Blast Rocks Tehran After Israeli Threat
Sri Lanka returns remains of Iranian sailors
Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry says the remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a U.S submarine attack on March 4 have been handed over to Iranian representatives to be repatriated.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Thushara Rodrigo said the ministry completed the procedure for repatriating the remains of foreigners and handed over the bodies of the crew members from Iranian warship IRIS Dena.
They will be flown to Iran from Hambantota airport in southern Sri Lanka on Friday, he said.
Dubai’s DIFC damaged after reported drone interception
A building at the Dubai International Financial Center sustained damage Friday after what authorities described as a “successful interception.”
The building, known as the DIFC Innovation Hub, bore fire damage Friday morning, with pieces of its facade torn away.
The Dubai Media Office earlier described the incident as “a successful interception.” It did not elaborate on what had been intercepted, nor did it acknowledge the damage done to DIFC.
Israeli military destroys bridge in south Lebanon
The Israeli military says it has destroyed a bridge on the Litani River in south Lebanon.
The military’s Arabic spokesman posted on X that the bridge destroyed in the village of Zrariyeh was used by Hezbollah fighters to move between the areas south and north of the river.
The military added that Hezbollah forces near the bridge fired rockets into Israel during the current Israel-Hezbollah war.
Heavy airstrikes hit Tehran on Friday
Heavy airstrikes hit Iran’s capital, Tehran, Friday morning just before rallies were to begin for the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day.
Two Killed by Falling Drone in Oman
Two people have been killed in Oman after the downing of a drone in Sohar province, Oman’s state news agency is reporting.
Citing a security source, the report said the drone came down in the al-Awahi industrial area, causing injuries in addition to the two deaths of expat workers.
57 injured in missile attack on Israel
Israeli ambulance service raises the number of people in Zarzir who were lightly injured by glass hards to 57, along with the woman who was moderately injured by shrapnel from the Iranian missile attack, The Times of Israel has reported.
Israel says it hit ‘more than 200 targets’ in Iran
The Israeli army has claimed to hit “more than 200 targets in western and central Iran” in the past day, international media reported.
Trump issues new threat to Iran online
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat online to Iran, writing: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.”
Trump made the post Friday on his Truth Social website, saying that “Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth.”
Debris from interception causes fire in Dubai
Thick black smoke rose over Dubai’s skyline early Friday after what authorities described as a fire in an industrial area of the city-state.
An Associated Press journalist saw the fire in Dubai’s Al Quoz neighborhood. Bystanders gathered to watch the smoke from the blaze.
Police stopped an AP journalist from going closer to the site of the blaze, which was in a cul de sac.
"....Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth..." US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social.