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In a bid to strengthen connectivity and close coverage gaps across Europe, German telecom company Deutsche Telekom is partnering with the US satellite company Starlink. The announcement arrived during Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, where non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are a major talking point among cellular networks hoping to expand their services in both scope and efficiency. Telekom is currently the largest telecommunications provider in Europe, but many areas still remain underserved due to topographical and conservation restraints. The company sees partnering with Starlink as a way to connect Europeans better – and to achieve their goals of becoming an…
The Bank of Russia is suing the European Union for keeping its state assets frozen “for an indefinite period” to serve as collateral against a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The lawsuit will test rare emergency powers that the European Commission used last year to keep Russian state assets across the bloc, worth some €210 billion, on ice through a qualified majority. The legal loophole nullified vetoes that Kremlin-friendly countries in the EU, such as Hungary, would otherwise have had. EU leaders agreed in mid-December to raise common debt without Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia to finance Kyiv’s defense against Russian…
Pro-government Iranians living in Moscow and their supporters gathered outside the Iranian embassy on Monday to lay flowers in remembrance of the late Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Images showed portraits, flowers and flags placed near the embassy entrance, with police present at the scene. Several mourners expressed condolences and described his death as a major loss. The gathering took place amid escalating tensions following US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
The warship could take several days to reach the region. France has already resolved to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus, while Greece has ordered frigates and fighter jets to the island following drone incursions on Monday. A Shahed-type drone hit Britain’s RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus in the early hours of Monday, while more strikes targeting the base were intercepted later in the day. Akrotiri and the nearby villages have been evacuated. The Cypriot government has criticized the U.K.’s handling of the Iran conflict, suggesting that a lack of clarity regarding the use of British bases on…
Germany faces heightened security concerns following a fatwa issued after the killing of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with security experts warning of potential attacks by Iranian sleeper cells across Europe. Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi issued a fatwa on 1 March calling for holy war against the US and Israel following Khamenei’s death in joint US-Israeli strikes Saturday. The fatwa declared that all Muslims were obligated to avenge the “blood of the martyr” and identified the US and Israel as “the main perpetrators of this crime”, according to Iran’s state-run Tasnim News Agency. A fatwa is a ruling made by…
The escalation of the US-Israel and Iran conflict has thrown air travel in the Middle East and the Gulf into chaos. A wide corridor of airspace remains closed in the region, including over Iran, Qatar and Israel. Several others are partially or intermittently closed, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Posting on X on Tuesday, Flightradar24 said cancellations across seven major Middle East airports (including Dubai International, Hamad International Airport in Doha and Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi) have now exceeded 12,300 flights. Many flights from Asia and Africa, which often route through the Middle…
A quarter (25 percent) of those surveyed who backed the Labour Party in the 2024 general election said they will now back the Greens. A third (37 percent) said they would continue to support the governing party. The polling of 2,073 adults in Britain Sunday and Monday came just days after the Greens won the Greater Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton from Labour. “The result is likely to have been driven to a significant extent by the publicity from the Denton & Gorton by-election,” said YouGov’s Anthony Wells. “That result may have had an impact in terms of making…
Updated: 03/03/2026 – 12:35 GMT+1 Footage shows damage to the US Embassy compound in Riyadh a day after a drone strike caused a small fire and minor structural damage, according to Saudi authorities. The embassy said it would remain closed following the incident. … More
The US-Israeli military campaign that began on Saturday has already killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior commanders, triggered retaliatory strikes across the region and raised the spectre of prolonged disruption to global energy flows. While diplomats scramble and the UN calls for restraint, certain defence contractors and energy majors have emerged as early market victors. As the conflict enters its fourth day, demand for advanced weaponry, missile-defence systems and intelligence platforms is projected to surge. Lockheed Martin’s stock, the world’s largest defence contractor by revenue, hit a new all-time high on Monday, closing at $676.70 after rising over…
Greece has already ordered the deployment of a military force to Cyprus following drone incursions on the Mediterranean island Monday that have, for the first time, dragged an EU member country into the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, which has sparked massive regional retaliatory attacks from Tehran. Four of Greece’s F-16 fighter jets are already placed in Paphos, a coastal city in southwest Cyprus, while two frigates — one equipped with its anti-drone Centauros jamming system — are deployed to the island. A Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle hit Britain’s Royal Air Force base at Akrotiri in Cyprus in the early hours…