A currency trader in Dubai’s Deira district watched as compliance officers moved through nearby exchange houses, asking quiet but pointed questions. By evening, several storefronts had...
Missiles fall. Air defenses rise. The Gulf fights back—while calling for diplomacy. As the war between Iran and the United States stretches into its fourth week,...
First Hormuz. Now the Red Sea. The world’s trade arteries are turning into battlefields. The war centered on Iran is no longer confined to the Gulf....
Iran’s Strategic Miscalculation: Why Targeting the Gulf Is a Historic Blunder. As the U.S.–Israel war escalates, Tehran’s missile campaign against GCC states reshapes regional alignments —...
Hotels, airports, oil sites—Gulf states say they’re being dragged into a war they didn’t choose. The Gulf is no longer on the sidelines of the Iran...
Middle East Conflict Forces OPEC+ and Asian Importers to Rethink Energy Security as Hormuz Risk Surges. The world isn’t running out of oil. It’s running out...
Missiles falling. Billions flowing. Congress sidelined. Emergency Approvals for UAE, Kuwait and Jordan Bypass Congress as Iran Strikes Intensify. The United States has approved a sweeping...
Revolutionary Guards Warn of Imminent Attacks on Saudi, UAE and Qatari Infrastructure as Oil Prices Surge. The war has moved to the energy heartland. Now the...
Senior Adviser Anwar Gargash Says Emirates Could Support Effort to Safeguard Shipping as Iran Crisis Deepens. The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most dangerous shipping...
Despite Heavy U.S.–Israeli Strikes, Tehran Retains Enough Launch Capacity to Sustain a War of Attrition. Air dominance doesn’t mean silence. Iran’s reduced barrages still carry strategic...
Strikes on Baghdad Embassy and UAE Energy Hub Signal Wider Escalation; Oil Surges 40%. A “decisive phase,” embassy strikes, oil up 40% — and no sign...
From neutrality to “a time of war” — the Gulf’s balancing act is collapsing. Abu Dhabi Says It Is Responding to “Brutal and Unjustified Aggression” After...
After apologizing to its neighbors, Iran launched more missiles. Is the Gulf now fully in the war? Missiles and Drones Hit Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and...
Commercial Vessels Hit Near UAE and Oman as Strait of Hormuz Faces Electronic Warfare and Houthi Threats. Projectiles. Fires at sea. Ships disappearing from radar. The...
A UK royal, a key British MP, and Somaliland’s president at one table. This is diplomacy without permission — and it’s getting noticed. DUBAI — President...
Second year in a row, Somaliland speaks where global power listens. DUBAI — President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) has once again placed Somaliland on a major...
As diplomacy inches forward, Russia is making one thing brutally clear: foreign boots in Ukraine cross a line. Russia has issued one of its starkest warnings...
From Hargeisa to Dubai—Somaliland steps into a room of 130 nations and speaks for itself. The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro),...
Ports, Power, and the Red Sea: Why Somaliland Now Sits at the Center of Global Strategy. Somaliland sits beside the Bab el-Mandeb, a maritime chokepoint so...
India and the United Arab Emirates have just redefined the strategic geometry between South Asia and the Gulf — and they did it in two hours....