Airline stocks sink worldwide as Middle East conflict unleashes travel turmoil
Airline and travel shares across global markets slumped after the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran shut key Middle Eastern hubs, triggered thousands of flight cancellations, and drove fuel costs sharply higher. A basket of major airlines, hotel groups, and travel operators in Europe, Asia, and North America lost about......
European stocks sink as Iran conflict rattles trade and energy routes
European equities posted their steepest single day drop in months on Monday as investors reacted to the deepening military confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran and its fallout for global trade and energy flows. The pan-European Stoxx 600 lost around 1.8 percent, while Germany’s DAX index slid more than 2.3 percent......
Apple keeps iPhone 17e price at $599 while doubling storage and adding magsafe
Apple has introduced the iPhone 17e as the newest entry-level model in the iPhone 17 family, keeping the starting price at 599 dollars while doubling base storage to 256 gigabytes compared with last year’s iPhone 16e. The device will be available in more than 70 countries, with preorders opening on 4 March at 6:15 a.m. Pacific time and......
Apple opens major spring launch with iphone 17e and new ipad air
Apple has opened what it calls its most ambitious spring product rollout by unveiling the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air as the first devices in a three-day sequence of launches capped by a “special Apple experience” on 4 March in New York, London, and Shanghai. The campaign departs from the company’s traditional single......
Iranians navigate hope and fear after Khamenei’s killing
Iranians are adjusting to a starkly different political landscape after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint United States and Israeli strikes, with reactions inside the country split between cautious celebration, enforced mourning, and deep uncertainty about what comes next. While some residents quietly welcomed the......
Rijksmuseum confirms long lost Rembrandt after 65 years
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has authenticated a long missing painting by Rembrandt van Rijn, restoring it to the Dutch master’s official body of work after more than six decades of doubt. The 1633 biblical scene, titled Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, had disappeared from public view in the early 1960s and was considered a doubtful......
Iran launches sweeping cyber retaliation after US-Israeli strikes
Iranian-aligned hackers have opened a major cyber front against Gulf states and Israel following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities. The campaign has hit government networks and critical infrastructure across the Middle East, underscoring how cyber operations now sit at the center of the confrontation between......
US and Iran count rising toll as Epic Fury spreads across Middle East
The death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint United States and Israeli airstrikes has plunged the Middle East into a fast‑escalating regional war that is already killing large numbers of civilians and soldiers on all sides. Khamenei was killed when his compound in Tehran was struck during the opening wave of Operation......
Morocco links green hydrogen drive to AI strategy
Morocco is accelerating an industrial shift in its southern regions by aligning large-scale green hydrogen projects with its national digital and artificial intelligence agenda. On 5 February 2026 in Rabat, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch signed preliminary land reservation agreements with national and international investors, paving the way......
Morocco tests digital dirham for cross-border payments
Morocco has begun cautious but concrete trials of a central bank digital currency, as Bank Al‑Maghrib pilots a digital dirham for peer‑to‑peer and cross‑border transactions. Governor Abdellatif Jouahri has described the initiative as a strategic, gradual shift in payment infrastructure, supported by analytical work conducted with the......
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 strikes on Iran spark severe flight chaos across Middle East
Coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran have thrown global air travel into disarray, with key Middle Eastern hubs shutting down or operating under tight restrictions as regional airspace remains partly closed. The closures have disrupted one of the world’s main corridors linking Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, forcing airlines......
Tesla registrations jump in Norway and France as Denmark declines
Tesla gained ground in two key European markets in February as new registrations surged in Norway and France while falling in Denmark, offering mixed signals about the electric car maker’s efforts to stabilise its regional performance. In Norway, registrations reached 1,210 vehicles last month, a 75.6% increase from the 689 units recorded......