Mar 29, 2026
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The escalation of the war is not stopping with the threat of land intervention and the 55% increase in the price of oil since the beginning of the conflict.One month into the Iran war: Fuel prices soar after conflict with no end in sight Jark Island, the heart of the world's oil, with the risk of a price shock if the US attacks
Live, final moments of war in Iran: Iran protests that US is talking about negotiations while planning a ground attack
The escalation of the war does not end with the threat of ground intervention on the table and oil prices, which have increased by 55 percent since the beginning of the conflict.
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EU maritime mission warns of risks to ships in Red Sea after Houthi attacks
The European Union's (EU) military mission EUNAVFOR ASPIDES warned late on Saturday that risks to maritime transport in the Red Sea, a key trade route for goods, have increased following new attacks on Israel by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
The delegation said in a briefing to the maritime industry that these new rebel attacks on March 28 could mark the "first step" in a wider military escalation, given the possibility of commercial ships being attacked, as has been the case since the war broke out in the Gaza Strip.
ASPIDES said, "It appears that the time has come for the Houthis to become more active in the conflict."It is warning that peace is coming to an end on one of the world's most important routes, through which about 12% of the world's maritime trade passes.
Pedro Sánchez argued "against the war" in a letter to the militants."Spain acts consistently and does not give up its principles."
The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, has said this Sunday 'No war' as an expression of the "memory, respect and commitment" of the country, in a letter sent to the group of the party in which he says that the war in the Middle East and insists that Spain maintains a position of "unity and stability" in defense of peace.
Sanchez said in the letter: "Spain can say something that not everyone can say: it speaks clearly, it acts with one voice, it does not abandon its principles. Today there are many people who are proud of our country. This pride is also yours. Because when Spain says 'no war', it is not just the government speaking.Society speaks.
In the article, Sánchez recalled that on February 28, the United States and Israel dropped bombs on Iran, prompting the ayatollah government to respond by fighting with neighboring countries "in a newly-emerging chaos and threatening the entire region and the world."
“We are in a month of expanding war in the Middle East: more than 2,000 dead, 4 million forced to flee their homes, supply chains cut off, oil and gas prices soaring, and an impending food crisis,” he lamented.
The drone was caught near the house of a prominent former president of Iraqi Kurdistan
Air defenses in Iraqi Kurdistan intercepted a drone early this Sunday near Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, the popular president of the autonomous region in northern Iraq who ruled between 2005 and 2017, security sources told EFE.
According to the sources, who asked to remain anonymous, the drone was "taken down and shot down" before reaching the Kurdish leader's house in Erbil, the capital of the region, without giving further details or assigning responsibility to any actor.
Kurdistan's current president Nechirwan Barzani's residence in Duhok, also in northern Iraq, was the target of a drone attack on Saturday, which was condemned by the central government in Baghdad and the international community.
Pope, on Palm Sunday: "Lay down your arms, remember that you are brothers!"
Pope Leo XIV made a strong plea for peace by exclaiming "Lay down your arms, remember that you are brothers!"in his first Palm Sunday mass before thousands of believers on St.Petersplein gathered.
"Christ, the King of Peace, still shouts from his cross: God is love! Have mercy! Lay down your arms, remember that you are brothers!" urged the American Pope during a sermon on the day Catholics commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.
Iran condemns US talks of negotiations in planning a ground attack
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bakar Magnaf said this week that the United States is publicly talking about negotiations but is "secretly" planning a ground attack.
"The enemy is openly sending a message of negotiations and secretly planning a ground attack," Kalibaf denounced in a message addressed to the Iranian people, which was picked up by state media.
His statements come in the context of indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran, mediated by Pakistan, and after the announcement on Thursday by US President Donald Trump of the postponement until April 6 of the ultimatum given to Iran to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, on pain of destroying its power stations.
Israel has completed a new attack on Iran
This Sunday, Israeli fighters carried out a new wave of attacks on Tehran and other undisclosed locations in Persia, the military reported.
"The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have just completed another wave of attacks on the facilities of the Iranian terrorist regime in Tehran and other parts of Iran," the army said in a statement without adding details.
Israel had already attacked the Iranian government's mobile command centers and weapons production facilities in Tehran last night.
In response, Persia fired two rockets into southern Israeli territory early Sunday morning, which, according to emergency services, did not injure anyone.
Julia Otero: "Those who die in war are usually not the children of those who declare them."
This weekend marks one month since the start of the Iran War, and this Sunday also marks 53 years since the last American left Vietnam, a war that killed more than 700,000 people, nearly 60,000 of them American soldiers.
For this reason, Julia Otero in her original column deals with the consequences of war and above all those who fight in conflicts, because they neither declare nor their children, but people who have nothing to do with it; "53 years later, Trump is sending thousands of troops to the Middle East.
Because the presenter Julia N La Onda said, "The victims of wars are usually not the children of those who declare war. 'War is a place where young people who do not know each other, who do not hate each other, kill each other because of their decisions.'
At least six were killed in Israeli-American attacks in southern and northern Iran
At least six people were killed and nine others injured in Iran this morning as a result of Israeli-American attacks on a pier in the south of the country and a residential area in the north of the country, according to Iranian official media.
Five of the victims were registered following a bomb attack on the port of the southern city of Bandarpol, about 100 kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz, where four people were also injured, the IRNA agency reported.Two boats and a vehicle were damaged in the attack.
Israel attacks Tehran and Iran attacks Israeli universities
Israel launched another attack on Iranian government command centers and weapons factories in Tehran on Sunday, prompting explosions, Persian media reported.
Iran, in turn, has designated Israeli and American universities in the Middle East as military targets in response to its attacks on Washington and Tel Aviv institutions;and Houthi rebels in Yemen fired rockets into southern Israel for a second day.
The Israeli Embassy in Japan rejects a document from atomic bomb survivors against the attacks on Iran
The Israeli Embassy in Japan has rejected a document sent by several groups of survivors of the atomic bomb in the Asian country, in which they criticize the Israeli and American attacks on Iranian territory a month ago.
Japan's Kyodo News Agency reports that the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council said Israel refused to read the survivors' statement.The group said the document was returned to them by mail, indicating that the embassy "refused to accept" it.
The Pentagon is planning "weeks" of ground operations in Iran
The Pentagon is preparing for "weekly" ground operations in Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic, U.S. officials announced Saturday.
Pentagon sources told The Washington Post that any potential ground operation "would not amount to a large-scale invasion" but would consist of "joint raids by special forces and infantry."Also last month, the US government held talks on the possible seizure of Yark Island, one of Iran's oil epicenters.Donald Trump's administration would also consider raids in "coastal areas around the Strait of Hormuz" to "destroy weapons capable of attacking commercial and military vessels."
Iran allows 20 Pakistani ships to pass through Hormuz as a show of confidence
As part of its mediation efforts in the Middle East war, the Iranian government agreed this morning to allow 20 Pakistani-flagged merchant ships to pass through a so-called peace movement in Islamabad.
Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed the deal, which will allow two ships a day to pass through the strategic sea lane, which has been restricted to global trade since hostilities began in late February.
Taiwan's state-owned oil company has announced a price hike due to the war in the Middle East
Taiwan's state oil company CPC Corporation announced it will increase gasoline and diesel prices from midnight Monday, a week after previous increases, due to the impact of war in the Middle East on international energy costs.
In a statement released Saturday, the company said gasoline and diesel prices will increase by NT$1.7 and NT$1.5 ($0.05 and $0.04) per liter, respectively, and retail prices will remain between NT$31 and NT$35.9 ($0.97 and $1.12) per liter.
Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain say they have intercepted Iranian airstrikes
The governments of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain said on Sunday they had intercepted a series of missile and drone strikes from Iran that wounded two people in a strike on an aluminum smelter in Bahrain on Saturday.
"The Kuwaiti Armed Forces confirmed that the explosion that could be heard was the result of an air defense system intercepting an enemy target," the Kuwaiti military said in a statement.
The latest attack comes after Kuwait's defense systems shot down a wave of 15 drone attacks on Saturday.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard opposes plans linked to US military operations in the Gulf.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards attacked two aluminum factories in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday in response to attacks on US and Israeli industrial facilities on Friday as part of Operation Epic Rage against the Islamic Republic.
In a statement announcing the missile and drone attacks on al-Tawila Plant (EMAL) in the United Arab Emirates and ALBA Aluminum Plant (ALBA) in Bahrain, the IRGC warned: Beyond any level of aggression, a stronger blow will be delivered to the military and economic structure of the enemies.
Israel promises to finish bombing Iranian military bases "within days".
The Israeli armed forces claimed on Saturday that they would move their bombing raid on "significant" Iranian military industrial assets in a matter of days as part of a joint US-led offensive against the Islamic Republic that began a month ago.
"This means we will destroy most of (Iran's) military power, and it will take a long time to fix it," Israeli military spokeswoman Effie Defrin said in a statement published by the 'Times of Israel' newspaper.
In the USA, about eight million people took part in the "No King" action against Trump
Organizers told US media that at least eight million people took part in the "Kingless" march against Donald Trump's government.
The movement, which includes dozens of pro-democracy organizations and activists, has called for more than 3,300 protests in all 50 US states to oppose Trump's "authoritarianism."
