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The IDF destroyed multiple command headquarters in Tehran, including the General Staff Headquarters for Internal Security, following an Iranian missile strike that killed nine Israelis in Beit Shemesh.

India is set to face renewed oil price volatility and increased macroeconomic headwinds as tensions around Iran intensify following Israeli and US air strikes over the weekend, and the Iranian attack on an oil tanker, north of Khasab Port.

Iranian President Pezeshkian vows full retribution for Khamenei's killing, calling US-Israeli strikes an open declaration of war on the Muslim world.

First trading day for some Middle East markets shows losses after bombings rattle financial markets.

Qatar and Bahrain both faced continued Iranian missile attacks during the early hours of March 1, with both countries sustaining direct hits despite interception efforts.

Tech

FlightRadar24 went down on February 28 as US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the closure of airspace across the Middle East, leaving the world's most used flight tracking service offline with no timeline for restoration.

Iran's internet connectivity collapsed to 4% of normal levels on February 28 as US and Israeli strikes continued.

Uber has integrated Joby Aviation's electric air taxis into its app ahead of a Dubai launch later in 2025, with one-tap booking connecting ground and air travel as Joby nears final FAA certification for US operations.

Memo on making it happen signed at opening of Easy to Fly Academy in Central Asian country.

Russia’s central bank and finance ministry are preparing legislation to establish a fully regulated domestic cryptocurrency market, four years after officials debated an outright ban on digital assets.

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The silence from Modi is striking, not least because he spent several days of the week prior to the outbreak of hostilities in the region, where he was photographed pressing the flesh with his Israeli counterpart.

For me the two most important elections globally this year will be midterms in the US in November, and elections in Hungary on April 12. The first will shape the course of democracy in the US, and the latter democracy both in Hungary and the EU.

When US state secretary Marco Rubio toured Hungary and Slovakia last weekend, American liberals were aghast. They were specifically flared up by Rubio openly endorsing the incumbent Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, in upcoming elections.

With its power grid collapsing and tankers turning back mid-ocean, the communist island faces a crisis its friends in Moscow, Beijing and across Latin America are unwilling — or unable — to prevent.

The current global environment calls for a more deliberate effort to strengthen and adapt the partnership between Kazakhstan and the UK for the years ahead, writes Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev.

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Academic says he “has never seen such a sharp downturn”. But finance minister says foreign investors like country’s “strong story”.

Situation should be subject of “serious analysis” as it affects fundamental principles of justice, says local lawyer.

The referendum could, and should, facilitate constitutional changes to strengthen institutions, including a shift from a unicameral to a bicameral legislature, increased judicial independence and the introduction of new prime ministerial term limits.

The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee maintained the interest rate at 4%, halting a streak of two consecutive 0.25% cuts implemented in November and January.

Short-term financing conditions remain manageable, but the country faces a steadily worsening debt trajectory over the medium and long term unless significant fiscal adjustments are made, European Commission report says.

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Ali Khamenei, Iran's second supreme leader, has been killed in joint US-Israeli military strikes at the age of 86, ending 36 years of rule that shaped the Islamic Republic's trajectory.

The US and Israel struck multiple locations across Iran with missiles on the morning of February 28, including the capital, Tehran, in what US President Donald Trump described as the start of “Operation Epic Fury”.

The people of Israel are very much empathetic and sympathetic to the people of Iran.

The long-simmering stand-off between Pakistan and Afghanistan tipped over into open warfare late on February 26, continuing into the following day, with both sides trading air strikes, artillery fire and accusations of being sponsors of terror.

Economic gains have not been shared equally across Slovenia’s regions, and long-standing structural challenges threaten to deepen regional disparities.

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After over 30 years, Mexico dethrones Canada as the top US trade partner in a clean sweep. But the milestone comes as Trump threatens to withdraw from USMCA, putting vital supply chains at risk.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Sulianov was speaking to the Duma yesterday and announced a pretty radical new direction to move the budget away from its traditional addiction to oil and gas export revenue and make it more dependent on consumption.

International focus is on Hungary's upcoming general election, but the outcomes of spring 2026 votes in Bulgaria and Slovenia could also affect the future of Central Europe’s illiberal bloc.

Today we go into the fifth year of the Ukraine war which has now been going on longer than the Second World War ( 3 years and 11 months).

Observers have little idea over what it was all about. Did Berdimuhamedov meet Trump?

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In the past, forests around the world were cut down on a massive scale. We lost some of the world’s richest ecosystems.

Europe’s climate agenda risks becoming a “lobbyists’ playground” as industry groups are capturing control over changes to the EU’s green legislation, according to a watchdog report cited by Euronews on February 25.

Samsung development of a solid-state battery using silver as a core material could prove a disruptive moment for the electric vehicle industry, with potentially significant implications for global silver demand.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment has called on motorists to move away from petrol and diesel vehicles, as more than 120,000 fossil fuel vehicles have already been swapped for electric alternatives under a scheme launched in 2022.

FeroInvest owner Kočo Angjušev talks to bne IntelliNews about North Macedonia’s first battery energy storage system, the country's growing renewables market, and his response to US sanctions.

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