attack, according to RT's bureau chief Hami Hamedi The city of Tehran has been subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by US and Israeli forces, with the strikes targeting multiple government and public sites across the Iranian ca
