Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - An Iranian strike on a power facility in Kuwait has killed one Indian worker and caused significant damage, authorities in the Gulf state said.
A spokesperson for Kuwait’s electricity ministry, Fatima
Abbas Jawhar Hayat, confirmed the incident in a statement.
“A service building at a power and water desalination plant
was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait,
resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to
the building,” she said. The attack marks a further escalation in regional
tensions linked to the ongoing conflict involving Iran.
Meanwhile, in Israel, lawmakers have approved the country’s
2026 national budget, including a substantial increase in defence spending as
military operations continue.
The Knesset passed the budget with 62 votes in favour and 55
against, narrowly avoiding a government collapse that would have been triggered
by failure to approve the measure before the end of March. According to a
statement, total expenditure for 2026 is projected at around 850 billion
shekels (approximately $270 billion), with more than 30 billion shekels added
to defence spending.
“As part of the updated budget, and in light of Operation
‘Roaring Lion’, more than NIS 30 billion (about $10 billion) has been added to
the Ministry of Defence budget, bringing it to over NIS 142 billion,” the
statement said. The developments underscore rising instability across the
region, with both military escalation and economic responses unfolding
simultaneously.
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