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India’s GDP growth is expected to reach 6.4% in 2024, and will hit 7% in 2026, according to S&P Global.Kriangkrai Thitimakorn | Moment | Getty ImagesNew Delhi is feeling the heat as tensions in the Middle East show no signs of cooling, with high oil prices likely to increase the country’s already substantial energy import bill, while disruptions to flight routes hamper airline operations. India imports nearly 85% of its crude, equivalent to roughly 4.2 million barrels per day, said Pankaj Srivastava, senior vice president at energy research firm Rystad Energy, who said even “a few dollars’ increase in prices…

West African nations have agreed to activate a regional standby force to combat waves of violence by cross-border armed groups in the region.The decision was made last week at a days-long security meeting of military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Sierra Leone, the Anadolu news agency reported. The bloc held the meeting at a time when the region faces what experts said is an “existential security threat” that has seen thousands of people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe plan includes mobilising an initial 2,000 soldiers by…

The following is the transcript of the interview with Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endownment for international peace and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on March 1, 2026.MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by Iran policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour, who is with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as well as former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor retired General Frank McKenzie, who joins us from Tampa this morning. It’s good to have the both of you here. This is such a dynamic situation right now.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Destiny Littleton was supposed to be on a flight from Israel back to the US on Tuesday. That plan is now up in smoke, as she navigates bomb shelters in Jerusalem during Iran’s counterstrike. She has no idea when she’ll be home.The former NCAA and Team USA women’s basketball player moved to Israel in November to play for Hapoel Jerusalem in the country’s top women’s basketball division. She called it an “amazing” experience, before Saturday. But now, she said she would not come to Israel if she could do it all over…

Grvt, a privacy-focused decentralized exchange built on its own zero-knowledge appchain using the ZKsync stack, has announced an integration with decentralized lending protocol Aave that allows traders to earn yield on posted collateral while maintaining open trading positions.The company said the feature introduces “composable yield” to perpetual futures trading. Through the integration, eligible collateral deposited for margin trading can generate returns linked to Aave’s lending markets without interrupting active positions.Grvt stated that, based on its internal review of publicly disclosed integrations as of February 2026, this is the first instance of a perpetual futures decentralized exchange embedding an external yield…

The Pentagon and defense contractor Anthropic remain at an impasse over the company’s AI technology ahead of a 5:01 p.m. deadline Friday set by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The CEO of Anthropic says the company will not allow access to its technology without safeguards to prevent abuse. Jo Ling Kent reports.

Several US military aircraft have crashed in Kuwait, but all crew members survived and are in stable condition, Kuwait’s Ministry of Defence says, as conflict widened across the Middle East.In a separate incident, smoke was seen rising from the vicinity of the US Embassy compound in Kuwait City, and fire trucks and ambulances were in the area, a witness told Reuters.There were no responses to requests for comment on the embassy incident from the US Embassy in Kuwait, or from the US State Department.Kuwait intercepted hostile drones earlier on Monday, the third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighbouring…

EXPLAINERFrom schedule and venues to title favourites and their route to the semifinals – Al Jazeera explains it all.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPublished On 2 Mar 20262 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoSanju Samson’s stunning unbeaten innings of 97 in a must-win game against the West Indies took India over the line in their final Super Eights fixture, thus completing the semifinal lineup for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.The holders’ bid to become the only team to successfully defend the title, lift the trophy at home and add a record-breaking third T20…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ben Rhodes, a leading figure within the Obama administration who pushed for the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, was blasted on social media Saturday after he criticized U.S. military strikes on Iran. In the immediate aftermath of the joint attack by the U.S. and Israel, Rhodes was posting criticism of the administration on social media, saying Trump and Netanyahu “seem to be totally unconcerned about the human beings — on all sides — who will suffer.””Trump’s second term has been the worst case scenario,” Rhodes said in another X post. Rhodes was quickly ridiculed by many…

A Wheatbelt shire has been in court after admitting to clearing native flora from an endangered reserve without a permit and laying a road in its place.