28/03/2026 – 08:21Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for their first attack on Israel since the start of the war
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis confirmed that they had launched an attack on Israel for the first time during the current Israeli-US war against Iran, marking their entry to the conflict and raising the prospects of a broader regional confrontation.
The group said the attack with a barrage of missiles came after continued targeting of infrastructure in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories, adding that their operations would continue until the “aggression” on all fronts ends.
28/03/2026 – 08:14US and Iraq ‘intensify cooperation’ against pro-Iran attacks
The United States and Iraq will “intensify cooperation” to prevent pro-Iran attacks and ensure Iraqi territory is not used to launch assaults against US facilities, Washington’s embassy in Baghdad said in a statement.
“The Iraqi and US sides decided to intensify cooperation to prevent terrorist attacks and ensure that Iraqi territory is not used as a launching point for any aggression against the Iraqi people, the Iraqi Security Forces, Iraqi strategic facilities and assets, as well as against US personnel, diplomatic missions, and the Global Coalition,” the US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement posted on X.
28/03/2026 – 07:52🎥 Why Pakistan has emerged as a mediator between US and Iran
As fears of a wider regional conflict escalate following US and Israeli strikes on Iran that began in late February, Pakistan has emerged as an unexpected mediator, offering to help bring Washington and Tehran to the negotiating table.
Islamabad isn’t often called on to act as an intermediary in high-stakes diplomacy, but it’s stepped into the role this time, both because it has relatively good ties with both Washington and Tehran and because it has a lot at stake in seeing the war resolved.
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28/03/2026 – 07:30🎥 War in Lebanon ‘was imposed upon us’, PM Nawaf Salam says
In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
“This war was imposed upon us,” the Lebanese leader said, adding that Lebanon “could have avoided it” had Hezbollah not fired rockets in retaliation for the US-Israeli assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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28/03/2026 – 07:11Foreign worker wounded in drone attack on major Omani port
A drone attack on one of Oman’s main ports wounded a foreign worker, the Gulf country’s authorities said.
Two drones hit the port of Salalah in the far south of Oman, a statement carried by the country’s official news agency said, injuring the worker and causing “limited” damage to a crane.
28/03/2026 – 06:53Thai PM says reached deal with Iran for vessels to transit Hormuz Strait
Thailand has reached an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the Southeast Asian nation’s Prime Minister said.
“An agreement has been reached to allow Thai oil tankers to transit safely through the Strait of Hormuz,” Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said at a press conference, adding the development would alleviate concerns over fuel imports.
28/03/2026 – 06:52UAE says fire breaks out after Iran missile attack
UAE authorities said fires broke out at an industrial zones following an incoming missile and drone attack from Iran, with no reports of casualties.
The UAE’s defence ministry said air defences were responding to incoming cruise missiles and drones fired by Iran, as Tehran pressed strikes in the Gulf a month into the regional war.
The Abu Dhabi government media office said in a statement posted online that authorities were dealing with two fires in the area of the emirate’s Khalifa Economic Zones.
The statement said the fires had broken out due to falling debris from a “successful interception” of a ballistic missile.
28/03/2026 – 06:51Israel army reports war’s first missile attack from Yemen
Israel’s military reported a first missile launch from Yemen since the Middle East war began on February 28, after Iran’s Houthi allies threatened to join the fighting.
A military statement said Israeli forces had “identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory, aerial defence systems are operating to intercept the threat”.
It was the first such statement mentioning a launch from Yemen during the war, which has entered its second month.
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