1 killed in Israel's Tel Aviv by missile fired from Iran
A man around 60 years old was killed in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv by a missile launched from Iran on Friday night, Israel's national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Israel Police said.
According to the police, the incident involved a dispersing cluster munition missile that struck several locations in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
It added that the fatality, a construction worker, was hit by shrapnel from a cluster munition released by the missile and exploded near him.
Houthis warn of possible military intervention amid regional escalation
Yemen's Houthi group on Friday warned of possible military intervention amid rising regional tensions, calling for an immediate halt to what it described as aggression against several countries in the Middle East.
In a statement broadcast on the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Sarea stressed the need to end hostilities affecting Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq.
He added that what he termed the "American-Israeli enemy" must respond to efforts aimed at stopping the escalation, particularly concerning Iran.
Mexican president says search continues for 2 aid vessels missing en route to Cuba
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that search operations are still underway for two vessels that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to Cuba.
The vessels departed on March 20 from Isla Mujeres, off Mexico's Caribbean coast, bound for Havana, according to the Mexican Navy.
Nine crew members of different nationalities were on board, the navy said in a press release.
Trump signs memorandum to pay TSA workers amid prolonged partial shutdown
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a presidential memorandum to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, who have been working without pay and facing rising absenteeism since the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over a month ago.
"Since the shutdown began, nearly 500 transportation security officers have left their positions, and thousands more have begun to call out sick at record rates due to lack of pay. As a result, security wait times at some airports have reached untenable lengths of three or more hours," the memorandum read.
Trump blamed Democrats for the partial shutdown, which continues into its sixth week. "Currently, more than 60,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, including approximately 50,000 transportation security officers who perform security functions at domestic airports, are not being paid due to congressional Democrats' reckless decision," the memorandum said.
U.S.-Israeli airstrikes hit heavy water reactor, yellowcake production plant in C. Iran
A heavy water research reactor facility in central Iran's Khondab was attacked by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Friday, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.
No casualties or danger to residents in the area have been reported so far, Fars added, citing local authorities.
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran later confirmed the attack.■
