19+ hour, 35+ min ago   (446+ words) DUBAI: Bahrain said on Saturday that it would not take part in a proposed meeting between Gulf states and Iran in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic relations between Manama and Tehran had been restored. Citing Iranian…...

22+ hour, 42+ min ago   (918+ words) DUBLIN: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran was probably responsible for an aerial attack on Saudi Arabia that shut down its East-West pipeline, one ‌of the ‌kingdom's main routes ​for ‌exporting ⁠crude while ​bypassing the ⁠Strait of…...

18+ hour, 25+ min ago   (246+ words) LONDON: Iran’s president and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi discussed “efforts to ease tensions” in the region during a face-to-face meeting on Saturday. Masoud Pezeshkian met with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Al-Nahyan at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi....

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1165+ words) Bandar al-Mosalam / Asharq Al-Awsat RIYADH: Trade can grind to a halt before ports close or shipping lanes are blocked. Disruption can begin elsewhere, when cargo or vessels become too costly or difficult to insure, or when markets are unable to…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (342+ words) LONDON: Gaza City’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital suspended key medical services on Wednesday after its main power generator failed amid shortages of fuel, lubricating oil and spare parts, medical sources said. The breakdown forced the hospital to halt CT scans and…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (209+ words) LONDON: The UN’s atomic agency said Iran is carrying out construction activity at a secretive site suspected of being used for nuclear activity, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The report comes after President Donald Trump said the United States may attack…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (171+ words) SINGAPORE: Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell slightly ​on Wednesday to seven, compared with the previous day’s 12, preliminary shiptracking data showed on Thursday, with levels also lower than the 10-day average of 14. Out of these seven, ‌four vessels…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (720+ words) Venice: A new documentary from two Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers provides damning new testimony about AI-enabled mass killings in Gaza from the men and women who took part, the directors told AFP on Thursday ahead of its premiere in Venice. Yuval…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (419+ words) DUBAI: Renewed fighting along Yemen’s Red Sea coast has put the strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait back in focus, raising concerns over a key maritime route linking Europe and Asia. The strait is a narrow passage between Yemen and the Horn…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago   (1012+ words) LONDON: The algae bloom that clogged intake pipes at Israel’s Mediterranean desalination plants in late August exposed the fragility of a water system that supplies not only Israel, but also Gaza. Five of Israel’s six coastal desalination plants, which convert…...