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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi’s tour from Riyadh to Kuwait, Beirut, and Damascus is more than a series of routine diplomatic visits. It reflects Baghdad’s attempt to reposition itself in a region where security concerns increasingly overlap with economic interests, traditional alliances are being reshaped, and regional …

The Financial Times has published an article by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in which he warned of the dangers of false assumptions about Iran. He stressed that progress would only be possible if the United States acknowledged that there is no military solution to the current situation. …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh George Orwell’s 1984 is often read as a warning about dictatorship. It is also a study of something subtler: how institutions and ordinary people can gradually adapt themselves to a political system they once regarded as unacceptable. The machinery of Orwell’s Oceania does not depend …

Israeli War Minister Israel Katz warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, writing in Turkish on X that Erdogan “is dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria” and that “Israel” will not “allow any actor to threaten its security”. Katz added that “it would be better” for …

A poll by the Hebrew University and Agam Institute, carried out between 17 and 20 June, questioning 3,644 Israelis aged 17 and over, reveals that the majority of Israelis believe Netanyahu lost the war against Iran. Swipe to see in numbers what Israelis actually think about Netanyahu’s war …

Arthur Michelino Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 8, 2026. REUTERS In late May, with the talks to end the Iran war stalled, the US president threatened to blow up Oman if it did not, in his words, behave like everybody else. …

US war on Iran sends oil tanker rates above $1.2mln a day: FT The cost of chartering an oil supertanker between West Asia and Asia has passed $1.2 million a day for the first time, the Financial Times reported. The US war on Iran is forcing tankers onto …

The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz exposes global energy vulnerabilities that have triggered price shocks, food risks, and supply disruptions.   The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has abruptly severed a fifth of global oil and LNG supply. Beyond spiking energy prices, a supply chain shock …

In the Gulf, water is not a given. It is engineered. Across a region where vast oil wealth meets extreme natural scarcity, life depends on a technological miracle: turning seawater into drinking water. Today, Gulf states produce nearly 40 percent of the world’s desalinated water—an achievement that has …