Dan Schwartzman

The bombing campaign over Iran and the subsequent retaliation has led to more than 2,300 flight cancellations being recorded in the Middle East, with more than 90 percent of departures from Dubai International Airport being scrapped.

That's according to FlightAware data.

Some airlines were hit drastically, with Emirates canceling 87 percent of its scheduled flights and FlyDubai canceling 89 percent.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded as the region functions as a global superconnector.

Ships are avoiding the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has effectively closed the important waterway.

We get more details from Bloomberg's Ed Kaleighi.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rebounding sharply in early Asia trading on Sunday after Iran confirmed that the Ayatollah had been killed during the military campaign by the U.S.

and Israel.

Bitcoin recovered to above $68,000, with cryptocurrencies recovering roughly $32 billion in market value by Sunday morning.

The U.S.

reportedly used Anthropic's Clawed AI tool in its attacks on Iran just hours after the Trump administration announced that the federal government would end its relationship with the company after Anthropic attempted to put limits on the use of its Clawed tool, that's according to the Wall Street Journal.

U.S.

Central Command is said to have used the tool for target identification as well as intelligence assessments and simulated battle scenarios.

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According to reports, both Israel and Saudi Arabia lobbied for President Trump to launch strikes against Iran.

That's according to The Washington Post.

Despite Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman publicly calling for a diplomatic solution to the Iran-U.S.