Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 15:10 AFP — Iraq's national security advisor said on Wednesday that Kurdish security forces have bolstered security along the Iranian border to prevent any infiltration or attacks on Iran from Iraq.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 15:02 AFP — A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as more nations were sucked into the Middle East war.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 14:30 AFP — The Israeli military is planning on at least "one or two" more weeks of strikes on Iran, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, the war's fifth day, while launching a fresh wave of attacks in Lebanon against Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 13:08 AFP — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had targeted armed opposition groups hostile to Tehran in the autonomous Kurdish region of neighbouring Iraq.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 12:52 AFP —

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 11:09 AFP — An Iranian Kurd group exiled in Iraq told AFP an Iranian strike on its fighters killed a member of its ranks, as the Middle East war raged across multiple fronts.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 10:13 AFP — A Kurdish-Iranian fighter was killed on Wednesday in a rocket attack on the exiled Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) in northern Iraq, a party source told AFP, requesting anonymity.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 10:03 AFP —

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 03:39 AFP — Explosions rocked the Lebanese capital and Israel said it was launching a new wave of overnight strikes on Iran, as the war engulfing the Middle East continued into Wednesday.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 01:18 AFP — An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital and Israel said it was launching a new overnight wave of strikes on Iran, as the war engulfing the Middle East continued into Wednesday.