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Gulf Tensions

UAE's Opec exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts

Diverging alignments over Israel and the war on Iran are driving a deeper rift, as Abu Dhabi uses oil policy to challenge the regional influence of the bloc's most powerful member
War on Iran
How the war on Iran is rewriting regional trade routes
Ahmed Alqarout
War on Iran
Trump administration pitching US companies to rebuild Gulf infrastructure hit by Iran
War on Iran
War on Iran: Why Egypt cannot afford to take sides
Saif Alislam Eid
Energy
'Pipe dream': Turkey's plan to redraw Middle East energy routes after Iran
War on Iran
Trump's blockade of Hormuz is another own goal in the war on Iran
David Hearst
War on Iran
Could the Islamabad talks end 48 years of hostility between the US and Iran?
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
War on Iran
'Ceasefire not holding': US and Iran may have to talk 'as guns are firing'
War on Iran
Trump's 'Apocalypse Now' is a busted flush. Iran has proved it and China knows it
David Hearst
Inside Iran
'Islamic bomb': The secret Pakistani scheme to make Iran a nuclear power
UK Politics
Starmer hopes to establish key diplomatic role for Britain as he heads to the Gulf
War on Iran
With Khamenei's killing, US-Iran relations have crossed a threshold. What next?
Elijah J Magnier
UK Politics
UK 'forces are active' and British planes involved in 'defensive operations' in Middle East
Israel attacks Iran
Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission
Hamid Dabashi
War on Iran
Iranian missiles strike Gulf countries as Bahrain says US Fifth Fleet base attacked
War on Iran
Israel and the US attack Iran: What we know so far
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Arab League and 19 countries condemn Israel's 'de facto annexation' of West Bank
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Tony Blair claims crisis in Gaza due to 'extremism' and 'corruption'
Religion
Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan on Wednesday, but many others to begin a day later
Ramadan
Ramadan 2026: When does it start and everything else you need to know
Arms Trade
Saudi Arabia-Turkey Kaan jet talks irk a Trump administration bent on arms export dominance
Epstein Files
Qatar lobbying UK government through Mandelson firm linked to Epstein
Israel's genocide in Gaza
EU leaders condemn Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ at Munich conference