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GCC Hails Saudi Evacuation Efforts from Sudan

The Gulf Cooperation Council on Tuesday hailed Saudi Arabia and its role in evacuating nationals of different Gulf and foreign countries besides its own from the battle-scarred country of Sudan. The GCC hailed the diplomatic and logistical Saudi role, evacuating a number of civilians, diplomats and senior international officials. Jasem…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Abduction of Gulf returnee: four suspects still at large

A four-member gang that abducted a Gulf returnee from Thamarassery is at large even after a three-week-long search by the police.

The Hindu

2023 Goldman environmental prize winners include Texas Gulf coast defender

Diane Wilson took on Formosa Plastics and won a $50m settlement to help clean up decades worth of toxic plastic waste

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Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Completes 15% of Gulf Electric Interconnection

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development said that 15 percent of the Gulf electrical interconnection expansion project with Kuwait has been completed until March 2023. The Authority said in a press statement that the interconnection project between the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) and Kuwait is one of the essential…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gulf and Florida waters are rising faster than other parts of the US. Expect more flooding as a result

Sea levels have risen faster in the Gulf of Mexico and the Southeast coast than other parts of the U.S. in the last decade, according to two new studies.

Tribune News Service

A Real Gem: In Bahrain, Only Natural Pearls Will Do

Customers at a Bahrain jewellery store study displays of pearls that are, unusually, 100 percent natural -- the result of attempts to preserve a centuries-old industry. While rare elsewhere, natural pearls prised from seabed oysters by divers are the only variety produced in the Gulf kingdom, which is fiercely proud…

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Washington Denies Iranian Claim that it Forced US Submarine to Surface

Iran's navy forced a US submarine to surface as it entered the Gulf, Iranian navy commander Shahram Irani told state television on Thursday, but the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet denied such an incident had taken place. "The US submarine was approaching while submerged, but the Iranian submarine Fateh detected…

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Iran says its navy forced US submarine to surface in Gulf waters

A navy commander says a US submarine was forced to surface as it entered Iranian waters in the Strait of Hormuz.

Al Jazeera

Iran says its navy forces U.S. submarine to surface as it enters the Gulf

Iran's navy forced a U.S. submarine to surface as it entered the Gulf, Iranian navy commander Shahram Irani told state television on Thursday.

Reuters

They cleaned up BP’s massive oil spill. Now they’re sick – and want justice

Thirteen years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, documents shed light on the company’s response and ‘scorched earth’ legal tactics

The Guardian - US

Oman liberalises foreign marriage law in rare social reform

Omanis no longer need state permission to marry a foreign national according to a royal decree issued this week, a rare example of social reform in the conservative Gulf country.

Reuters

Qatar and UAE in process of restoring diplomatic ties, official says

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in the process of restoring diplomatic ties and reopening embassies, two officials said, more than two years after Arab states ended a boycott of Doha that had shattered the Western-allied Gulf Arab bloc.

Reuters

Remembering Deepwater Horizon, the worst offshore oil spill in our history

As the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster approaches, the government is selling more oil and gas leases. That could weaken the enthusiasm of American voters who care about climate change, Ben Jealous of the Sierra Club writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gaza’s emerging incense-making industry

Local production now meets half of the demand for the aromatic that fills the streets of Gaza during Ramadan

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Arab foreign ministers discuss Syria crisis at Saudi meeting

Gulf Arab foreign ministers and their counterparts from Egypt, Iraq and Jordan discussed Syria's possible return to the Arab fold at a meeting in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gulf Countries Welcome Reestablishment of Ties between Qatar, Bahrain

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Thursday the announcement that Bahrain and Qatar had agreed to restore relations. The Saudi Foreign Ministry described the decision as positive, adding that it underscores the strength of relations between countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and will help in boosting joint Gulf work to meet…

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GCC-listed Companies Register Record Profits

Companies listed in the GCC markets registered record profits last year, achieving remarkable financial results that came in parallel with a significant improvement in post-pandemic economic activity, resulting in one of the best GDP growth rates in 2022. A Gulf report issued on Wednesday showed that the industrial activity in…

Al Jazeera

Qatar and Bahrain to restore ties, end years-long dispute

Qatar and Bahrain both say they want to ‘enhance the Gulf unity and integration’ after years of discord.

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Gulf Storm To Hit Southeast US With Drenching Rain, Strong Winds And Severe Weather

Heavy rain, gusty winds and severe thunderstorms will impact the southeastern United States through the end of the week.

Zenger

Downpours, Rough Surf In The Forecast For Florida And Gulf Coast

Tropical rainfall is in the offing for most of Florida and the Gulf Coast this week as a new weather pattern begins to unfold

Asharq Al-Awsat

Calls for Credit References Collaboration to Prevent Financial Fraud in the Middle East

Credit reference agencies and financial institutions should cooperate to prevent financial fraud in the Middle East, especially the Gulf countries, which have become one of the world's important financial and economic centers, according to a financial expert. Comprehensive framework Director of Financial Crime Compliance and Payments, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Jonny…

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Hauraki Gulf Marine Park no place for trawling

By the time a fisher hauls in the first trawl of the day, it's likely to have created a plume of sediment as big as the Goat Island Marine Reserve, suffocating sea life and creating CO2. Why aren't companies being held to account?

Al Jazeera

Israel-Palestine: Qatar working to ‘de-escalate situation’

Qatari official says Gulf country in touch with both sides ‘in the context of its role as a mediator’.

The Independent UK

Study says warming may push more hurricanes toward US coasts

A new study says changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts

Zenger

Rare April Subtropical Storm May Brew In Gulf Of Mexico Next Week

Next week, an approaching tropical or subtropical system may hit the southern United States.

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