Let’s stop pretending that Middle East sanity can emerge from the current inhabitant of the White House Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices It’s about time we wised up to […]
Sanam Vakil The seizure of a British tanker is inextricably linked to US pressure on Tehran. Negotiation, not sanctions, is the answer Sun 21 Jul 2019 It was like something […]
Alan West Britain must seek to reduce tension but its first duty is to protect ships and crews Sat 20 Jul 2019 The boarding and holding of the […]
Jun 18, 2019 By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government’s top diplomat warned on Tuesday that the world should not open a “Pandora’s Box” in the Middle East, […]
By AFP – May 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES UAE navy boats are seen next to Al Marzoqah, Saudi Arabian tanker, off the Port of Fujairah, UAE, on Monday (Reuters photo) […]
National security adviser John Bolton says any Iranian attack on US or its allies will be met with ‘unrelenting force’ Reuters Mon 6 May 2019 The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier […]
By Reuters – Jan 13,2019 – JORDAN TIMES DOHA/RIYADH — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that a rift between Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbours […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL The commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. Fifth Fleet has been found dead in his residence in Bahrain. Chief of […]
Environment Scientists say situation is ‘worse than feared’ after finding almost no oxygen in Gulf of Oman Tom Embury-Dennis @tomemburyd An underwater “dead zone” larger than the area of Scotland has been […]
The dailyReport By Andrew Brennan April 25, 2018 10:48 PM (UTC+8) When will it stop? The Trump administration was “confident” that “animal Assad” was responsible for the alleged attack […]
Marketplace Middle East by Zahraa Alkhalisi @CNNMoney May 25, 2017: Arab-American business owners: We create jobs & wealth In the oil-rich Gulf, public displays of private wealth are […]
Reuters International This content was published on March 16, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump departs after attending a Friends of Ireland event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March […]
BY PHILLIP CONNOR7 COMMENTS Construction workers from India wait for transportation near the Grand Hormuz Hotel in Muscat, Oman. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) India has a long history of migration. More than a century ago, large numbers of Indian migrants – many of them involuntary ones – moved to […]
Tehran has claimed it captured a US spy drone in the Persian Gulf after the unmanned aircraft entered Iranian airspace, Iran’s Press TV reported. The drone was identified as a […]
by Jean-Michel Berthoud, swissinfo.ch The United States authorities have long been at odds with some Swiss banks, but could soon be turning their sights on Swiss-based commodity traders. At issue […]
