The closure of airspace over the southern half of Azerbaijan is putting additional pressure on airlines scrambling to respond to disruption caused by the conflict in the Gulf.
Flight traffic had already been severely disrupted in a region which in normal times acts as a significant hub for the global airline industry.
Aviation expert John Strickland said there was now a "very tight range of options for airlines" trying to navigate the current situation.
Western airlines have had to avoid Russian airspace, including Siberia, since the invasion
Attackers struck at night during the Ramadan fast (stock image)
A Nigerian senator has told the BBC that "massive" numbers of civilians were killed by armed men who attacked their village in Borno state on Wednesday, although he did not have the precise figure.
"The number of people killed actually is very massive but we don't know the exact number, because I rely on the information from the chairman of the local government and the locals there,
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Smoke rising from the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh near the border with Israel
Beside Israel's northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border.
The regular rumble of air strikes echoes over the shattered remains of Shia villages, destroyed during Israel's last ground war there in 2024.
The number of jobs in the US economy fell last month, an unexpected contraction that has renewed questions about whether the labour market in the US might be starting to crack.
Payrolls in the US dropped by 92,000 and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%, according to the latest official figures, surprising analysts who had expected hiring to remain stable.
It marked the biggest monthly job loss since October, when the US government shut down, and
The government says it will start implementing the ban from 28 March
Indonesia says it will ban social media and other popular online platforms for children under 16, becoming the latest country to introduce restrictions aimed at protecting young people from online abuse.
Meutya Hafid, the country's communications and digital affairs minister, announced that accounts for under 16s on "high risk" platforms would be deactivated from 28 March.
Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez and US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum agreed to work together to develop mining in Venezuela this week
The US and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations.
The agency said in a statement that the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability, support economic recovery and advance political reconciliation.
While their diplomatic relations have been improving since the US military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January in a surprise raid, the announcement
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The US has officially deemed artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic a supply chain risk, setting the stage for an unprecedented legal fight.
The Pentagon's designation is the first time a US company has been labelled a supply chain risk, which means the government considers Anthropic not secure enough for it to use.
It has led Anthropic, which has refused to give defence agencies unfettered access to its AI tools over concerns of mass surveillance and autonomous weapons
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has accused Hungarian authorities of taking hostage seven employees of Ukraine's state savings bank, Oschadbank.
Writing on X, Sybiha said: "Today in Budapest, Hungarian authorities took seven Ukrainian citizens hostage. The reasons are still unknown, as well as their current well-being."
The employees were in two cars carrying $80m (£60m) worth of cash between Austria and Ukraine. The authorities had sent a note demanding the employees
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