In a move that marks a significant shift for one of Europe’s most iconic landmarks, officials at the Cologne Cathedral announced they will begin charging an admission fee for all tourists.

The escalating conflict in the Middle East has triggered a massive financial hemorrhage within the global travel and tourism sector, with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) estimating losses at $600 million per day in international visitor spending.

In a historic first for the European Union's civil protection mechanism, rescEU passenger planes were activated to evacuate hundreds of citizens from the escalating war zone in the Middle East.

The U.S. Embassy in Doha issued a chilling high-level security alert this morning, urging all Americans to depart Qatar immediately while land borders remain traversable.

The global aviation industry has entered a state of unprecedented paralysis as escalating conflict in the Middle East transforms some of the world’s busiest transit hubs into ghost towns.

A desperate race against time is unfolding across the Middle East today as nations scramble to organize evacuation flights for hundreds of thousands of travelers caught in the crossfire of the regional war.