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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......

Kuwait mistakenly shoots down three US fighter jets during regional escalation

Three United States fighter jets that crashed in Kuwait were accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defense systems amid a wave of regional attacks, according to the US Central Command. The announcement was made by United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations across the Middle East. In a statement released......

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......

Cambodia recovers 74 looted Khmer artifacts from British dealer’s estate

Cambodia has formally welcomed 74 looted Khmer artifacts back into its national collection, marking one of the country’s largest single recoveries of stolen cultural property in recent years. The sculptures and ritual objects, many hundreds of years old, were unveiled at the National Museum in Phnom Penh during a ceremony attended by......

US Iran escalation raises energy and inflation risks for Morocco

The latest military escalation between the United States and Iran has unsettled global financial markets and revived concerns about energy security, with potential consequences extending beyond the Gulf to economies such as Morocco. Reciprocal strikes on Iranian positions and American bases across the region, with reported impacts in Qatar,......

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......

Musk’s ‘another one bites the dust’ post fuels backlash after Khamenei killing

Elon Musk sparked a fresh political storm after he appeared to celebrate the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with a four‑word message on X reading “Another one bites the dust.” Posted on March 1, the brief remark from the billionaire owner of the platform rapidly drew tens of millions of views and......

Israel’s upgraded David’s Sling faces first major test in Iran clash

Just over two weeks after Israel announced successful trials of an upgraded David’s Sling air and missile defense system, the platform is facing its first major combat test as Iran strikes back at Israeli and United States targets across the Middle East. On 11 February 2026, the Israeli Ministry of Defense said David’s Sling had......

Amazon cloud outage in UAE exposes Gulf infrastructure to Iran conflict

Amazon Web Services suffered a rare physical blow to its cloud infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates after unidentified objects struck one of its data centers, igniting a fire and forcing a prolonged shutdown as Iranian retaliatory attacks rattled the Gulf. The incident unfolded on March 1 in the ME-CENTRAL-1 region, when objects hit......

Apple prepares three day wave of new product launches

Apple is preparing one of its most intensive early year launch cycles in recent memory, with a three day series of announcements scheduled to begin on Monday, March 2 and run through Wednesday, March 4. Rather than staging a traditional keynote, the company is expected to reveal new hardware and chips through press releases and online materials,......

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