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04/03/2026

Pakistanis walk across the Taftan border as they return from Iran, in Balochistan province on Tuesday, amid ongoing US-Israel strikes on Iran. Photo: AFP

Distance from Tehran to Taftan is nearly 1,800 km, people have to travel for three to four days to reach Pakistan; immigration processing is round-the-clock

03/03/2026

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said on Monday that her team was looking at all options, including evacuation, to help hundreds of thousands of UK citizens leave Gulf countries which are now being targeted by Iran.
There are an estimated 300,000 British citizens - residents, families on holidays, and some in transit - in Gulf countries, and 102,000 people in the region have registered their presence with the UK government since the attacks started on Saturday.

02/03/2026

Hezbollah joins conflict, Israel hits back
Iran's army says missiles target US air base in Kuwait
It says 'enemy vessels' also targeted
Kuwait says hostile drones intercepted
Explosions heard Tehran, Doha, Dubai
BEIRUT/DUBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran expanded on Monday with no end in sight, engulfing Lebanon with Israel responding to strikes by Hezbollah, while Tehran fired missiles and drones at Israel, Gulf states and a British air base in far-away Cyprus.
Video images showed a U.S. warplane falling out of the sky over Kuwait early on Monday, while a person could be seen parachuting. The location was verified by Reuters as filmed in the Al Jahra area of Kuwait. Kuwait's defence ministry said several American aircraft had crashed and all crew were safe.

02/03/2026

Israel's Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the government from shuttering the Gaza operations of dozens of aid organizations which petitioned the court in a dispute over new Israeli rules requiring them to name Palestinian staff.Israel in December ordered 37 international organisations including medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres and the Norwegian Refugee Council to halt work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within 60 days unless they agreed to the new rules.
Some 17 NGOs and the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) sought an urgent suspension of the decision in a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice on Sunday, warning of devastating humanitarian consequences.
Israel's Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction that would allow the NGOs to continue most of their activities while it considers their petition.
The aid groups say sharing staff information could pose a safety risk given that hundreds of aid workers have been killed or injured during the war in Gaza. Israel has said the registrations were meant to prevent diversions of aid by Palestinian armed groups. Aid agencies dispute that substantial aid has been diverted.
Athena Rayburn, AIDA's executive director, said they were "still waiting to see how the injunction will be interpreted by the state and whether or not this will mean an increase in our ability to operate," adding that the situation inside Gaza remained "catastrophic".
Spokespeople for Israel's government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

02/03/2026

India and Canada will aim to conclude a free trade pact by the end of this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday during his first visit to New Delhi, as the two countries seek to move past years of diplomatic friction to get economic ties back on track.
New Delhi and Ottawa hope to increase bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a joint media appearance with Carney, from nearly $9 billion in 2024-25.

02/03/2026

Trump says Rubio dealing with Cuba at 'high level'
US president says Cuban government talking with US
Cuban government has said it is not in high-level talks with US
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday raised the prospect of a "friendly takeover" of Cuba, telling reporters at the White House that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was dealing with the issue at a "very high level."
"The Cuban government is talking with us, and they're in a big deal of trouble," Trump said as he left the White House for a trip to Texas. "They have no money. They have no anything right now, but they're talking with us, and maybe we'll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.

02/03/2026

U.S. strikes on Iran reinforce N.Korea's nuclear ambitions
Speculation over Kim-Trump meet around March-end China visit
North Korea's nuclear arsenal estimated at 50 warheads
SEOUL,- U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran will reinforce the nuclear ambitions of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, say experts and former officials, as attention focuses on whether he might return to negotiations with President Donald Trump.
Talks to tackle Pyongyang's arsenal of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, subject to heavy international sanctions, broke down despite summits between Kim and Trump in 2018 and 2019, but the attacks on Iran could spur it to reconsider.

02/03/2026

Khamenei killed in US-Israeli attack
Mourners pack Tehran square, while others celebrate
'Am I dreaming?' says man in video showing celebrations
Israel and US will pay 'heavy price', one man says
DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man who ruled for 36 years.
Iranian state TV announced his death in the early hours of Sunday, the voice of the broadcaster breaking with emotion as he confirmed Khamenei had been killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday. Footage from Tehran showed mourners packed into a square, dressed in black and many of them weeping.

02/03/2026

The US and Israel have attacked Iran - President Donald Trump confirms "major combat operations" are under way, and calls for regime change

The office of Iran's supreme leader, and the presidential office in Tehran, were reportedly targeted, as well as military sites across the country

There is a mixed response among ordinary Iranians, our reporter says: panic in the streets, but also - for some - a sense of relief

Iran has launched retaliatory strikes on Israel, the Israeli military says. Explosions - thought to be Iranian attacks - have also been heard in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait

Trump has urged Iranians to "take over" the Iranian government, saying "it will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations"

01/03/2026

Israel and Iran each launch fresh strikes
Iran retaliates with missile barrages, hits US and UK oil tankers
Global markets face uncertainty, oil prices expected to rise sharply
Iranian leadership council assumes power amid internal unrest and external threats
Poll shows only one in four Americans backs strikes
JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday and Iran responded with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pitched the Middle East and the global economy into deepening uncertainty.
U.S. and Israeli strikes - and Iranian retaliation - sent shockwaves worldwide through sectors from shipping to air travel to oil, amid warnings of rising energy costs and disruption to business in the Gulf region.

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