US officials pushing UAE to seize Iranian island: Report
US officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates to “get more heavily involved in the Iran war and seize one of Tehran’s Gulf islands,” The Telegraph reported Saturday. A...
May 17, 2026
US officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates to “get more heavily involved in the Iran war and seize one of Tehran’s Gulf islands,” The Telegraph reported Saturday. A...
May 17, 2026
An Israeli military officer was killed on Saturday when an explosive-laden drone detonated in southern Lebanon, Anadolu reports. The Israeli army said in a statement that “24-year-old Captain Maoz...
May 17, 2026
The Palestinian Jerusalem Governorate warned on Saturday of an Israeli plan to seize approximately 20 properties near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, describing it as a “new colonial escalation,” Anadolu reports....
May 17, 2026
There is a strange ritual in Washington whenever Iran is discussed. The language begins with democracy, women’s rights, non-proliferation and regional stability. It then somehow ends with sanctions, threats,...
May 17, 2026
The Hormuz Strait should be reopened without any tolls or restrictions, said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking at the Europe-Gulf Forum at Greece’s...
May 16, 2026
US officials believe Iranian hackers may be responsible for a series of breaches involving systems that track fuel levels in storage tanks at gas stations across several US states,...
May 16, 2026
A large crowd of demonstrators marched through the British capital of London on Saturday, May 16, to express solidarity with Palestine, Anadolu reports. The participants carried Palestinian flags, banners,...
May 16, 2026
Israeli authorities and occupiers are using military infrastructure and seizure orders to expand illegal settlement activity and alter the topography of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official report...
May 16, 2026
Every year on 15 May, Palestinians mark the Nakba — the catastrophe of 1948. Yet to describe the Nakba as history is to misunderstand its enduring architecture. It was...
May 16, 2026
The end of traditional energy politics For decades, energy diplomacy in the Middle East revolved around a familiar triangle: Oil, geopolitics and security. Oil-producing states shaped global markets through...