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Talks between the government, factory owners and the coordination committee on the pricing issue have failed, they say, and crop is drying in the fields because of an unprecedented drought.

The Asian Cup 2027 has been postponed because of the security situation in Saudi Arabia. The competition was set to take place from January 7 to February 5 next year, in eight venues across Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar. It has been put back 11 months as a result of “exceptional circumstances arising from developments in the region”. It is now scheduled to start

The energy-rich Gulf Arab countries are engaged in a flurry of mediation efforts to avert war between the U.S. and Iran, as many fear that the fighting will be worse this time around.

But Government has ignored its promises on pay, conditions and resources

Iranian missiles striking U.S. military bases and Gulf energy facilities exposed a vulnerability at the heart of security in the Middle East.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons players have received the naira equivalent of $100,000 each, fulfilling President Bola Tinubu’s reward for winning the 2025 WAFCON. Read More: https://punchng.com/super-falcons-get-100000-equivalent-as-tinubu-fulfils-pledge/

RÉCIT - À moins de trois semaines de la sortie du jeu vidéo événement, Rockstar Games multiplie les opérations publicitaires, dont les coûts sont estimés à plusieurs millions de dollars. La pub se fait «là où se trouve le public», estime le PDG de la maison mère de Rockstar, Strauss Zelnick.

The supplying of toxic water, without warning, to the citizens of Bronkhorstspruit threatened their fundamental rights to life, health and human dignity.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- The White House on Monday highlighted U.S. Presid...

EXCLUSIVE: Mexican actor Manuel García-Rulfo will receive the GuadaLAjara Film Festival’s honorary Árbol de la Vida Award. García-Rulfo will be handed the award at the festival’s Opening Night Gala on November 5 at the United Theater in Los Angeles. Born in Guadalajara, García-Rulfo is best known for his breakout performances in The Magnificent Seven and […]

Promises to police foreign nationals and restrict spaza-shop ownership dominate campaigns, but legal limits could leave municipalities unable to fulfil them.

The US risks leaving the Iranian regime “angry and vengeful” and a lasting threat to Gulf allies unless the conflict is brought to a clear end, a senior adviser in Joe Biden's White House has warned. Amos Hochstein said Donald Trump's administration must push for a negotiated settlement with Iran, or risk leaving Gulf allies in the firing line. His comments

The risks are growing as diplomatic efforts remain stalled and Iran threatens unrestrained retaliation.

Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack on Iran after the midterms.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the Middle East and the Gulf region should not become an arena for great-power rivalry, as he met Oman's Sultan Haitham in Beijing on Monday, with the two countries calling for the resumption of safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. “The Middle East Gulf region should not become an arena for great-power rivalry

States like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that have worked to rebalance from a dependence on energy have seen growth plunge in a year of strife.

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Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. and Israel would "finish the job" in Iran.

Severe thunderstorms are possible throughout the state's south-east on Tuesday, while a heatwave causes residents in the north to swelter.

The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council has challenged the All Progressives Congress to account for President Bola Tinubu’s failure to fulfil his 2023 campaign promise on electricity, insisting that no amount of political explanations can erase his commitment to Nigerians. The opposition party recalled that the president had made an une

Diplomats warn that renewed conflict would be even more damaging than previous rounds of fighting

In its heyday, the golf course was played on by Lydia Ko and hosted the World Cup of Golf and two New Zealand Opens.

Baghdad is committed to protecting the security of Gulf states and remaining neutral should the war between the US and Iran resume, Iraq's national security adviser has told The National . Qasim Al Abudi stressed that there was broad national consensus in Iraq that the country must not intervene or become part of the conflict. Tehran-backed armed factions in

A fire broke out at a hotel in Dingboche, Nepal along the popular trekking route to Mount Everest Base Camp.

Doha denounces 'dangerous act' that threatens safety of maritime navigation and security of global energy supplies.

Oman is in a unique position to mediate talks on a security arrangement that could stabilise the region.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has warned that any threat to Gulf security would reverberate across the wider Middle East, and called for a shift from crisis management to building a regional order capable of preventing conflict. Mr Abdelatty was speaking at the IISS Manama Dialogue annual security forum in Bahrain, where he stressed that instabili

Verse of the Veilands will radically change the structure of the game so it's easier for new players to follow.

<p>IISS study questions overreliance on American support and ‘overdependence on expensive, high-end systems’</p><p>Gulf states are going to have to reconfigure their trillion-dollar defences given the damage inflicted on their economies and the questionable continued value of US bases in the face of Iranian attack, according to a study by the International I

​The near-daily missions to protect ships have allowed the U.S. to hold the line in a conflict that has dragged on since February and threatened access to the world’s oil supplies.

Darren Woods was scheduled to speak at the Adipec conference in Abu Dhabi on Monday

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Letter to Iran's security chief reportedly pushes for swift return to peace talks, with Vance leading US delegation.

Stubbornly high prices at the pump offered little hope for drivers looking for some relief.

Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi has called for a peace agreement between the Arab Gulf states and Iran, which would see the countries collaborating on security and the regional economy. The agreement would take the form of a security pact that includes Iran, as well as Iraq and Yemen , where Tehran has active armed proxies, he said during a visit to

The deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport earlier this month are just the latest reminder of how the war with Iran continues to destabilise the Middle East. The conflict has driven Gulf countries to accelerate efforts to diversify trade routes and deepen regional integration. However, amid the focus on immediate security threats

<p>Talks are aimed at reopening strait of Hormuz and lifting sanctions on Iran, and for Houthis to withdraw in Yemen</p><p>A multipronged peace deal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within four days of sanctions being lifted and for the Houthis to withdraw substantial forces inside Yemen are at the heart of Gulf states’ plans to avert what they regard as a dis

Blackstone has committed more capital to the Gulf region in the past 12 months than at any point in its history, and it plans to invest more despite geopolitical headwinds, its chief executive has said. Despite the months-long war , the investment appeal of the Gulf remains intact, Steve Schwarzman, who is also chairman and co-founder of the world's largest

There are new signs that the American and Israeli militaries are preparing a potential wave of strikes to muscle Tehran to the negotiating table.

Officials from Riyadh, Islamabad, Ankara and Tehran met in Iran.

A fire has torn through Guryong Village, Seoul’s last shanty-town, forcing more than 100 people to evacuate.

Global Briefing: There is a growing realisation in the Middle East that the US has become an obstacle to peace there

After three decades in the region and 12 years leading The British School Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi head teacher Mark Leppard will leave the UAE next August. He will take up a new role as chief executive of Singapore’s Tanglin Trust School, founded in 1925. Mr Leppard, 57, will be succeeded at BSAK by Robin Macpherson, currently head of college at Robert Gordo

UN Chief Antonio Guterres has warned of devastating consequences from any military escalation in the Gulf region.

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Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said the expanded use of advanced seismic survey technology was key to improving exploration activities and maximising the development of Egypt’s oil and gas resources. He noted that the deployment of Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) technology in the Gulf of Suez had helped raise drilling success rates […]

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From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux. Manus Cranny, The National's geo-economics editor, cuts through the noise and presents insights from the stories making headlines around the world.

US Central Command says more than 3,000 commercial vessels have transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support.

British lender HSBC is not worried about its exposure to the slowing property sector or the health of its corporate loan book in the Gulf region despite the war-driven economic contraction this year, its group chief executive has said. The provisions, just shy of $400 million for potential loan losses, taken so far by Europe’s second-largest lender for its M

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The Gulf states find themselves at the centre of a regional war that is not of their making . A confrontation that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has spread into a web of proxy conflicts, reaching from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea and Bab Al Mandeb, through Iraq and Yemen. The members of the GCC now face a question they can no longer put of

Advocates say there is no future for sustainable fisheries without ending destructive fishing practices.

<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with Gulf partner countries narrowed 26.35 per cent to $2.85bn in the first quarter of 2026-27 against $3.87bn a year earlier, largely due to lower imports and moderately higher exports.</p> <p>The steepest declines were 97.46pc and 72.51pc in import payments to Kuwait and Qatar. These two countries accounted for $947.9

A new memorial honors veterans of the Gulf War who liberated Kuwait from Saddam Hussein. Eleanor Watson has the story.