March 29, 2026
Christine Maguire and Urooba Jamal
Christine Maguire and Urooba Jamal
- Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the United States is plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
- Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia meet in Islamabad looking to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran.
- Iran threatens retaliatory attacks on Israeli and US universities in the Middle East as powerful explosions hit Tehran and deaths are reported in Shaft and Bandar Khamir.
- Yemen’s Houthis launch a second missile-and-drone assault on Israel saying they’ll continue until Israel “ceases its attacks and aggression”.
- Protesters rally against the war on Iran in Tel Aviv and cities across the US as people in Lebanon take to the streets of Beirut over Israel’s killing of three journalists in a targeted strike.
- Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region.
