Washington said mediation efforts were advancing despite Tehran denying direct negotiations, while fresh maritime attacks underscored persistent security risks across...
Dubai's population grew 7.5 percent to more than 4.58 million by the end of 2025, fuelled by economic expansion and...
The models that once governed aid, CSR, employment, and economic engagement are shifting, and the GCC has an opportunity to...Across the region, business leaders are confronting a reality already transforming global markets.
Instead of funding isolated projects, Gulf institutions can help build ecosystems such as agritech clusters, circular-economy value chains,
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday likened recent anti-government protests to a "coup", warning that any US attack on the Islamic...The Iranian authorities' deadly response to the protests sparked threats of intervention from US President Donald Trump
"The Americans should know that if they start a war, this time it will be a regional war," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said
The Pakistan-Saudi pact was signed just months after Pakistan and India fought an intense four-day conflict in May that killed..."This is a bilateral defensive relationship with Pakistan. We have common agreements with Turkey but the one with Pakistan will stay bilateral," the official said
The defence agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, announced last year raised many questions, given that Islamabad possesses nuclear weapons
Iran's top diplomat said Friday that his country's missile and defence capabilities would "never" be on the negotiating table, as US...The Axios site on Monday reported that US officials say any deal with Tehran would have to include a cap on its long-range missiles
Other regional actors have joined calls for diplomacy, including Gulf states, some of which host US military sites, and Tehran's ally Russia
Friday's visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi comes after US President Donald Trump threatened a military strike on Iran...Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will tell Araghchi that his country "is ready to contribute to resolving the current tensions through talks", a Turkish diplomatic source said
Speaking to Al-Jazeera television on Wednesday, Fidan said he had suggested Washington tackle outstanding issues with Iran "one-by-one", starting with the nuclear file
- In his latest post on Truth Social, Trump did not mention the protests but said Iran needed to negotiate a...
A US naval strike group that Trump described as an "armada" led by aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln is now lurking in Middle East waters
In his latest post on Truth Social, Trump said Iran needed to negotiate a deal over its nuclear programme, which the West believes is aimed at making an atomic bomb
A US naval strike force led by an aircraft carrier was in Middle Eastern waters on Tuesday as Iran vowed...Washington has not ruled out new military intervention against Tehran over its crackdown on protests, which according to rights groups saw thousands of people killed within days
A strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln has now arrived in Middle Eastern waters, US Central Command said, without revealing its precise location
- A US naval strike group led by an aircraft carrier has deployed to Middle Eastern waters, the United States said Monday,...
Iran's foreign ministry warned on Monday of a "comprehensive and regret-inducing response to any aggression".
Rhe United Arab Emirates, which hosts a US airbase, said it would not allow attacks on Iran to be launched from its territory.
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and...
Reopening Rafah forms part of a Gaza truce framework announced by Trump in October, but the crossing has remained closed
Ali Shaath, appointed to head a committee of 15 Palestinian technocrats, said at the World Economic Forum that the gateway would reopen next week
- A next round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US to halt the war will continue in Abu Dhabi...
This was the first time the warring sides have talked about a plan being pushed by Trump to end the nearly four-year war
Ukrainian and Russian delegations held their first direct talks in months in Abu Dhabi even as Russia launched a barrage of drones
