Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 19:18 AFP — A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the effects of the war in the Middle East spread to yet another country.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 18:00 AFP — Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East:

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 17:40 AFP — New explosions were heard Wednesday evening in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, AFP journalists said.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 17:14 AFP — An explosion rocked a city in Iran's western Kurdistan province on Wednesday, according to video verified by AFP, on the fifth day of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 16:40 AFP — Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East:

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 16:38 AFP — An explosion rocked a city in Iran's western Kurdistan province on Wednesday, according to video verified by AFP, on the fifth day of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic.

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Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 15:36 AFP — Dozens of bodies were recovered from an Iranian warship torpedoed by US forces on Wednesday, the fifth day of a regional war sparked by US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 15:32 AFP — An exiled Iranian Kurdish group in Iraq told AFP a strike by Iran killed one of its fighters on Wednesday, as the war in the Middle East raged across multiple fronts.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 15:28 AFP — Iraq's national security advisor said on Wednesday that Kurdish forces have bolstered security along the Iranian border to prevent any infiltration or attacks on Iran from Iraq.