Palantir was an outlier in a tough week for the stock market, as the provider of software and services to the U.S. government saw its stock rally 15% following the U.S. attack on Iran. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.2% for the week, pushed lower by names like Apple, Google and Micron, and other benchmarks tumbled…
1m ago Iran claims “large volume” of attack drones “hitting U.S. positions” in Kuwait The Iranian Army claimed Friday to be unleashing “a large volume of Army attack drones” that it said were “hitting U.S. positions” in Kuwait. “Over the past hours, various types of attack drones from the Ground Forces carried out concentrated…
Most of the costs are not budgeted for, meaning the Pentagon will need to request more funding soon, researchers say. Listen to this article | 4 mins info The United States-Israeli war on Iran is estimated to have cost Washington $3.7bn so far in its first 100 hours alone, or nearly $900m a day, driven largely by…
Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to the eastern and western spheres of the international system. Given that the global economy is maritime based and rests on secure and predictable flows of goods by sea, the armed attacks on Iran and their maritime spillovers…
The US House of Representatives votes 219-212 against a resolution requiring Congress’s approval for further military action on Iran. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 5 Mar 20265 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The United States House of Representatives has narrowly rejected…
10m ago U.K. leader Starmer says “special relationship in operation” after Trump criticism British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters in London on Thursday that the storied “special relationship” forged between the U.K. and the U.S. during World War II was still intact, despite sharp criticism leveled by President Trump earlier this week. “We’re…
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in March 2026 marks the end of a political era in the Middle Eastern country. Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s capital, Tehran. This has triggered a war drawing in numerous countries across the Middle East. The Horn of Africa and Red…
As oil and gas prices soar against the backdrop of the war in Iran, the United States and Western exporters could find a new opportunity to fill the gap in the market. As the conflict enters its sixth day on Thursday, here is a closer look at the situation. Why is a global oil and…
Since the war in Iran started on Saturday, six American service members have been killed, including a Minnesota mother of two, an Iowa college student and a Florida native remembered by his family as the “life of the party.” Five of the fallen service members, all members of the U.S. Army Reserve, have been positively…
NewsFeed Iranian media shared footage from several cities showing demonstrators condemning the US-Israeli war and chanting anti-Israel slogans. Published On 5 Mar 20265 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
