Dubai’s major international airport began diverting all incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the city, causing widespread flooding. The world’s busiest air hub for international passengers, which had been expecting more than 100 flights on Tuesday evening, earlier briefly halted its operations in the chaos caused by the storm. Dubai, the Middle East’s […] The post Dubai airport diverts flights as ‘exceptional weather’ hits city appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Trump media group on Tuesday announced it is negotiating with Canadian online video platform Rumble to provide a stage for a subscription on-demand video service. The organization headed by former US president Donald Trump said that it has already inked a deal to have the specialty firm, which is popular with political conservatives, provide “wide-ranging […] The post Trump media group plans TV streaming platform appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Costa Rica on Tuesday ruled out accepting migrants deported by Britain, which reportedly hopes to expand a controversial arrangement with Rwanda aimed at discouraging asylum seekers. “We informed the United Kingdom that Costa Rica will not receive any foreign immigrants,” President Rodrigo Chaves wrote on the social media platform X. Sending undocumented migrants to Rwanda […] The post Costa Rica rules out accepting migrants from Britain appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

The White House said Tuesday that separate aid bills set for a vote in the US House this week appear to meet the long-delayed military needs of Ukraine and Israel. But US President Joe Biden needs to study the proposals by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson more closely before making a final decision, it added. […] The post White House gives cautious nod to Ukraine, Israel bills appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai’s airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman. Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, was paralysed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flagship shopping centres […] The post Heavy floods hit Dubai, airport as Oman toll rises to 18 appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Julian Assange’s wife on Tuesday condemned comments by the United States government on how the WikiLeaks founder might be treated if he is extradited from the UK. The High Court in London on March 26 gave the US three weeks to provide further “assurances” on his treatment if he was sent there to face charges […] The post Julian Assange’s wife condemns US ‘assurances’ over extradition appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of further sanctions targeting Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, saying she expects Washington will take added action “in the coming days.” “I fully expect that we will take additional sanctions action against Iran in the coming days,” she said as this week’s spring […] The post Yellen says US set to tighten sanctions on Iran soon appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it had found unexploded 1,000-pound bombs inside schools after Israel pulled troops out of southern Gaza’s main city Khan Yunis. The Israeli army has carried out relentless air strikes and bombardments in Gaza since Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. UN agencies led an “assessment mission” […] The post UN agency finds unexploded 1,000-pound bombs in Gaza schools appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

The recent oil price spike fueled by rising Middle East tensions has the potential to derail the IMF’s “relatively good” outlook for the world economy, its chief economist told AFP. “We are projecting a global economy that is quite resilient for 2024,” Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said in an interview ahead of the publication of the International […] The post Mideast-related oil price spike threatens ‘relatively good’ economic outlook: IMF chief economist appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Global stock markets mostly sank Tuesday after Israel’s army chief vowed a response to Iran’s attack on his country, although oil prices held steady despite jitters that Israel could target energy infrastructure in key crude producer Iran. Deep losses in Asia carried over into European trading, but Wall Street’s main indices wobbled as corporate earnings […] The post Anxiety over Middle East hits global stocks appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more