Iran’s decentralized cyber offensive heightens risk for U.S. firms

As joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit targets across Iran, security experts say a parallel and less predictable battle is unfolding in cyberspace, with potential long-term consequences for companies and critical infrastructure far beyond the region. Analysts warn that Iranian-aligned hackers and loosely affiliated sympathizers are turning......

Global finance braces for mounting Iran crisis risks

Banks, hedge funds and insurers spent the weekend racing to map out their exposure to the Middle East as the escalating confrontation between Iran, the United States and Israel disrupted markets, travel and business operations across the Gulf. The latest round of strikes, which hit targets in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states,......

Bitcoin drops to $63,000 as Iran strikes rattle global markets

Bitcoin fell to around $63,000 after coordinated US and Israeli attacks on Iran unsettled investors and triggered a rush out of riskier assets. The leading cryptocurrency slid nearly 4 percent in rapid trading, dropping from the mid‑$65,000 area to an intraday low near $63,038, before stabilizing just below $64,000. Data providers estimated......

Black smoke over Dubai as Iranian strikes ignite fires at Jebel Ali and Palm Jumeirah

Fresh satellite images show thick black smoke rising over Dubai after Iranian missile and drone strikes triggered fires at Jebel Ali port and on the Palm Jumeirah, driving home how the widening conflict has reached the heart of the United Arab Emirates’ commercial hub. Pictures taken on March 1 capture smoke columns and burn scars across......

US and Israel kill Khamenei in sweeping strikes on Iran

The United States and Israel launched a coordinated air campaign against Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and struck hundreds of political and military targets across the country, marking a dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions. Iranian state media and officials confirmed that Khamenei, 86, died after airstrikes......

Bitcoin swings as US and Israel strike Iran and markets eye Hormuz risk

Bitcoin tumbled then rebounded over the weekend as coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and confirmation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death, jolted global markets and fueled fresh concern over energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. The largest cryptocurrency briefly fell to around 63,000 dollars on Saturday......

Israeli army says it killed Hezbollah intelligence commander in Beirut strike

The Israeli army announced that it killed a senior Hezbollah intelligence commander in an overnight strike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, marking another escalation in ongoing regional hostilities. According to an official military statement, the target was Hussein Makled, described as the head of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters.......

United Kingdom opens military bases to the United States against Iran but insists it is not at war

The United Kingdom has authorized the United States to use British military bases in operations linked to the escalating confrontation with Iran, while firmly maintaining that it is not formally at war. Tensions rose after a drone struck the Royal Air Force base at RAF Akrotiri in southern Cyprus, hours after London confirmed that US forces......

Middle East conflict lifts dollar and gold as investors seek safety

The escalation of hostilities in the Middle East pushed the US dollar and gold higher on Monday, as investors turned to traditional safe-haven assets amid rising geopolitical uncertainty. Following reported joint Israeli-American strikes on Iran over the weekend, Tehran responded with missile attacks targeting countries in the region. The......

Trump urges Iranians to rise as regime change path stays uncertain

President Donald Trump has urged Iranians to seize what he called a historic chance to topple their leaders after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but the United States has not outlined a clear plan for what might follow any collapse of the Islamic Republic. In a video message released as U.S. and Israeli warplanes struck......

US and Israel pound Iran as regional conflict widens

The United States and Israel have launched a large-scale air and missile offensive against Iran that has killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and shattered key elements of the country’s command structure, triggering a wave of Iranian retaliation that has pushed the wider Middle East to the brink of a broader war. Washington says......

Safe-haven currencies climb as Iran crisis rattles global markets

Safe-haven currencies strengthened at the start of the week as investors reacted to a sharp escalation in the conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel, driving money out of risk assets and into traditional shelters. The Swiss franc rose to its strongest level against the euro since 2015, while the Japanese yen also firmed as foreign......

Ali Larijani moves to consolidate power after Khamenei killing

Ali Larijani has emerged as the central political operator in Tehran after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in coordinated United States and Israeli airstrikes, which struck Khamenei’s compound in the Iranian capital on February 28 and triggered the most serious succession crisis since the 1979 revolution. Iranian......

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