NPR News: 03-28-2026 3PM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are backed by Iran, launched a missile towards Israel today, their first such strike since the war in Iran began one month ago. The Israeli military says it intercepted the missile. A rebel leader had said yesterday the Houthis intended to join the war.
What recent missile attacks have occurred in the Middle East?
An Iranian missile hit an airbase in Saudi Arabia, injuring U.S. troops. NPR's Greg Myrie reports.
The Iranian missile slammed into the Prince Sultan Air Base, a military facility shared by Saudi and U.S. forces outside the capital, Riyadh. This comes from a U.S. official speaking to NPR, who was not authorized to comment publicly. The official said U.S. service members were wounded and some aircraft were apparently damaged as well. Iran has targeted U.S. bases throughout the region since the war began a month ago. Overall, the Pentagon has put the U.S. casualty toll at 13 killed and more than 300 injured. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.
Israel says it's stepping up its assault across the border into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah militants. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports the invasion has displaced about a fifth of the country's population and killed more than 1,100 people.
Israeli officials say they'll take territory up to Lebanon's Litani River, 10 to 20 miles north of the Israeli border. But now they've ordered residents out of a zone another 10 miles beyond that. Thousands more are fleeing, sleeping in a soccer stadium in southern Beirut. Israel's been bombing highways, bridges, homes and gas stations. Its military released a video of a top commander surveying troops inside southern Lebanon. Hezbollah released its own video showing what it says is a guided missile hitting an Israeli tank. Hezbollah is backed by Iran and Israel says it's killed several of Iran's Revolutionary Guard members inside Lebanon. Iran's foreign ministry says six Iranian diplomats have been killed here as well.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Beirut.
It's no King's Day, the third since President Trump took office for the second time. Organizers say more than 3,000 events are taking place in all 50 states. Floridian Dan Rabarevich says he was the first one to show up in South Fort Myers.
I hope it just maybe brings some awareness to the people that didn't unfortunately vote in the last election, and I think that's part of the reason why we're in this situation, because many people that can vote don't vote, and... To have a proper democracy, we need everyone's vote. So hopefully people seeing folks like us out here realize the only way things can change is if you have your voice heard.
Organizers say the main event is taking place at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, as the state has shown resistance to Trump's crackdown on immigrants. Bruce Springsteen, who wrote a song about the streets of Minneapolis, is scheduled to perform. This is NPR News in Washington. Russia launched hundreds of drones on Ukraine overnight. Ukrainian authorities say at least four people were killed. President Volodymyr Zelensky said there is extensive damage to gas production facilities, industrial sites, and residential buildings. He said there was no military purpose, but was pure terror against ordinary civilian life. Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale. And as NPR's Nate Rott reports, they found it involved a surprising amount of teamwork.
Eleven sperm whales had gathered closely in the Caribbean Sea. And from a boat not far off, marine biologist Shane Garrow knew something was up. And then suddenly there was this gush of blood.
An attack by predators, he feared. Until... Bloop! this little head pops out and then splashed these little floppy flukes, like this little tiny tail.
The labor birth and hours after were all recorded by aerial drones and underwater microphones. And in two studies published in the journal Science and Scientific Reports, Garrow and colleagues detail how even whales that weren't related to the birth mother helped her and the calf, showing, Garrow says, that sperm whales live rich and complicated social lives.
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