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Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates

The Independent UK

Residents in flood-ravaged Gulf of Carpentaria enter second month without work

Residents cut off by major floods in parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria are facing another month without work while businesses grapple with mass cancellations for the tourist season.

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Assad in UAE as second post-quake Gulf visit signals growing Arab outreach

Dubai (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Sunday with Emirati leaders in Abu Dhabi, his second Gulf visit since last month's earthquake in his country prompted renewed efforts to bring Damascus back into the Arab fold.

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Syria's Assad in UAE to mark ongoing thaw in relations

Syrian President Bashar Assad has arrived in the United Arab Emirates Sunday, his first visit to the wealthy Gulf country since the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last month

The Independent UK

Kuwait reinstates old parliament after annulling 2022 vote

Kuwait City (AFP) - Kuwait's constitutional court on Sunday nullified last year's legislative elections and ruled to reinstate the previous parliament, state media said, as a political crisis roils the oil-rich Gulf state.

AFP

Kuwait court nullifies 2022 parliamentary vote: state media

Kuwait City (AFP) - Kuwait's constitutional court on Sunday nullified last year's legislative elections and ruled in favour of reinstating the previous parliament, state media said, as a political crisis roils the oil-rich Gulf state.

AFP

Premier League will never be stable while Gulf states own clubs, warns Fair Square

The human rights group says nations’ involvement in football ‘leaves the Premier League inextricably entwined with, and exposed to, developments in the UK’s foreign policy’

The Independent UK

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Gulf Businesswomen Demand Formation of Specialized Platform

Gulf businesswomen participating at the 5th Gulf Businesswomen Forum 2023 called for creating a platform that brings them together to share aspirations, plans, and investment opportunities. They said it would support their businesses and encourage them to move assets and enter the industry. More than 1,000 prominent figures from Gulf…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran-Saudi Arabia deal not a setback for US, analysts say

The China-brokered detente can improve regional stability and benefit US interests in the Middle East, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Shamkhani Heads to UAE Thursday

Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, amid regional rapprochement, Nour News, which is affiliated with the Iranian top security body, reported. His visit to Abu Dhabi comes at a time of growing rapprochement between Iran and Gulf countries.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gulf of Carpentaria farmers return to 'complete devastation' on flood-ravaged properties

A farmer in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria region says the station he spent his life building up is now a scene of "complete devastation" after floods swept through the area.

ABC News

Stunning vision shows scale of outback floodwater 'bigger than anything in our lifetime'

A lone cowboy negotiates a vast flood plain. Water stretches from inundated homestead buildings to the horizon. These are the stunning images of the Gulf of Carpentaria flood disaster. And the water's still rising along the Northern Territory-Queensland border.

ABC News

Iran: Agreement with Saudi Arabia Will Help Resolve Regional Crises, Including Yemen

Iranian officials had various responses to the sudden resumption of relations with Saudi Arabia, despite the agreement among all that it was a positive development. Members of the parliament hoped the agreement with Riyadh would lead to a solution to the region's crises, including in Yemen, warning at the same…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Video of kidnap Americans entering Mexico emerges as arrest of five suspects turned in by Gulf cartel confirmed

A Facebook live video obtained by CNN shows the group in their vehicle just hours before the abduction

The Independent UK

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Mexico kidnapping: Gulf cartel sends apology for attack as three Texas women go missing

Video captured the abduction of Americans LaTavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams in border city of Matamoros

Al Jazeera

‘Changing global order’: China’s hand in the Iran-Saudi deal

China brokering a deal between longtime Gulf rivals is ‘a broader sign of a changing global order’, analysts say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Guterres Welcomes Saudi-Iran Deal, China Considers it a ‘Victory’ for Dialogue

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. "Good neighborly relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are essential for the stability of the Gulf region," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Friday. "The Secretary-General reiterates…

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Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters

Saudi Arabia and Iran are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and that asserts China's growing influence in the Gulf.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UAE’s DAMAC Boosts Investment in Saudi Data Centers

Hussain Sajwani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of DAMAC, said that the group’s investment in data centers in Saudi Arabia came after an extensive study of the Saudi market, which offered many promising investment opportunities within the framework of Vision 2030. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Sajwani pointed…

The Independent UK

Mexico kidnapping – latest: Cartel blames its own members for attack as victims’ criminal records probed

Video captured the kidnapping of Americans LaTavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams in border city of Matamoros

Reuters

Bahrain cancels Human Rights Watch parliament conference visas, group says

Bahrain has revoked entry visas issued to Human Rights Watch to attend an international parliamentary conference, the rights group said on Friday, days after raising concerns about the Gulf state's rights record.

Daily Mirror

Apology letter by 'Scorpions' drug gang found after Americans killed in Mexico

Five men, members of a faction of the Gulf cartel named the 'Scorpions', were reportedly turned in to authorities in Matamoros, Mexico, along with a letter allegedly assuming responsibility for the kidnapping of four Americans

The Independent UK

Mexican Gulf drug cartel boss ‘La Kena’ could be behind deadly kidnapping of American tourists

Jose Alberto Garcia Vilano’s whereabouts remain unknown since Mexican officials put out a reward for his capture in April 2022

The Independent UK

Mexican drug cartel ‘apologises’ for deadly kidnapping of four Americans, blaming rogue members

An unnamed Tamaulipas state law enforcement official leaked a letter believed to be authored by the Gulf drug cartel

ABC News

Unprecedented flooding sparks evacuations in north-west Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria

Emergency situations are unfolding as never-before-seen floods inundate north-west Queensland and rivers rise to record levels.

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