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The UAE’s hospitality sector is heading into summer with an unusual level of activity behind closed doors. A cluster of high-profile hotel renovations and temporary restaurant closures is marking this year’s seasonal slowdown, turning what is typically a quiet period into something more strategic.
When the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, Iran retaliated with attacks that effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices spiked worldwide – and the importance of the strait became clear.
With the US imposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, the conservative Kayhan daily and some members of parliament have called for seizing foreign ships in the Strait of Hormuz and demanding that Yemen’s Houthis close the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
A group of prominent Indian physicists specialising in string theory has expressed solidarity with academics in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon, condemning attacks on universities and civilian institutions during conflicts involving Israel and the United States.
The Islamic regime’s selective rollback on internet restrictions has created an ideological litmus test, allowing voices backing the regime to enter online spaces while continuing to isolate the majority of Iranian people digitally, experts told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
In recent months, the world has grown accustomed to a steady stream of headlines about the Islamic Republic of Iran. Developments surrounding ceasefire negotiations, intercontinental ballistic missile ranges, regional aggression, and the regime’s insatiable pursuit of nuclear capabilities rarely go unreported.
There is an obscenity here. The Islamic Republic of Iran fills prisons, gallows, and morgues with its own citizens. Rights groups recorded at least 1,639 executions in 2025, the highest since 1989, and Amnesty warns that protesters and dissidents still face death following torture-tainted trials.
The US-Israeli war on Iran, which began on 28 February, has been presented in Washington as a response to "imminent threats" and concerns over nuclear proliferation.
As Iran’s remaining leadership attempts to stretch out the war, counting on Western fragility, it is becoming clear that the steps being taken by the US, and its president, Donald Trump, are not simply a collection of random, tactical moves but rather are strategic and game-changing.
At first glance, the Arab position on the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran appears incoherent. Gulf Arab states have absorbed Iranian missile and drone attacks on critical infrastructure, yet none of them have retaliated militarily, while maintaining open diplomatic channels with Tehran.
On a bright Tehran spring day, Sanaei Ghaznavi street, with its mix of shops selling groceries and household goods alongside fast food and flowers, seems like an everyday place.
Iran on Wednesday captured two foreign container ships seeking to exit the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday and fired at a third one, marking the latest escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran in the narrow shipping passage, and coming amid a US naval blockade of Iranian ports which commenced on April 13.
President Donald Trump departs after speaking at an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
European auto sales posted their strongest monthly gain in almost two years in March, as robust demand emerged for fully electric and hybrid models. The surge in demand follows the US-Iran conflict, which disrupted energy flows through the Hormuz chokepoint. As a result, petrol and diesel prices at the pump in Europ…
BERLIN — Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, called on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to abandon talks with Tehran as European leaders prepared to gather in Cyprus for a crisis summit with the war in Iran high on the agenda.
The Epaminondas and the MSC Francesca first received warning shots as they tried to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
An early bumper harvest and rising fuel and freight costs are squeezing premium durian exporters as they race to get their fruit into China
An early bumper harvest and rising fuel and freight costs are squeezing premium durian exporters as they race to get their fruit into China
President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the cease-fire with Iran, even though the core issues that triggered the war remain unresolved.
US officials are drafting what diplomats provocatively describe as a "naughty and nice" list ranking NATO allies based on their support for the US-Israeli war against Iran.
Iran’s Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Shah Reza Pahlavi, is protected by security after he was attacked with a red fluid, following a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Republicans deploy measure known as budget reconciliation to push through plan without backing from Democrats during lengthy late-night vote
President Donald Trump's overall — and economic — approval ratings plunged in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey in what appears to be direct fallout from widespread dissatisfaction with the war with Iran, high gasoline prices and negative views of the economy.
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault warned Thursday of "world catastrophe" if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved.
German aviation company Lufthansa Group says it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights up until October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on jet fuel.
In a small clinic in a remote village in rural Sudan, the shelves of the pharmacy are starting to empty out, with the clinic unsure about when the next shipment of medicines would arrive.
After US-Israeli airstrikes rocked Iran’s leadership, killing dozens of top officials in the initial days of the war, one man has risen to control the Islamic Republic from the shadows.
In September 1980, Saddam Hussein ordered a full-scale ground and air attack on Iran, hoping for a quick victory.
Iran’s seizure of two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz was not a ceasefire violation because they were not US or Israeli-owned, the White House has said, after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released footage of the operation.
About 10.7 million barrels of Iranian crude exports crossed through the Strait of Hormuz and exited the area blockaded by the US Navy between 13 April and 21 April, data analytics firm Vortexa said.
Think tank warns that weapons shortfalls could leave American forces vulnerable in a future conflict – and Chinese observers agree
Think tank warns that weapons shortfalls could leave American forces vulnerable in a future conflict – and Chinese observers agree
The firing of US Navy Secretary John Phelan is the latest in a shakeup of the American military during the war on Iran, now in its eighth week.
Ranked 12th in the world by Fifa, Italy are the highest-ranked team not participating in the 2026 World Cup
Iranian state TV broadcasts video of the seizure of two ships by the IRGC. (Reuters: IRIB)
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A US special envoy is pressuring FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the upcoming World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the three North American nations.
Iran’s Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side’s second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)
Treasury yields ticked higher on Thursday as investors await updates on the resumption of U.S.-Iran peace talks and the latest Purchasing Managers' Index print for April, due later in the day.
India and China, two of the world's major oil importers, are competing for scarce global crude supplies as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and stalled peace talks between the U.S. and Iran tighten the market.
European logistics companies are expected to report higher first-quarter profits, benefiting from the turmoil created by the US-Israeli war with Iran, but analysts said the conflict clouds their future outlook.
Billions in frozen assets may be handed back to Iran. Agreements to limit Tehran’s nuclear program may eventually expire. And some of the same hard-line leaders who crushed nationwide protests in January could end up better resourced than they were before President Donald Trump unleashed crushing airstrikes more tha…
The war-driven hike in fossil fuel prices is narrowing the cost gap, making the clean energy alternative look like a good option
The war-driven hike in fossil fuel prices is narrowing the cost gap, making the clean energy alternative look like a good option
The wrong kind of inflation and the effects of the war in Iran complicate the outlook for Japanese interest rates
The wrong kind of inflation and the effects of the war in Iran complicate the outlook for Japanese interest rates
The modern history of the Middle East can be read as a single, enduring dialectic: humiliation and the revolutions of dignity it produces.
