Kuwait airport suffers ‘significant’ radar system damage in Iranian drone attacks
Kuwait International Airport was targeted by multiple drone attacks that caused significant damage to its radar system but resulted in no casualties, state news agency KUNA said on Saturday, citing the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.
The authority’s spokesperson later said the attacks were carried out by Iran, its proxies, and the armed factions it supports.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 12:00
Israeli strike on media car in south Lebanon kills two broadcast journalists, says Al Manar TV
An Israeli strike on a media car in southern Lebanon has reportedly killed two broadcast journalists, according to Al Manar TV as reported by Reuters.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request by Reuters for comment on the reports.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 11:50
Ukraine’s foreign ministry denies reports that Iran ‘destroyed’ air defence depot
Ukraine’s foreign ministry has denied reports that Iran has “destroyed” an air defence depot in Dubai.
Earlier, we reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had destroyed a Ukrainian air defence depot in Dubai on Saturday, according to the Fars news agency.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 11:36
Watch: Yemen’s Houthi military spokesman claims responsibility for missile attack on Israel
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel in a statement broadcast on their media on Saturday (28 March).
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the group’s military spokesman, said the barrage targeted “sensitive Israeli military sites” in southern Israel and was coordinated with operations by Iran-backed fighters in Lebanon.
The video statement marks the Houthis’ first public confirmation of involvement in the ongoing Israeli-US war against Iran.
Yemen’s Houthi military spokesman claims responsibility for missile attack on Israel
Maira Butt28 March 2026 11:15
Iran’s president says trust needed for talks, says Pakistan
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that trust is needed to facilitate talks and mediation on the conflict in the Middle East, the prime minister’s office said on Saturday.
It said Pezeshkian had praised Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts and that the two leaders had discussed hostilities in the region and efforts to end the conflict during a call that lasted over an hour. Sharif briefed Pezeshkian on Pakistan’s diplomatic contacts with the United States and Gulf states, it said.
Pakistan has been leading negotiations between the warring nations as the Gulf countries who had originally been mediating discussions found themselves embroiled in rebuffing Iranian attacks on sites within their borders.
(AP)
Maira Butt28 March 2026 10:55
Breaking: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says missiles ‘destroyed’ Ukrainian air defence depot in Dubai, says Fars news agency
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has destroyed a Ukrainian air defence depot in Dubai on Saturday, according to the Fars news agency.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 10:44
Trump ‘has no military way out of war and Iran has better cards’: Experts warn 15 point peace plan is doomed to fail
Rubbishing the plan this week, Iranian officials described the conditions as “excessive”, “maximalist” and “unreasonable”. Senior officials who reviewed the proposal felt it only served US and Israeli interests, a source told Reuters, though adding that diplomacy is still on the table.
Analysts have told The Independent that despite US boasts of success, the war will not be ended militarily and one month since the conflict began Iran feels it has the upper hand.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 10:35
In Photos: In Pictures: Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs
Smoke rises after a reported Israeli airstrike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in the southern suburbs of Beirut (REUTERS)
The moon illuminates the sky above Beirut’s southern suburbs, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Lebanon (REUTERS)
Smoke and fog after reported Israeli airstrikes, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in the southern suburbs of Beirut (REUTERS)
Vishwam Sankaran28 March 2026 10:15
Tehran threatens to retaliate with ‘decisive and crushing’ response if infrastructure targeted
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has threatened to deliver a “decisive and crushing response” if Tehran’s key infrastructure and economic centres are targeted by the US and Israel.
“We have repeatedly stated that Iran does not carry out preemptive attacks, but in response to attacks on infrastructure and economic centers, we will deliver a decisive and crushing response to the aggressor enemy,” Pezeshkian wrote on X on Saturday.
“To the countries of the region, I say: if you seek development and security, do not allow our common enemies to orchestrate the war from your territories.”
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Maira Butt28 March 2026 10:02
Who are the Houthi rebels? And why experts are worried their involvement will be worse for shipping chaos
The Houthis, formed in the late 1990s, developed as political-religious Shia movement and launched a series of guerrilla wars against Yemen’s national army upon conception.
The rebels have developed an arsenal including ballistic missiles and armed drones capable of hitting Israel more than 1,000 miles from Sana’a.
In 2024, the rebel group launched its first sustained attacks on ships passing through the Red Sea claiming it was in retaliation for Israel’s attacks on Gaza. The onslaught disrupted global trade by striking the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which is a narrow strip of sea between Yemen and east Africa that is a key international trade route.
Experts say the Houthis, along with Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, form part of Iran’s “axis of resistance” – a military alliance built over four decades to oppose Israeli and American power in the Middle East.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 09:45