Iran launches missile barrage at Israel after killing of senior Iranian leaders
Iran launched a retaliatory missile attack on central Israel early Wednesday after the killings of senior Iranian officials, including Ali Larijani, in a sharp escalation of the war between Iran and Israel. Iranian state messaging and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps framed the strike as revenge for Larijani’s death, while Israeli and international reports said at least two people were killed near Tel Aviv.
March 18, 2026
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Joe Kent resigns as Trump’s counterterrorism chief over Iran war
Joe Kent, the director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s war against Iran, becoming the first senior official in the administration to step down over the conflict. In his resignation letter, Kent said he could not support the war and argued that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States. Reuters reported that the White House rejected Kent’s claim and said Trump had acted on what it described as strong evidence of an imminent danger.
March 18, 2026
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Xi’s anti corruption purge reaches top Chinese military commanders
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s long running anti corruption campaign has widened further inside the People’s Liberation Army, with senior active and retired officers absent from this month’s annual “two sessions” meetings in Beijing and growing scrutiny over the fate of some of the country’s most powerful military figures. Recent reporting says the sweep now reaches beyond procurement and internal administration into the upper command structure of the armed forces.
March 18, 2026
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Iran says Larijani killing will not destabilise state system
Iran’s foreign minister has said the killing of Ali Larijani, one of the country’s most senior security officials, will not deal a decisive blow to the Islamic Republic’s leadership, insisting the state’s political system is built on institutions rather than any one individual.
March 18, 2026
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Ukraine Deploys More Than 200 Military Experts to Gulf to Counter Iranian Drones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more than 200 Ukrainian military specialists are now deployed across the Gulf and wider Middle East to help partner governments defend against Iranian drone attacks, as Kyiv moves to turn its battlefield experience into wider security cooperation with allies.
March 18, 2026
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Israeli Strikes Hit Beirut and Southern Lebanon as Displacement Tops One Million
Israeli air strikes hit multiple areas in and around Beirut and southern Lebanon on Tuesday, as the conflict with Hezbollah deepened and the humanitarian toll climbed sharply. Lebanese authorities say more than one million people have now been displaced since the latest escalation began on March 2, while the death toll has risen to more than 880.
March 17, 2026
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Families Search for Missing Relatives After Deadly Strike on Kabul Rehab Center
Desperate families gathered outside Kabul’s Omid drug rehabilitation hospital on Tuesday, searching for missing relatives after Afghan Taliban authorities said a Pakistani air strike on the facility killed more than 400 people and wounded about 250 others. Pakistan denied targeting civilians and said its strikes were aimed at military and terrorist infrastructure.
March 17, 2026
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Palestinian Activist Leqaa Kordia Released From U.S. Immigration Detention After Year in Custody
Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian activist detained in the United States after taking part in pro-Palestine demonstrations linked to Columbia University, has been released after spending about a year in immigration custody in Texas, according to Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post and The Guardian.
March 17, 2026
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Trump Was Warned Iran Could Retaliate Against Gulf Allies, Sources Say
President Donald Trump was warned before the U.S. attack on Iran that Tehran could respond by striking American allies in the Gulf, according to Reuters, citing a U.S. official and multiple sources familiar with intelligence assessments. The report undercuts Trump’s public claim that Iran’s retaliation against Gulf states came as a surprise.