Author: Press Room

FlightRadar24 Air traffic across the middle East on Feb. 28th, 2026.Source: Flightradar24Airlines paused flights to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha and other cities after airspace was closed over a large swath of the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched a military operation in Iran. Airlines canceled 868 flights into Middle East countries on Saturday, according to aviation data firm Cirium.Qatar Airways said it was temporarily suspending all flights while Dubai-based Emirates said its Dubai flights were halted. “We apologise to customers affected by disruptions for any inconvenience caused, and we are assisting them with rebooking, refunds, or alternative…

Read More

The United States and Israel on Saturday launched an attack on Iran, with explosions seen across Tehran and in multiple cities across the country. Tehran has responded by launching waves of missiles and drones at Israel and towards several military bases in the Middle East where US forces operate.Iran had previously warned that if it were attacked, it would respond by targeting US military facilities across the region. “This operation will continue relentlessly until the enemy is decisively defeated,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said. All US assets throughout the region are considered legitimate targets for Iran’s army, it…

Read More

In polling completed just before news of the U.S. airstrikes on Iran, most Americans thought the U.S. should be at least pressuring or engaging the Iranian leadership in some form. And in the days before the strikes began, there was movement toward approval of a U.S. military action specifically to stop them from making nuclear weapons; that change came after President Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this week, on Feb. 24. The effect of that was that the nation went into the start of the conflict split about it.The public had voiced a collective uncertainty about how long a conflict…

Read More

The U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran is disrupting flights across the Middle East and beyond, as regional airspaces began closing, leaving thousands of travellers across the globe stranded. Disruptions are already being felt in Canada as Air Canada cancelled a flight to Dubai earlier Saturday, hours after strikes in Iran and surrounding countries like Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.In a statement on social media, the airline stated that “due to the military situation in the Middle East, we have canceled today’s flights to and from Dubai.”Air Canada added it is monitoring the situation and flights will…

Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A pair of college basketball players jumped into action after two vehicles were engulfed Tuesday when a sudden sinkhole opened up beneath them in Nebraska.Sitting at a red light, a red SUV and a gray pickup truck were waiting to go until both fell instantly as the road collapsed. It is unclear what led to the road collapse. (UNO Public Safety/TMX)The driver of the pickup truck almost immediately opened his door, but the status of the driver in the SUV was not known. Seeing the danger, a purple car at the four-way stop…

Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran launched missile and drone strikes targeting U.S. military facilities in multiple Middle Eastern countries Friday, retaliating after coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear-linked sites.Explosions were reported in or near areas hosting American forces in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan, according to regional officials and state media accounts. Several of those governments said their air defense systems intercepted incoming projectiles.It remains unclear whether any U.S. service members were killed or injured, and the extent of potential damage to American facilities has not yet been confirmed. U.S.…

Read More

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for the protection of civilians as hostilities escalate in the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. “We call on all parties to protect civilian lives as best as possible in what is a very serious situation,” Carney said in a conference in Mumbai, India, Saturday morning – hours after the strikes began.Carney framed the crisis as one involving nuclear proliferation, regional stability and civilian safety and said Canada was not involved in military planning for the attack. Get daily National news Get the…

Read More