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Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised

Microsoft was forced to reroute Azure traffic on Saturday, September 6, after two major submarine cable systems were severed in the Red Sea, triggering latency spikes and degraded performance for cloud users across South Asia and the Gulf.

Tom’s Hardware

Pony AI Expands In Middle East With Qatar Robotaxi Partnership

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) shares advanced on Friday after the autonomous driving startup announced a strategic partnership with Mowasalat, Qatar’s state-owned transport provider, to deploy self-driving vehicles across the Gulf nation.

Benzinga

Hypercapitalist hellhole or city of dreams? Behind the cliches, let me show you the real Dubai

Everyone’s got an opinion about the city. But few in the west know the multicultural, unusual Dubai that I’ve seen up close, says poet Momtaza Mehri

The Guardian - UK

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How to make a traditional Bahraini feast: Stuffed vine leaves, chicken machbous and saffron rose pudding

Bring the warmth and spice of the Gulf to your kitchen with this vibrant three-course spread from Bahraini chef Roaya Saleh, including the country’s national dish and her mum’s silky rose-saffron custard

The Independent UK

The Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar

The Taliban is registering 1,800 unemployed Afghans expelled from neighboring countries for the chance to work in Qatar in the latest round of a labor agreement with the Gulf nation

The Independent UK

Summer crime wave spurs police reinforcement in Saint-Tropez

Luxury hotspots in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez are facing a rise in violent robberies this summer, prompting a major security clampdown.

Radio France Internationale

Despite dangers, migrant flow persists between Horn of Africa and Yemen

According to the International Organization of Migration, the route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen is one of the busiest – and deadliest – in the world. Hoping to find work in the oil-rich Gulf states, thousands of Africans, many from Ethiopia, risk their lives on perilous sea journeys.…

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Scores dead as boat carrying more than 150 people capsizes off Yemen

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden leaves only 32 survivors so far, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agency

The Guardian - UK

Migrants fleeing Ethiopia killed in shipwreck off Yemen coast

A shipwreck off Yemen’s southern coast has killed at least 76 people, with dozens still missing. Most of those on board were Ethiopian migrants fleeing poverty and conflict in search of work in wealthy Gulf countries.

Radio France Internationale

It’s now easier to travel to popular Gulf nations on holiday - here’s why

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The Independent UK

These Gulf countries will be easier to travel to with new Schengen-style visa

The documentation might mean easier travel between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

The Independent UK

It will soon be easier to travel between Gulf countries with a new Schengen-style visa

The aim is to streamline travel in the region and make it easier to explore multiple countries in one trip.

Euronews

Trump’s Gulf of Mexico rebrand caused chaos in agency tasked with explaining it: ‘Do not respond at all’

President Donald Trump announced the name change weeks before he took office

The Independent UK

System over Florida has potential to develop into tropical depression, weather service says

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week

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Ricky Hatton to come out of retirement after 13 years to fight Gulf veteran

The 46-year-old last fought professionally in 2012, when he was stopped by Vyacheslav Senchenko

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s important to talk about these things’: exhibition highlights destroyed Middle Eastern heritage sites

Dana Awartani says Bristol show inspired by ‘dichotomy’ of some Gulf countries booming while Palestine ‘obliterated’

The Independent UK

NTSB says company failed to shut down oil pipeline for nearly 13 hours after pressure dropped

The National Transportation Safety Board says roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem

The Conversation

How Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran were facilitated by the Russia-Ukraine war

The American intervention in Iran is being touted as an outstanding success by President Donald Trump. At the very least, Trump’s decision to attack Iran facilitated a ceasefire as it created angst in Gulf states about being caught in the crossfire after Iran symbolically attacked an American air base, Al…

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Iran’s Pezeshkian expresses ‘regret’ to the emir of Qatar

Iranian president says neither Qatar nor its people were targets of attack on US base in the gas-rich Gulf nation.

Al Jazeera

Calm returns to Qatar following Iran’s attack on Al Udeid airbase

Life in the Gulf state has swiftly returned to normality after a night of fear and uncertainty.

The Conversation

Gulf States want no winner in the conflict between Israel and Iran

When Israel assassinated a number of senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists on June 13, there was an initial euphoria among some ruling elites in the Gulf. They saw it as a sign of Iran’s diminishing regional threat.

The Conversation

How might the US-Iran conflict escalate? Expert Q&A

On Sunday June 22, Donald Trump announced that several of Iran’s most important nuclear facilities had been “completely obliterated” and that the country’s nuclear weapons programme had been crippled. Iran denied this and vowed to retaliate. The Iranian parliament has already given approval to closing the strait of Hormuz, a…

Al Jazeera

US, Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites: How big are radiation risks?

The attacks on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities have not increased radioactivity so far.

Euronews

Why the Strait of Hormuz remains critical for the global economy

This narrow shipping route in the Gulf region sees one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passing through, fuelling a big part of the global economy. And Iran controls its northern side.

International Business Times

Military Bases Or Vital Waterway: Iran Weighs Response To US Strikes

Iran has vowed to retaliate for US air strikes on its nuclear facilities, and has two main options: attacking American forces in the region, and closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

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