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AP PHOTOS: World Cup fans explore Qatar's artificial reefs

Thirty feet (9 meters) deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, angel fish swim in and out of rusted trucks and SUVs. Plastic bags and water bottles, blown in from the nearby shoreline, float across the ocean floor.

The Independent UK

The World Cup puts the spotlight on Qatar, but also brings attention to its human rights record and politics – 4 things to know

With the start of the World Cup on Nov. 20, 2022, soccer teams from 32 countries and tens of thousands of fans have converged on Qatar, a tiny Arab country on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. But search “Qatar 2022” online, and the first nonsport results are about the…

The Conversation

The Infantinshow: FIFA president offers absurd equivalences ahead of big kick-off

Ginger hair and freckles. So now we know. That is why we are where we are: plonked down here in the middle of the desert, Persian Gulf to one side,…

The National (Scotland)

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US, UK hold drone drill in Persian Gulf after Iran seizures

The U.S. Navy has held a joint drone drill with the United Kingdom in the Persian Gulf

The Independent UK

US Navy Foils Iranian Attempt To Capture Unmanned Drone Vessel In Persian Gulf

The U.S. Navy has foiled an Iranian attempt to capture an unmanned drone vessel in the Persian Gulf after they were spotted trying to tow it away.

Zenger

US Navy says it foiled Iranian attempt to capture sea drone

The U.S. Navy said it thwarted an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to capture an unmanned American vessel in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, as tensions persist despite efforts by the countries to resolve their deadlock over restoring the 2015 nuclear deal.

Tribune News Service

US Navy Says Iran Seized, Later Let Go of American Sea Drone

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized an American sea drone Tuesday in the Arabian Gulf and tried to tow it away, only releasing the unmanned vessel when a US Navy warship and helicopter approached, officials said. The incident marks the first time the Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet's new drone task force…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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US Navy says Iran seized, later let go of American sea drone

The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U.S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf

The Independent UK

UAE reinstates ambassador to Iran as oil-rich nations reset ties

The United Arab Emirates will reinstate its ambassador to Iran after six years as ties between the Persian Gulf countries improve amid a broader regional rapprochement.

Tribune News Service

Iran and US heading to Qatar in latest bid to save nuclear accord

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and his U.S. counterpart are heading to Doha, Qatar in the latest attempt to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and end a months-long standoff that has inflamed tensions in the oil-rich Persian Gulf.

Tribune News Service

Brookings president resigns amid FBI foreign lobbying probe

The president of the Brookings Institution has resigned amid a federal investigation into whether he illegally lobbied on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia Seeks Tourism Boost By Paying Airlines For Flights: Report

The Saudi Arabian government is seeking to ratchet up its tourism industry by offering to subsidize airlines that fly unprofitable routes linking the Persian Gulf kingdom to major global cities.

Benzinga

Iran’s seizure of oil tankers a response to ‘robbery,’ leader says

Iran’s supreme leader said his country’s seizure of two Greek oil tankers in Persian Gulf waters last month was a direct response to the U.S. and Greece’s “robbery” of Iranian crude.

Tribune News Service

Supreme leader acknowledges Iran took oil from Greek tankers

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged that Iran took oil from two Greek tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf

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Iran slams French, German 'interference' in seizure of Greek ships

Iran has slammed "inappropriate interference" by Germany and France following their condemnation of Tehran for its seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers in Persian Gulf waters last week.

The Independent UK

Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf

The Independent UK

Ship expands Iran Revolutionary Guard's reach to new waters

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building a massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz

The Independent UK

UN envoy: US sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation

A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation

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The Independent UK

Infantino: Qatar 'not paradise' but World Cup seeing changes

FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledges all is “not paradise” in Qatar ahead of the World Cup but he is touting changes to labor laws in the tiny Persian Gulf nation ahead of the tournament draw

Evening Standard

Al Samy: Emirati-flagged cargo ship sinks in Persian Gulf off Iran

An Emirati-flagged cargo ship has sunk in the Persian Gulf.

Daily Mirror

Moment huge cargo ship capsizes in Persian Gulf as 30 crew thrown overboard

The ship sank 30 miles off Iran's Persian Gulf coast near the port city of Assalouyeh - authorities report one person of the 30 crew members is still missing

Tribune News Service

Iran nuclear talks suspended as window closes on key deal

World powers and Iran suspended their efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, reigniting a crisis that’s set to roil already surging oil markets and potentially plunge the energy-exporting Persian Gulf into a new cycle of violence.

Tribune News Service

Yemen’s Houthis claim drone attack on Saudi airport, 12 wounded

Yemen’s Houthi fighters claimed a drone attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia, which wounded at least 12 people, the latest strike to heighten security concerns in the oil-exporting Persian Gulf.

The Independent UK

Lebanon's FM goes to Kuwait with answers to Gulf suggestions

Lebanon’s foreign minister has headed to Kuwait to deliver answers to a list of policy suggestions made to the country by Persian Gulf nations in an attempt to end an impasse between both sides

Tribune News Service

$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Air Force may soon bring 170 members of Qatar’s air force to live on the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. They would be coming to learn to fly the newest model of the F-15 fighter jet specially modified for the Persian Gulf state.

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