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A passenger Mohd Umardaraz from Bijnor Uttar Pradesh stranded at Terminal-3 Delhi airport after his flight for Kuwait is cancelled due to airspace restrictions over Iran and parts of the Middle East on March 1, 2026 in New Delhi, India. Arvind Yadav | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesThe first Emirates flight out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran took off Monday night bound for Mumbai, India, flight data showed, hours after the airline got the green light from local authorities to resume a “limited number” of flights. It’s a sign of how airlines are…
Police clarifies that the move is temporary administrative measure, not permanent policy shiftAfghan refugees along with their belongings on trucks await deportation to Afghanistan near the Chaman border crossing. Photo: AFP In view of the border closure and the prevailing uncertainty, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Police decided on Monday to temporarily suspend its ongoing crackdown and new arrests of Afghan nationals residing illegally across the province. According to a police spokesperson, the decision was made on the special directives of the inspector general of police, taking into account the humanitarian and administrative complications arising from the border closure. Clear instructions were issued to…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters in a departure lounge before returning to Washington following meetings with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersAs the Senate returns late Monday and the House plans to reconvene on Tuesday, the White House is planning a series of briefings with members on the weekend attack on Iran.Secretary of State Marco Rubio will brief congressional leaders on the war in Iran on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe…
An aerial view of homes in San Francisco, Aug. 27, 2025.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAfter falling below 6%, matching their lowest level in several years, mortgage rates reversed course Monday, hitting their highest point in two weeks.The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed loan rose 13 basis points to 6.12%, according to Mortgage News Daily. It had fallen to a recent low of 5.99% on Feb. 23 and pretty much sat there all week. The drop was welcome news as the all-important spring housing market gets underway. Potential buyers have been sidelined by high home prices and concerns over…
Downplays fears the US attack on Iran can spark a new Mideast war and more lossesChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. PHOTO: AFP The Pentagon played down concerns on Monday that the United States’ attack on Iran risked plunging the US into a new, open-ended conflict in the Middle East, even as officials declined to offer a timeline and cautioned they expected more US casualties. The US and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades on Saturday, assassinating…
Hassan Khomeini has a track record of urging reform and a rival of hardline candidates Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s grandson, Hassan Khomeini stands next to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini’s shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2025. File PHOTO: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Reuters A grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is likely to figure prominently in the deliberations of the clerics who will determine who replaces Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
Apple introduces iPhone 17eSource: Apple Inc. Apple opened its week of product launches on Monday morning with a refreshed low-cost iPhone and a faster iPad Air, as it begins what looks to be a broader multi-day hardware push. The headline device is the new iPhone 17e, a budget model in the iPhone 17 lineup that starts at $599 and comes in below the $799 standard iPhone 17. That makes it an important product for Apple in the mid-tier smartphone market, where it competes more directly with lower-priced devices from Samsung, Google, and Chinese phone makers, particularly in more price-sensitive markets.…
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D–Conn.) speaks next to his guest Fereshteh Ganjavi, an Afghan refugee and founder of Elena’s Light, during the “People’s State of the Union” event ahead President Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 24, 2026.Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersPrediction markets are facing renewed scrutiny from federal lawmakers after wagers about the fate of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed in the Saturday bombardment of Iran. “It’s insane this is legal,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., in a post to X, referring to another post highlighting people who had made money on…
Paramount+ and HBO Max signage.Reuters | Getty ImagesParamount+ and HBO Max will be combined into one streaming service if regulators approve Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount CEO David Ellison said on a conference call Monday.A combined service would have about 200 million subscribers given existing totals, Ellison said during his company’s investor call about the WBD transaction. Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery said last week they had struck an agreement to sell WBD for $31 per share after Netflix backed out of the prolonged bidding war. Paramount executives didn’t offer any details Monday on how the company…
Versant signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 21, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesVersant Media Group will release its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, giving Wall Street its first glimpse inside a company made up primarily of pay-TV networks. The Comcast spinoff — comprised of CNBC, MS Now, USA Network, Golf Channel, Syfy, E! and Oxygen, as well as digital properties including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and Sports Engine — debuted on the Nasdaq in January after one of the media industry’s most significant transactions in recent years. The…