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Kathmandu, Nepal – As Nepal heads for a crucial parliamentary election on March 5, the Himalayan country’s established parties are fighting not just for votes, but also for legitimacy.That legitimacy was challenged in September last year when thousands of young Nepalis hit the streets, demanding that an ageing old guard, which has dominated Nepal’s politics for two decades, step down.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTriggered by a social media ban, the Gen Z-led protests soon turned into a wider uprising over a stagnant economy and corruption among the governing elite, forcing 74-year-old Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to…

At MWC 2026 in Barcelona, SK Telecom outlined how it is rebuilding itself around AI, from its network core to its customer service desks. The shift goes beyond adding new AI tools. It involves rewriting internal systems, expanding data centre capacity to the gigawatt scale, and upgrading its own large language model to more than one trillion parameters.At a press conference during MWC 2026, SK Telecom CEO Jung Jai-hun outlined what the company calls an “AI Native” strategy. The plan centres on reorganising infrastructure and making large investments so the company can help position Korea among the world’s top three…

Published On 2 Mar 20262 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoProtests have erupted in several parts of India following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a United States-Israeli air assault on Iran on Saturday.Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country on Sunday, chanting anti-Israel and anti-US slogans in rallies that stretched into the evening.Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said he was “deeply concerned” about the situation in Iran, urging demonstrators to remain calm and “avoid any actions that could lead to…

AI adoption in financial services has effectively become universal–and the institutions still treating it as an experiment are now the outliers. According to Finastra’s Financial Services State of the Nation 2026 report, which surveyed 1,509 senior executives across 11 markets, only 2% of financial institutions globally report no use of AI whatsoever. The debate is over. The question now is what comes next. For CIOs and technology leaders, the findings paint a picture that is equal parts opportunity and pressure. Six in ten institutions improved their AI capabilities over the past year, with 43% citing AI as their single most important…

The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a United States-Israeli air campaign has sent shockwaves through the Middle East, decapitating the leadership of the “axis of resistance” at its most critical moment.For decades, this network of groups allied with Iran was Tehran’s forward line of defence. But today, with its commander-in-chief dead and its logistical arteries cut, the alliance looks less like a unified war machine and more like a series of isolated islands.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHassan Ahmadian, a professor at the University of Tehran, warned that the era of strategic patience is over…

After the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on Saturday, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior officials, Tehran moved quickly to respond.Iran said its retaliation targeted Israel and US-linked military sites across the region, including in Gulf states that host US forces.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe opening exchange has sharpened the central question for regional capitals and global markets: Will this remain a cycle of reciprocal strikes, or will it evolve into a longer campaign shaped by Iran’s strike reach, allied forces and pressure on shipping and energy infrastructure?At the heart…

EXPLAINERUntil Khamenei’s successor is picked, the three-member leadership council, including Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, will lead Iran.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPublished On 1 Mar 20261 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoIranian authorities have announced a three-member interim leadership council to run the government after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli-United States strikes.Iran’s government pledged to avenge the killing on Saturday of Khamenei, who had been in power for nearly four decades. Tehran has since targeted Israeli and US assets located across Gulf countries in retaliatory strikes.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of…

The United States-Israeli war on Iran is just one day old, and it is already clear it will have a profound impact on the Middle East and the Gulf in particular. The US-Israeli bombardment of Iran has killed a number of high-ranking officials as well as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Tehran has responded by attacking not just Israel but also various countries in the region.Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman were all struck by Iranian missiles or drones, even though none of these countries had launched attacks on Iran from their territory. Various sites across…

The machine that will make tomorrow’s AI chips possible has just been declared ready for mass production – and the clock for the industry’s next leap has officially started. ASML, the Dutch company that holds a global monopoly on commercial extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment, confirmed this week that its High-NA EUV tools have crossed the threshold from technically impressive to genuinely production-ready.The announcement was made exclusively to Reuters by ASML’s chief technology officer Marco Pieters ahead of a technical conference in San Jose.Current-generation EUV machines are approaching the outer edge of what they can do for advanced AI chip production,…

Interior Ministry official says 66 missiles were fired at Qatar, and there were 114 reports of falling shrapnel. Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 28 Feb 202628 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoDoha, Qatar – Eight people have been injured in Qatar after missile shrapnel landed in multiple locations across the country, authorities said, following a barrage of Iranian missiles that Qatar said were intercepted by its air defences.Brigadier Abdullah Khalifa Al-Muftah, the head of public relations at Qatar’s Ministry of Interior, said in a televised address on Saturday that 66 missiles were fired at…