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Nasdaq Dubai reopens Wednesday

United Arab Emirates

Nasdaq Dubai reopens Wednesday

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has announced the reopening of Nasdaq Dubai, effective Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 10:00 am Gulf Standard Time, following a period of closure amid the regional conflict convulsing the Middle East.

Israel strikes Jamaa Islamiya

Lebanon

Israel strikes Jamaa Islamiya

A major Israeli airstrike destroyed the headquarters of Jamaa Islamiya in the northern district of the Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday afternoon, according to the French-language daily L'Orient Le Jour. 

Tehran's fatal miscalculation

Qatar

Tehran's fatal miscalculation

Qatar has carried out strikes against Iran over the past 24 hours in direct retaliation for Tehran's attacks across the Gulf, Israel's Channel 12 reported Monday, citing unnamed Western sources familiar with the matter. 

How the Middle East crisis has affected sporting events

Iran

How the Middle East crisis has affected sporting events

Iran's ongoing conflict with the U.S. and Israel has led to sporting events being postponed in several countries, while competitions elsewhere have been hit by travel disruption, with thousands of flights cancelled in some of the world's busiest transit hubs.

US imposes sanctions on Rwanda military over east Congo fighting

Politics

US imposes sanctions on Rwanda military over east Congo fighting

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force and top military officials over their role in ongoing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and called for their immediate withdrawal from the mineral-rich region. 

UK yet to decide on sending warship to defend Cyprus base

Cyprus

UK yet to decide on sending warship to defend Cyprus base

Britain has yet to decide whether it will send a warship to defend its Royal Air Force Akrotiri base in Cyprus, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday after the Times newspaper reported ministers had discussed such a deployment.

How Dubai's safe-haven status is being put to the test

United Arab Emirates

How Dubai's safe-haven status is being put to the test

For decades, Dubai's sales pitch featured gleaming skylines, tax-free salaries, ease of doing business and something far more intangible: the unspoken promise that whatever was happening elsewhere in the Middle East, this city was different. The conflicts that destabilised the region would somehow stop at Dubai's borders.

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