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Dubai Under Fire: Can the Gulf’s Glittering Safe Haven Survive a New Era of War?

For decades, Dubai stood as the Gulf’s glittering sanctuary — a skyline of steel and glass rising above a turbulent region, a city synonymous with glamour, grandeur, and global ambition, carefully crafting an image of calm prosperity even as conflicts simmered across the Middle East, but recent missile and drone…

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'Avoid unnecessary travel, remain vigilant': Indian embassy in UAE urges Indian nationals amid Middle East conflict

NEW DELHI: The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday issued an advisory urging Indian nationals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to avoid unnecessary travel and remain vigilant amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which began on February 28 with a joint military operation launched by the…

The Times of India

How are Britons getting out of the Middle East?

The conflict between Iran and the US and its allies has caused widespread airspace closures in the Middle East, sparking major disruption to flights.

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Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Latest Foreign Office advice amid US-Iran ceasefire

Turkish Airlines has cancelled flights across the Middle East, but flights to and from the UK continue to operate

The Independent UK

Israel’s imminent attack on Iran forced US to join war, says Rubio

Joint US and Israeli strikes have caused mayhem in the Middle East and triggered retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries

The Independent UK

Handful of flights resume to get stranded Brits out of the Middle East

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said 102,000 British nationals had registered their presence in the region

The Independent UK

Iran war today: What happened in Middle East overnight as Israeli troops deployed to Lebanon

Israeli troops have been deployed to southern Lebanon to boost defences against the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah in a major escalation of the war in the Middle East. The Israeli military also says it is conducting "simultaneous targeted strikes against military targets in Tehran and Beirut"; plumes of smoke were…

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Britain tells Trump: Explain how your Iran war is legal - after US President slams 'unhelpful' Starmer

‘We’ve learnt the lessons from Iraq. We don’t want to go back into war in the Middle East where there is no clear plan and no legal basis to do so,’ says Cabinet minister Darren Jones

Evening Standard

UNESCO expresses concern over the protection of cultural heritage sites in Middle East

The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has expressed concerns over escalating violence in the Middle East after Iran's Golestan Palace was damaged by debris after a US-Israeli air strike on Tehran.

Euronews

Newsletter: Trump could accept leadership change from within regime, General Petraeus says

Also in this newsletter: The latest on the spiralling conflict gripping the Middle East.

Euronews

Tuesday briefing: ‘An historic rupture’ as the Middle East crisis spreads

In today’s newsletter: senior international correspondent Julian Borger on what next as Iran targets its Gulf neighbours and the conflict escalates

The Guardian - UK

Why the Middle East crisis will have a 'negligible' impact on the war in Ukraine

Russia has been wreaking havoc on Ukraine for years with the Iranian-designed Shahed kamikaze drone, but Iran's current troubles will not dent Moscow's ability to send barrages of the drone toward Ukrainian targets.

Euronews

From Dubai to Bahrain, Indian passengers stuck as conflict escalates

Hundreds of south Indians have been stranded as the violence rages in the Middle East. State governments have been coordinating with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and have set up helplines to identify people in distress and offer support through local embassies and consulates. Most of the people who…

Newslaundry

Trump’s show of force in the Middle East creates a weakness China can exploit

Beijing can again leverage its critical minerals dominance over an increasingly busy US military, as Taiwan slides further down the White House list of priorities

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How long will the Iran war last? What US, Israel signalled amid widening conflict

The United States has sent mixed messages about how long its war with Iran could last, even as the conflict spread across the Middle East with fresh airstrikes, missile launches and drone attacks.

The Conversation

Why surging oil prices are a shock for the global economy – but not yet a crisis

Global oil markets have reacted swiftly to escalating tensions in the Middle East as the United States and Israel continue their assault on Iran.

The Guardian - UK

Airlines in Middle East rule out services resuming before Thursday

Some repatriation flights depart as governments around the world work to extract their citizens from the region

AAP

Australian shares drop as conflict realities set in

ASX shares have given way after an optimistic start to the week as investors braced for more impacts of the Middle East conflict on oil prices and inflation.

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Middle East conflict: US military death toll rises to 6; Iran says Strait of Hormuz shut - top developments

Deadly fighting across the Middle East intensified on Tuesday as Washington urged its citizens to leave much of the region and President Donald Trump signalled the conflict with Iran could last far longer than initially projected.

The Times of India

'Complaining bitterly': Trump lashes at Obama, Democrats as Middle East tensions spiral

US President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Barack Obama and senior Democrats as tensions in the Middle East deepen, accusing his critics of “complaining bitterly” about US strikes on Iran simply because he ordered them.

The Times of India

'Depart now': US urges Americans to leave over a dozen Middle East countries

The United States has urged its citizens to “depart now” from more than a dozen countries across the Middle East, warning of serious safety risks as fighting between Israel and Iran intensifies.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s shameless support for the US attack on Iran makes us gullible, duplicitous, or both

For Anthony Albanese – as well as Mark Carney and Keir Starmer – to go along with Trump and Netanyahu’s cynical ploy negates any sense of moral authority we possess – a catastrophe for the rules-based order

The Independent UK

How the AP decided to call fighting in the Middle East the 'Iran war'

The Associated Press is referring to fighting between Iran and the United States and Israel as the “Iran war.”

The Independent UK

‘We have been sleeping in the reception’: Britons stranded in Dubai face chaos as they try to get home

Grounded flights in the Middle East have left thousands of British people are stranded in the region

The Guardian - AU

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