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#13405276

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. The table shows a list of canceled flights as global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines suspend thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405277

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on a mobile phone screen and on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. The table shows a list of canceled flights as global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines suspend thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405278

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. The table shows a list of canceled flights as global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines suspend thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405280

5 March 2026

A smartphone displays the Flightradar24 app showing empty skies over Iran, while an airport arrivals and departures board shows multiple canceled flights in the background in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. Civil aviation comes to a halt across the region as Iran extends its airspace closure (Tehran FIR) following military strikes by the United States and Israel. The live tracking map reveals a lack of commercial traffic over Iranian airspace, disrupting global air travel. Airlines suspend thousands of flights, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405282

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on a mobile phone screen and on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. The table shows a list of canceled flights as global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines suspend thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405284

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. Global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines cancel thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405285

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. The table shows a list of canceled flights as global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines suspend thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405288

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. The table shows a list of canceled flights as global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines suspend thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13405289

5 March 2026

A female passenger checks her flight status on the airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5, 2026. Global air travel faces chaos following military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Airlines cancel thousands of flights due to the total closure of airspaces over Iran, Iraq, and Jordan, and restricted zones across the UAE and Qatar, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide.

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#13385501

1 March 2026

A stranded Nepali migrant worker checks the display board about flight operations at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026, following the closure of airspace by Middle Eastern nations due to heightened tension between Israel and Iran. As soon as Israel launches a series of attacks on Iran, and Iran takes retaliatory measures on February 28, 2026, followed by attacks on other US-backed countries in the Middle East, it prompts the closure of airspace. This raises concerns for the safety and security of over 1.7 million Nepali nationals living and working across the region. Those who come to Kathmandu to fly there are now at a crossroads of confusion. According to the latest data from the Government of Nepal and various migration agencies, among the six major Gulf countries, the UAE hosts the largest number of Nepali, more than 600,000. Qatar is estimated to have around 500,000 Nepali workers. Saudi Arabia is home to approximately 450,000, Kuwait around 120,000, and Bahrain and Oman more than 50,000 each. In addition, about 5,000 Nepali work in Israel, mainly in caregiving and agriculture. The Gulf countries are key destinations for foreign employment for Nepali workers.

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#13385511

1 March 2026

A stranded Nepali migrant worker takes a photo of the notices issued by the airlines company at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026, following the closure of airspace by Middle Eastern nations due to heightened tension between Israel and Iran. Israel launches a series of attacks on Iran, and Iran takes retaliatory measures on February 28, 2026, followed by attacks on other US-backed countries in the Middle East, prompting the closure of airspace. This raises concerns for the safety and security of over 1.7 million Nepali nationals living and working across the region. Those who come to Kathmandu to fly there are now at a crossroads of confusion. According to the latest data from the Government of Nepal and various migration agencies, among the six major Gulf countries, the UAE hosts the largest number of Nepali, more than 600,000. Qatar is estimated to have around 500,000 Nepali workers. Saudi Arabia is home to approximately 450,000, Kuwait around 120,000, and Bahrain and Oman more than 50,000 each. In addition, about 5,000 Nepali are working in Israel, mainly in caregiving and agriculture. The Gulf countries are key destinations for foreign employment for Nepali workers.

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#13385505

1 March 2026

A Nepali migrant worker stranded at Tribhuvan International Airport looks at his document as Middle Eastern nations close their airspace following heightened tension between Israel and Iran in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026. Israel launches a series of attacks on Iran, and Iran takes retaliatory measures on February 28, 2026, followed by attacks on other US-backed countries in the Middle East, prompting the closure of airspace. This raises concerns for the safety and security of over 1.7 million Nepali nationals living and working across the region. Those who come to Kathmandu to fly there are now at a crossroads of confusion. According to the latest data from the Government of Nepal and various migration agencies, among the six major Gulf countries, the UAE hosts the largest number of Nepali, more than 600,000. Qatar is estimated to have around 500,000 Nepali workers. Saudi Arabia is home to approximately 450,000, Kuwait around 120,000, and Bahrain and Oman more than 50,000 each. In addition, about 5,000 Nepali are working in Israel, mainly in caregiving and agriculture. The Gulf countries are key destinations for foreign employment for Nepali workers.

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#13221033

20 January 2026

An aerial view shows the tanker 'Besart' stranded on Tale Beach in Lezhe, with its crew on board, excavators and border police on site, on January 20, 2026.

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#13122608

22 December 2025

Tourist vehicles are stranded in central Kashmir's Sonamarg in Ganderbal district during heavy snowfall in Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on December 21, 2025. The prolonged dry weather ends as the Kashmir valley receives rain and heavy snowfall in many places, including famous tourist destinations Gulmarg and Sonamarg, as the 40-day harshest winter period 'Chillai Kalan' begins in Kashmir.

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#13016872

23 November 2025

A passenger holding his luggage walks towards the closed departure gates area. Eindhoven Airport had a significantly disrupted travel evening after air traffic was suspended for several hours due to multiple drone sightings in the vicinity. The suspension impacted hundreds of passengers in the evening and lasted for approximately two hours, with flights only resuming around 11:00 PM. The incident stranded hundreds of travelers in the departure hall, with many flights being diverted to alternative airports in the country, as well as in Belgium and Germany. Dutch Minister of Defence confirmed that defence counter-drone measures were "ready to intervene" and that action was taken against the unmanned aerial vehicles. The closure at Eindhoven came the same day when the Dutch military used weapons against drones sighted above the Volkel Air Base, located a few kilometers northeast, which hosts the Dutch F-35 fighter jets. The origin of the drones remains unknown, and the incident is part of a wider pattern of disruptive airspace incursions across Europe, with many recently in Brussels, that have raised security alerts and been described by European leaders as a form of "hybrid warfare." Eindhoven Airport is both a public and military one, an Air Base with NATO aircraft, known as Welschap. After the incident only Transavia low cost airline returned the planes back. Eindhoven Airport, the Netherlands on November 23, 2025

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#13016861

23 November 2025

General view the Eindhoven Airport illuminating logo inscription on top of the building. Eindhoven Airport had a significantly disrupted travel evening after air traffic was suspended for several hours due to multiple drone sightings in the vicinity. The suspension impacted hundreds of passengers in the evening and lasted for approximately two hours, with flights only resuming around 11:00 PM. The incident stranded hundreds of travelers in the departure hall, with many flights being diverted to alternative airports in the country, as well as in Belgium and Germany. Dutch Minister of Defence confirmed that defence counter-drone measures were "ready to intervene" and that action was taken against the unmanned aerial vehicles. The closure at Eindhoven came the same day when the Dutch military used weapons against drones sighted above the Volkel Air Base, located a few kilometers northeast, which hosts the Dutch F-35 fighter jets. The origin of the drones remains unknown, and the incident is part of a wider pattern of disruptive airspace incursions across Europe, with many recently in Brussels, that have raised security alerts and been described by European leaders as a form of "hybrid warfare." Eindhoven Airport is both a public and military one, an Air Base with NATO aircraft, known as Welschap. After the incident only Transavia low cost airline returned the planes back. Eindhoven Airport, the Netherlands on November 23, 2025

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