BBC: The closure of airspace over the southern half of Azerbaijan is putting additional pressure on airlines scrambling to respond to disruption caused by the conflict in the Gulf. Flight traffic had already been severely disrupted in a region which in normal times acts as a significant hub for the global airline industry. But a drone […]
Reuters: BERLIN, March 6 – Germany has pulled additional Bundeswehr troops out of the Middle East, a military spokesman told Reuters on Friday, the seventh day of a U.S.–Israeli war on Iran that has convulsed the region. Soldiers deployed with the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon are being withdrawn due to the security situation, the spokesperson […]
BBC: British nationals who landed in the UK on the first government flight out of the Middle East since the widespread conflict began six days ago have told how they scrambled across borders to get on the plane. The flight, originally scheduled to leave Oman’s capital Muscat on Wednesday night, had its departure delayed by […]
BBC: Election officials in Nepal have begun collecting ballot boxes and counting votes after millions of people voted in the country’s general election on 5 March. The snap election was held six months after deadly youth protests toppled the government in September 2025. The election commission has begun releasing preliminary results, but it might be […]
BBC: The US and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations. The agency said in a statement that the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability, support economic recovery and advance political reconciliation. While their diplomatic relations have been improving since the US military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January […]
NDTV: India’s access to crucial energy supplies received a temporary boost on Friday after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a Russia-related licence “Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Russian Federation […]
Al Jazeera: Gulf countries remain on high alert as Iran has launched several waves of drone and missile strikes across the region in response to continued attacks by the United States and Israel. Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates faced a barrage of Iranian attacks late on Thursday, with the Kuwaiti army’s general staff saying in […]
BBC: Finland plans to lift its long-standing ban on having nuclear weapons on its territory, in a move the government says would align the country more closely with Nato’s deterrence policy. Defence minister Antti Häkkänen Finland and Europe’s security environment had “fundamentally and significantly changed” since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. The […]
BBC: Sir Keir Starmer has said he stands by his decision not to join the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran on Saturday, and said talks would be the best way forward. At a Downing Street news conference, the PM said the UK had “the strength to stand by our values and our principles no matter […]
Reuters: ROME, March 5 – The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran which sparked the latest Middle East crisis were clearly in breach of international law, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday. It was the strongest criticism to date from Italy’s right-wing administration, which has sought to establish close ties with U.S. President Donald Trump since he […]