Category: 2. Middle East

May 4 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that South Korea should join U.S. efforts to protect ship movements near Iran, and added that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would hold a news conference on Tuesday with the Chairman of the…

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron cast doubt Monday on US plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying he did not understand what President Donald Trump’s Project Freedom initiative entails and stressing that only a coordinated effort…

The United Arab Emirates purchased 10 military aircraft from a Brazilian firm on Monday, reflecting a desire both to improve capabilities during the regional war and to cultivate relations with the BRICS bloc. 

What happened: The Brazilian…

ANKARA — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on Monday during the latter’s visit to Turkey against a background of deepening fractures among Gulf countries. 

What happened:…

Oil prices jumped on Monday after a drone strike sparked a fire at an Emirati energy installation, threatening a fragile US-Iran ceasefire, while US warships entered the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Seoul and Taipei hit record highs as Asian traders…

Oil prices jumped on Monday after a drone strike sparked a fire at an Emirati energy installation following US warships crossing the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Seoul and Taipei hit record highs Monday as Asian traders joined the rally in tech…

May 4 (Reuters) – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah said on Monday that a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone following what they described as a drone attack originating from Iran.

Civil defence teams were deployed…

WASHINGTON — The US military’s headquarters for the Middle East said on Monday that two US-flagged commercial vessels made it through the Strait of Hormuz unharmed thanks to a new naval operation to break Iran’s de facto blockade of the…

By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer

BRUSSELS, May 4 (Reuters) – European officials have been working on ways to convince Donald Trump to keep the United States in NATO despite severe tensions over the Iran war. But his abrupt move to cut U.S. forces in…

A fire broke out at the Fujairah oil complex in the United Arab Emirates following a drone attack on Monday evening, according to Fujairah’s media office, as the Gulf state said it had intercepted cruise missiles and loitering munitions…