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Syria touts for Gulf tourists amid emerging Arab rapprochement

Overlooked by a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad and offering sticky sweets, a Syrian tourism booth in Dubai is trying to seize on an emerging rapprochement with Arab states to win back Gulf tourists it lost during more than a decade of war.

Reuters

Kuwait sets June 6 date for legislative elections -KUNA

Kuwait on Wednesday set June 6 as the date for its legislative elections, state news agency Kuna reported, two days after the Gulf state's parliament was dissolved by royal decree.

Reuters

Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week in Gulf -U.S. Navy

Iran seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, and the U.S. State Department called for its release, in the latest escalation in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019.

Reuters

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Gulf Cities: Global Destinations at Arabian Travel Market

The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) showcased their touristic highlights, including culture, heritage and natural diversity, at the Arabian Travel Market, which is being held in Dubai. The pavilions of the Gulf countries and cities attracted the largest rate of visitors and businessmen who are looking for investment…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UAE minister pushes for NZ trade deal

As talks on a Gulf-wide deal drag out, one country suggests a bilateral approach could bear fruit.

Newsroom.co.nz

Advantage Tankers Accuse Iran of Seizing its Oil Tanker

The Iranian navy escorted Advantage Sweet to a port based on an "international dispute," announced Advantage Tankers. On Thursday, Iran's navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker heading to the US in the Gulf of Oman. Advantage Tankers, which owns Advantage Sweet, said the Iranian navy had transferred it to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Court ends challenge to 2021 Gulf oil and gas lease sale

A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected a challenge to the federal government's sale of oil and gas leases for the Gulf of Mexico that were auctioned in 2021

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US Navy: Iran Seizes Oil Tanker in Gulf

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in international waters on Thursday, the US Navy said, the latest in a series of seizures and attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019. The US Navy identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. "Iran's continued…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, U.S. Navy says

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in international waters on Thursday, the U.S. Navy said, the latest in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in sensitive Gulf waters since 2019.

Reuters

Nearly 1,700 Sudan evacuees reach Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: A ship carrying 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan docked in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the largest evacuation effort by the Gulf kingdom so far.

Bangkok Post

UK should drop Gulf trade deal if rights concerns not addressed, say MPs

The International Trade Committee raised significant concerns over the potential agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The Independent UK

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…

Tribune News Service

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - US

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

Reuters

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

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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