Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Saturday as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensified, with explosions reported at the capital’s Mehrabad International Airport and other parts of the city.Footage posted on social media showed strikes and large fires at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, with eyewitnesses reporting burning planes on the tarmac after…
Iran has delayed the naming of a successor to its slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, out of security concerns following American and Israeli comments that the new leader could also be targeted, according to two Iranian officials.Ayatollah Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, has emerged as a top contender for the post, but concerns over…
Missiles, Airspace Chaos, and Relief Flights: Qatar Reopens Skies as Iran–US-Israel War Disrupts Global Travel After days of near-complete aviation paralysis across the Gulf, Qatar has begun partially reopening its airspace, offering a small but significant sign of relief for thousands of stranded travellers and airlines struggling to navigate one of the region’s biggest aviation…
Polio Alert: Is Your Travel Vaccine Up-to-Date? CDC Issues Level-2 Advisory Global health authorities are once again sounding the alarm over polio, a disease many countries had hoped was nearly eradicated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level-2 travel advisory warning travellers to take enhanced precautions against poliovirus as cases…
Here’s when daylight saving time starts in 2026 As spring approaches across North America, millions of people are preparing for a familiar ritual: setting their clocks forward by one hour. Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2026 is about to begin, bringing longer evenings, darker mornings and renewed debate over whether the decades-old practice still makes sense…
Dubai records Dh422m apartment sale, third highest ever amid regional tensions Dubai’s ultra-luxury property market has delivered another headline-grabbing milestone. Even as geopolitical tensions ripple across the Middle East, the emirate has recorded a Dh422 million apartment sale, the third-most expensive residential apartment transaction in its history, highlighting the remarkable resilience of Dubai’s high-end real…
Sports world on edge: Iran-US-Israel crisis disrupts ATP, Olympics travel and more The escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are now spilling far beyond politics and aviation, sending shockwaves through the global sporting calendar amid Iran-US-Israel war. From cancelled tennis tournaments and stranded athletes to high-profile withdrawals from major competitions, the crisis is increasingly…
A Ramadan display at a Texas school was taken down on Monday after the authorities said it broke rules on keeping schools neutral in politics and religion.“Because the display was religious in nature, campus leaders were directed to remove it,” the district told the Houston Chronicle. A spokesperson said the removal followed a complaint from…
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s police security detail was attacked Thursday evening near the edge of the city’s drug-plagued Tenderloin District, leaving one officer bleeding from the back of his head after a chaotic street confrontation.The mayor was not hurt in the incident, which unfolded just before 6 pm near Cedar Street, according to New…
Indian-American entrepreneur Ankur Jain has emerged as one of the biggest wealth gainers in New York, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2026. The report shows that 36-year-old Jain’s net worth surged by 217 per cent in the past year, driven largely by the growth of his housing startup that focuses on tackling high…
