The Latest: UAE briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Beirut and Tehran

A drone attack in the United Arab Emirates sparked a fire at an oil tank farm Tuesday in Fujairah, an emirate on the country’s east coast with the Gulf of Oman that has been repeatedly targeted, the state-run WAM news agency reported. It said no one had been injured in the blast.

This came after a brief closure of the UAE's airspace when the military reported it was “responding to missile and drone threats from Iran.”

Also Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had launched new attacks across both Tehran and Beirut, with those on the Lebanese capital targeting Hezbollah militants.

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on the way” to help police the Strait of Hormuz. But he also suggested some countries’ reluctance showed a lack of reciprocity in defense agreements with the United States.

The war has killed at least 1,300 people in Iran, at least 850 in Lebanon and 12 in Israel, according to officials in those countries. The U.S. military says 13 U.S. service members have been killed and about 200 wounded.

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An Associated Press journalist in Qatar heard explosions as air defenses near Doha worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire on Tuesday morning.

Qatar’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted a missile attack on the country a short time later.

In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai residents received a missile alert around the same time.

A displaced woman who fled Israeli airstrikes with her family in southern Lebanon cooks food at a school being used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

South Korean Buddhist monks and members of civic groups bow and prostrate themselves on the road as they march towards the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, to protest against President Donald Trump asking multiple countries to send warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A man takes cover by the side of the road as an air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strikes in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Rafik Hariri International Airport as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A man photographs a building damaged by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

FILE - Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Rafik Hariri International Airport as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

FILE - Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Israeli air defense systems fire to intercept projectiles launched from Lebanon over northern Israel, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Relatives pray near the coffin of an Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces fighter killed in recent airstrikes on Qaim, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. in Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

People take shelter as air raid sirens signal a warning of incoming Iranian missiles in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

FlyDubai planeS is parked at Dubai International Airport as smoke rises in the background after a drone struck a fuel tank early morning, forcing the temporary suspension of flights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

A bulldozer clears debris from the rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Fire and plumes of smoke rise after a drone struck a fuel tank forcing the temporary suspension of flights. near Dubai International Airport, in United Arab Emirates, early Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS

The World Cup will be played in 16 cities from June 11 to July 19, including 14 in the U.S. There are players in Major League Soccer vying for spots on the 26-man U.S. roster, to be announced by coach Mauricio Pochettino in New York on May 26. Six-to-10 MLS players are projected to make the roster. Additional players will be selected for other teams in the 48-nation World Cup field. In 2022, 35 MLS players were on rosters of 12 of the 32 teams.

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FIND PLAYERS WITH TIES TO YOUR LOCAL TEAM

View this spreadsheet to find MLS players who are competing for a spot on a FIFA World Cup Team. The spreadsheet also includes their hometowns and where they went to school.

Some spots are already secured or likely, but final rosters are expected to be published by FIFA on June 1. Some coaches may announce before that. Changes can be made up until 24 hours before a team’s first game.

The spreadsheet includes players from the following U.S. and Canadian club teams:

Atlanta United

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Charlotte

Chicago Fire

Colorado Rapids

Columbus Crew

D.C. United

Cincinnati

Dallas

Inter Miami

LA Galaxy

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Nashville

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Philadelphia Union

Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake

New York Red Bulls

San Diego

Seattle Sounders

Toronto

Vancouver Whitecaps

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The FIFA logo is displayed on a World Cup countdown timer outside BC Place stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)