
Lital Hirschl-Shahar was sat between her four young daughters (pictured) on Wednesday's Flydubai flight FZ1073 as it plummeted 14,000ft in 29 seconds during the attempted hijack.
As he faces his ninth successive Knesset bid on Oct 27, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly under scrutiny for his ‘failure’ to prevent the Oct

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Levers of influence, Middle East and the Gulf, Economic power christian.diet… Fri, 09/18/2026 - 10:18 7 minutes <ul> <li>FDI dominates external finance for high-income Middle Eastern economies, which are net providers of ODA and remittances rather than…

The Iran-backed rebel group has taken control of the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait.

China, Iran's biggest trading partner and a key customer of Tehran's energy exports, is willing to work with BRICS towards peace in the region, Xi said.
Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in warReuters BRICS leaders voice concern over Middle East, condemn unilateral sanctions at India summitPBS At BRICS, India's Modi warns geopolitical tensions and supply chain shocks threaten global sta…
Middle East News: Iranian state-aligned and Iran-linked groups used Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence platform to run propaganda campaigns, conduct domestic su.

BRICS leaders including China, Russia and India entered a second day of talks in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing "inclusive global growth", after reaching rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for "coop…
BRICS leaders voice concern over Middle East, condemn unilateral sanctions at India summitPBS Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in warReuters Trump’s Foes Find Common Ground at Modi’s New Delhi SummitBloomberg.com BRICS nations urge ‘re…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped broker a unanimous BRICS statement on the Middle East conflict despite sharp differences among members including Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. After negotiations lasting into the early morning, the bloc called for maximum…
Xi urges BRICS peace role in Middle East, courts Modi on India visitReuters Indian Prime Minister Modi says border peace is key to India-China tiesCNBC Xi Jinping gets red carpet at Brics summit amid thaw in India-China relationstheguardian.com Shifting U.S. …
Xi Jinping gets red carpet at Brics summit amid thaw in India-China relationstheguardian.com Xi urges BRICS peace role in Middle East, courts Modi on India visitReuters Indian Prime Minister Modi says border peace is key to India-China tiesCNBC Shifting U.S. …
Brics push for Gulf peace as war worries mountFinancial Times Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in warReuters Trump’s Foes Find Common Ground at Modi’s New Delhi SummitBloomberg.com BRICS leaders voice concern over Middle East, condemn …

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a BRICS summit alongside leaders from India, Russia and Iran as wars, trade and energy test the divided grouping. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulenc…

Ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, here’s a look at India’s positions on Ukraine, the Middle East, and other global issues Read Full Article at RT.com

The cost of moving oil around the world is exploding as the Iran war forces tankers onto longer routes.
The maximalists wanted regime change, the minimalists wanted nothing, and the doubters see only waffling. Carafano’s answer: the victor gets to define victory — and everywhere you look, the region is moving Trump’s way. Iran War Turns into Trump Middle East T…

Greece fully supports the IMEC initiative and is explicitly seeking to become part of the corridor, describing it as a major project for global trade, energy flows and digital connectivity between India, the Middle East and Europe, the minister said The post …
The influence of rising powers in the Middle East is unlikely to take the form of the military presence traditionally associated with the United States, say analysts at the Middle East Institute’s annual conference.

Despite higher prices, India is set to import the biggest ever volumes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the United States in June as it seeks to replace still-constrained supply from the Middle East. India is estimated to receive between 1.1 million and …

Indian refiners have enough crude to last them two months, so they will not be scrambling to buy Middle Eastern cargoes expected to be coming out through the reopened Strait of Hormuz anytime soon. According to a Bloomberg report, however, Middle Eastern prod…
India’s state-run refiners have already secured enough crude for the next two months and are in no rush to resume purchases from the Middle East even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens to commercial traffic.

The EU is fast-tracking IMEC, undersea power cables and Gulf pipeline deals — but all options run through an Israel-Saudi normalization that may not come.

Mohammad Fathali, Iran’s envoy to India, said the U.S.-Iran peace deal to end the Middle East conflict represents a “major victory” for the Iranian nation, according to an exclusive interview with RT India published June 17. “In my view, this agreement consti…

United Arab Emirates-based distribution and production company TwelveP Animation has partnered with Fixitoons to launch preschool show Orange Moo Cow on YouTube in the Middle East. In further digital d...