A source from Pakistan to FT:

The Saudi pact is becoming a problem for us.

It was supposed to be cash for deterrence.

But we’ve not gotten any new Saudi investments, and deterrence failed.

Qatar and Ukraine have signed an agreement on the interception of missiles and drones.

Trump has told aides he wants to avoid a “forever war” and pursue a negotiated exit, urging them to emphasize his publicly stated four-to-six-week timeline for the conflict.

Source: Reuters

Keir Starmer finally hits back at Trump’s remarks:

A lot of what Trump said is designed to put pressure on me to change my mind and to get dragged into this war.

I am the British Prime Minister, and I act in the British national interest.

A man was arrested early Saturday as he tried to ignite a homemade explosive outside a Bank of America branch in Paris’s 8th district.

Police officers already on site stopped him before the device detonated.

The suspect said he was paid €600 via Snapchat to carry out the attack and was dropped off by car.

Source: Le Parisien

The views of Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar—the world’s largest drone exporter—on Ukraine’s drone industry:

Amid the full-scale war, Ukraine has demonstrated extraordinary innovation: from fiber-optic & AI-enhanced FPVs that evade EW jamming, to interceptor drones, deep-strike operations, and scaled up to millions of units annually.

JD Vance on Iran:

We are not interested in being in Iran a year down the road, two years down the road.

We are taking care of business, we are going to be out of there soon, and gas prices will come back down.

Source: Benny Johnson

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf:

The Israeli military chief warned, “I'm raising 10 red flags ... the IDF will collapse into itself.”

By escalating tensions and attacking Iran’s industrial infrastructure, the criminal Zionist regime is attempting to ignore these warnings and restore the confidence of its corrupt cabinet and army.

Instead, Iran's fierce response will accelerate this ongoing collapse.

An Azerbaijani man in Tabriz, whose home was destroyed in airstrikes, addresses Trump:

You won't be able to do shit, Trump. We will be victorious in the end.

Emirates Global Aluminium said its Al Taweelah facility in Abu Dhabi suffered significant damage from Iranian missile and drone attacks.

Several employees were injured, but none of the injuries are life-threatening.

The site includes a major aluminium smelter and alumina refinery.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf reacts to Pakistan defense minister’s jab at the U.S.:

They’re playing 6D chess!

Zelensky:

Russian satellites are almost daily photographing U.S. military facilities in the Middle East for Iran.

On March 24, they captured images of the U.S.-UK base Diego Garcia on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, Kuwait International Airport, and part of an oil field area.

On March 25 — Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

On March 26 — the Shaybah oil and gas field (Saudi Arabia), Incirlik Air Base (Türkiye), and Al Udeid Air Base (Qatar).

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar:

I am pleased to share a great news that the Government of Iran has agreed to allow 20 more ships under the Pakistani flag to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; two ships will cross the Strait daily.

At CPAC in Texas, some young supporters of Trump are turning against him over the Iran war.

“He’s lied about everything… there’s no clear objective,” said Iraq War veteran Joseph Bolick.

The divide is largely generational. Younger MAGA men are more skeptical:

Only 49% under 35 think Trump has a plan (vs. 70% over 35)

Source: POLITICO

A letter from Lieutenant General Leonard F. Anderson IV, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, instructed US Marine reservists to review their readiness amid operations linked to Iran.

It warned that a large-scale mobilisation “could become reality” and stressed that readiness would be “assumed, not questioned.”