LIVE: NATO Defenses Intercept Missile Heading Toward Turkey
NATO Strongly Condemns Iran's Alleged Targeting of Turkey After Missile Incident
NATO on Wednesday condemned Iran's "targeting" of member country Turkey after Ankara said a missile heading towards its airspace had been destroyed by alliance defence systems.
Starmer Highlights US Planes Departing UK Bases as "Special Relationship in Action"
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday defended his handling of the US-Israeli air campaign against Iran after President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack over his initial refusal to allow allow the Americans to use UK air bases.
Israel says it has begun a wave of attacks in southern Lebanon
Earlier on Wednesday Israel ordered the evacuation of a swathe of southern Lebanon, including the city of Tyre, telling residents to move north of the Litani River on a third day of full-blown hostilities with the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Report of a container ship struck off Oman
An agency of the U.K. military, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, says the ship had a fire in its engine room. It says the vessel was heading east through the Strait of Hormuz when it was hit by an unknown projectile.
Turkey talks with Iran over intercepted missile
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has spoken by phone with his Iranian counterpart after an Iranian ballistic missile that was detected heading toward Turkish airspace Wednesday was intercepted.
During the call with Abbas Araghchi, Turkey stressed that “all steps that could escalate the conflict and contribute to its spread” must be avoided, a Turkish official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government protocol.
Iran wants Iraq to lean on opposition groups
An Iraqi official says a senior Iranian official requested that Iraq take measures to prevent Iranian opposition groups based there from breaching the border.
A statement says Ali Bagheri, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the request in a call with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassim al-Araji.
Sirens again in Israel
Sirens have gone off in Jerusalem and elsewhere for simultaneous launches from Lebanon and Iran.
NATO Defenses Intercept Missile Heading Toward Turkey
NATO defense systems have intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran as it headed toward Turkey’s airspace, the Turkish defense ministry said.
A ministry statement said the missile was detected after crossing the Iraqi and Syrian airspace and was intercepted by NATO units stationed in the eastern Mediterranean.
Debris from the missile fell into a district of Hatay province, near the border with Syria. There were no casualties.
“Every step taken to defend our territory and airspace will be taken resolutely and without hesitation,” the defense ministry said. “We remind all parties that we reserve the right to respond to any hostile actions against our country.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, said in a post on X it had detected no damage to facilities containing nuclear material in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint assault on the country on Saturday.
The IAEA added that it saw no radiological release risk at this time.
It gave the following details:
- Damage to two buildings is visible near Isfahan nuclear site.
- No additional impact is reported at Natanz nuclear site after previously reported damage at entrances.
- No impact at other nuclear sites, including Bushehr.
Sri Lanka recovers 'a few bodies' after Iran warship sinking
Sri Lanka's navy has recovered "a few bodies" of Iranian sailors on board a frigate that sank off the island's southern coast after what crew members reported as an explosion, a spokesman said Wednesday.
"We have found a few bodies from the area where the ship had gone down," local navy spokesman Buddhika Sampath told reporters in Colombo, adding that the search for others was continuing.