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Gulf businesswomen participating at the 5th Gulf Businesswomen Forum 2023 called for creating a platform that brings them together to share aspirations, plans, and investment opportunities. They said it would support their businesses and encourage them to move assets and enter the industry. More than 1,000 prominent figures from Gulf…

The China-brokered detente can improve regional stability and benefit US interests in the Middle East, experts say.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, amid regional rapprochement, Nour News, which is affiliated with the Iranian top security body, reported. His visit to Abu Dhabi comes at a time of growing rapprochement between Iran and Gulf countries.

A farmer in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria region says the station he spent his life building up is now a scene of "complete devastation" after floods swept through the area.

A lone cowboy negotiates a vast flood plain. Water stretches from inundated homestead buildings to the horizon. These are the stunning images of the Gulf of Carpentaria flood disaster. And the water's still rising along the Northern Territory-Queensland border.

Iranian officials had various responses to the sudden resumption of relations with Saudi Arabia, despite the agreement among all that it was a positive development. Members of the parliament hoped the agreement with Riyadh would lead to a solution to the region's crises, including in Yemen, warning at the same…

A Facebook live video obtained by CNN shows the group in their vehicle just hours before the abduction

Video captured the abduction of Americans LaTavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams in border city of Matamoros

China brokering a deal between longtime Gulf rivals is ‘a broader sign of a changing global order’, analysts say.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. "Good neighborly relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are essential for the stability of the Gulf region," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Friday. "The Secretary-General reiterates…

Saudi Arabia and Iran are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and that asserts China's growing influence in the Gulf.