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SANAA, April 1, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Yemen's Houthis on Wednesday claimed a missile attack targeting Israel that they said was launched jointly with their backer Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah group -- the third such attack by the Houthis since they entered the Middle East war. The Houthis "carried out the third military operation... targeting sensitive Israeli enemy targets... with a barrage of ballistic missiles", military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a video statement. "This operation was conducted jointly with our mujahideen brothers in Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon," he added.
DHAKA, April 01, 2026 (BSS)- Iran has granted permission for six Bangladesh-flagged ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz to pass. Iran’s Ambassador to Bangladesh, Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi disclosed the development at a press conference at the Iranian Embassy here today. However, we could not identify them earlier due to the lack of detailed specifications,” he said. The ambassador added that Iran had requested the Bangladesh government to provide detailed specifications of the ships, which were received last week. He said that work on the matter is going on and there is no problem regarding the movement of Bangladeshi ships.
Goals from Ali Al-Hamadi and Aymen Hussein secured a famous win for Iraq, whose last appearance at the World Cup came at the 1986 finals in Mexico. Doing something in the World Cup nobody expects us to do. The goal stunned Iraq and Bolivia looked likely to grab a second after dominating the remainder of the half. The 62-year-old Arnold, who took Australia to the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup in 2022, said: "We have two months to get fit. "For us to do something at this World Cup would be a miracle."
Profits fell 35 percent to $520 million while revenues were unchanged at $11.3 billion for the quarter ending March 31. Nike has been plagued in recent years with consumer product mismatches that have left it with excess inventories, leading to profit-reducing price cuts. Revenues in Greater China fell again in Tuesday's batch of results, this time by seven percent. Nike executives cautioned that they would see a rise in inventories in EMEA in the fourth quarter. Shares of Nike sank 9.1 percent in after-hours trading.
"The win gives us confidence ahead of the World Cup. "I think England could have put out a strong side. "Coming to the World Cup, I know it will be a totally different team for England. They were the first country to qualify for this year's tournament and Moriyasu struck a confident note when he was asked to look ahead to the World Cup. "I don't think it's an easy task to win the World Cup.
The NASA mission dubbed Artemis 2 has been years in the making after facing repeated setbacks, but is finally scheduled to take off from Florida as early as April 1 at 6:24 pm (2224 GMT). The journey marks a series of historic accomplishments: it will send the first person of color, the first woman and the first non-American on a lunar mission. It is also the inaugural crewed flight of NASA's new lunar rocket, dubbed SLS. But repeated setbacks stalled the mission and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs. "We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.
DUBAI, April 1, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A tanker has been hit by a projectile in the Gulf, off the coast of Qatar's capital Doha, a British maritime security agency said Wednesday, reporting some damage but no casualties. The UK Maritime Trade Operations said it had received a report of an incident 17 nautical miles (31 kilometres) north of Doha that a "tanker has been hit by unknown projectile on the port side causing damage to the hull above water line. The crew are reported as safe." It added there was "no environmental impact" and that authorities were investigating the incident.
SYDNEY, April 1, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make a rare address to the nation across television and radio networks on Wednesday, outlining Canberra's response to the Middle East conflict. Albanese will make the address at 7:00 pm Canberra time (0800 GMT) and is expected to urge Australians to save fuel for industries that need it. "Australia didn't choose this war, they are paying the price for this war at the petrol bowser and more broadly," he told reporters. Australia said Monday it would also halve a fuel tax to help motorists experiencing soaring petrol prices. Australia, a US security ally, last month sent an electronic surveillance aircraft to help defend the United Arab Emirates.
Portugal down US 2-0 as World Cup hosts again fail to shineLOS ANGELES, United States, April 1, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Bruno Fernandes picked apart the United States defense to hand Portugal a 2-0 win Tuesday over the World Cup hosts, who again failed to deliver against top-tier opponents ahead of this summer's tournament. "Always [it] is the hope the first time is going to be in the World Cup," he said, after the game. For the second half, Pochettino reverted to a more traditional formation with the arrival of striker Patrick Agyemang, who had scored against Belgium. The World Cup kicks off on June 11. Despite back-to-back friendly losses, Pochettino said the only way to improve before the intense pressure of a home World Cup was to test his less vaunted side against daunting opposition.
