Recent developments strengthen anti-Houthi forces in Yemen as signs indicate that a re-eruption of the war is imminent.
Iran and the United States held their fire on Monday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump’s UN envoy said the president was “giving talks some space”. Tehran said it had halted retaliatory attacks against Washington’s allies in the Middle East, and US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Fox News Sunday that, while forces remained “locked and loaded”, Trump would give negotiations “a little bit of room”. Fighting over the...
Tit-for-tat strikes have halted in the Middle East even as the scope of the US-Israel war on Iran widens.
The relative calm comes amid reports of renewed efforts to restore diplomatic talks.
Israel instigated the war on Iran and yet it has borne few of its costs.
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will raise fuel surcharges by up to 41 per cent on most passenger flights from August, citing escalating tensions in the Middle East. The airline said on Friday that the higher passenger and cargo fuel surcharges would take effect on August 1, following a brief period of declines after prices peaked in April. “This is the first increase to passenger and cargo fuel surcharges since April, and levels remain below their peak in that month,” Cathay...
Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi reports from Tehran as the US launches strikes for the 13th consecutive night.
Israeli settlers' storming of Islam's holy site fuels 'hatred' and obstructs lasting peace, joint statement says.
The Iran-backed group in Yemen has threatened to target Saudi vessels in a vital shipping route.
Oil prices rise for a fifth day after Yemen's Houthis say they struck Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea.
The price of Brent crude rose more than 5% on Thursday as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate.
Reports of Iran targeting sites belonging to the US's CIA first emerged in the early days of the Iran war.
Saudi Arabia aims to join the region's nuclear club after it signs a deal with the US.
Travellers panic as US attacks Iran-Iraq border crossing
Saudi Arabia has condemned the Houthi naval blockade that could impact oil flow to importers of Saudi oil.
Fighting between the two sides rages as US attacks shift further into Iran’s interior
Iranian social media accounts, and local sources allege that US strikes caused casualties and hit infrastructure.
The US says its attacks aim to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities", as fighting continued for the sixth day in a row.
Iranian media reports airport, bridge and communications tower targeted.
With ceasefire in shambles and both sides exchanging tit-for-tat attacks, is the region again plunging into all-out war?
Capital from the Gulf region is showing signs of flowing into Asia, according to Hong Kong’s finance chief, as bilateral trade between the Middle East and the city rose 35 per cent in the first five months of the year. In his weekly blog on Sunday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said Hong Kong and the Middle East had deepened ties in the areas of the economy, trade, finance, innovation and technology (I&T), and culture over the past few years. While trade between the Gulf Arab States and...
Iran says it launched missile attacks on US military sites in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Qatar.
Iran says it attacked sites linked to the US military in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar after US bombarded targets in Iran.
The Iran battlefield might be quieter and diplomacy might have resumed, but the main contest has shifted to the architecture of the Middle East. The question is no longer whether Iran can be contained, the Strait of Hormuz can remain open or another round of escalation can be avoided. The larger issue is who will write the rules after the shock. Three tracks are taking shape. The first is led by the United States and built around the expansion of the Abraham Accords, the integration of Israel...
Hamas has announced the dissolution of its civilian governing body in Gaza after nearly 20 years of administration.
Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family were killed in a US-Israeli air strike in February.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that indirect talks with Iran in Qatar were making progress, offering a tentative sign that diplomacy was holding after recent exchanges of fire threatened efforts to end the Middle East war. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who led Tehran’s delegation, later said the talks had concluded and that the sides had agreed to establish a communication channel by Thursday to report and record violations of their initial memorandum of...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday met his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud in Beijing, reaffirming China’s strong support for negotiations in the Middle East and calling for sustained dialogue despite a fragile ceasefire. “Talking is better than fighting, and dialogue is better than confrontation,” Wang said, according to a statement released by China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday night. On the evolving regional situation, Wang said the current priority was to uphold...
Gulf countries attacked after US launches second round of strikes on Iran.