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UAE halts trade, financial ties with Iran after threat to maritime traffic | MEO
52+ min ago (645+ words) ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, marking a sharp escalation in its response to rising regional tensions after Abu Dhabi said Iranian ballistic missiles had targeted…...
Bloodshed returns to Gaza after Kushner talks end in deadlock | MEO
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (579+ words) CAIRO – An Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said, a day after Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner ended a trip to the region that failed to push forward the US president’s…...
Iran envoy meets nationals held in Kuwait amid rising tensions | MEO
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (550+ words) DUBAI – Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait met four Iranian nationals who have been detained in Kuwait for three months, Iranian state media quoted Iran’s embassy in Kuwait as saying on Tuesday, a few days after an Iranian military official accused Kuwait…...
A lion barely looks up: Gaza zoo reflects the toll of war on animals | MEO
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (490+ words) GAZA/CAIRO – As children walked into the zoo near Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars of its cage and chimpanzees sitting listlessly in their enclosure. Many of the animals were…...
Trump university probes lacked evidence, whistleblower says | MEO
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (461+ words) WASHINGTON – A former Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration’s probes of US universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes. Investigations by a Trump administration task force into alleged antisemitism were “marked by extraordinary…...
Syria says nuclear material find poses no danger after IAEA access | MEO
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (147+ words) DAMASCUS – Nuclear material found at an undisclosed site in Syria was not dangerous and would remain in Syrian custody, subject to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s guarantees, Syria’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Asaad al-Shibani added in a joint news…...
Saudi Arabia tightens anti-crime oversight on UAE-bound bank transfers | MEO
16+ hour, 35+ min ago (865+ words) RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has placed financial transfers to the United Arab Emirates under extra layers of regulatory oversight reserved for countries considered high-risk for illicit money flows, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter, the latest sign…...
Abu Dhabi, Muscat seek united Gulf response to regional threats | MEO
23+ hour, 44+ min ago (1139+ words) ABU DHABI/MUSCAT – United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq held talks in Abu Dhabi on Monday on regional security and stability, underscoring growing Gulf coordination as tensions with Iran continue…...
Oil market starts pricing in a prolonged Hormuz crisis | Ron Bousso | MEO
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (638+ words) The stalemate is increasingly forcing traders to contend with restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important oil chokepoint, that could persist for months. That shift in expectations helps explain why crude oil prices have stabilized…...
Kushner leaves Jerusalem with Trump’s Gaza plan still stalled | MEO
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (760+ words) JERUSALEM – US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner left Jerusalem on Monday without a breakthrough after two days of talks with Israeli and Hamas leaders over a stalled US plan to end the war in Gaza, with both…...