Middle East

Jun 15: The United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, said on Saturday that lack of regional participation in the Iran nuclear deal was a mistake, UAE state news agency WAM reported. “The P5+1 deal had two major flaws. The first being the lack of involvement with regional countries during the dialogue process,” the foreign minister said, referring to the nuclear deal

Sanaa, Jun 15: The Saudi-led coalition attacked Houthi air-defence system in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday morning. The coalition has announced earlier that it is planning to attack specific targets in Sanaa, Sputnik reported. This comes two days after Houthis rebels targeted Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia with drones, killing 26. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been leading an

New York, Jun 14: World oil prices have risen following suspected attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, worsening frayed tensions in the crude-rich Middle East region. The rise in oil prices - jumping as much as 4.5 per cent before pulling back somewhat - boosted share prices of energy companies, while global stock markets also won some support from the prospect of US interest rate cuts this

Colombo, Jun 14: Five suspects linked to the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka have been repatriated from the UAE, police said on Friday. The suspects also include Mohamed Milhan, a prominent member of the banned terror outfit National Thawheed Jamath (NTJ) that was responsible for the attacks. Milhan was also listed as a terror suspect in the Intelligence warnings issued before the Easter

Two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, were reportedly attacked on Thursday, the US Navy said, with one adrift and on fire amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran and a high-stakes visit by the Japanese prime minister to Iran. Latest updates: 1:50pm Norwegian tanker attacked with three blasts: The Norwegian tanker Front Altair was "attacked", with

Dubai, Jun 13: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Defense slammed that Iranian regime for “spreading chaos” in the Middle East by backing terrorist organisations such as Yemen’s Houthi militia. “For 40 years, the Iranian regime has been spreading chaos, death and destruction, by sponsoring and financing terrorist organizations including the Houthis,” Prince Khalid bin Salman said in a post on his

Riyadh, Jun 12: An Indian woman was among the 26 people injured in a missile attack by Yemen's rebel Houthi militia on Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport on Wednesday, a spokesperson of the Saudi-led Arab coalition involved in the war in Yemen said. The attack took place in the morning, state-run Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a statement given by Col Turki Al-Maliki. A projectile

Jun 12: Estimates of Saudi Arabia’s crude oil reserves have increased by 12 percent, closing in on Venezuela’s top spot in the world. In the first major change to the estimated reserves since 1989, BP revised Saudi Arabia’s proved oil reserves to 297.7 billion barrels at the end of 2018 from 266.2 billion a year earlier, only slightly behind 303 billion in Venezuela. Canada was third with 168

Jun 9: The mortal remains of 11 Indians killed in a horrific road accident in Dubai were repatriated on June 9 while the body of a 22-year-old Indian was cremated in the Gulf emirate, an official said. Twelve Indians were among 17 people killed in Dubai on June 6 when a bus, mostly with Eid vacationers coming from Oman, entered a restricted lane and rammed into a low-clearance sign. The

New Delhi, Jun 9: At least 1,400 migrant workers from Nepal have died while helping to build football stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, a shock TV documentary has revealed. Construction site accidents and squalid living conditions in the Gulf state are claiming around 110 lives every year, according to Nepali government figures. And bereaved families of dead workers told German