As ships reroute around Africa to avoid Middle East conflict zones, piracy off Somalia is back. The resurgence is driving up insurance, transit times and security costs, putting new pressure on global ...

Edited by: Rob Mudge Early Friday (May 8), the United Arab Emirates thwarted another Iranian missile and drone attack despite the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran. The United Arab ...

With three in four countries "problematic" or worse, the 2026 World Press Freedom Index offers a bleak picture for global media. The conditions for press freedom are rated "satisfactory" in only a few ...

Close relations with Israel and the United States have placed the United Arab Emirates in Iran's crosshairs as Abu Dhabi ...

It’s been a nightmare two months for global shipping, with the Strait of Hormuz largely shut to commercial traffic and the ...

US Marines have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Hormuz Strait, President Trump has said. Earlier, he threatened to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if no peace deal was ...

Qatar is intensifying regional mediation efforts despite the Iran war bringing airstrikes and cutting off Doha's access to ...

Sanaa, Yemen – It was August 2023, and Enaya Dastor was reading a school textbook while also keeping an eye on her goats as they grazed near her village, Jabal Habashy, in central Yemen’s Taiz ...

Amnesty International has called for a United States air strike on a migrant detention centre in Yemen to be investigated as a possible war crime. In a report released on Tuesday, the rights group ...

The United Arab Emirates is "aggressively" lobbying the Trump administration to designate Yemen's Islah party as a terror organisation, a move that is likely to ...

The Houthis have declared that Yemen will not remain neutral in the Middle East conflict and are preparing to turn the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and even the Indian Ocean into active theaters of war.

September 2024 marked a decade since Houthi militants marched on Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and gradually succeeded in displacing the internationally recognized Government of Yemen (GoY), initiating an ...