The Latest Breaking News from Gulf

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.

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…

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

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

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

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…

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.

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…

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

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.

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