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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

Internet disrupted across Asia and Middle East after Red Sea cable cuts

Underwater fibre optic cables on the the ocean floor - (Getty/iStock)

Internet in the Middle East and Asia has been disrupted after undersea cables were cut in the Red Sea, according to Microsoft.

Multiple countries, including India, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, have been affected by the outages, with users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud service experiencing higher latency.

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