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After several days of major disruptions to air travel across the Middle East, Morocco has begun repatriating its citizens who were stranded abroad following widespread airspace closures linked to regional tensions. A special repatriation flight operated by Royal Air Maroc landed at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, bringing......
France said dozens of its vessels are trapped in the Persian Gulf as the escalating conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel effectively shuts down the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints. French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said Friday that 52 French ships are currently stranded......
Amazon said it resolved a widespread service disruption on Thursday after a technical issue prevented tens of thousands of customers from completing purchases, viewing prices, or accessing their accounts for several hours. The outage began around 2 p.m. Eastern Time on March 5 and lasted roughly six hours. Reports tracked by the monitoring......
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates sought to reassure investors as tensions escalated in the Gulf, with Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama stating that the country’s financial system remains resilient despite Iranian missile and drone strikes. In an official statement, Balama said the UAE’s banking and financial sector is......
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Rome intends to provide air defense assistance to Gulf states affected by Iranian retaliatory strikes, joining the United Kingdom, France and Germany in pledging military support to the region. Speaking to Italian radio station RTL 102.5 on March 5, Meloni said the planned assistance would focus......
Lebanon’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines, has announced additional flights between Beirut and Istanbul as part of temporary adjustments to its schedule this week. The changes come as several countries across the region close their airspace following the escalation of hostilities involving the United States, Israel and Iran. Lebanon,......
Global oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has effectively halted after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the strategic waterway closed and threatened to attack any vessel attempting to pass, sending shockwaves through global energy markets. The crisis began on February 28 following coordinated air strikes by the......
The United States has expanded evacuation efforts across the Middle East after Iranian drone strikes targeted American diplomatic facilities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, marking a further escalation in the growing military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. Iranian drones struck the U.S. embassy compound in Riyadh......
The growing military confrontation involving Iran could wipe out up to $56 billion in tourism revenue across the Middle East this year, according to a new analysis by Tourism Economics, a research unit of Oxford Economics. The report estimates that international visitor arrivals to the region could fall between 11 percent and 27 percent in......
French media company Banijay Group announced a merger of its television production business with UK based All3Media, creating one of the world’s largest independent content producers with combined annual revenue exceeding $6.6 billion. The deal brings together production companies behind major global formats including Big Brother, Survivor......
Israeli forces say about 300 Iranian ballistic missile launchers have been destroyed during the first six days of a joint U.S. and Israeli air campaign, but Iran’s extensive network of underground missile facilities continues to challenge efforts to eliminate the country’s missile capabilities. The strikes are part of “Operation......
Italy has summoned the ambassador of Iran following a drone attack targeting a British military base in Cyprus, in a move that underscores mounting diplomatic tensions across the region. According to Italy’s Foreign Ministry, the decision to call in the Iranian envoy was intended to formally protest the strike, which reportedly involved......
Governments across the Asia-Pacific region are accelerating evacuation plans and reinforcing energy security measures as escalating hostilities in the Middle East disrupt global oil flows and unsettle financial markets. Countries including China, India, Pakistan and Australia have mobilized diplomatic and logistical resources to assist citizens......
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