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NEW DELHI: As geopolitical tensions escalate in the Middle East, India is exploring alternative energy sources to strengthen its energy security, with countries such as Australia and Canada offering additional gas supplies, according to official sources cited by PTI on Saturday.With ships and oil tankers avoiding the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf amid…
Banking relief for UAE and Gulf amid Iran–US–Israel crisis: Emirates NBD Bank removes ATM cash withdrawal charges In a move aimed at easing financial access during a turbulent period in the Gulf, Emirates NBD has announced that it will temporarily waive ATM withdrawal fees at other banks’ machines across the UAE and the wider GCC….
Dubai records Dh422m apartment sale, third highest ever amid regional tensions Dubai’s ultra-luxury property market has delivered another headline-grabbing milestone. Even as geopolitical tensions ripple across the Middle East, the emirate has recorded a Dh422 million apartment sale, the third-most expensive residential apartment transaction in its history, highlighting the remarkable resilience of Dubai’s high-end real…
The constant sound of explosions has become the default soundtrack in the Middle East as Donald Trump‘s mission-driven US military, along with its “wonderful partner” Israel, continues its offensive against Iran. The raging, Tehran after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has delivered a strong response to the military campaign that began as Operation Epic…
Israel’s repeated success in striking deep inside Iran has revived an uncomfortable question for security planners worldwide, more so after the joint Israeli-US operation managed to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei with pin-point accuracy within hours of the conflict erupting.How was such precise intelligence extracted from one of the region’s most fortified systems?Reports suggest…
The US-Israel-Iran conflict erupted on February 28, when coordinated US (Operation Epic Fury) and Israeli (Operation Roaring Lion) strikes hit over 500 Iranian targets, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, army chief Abdol Mousavi, defence minister Amir Nasirzadeh, and crippling nuclear sites via airstrikes and cyberattacks.The conflict, which entered its sixth day on March 5, has…
UAE Immigration Waives Fines for Visitors Stranded by Flight Disruptions: Huge Relief for Travellers The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) in the United Arab Emirates has announced a sweeping waiver of overstay fines for residents, tourists and visitors who were unable to leave the country due to flight cancellations and airspace closures linked…
Qatar will fully shut its gas liquefaction operations on Wednesday amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the region, according to Reuters sources familiar with the matter.Two Reuters sources close to the matter said that Qatar would completely halt its liquefaction facilities as…
Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israel strike on Saturday, will be buried in the holy city of Mashhad, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, as tensions continue to escalate across the Middle East following the high-profile assassination.The Fars news agency said Khamenei, who died at the age of…
Iran has warned that continued US-Israeli attacks will trigger retaliation against “all economic centres” across the Middle East, while signalling further disruption to global energy supplies.Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general Ebrahim Jabbari said Tehran would escalate its response if its “main centres” were targeted. “We are saying to the enemy that if it decides…
