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Trump reimposes US blockade and demands 20% Hormuz shipping fee

Trump declared the US would collect a 20% fee on all Hormuz cargo as "Guardian of the Strait," flipping the script on Iran's own toll demands, while US forces struck dozens of targets in Iran and the IRGC hit Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Oman in the biggest exchange since the…

Euronews

Middle East rocked by heaviest attacks since Iran-US ceasefire

TEHRAN - The Middle East has been rocked by US and Iranian attacks of a scale unseen since an April ceasefire, as fighting over the strategic Strait of Hormuz threatened to derail efforts to permanently end the war.

Bangkok Post

Trump reimposes Hormuz blockade, Yemen’s Houthis strike Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump on Monday reimposed a US naval blockade on Iran and vowed hefty fees for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. In Yemen, Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked an airport in Saudi Arabia on Monday hours after the Riyadh-backed internationally recognised Yemeni government attacked the airport in the Yemeni…

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Gulf states’ scepticism over alleged US-Iran talks signals a distrust of Trump

Reluctance to cheerlead alleged US ceasefire efforts reflects suspicion talk of peace could be another foil for escalation

The Guardian - UK

Few changes after Kuwait holds first parliamentary election under new emir

Opposition candidates won 29 seats in 50-member assembly, closely matching outcome of last year’s polls, results show.

Al Jazeera

Kuwait Emir Sheikh Nawaf Dies Aged 86

Kuwait saw a quick transition to a new emir on Saturday following the death at 86 of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah after three years in power.

International Business Times

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf dies at 86, Sheikh Meshaal named successor

Heir Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, 83, replaces Sheikh Nawaf who had ruled for three years.

Al Jazeera

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Israel-Hamas war escalation puts Qatar’s clout to the test

It took just a few hours after Hamas’s assault on Israel for Qatar’s prime minister to assemble a team at an undisclosed location in the capital, Doha. As the images emerged of missile attacks, gun men on motorbikes and hostages seized across the border from Gaza, the Gulf state’s leadership…

The Times of India

What's behind Syria’s return to the Arab League?

The Arab League’s decision to re-admit Syria after 12 years of ostracization was a large symbolic victory for Damascus

The Independent UK

Kuwait names another new government — the fourth in 8 months

Kuwait named the prime minister’s fourth government in eight months, as the oil-rich OPEC member faces little let-up from political uncertainty and economic malaise.

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