Gulf

Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln en route to Middle East as US mulls over Iran strike options

The moves, reported since late Friday, came as US officials and regional militaries coordinated on contingency planning for possible Iranian retaliation.

 An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean August 10, 2024
A flag of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) flutters on a military patrol truck, at the site of a rally by STC supporters in Aden, Yemen, January 1, 2026.

Quiet after gunfire targeting unidentified drones heard near Yemen's presidential palace

Etswani flagged vessel.

Iran seizes foreign oil tanker near Gulf, saying it was carrying millions of smuggled fuel liters

 Representatives of the UAE, US, Israel, Bahrain Morocco and Egypt at the Steering Committee of the Negev Forum, June 27, 2022.

Gulf turns to Israel for security as Washington pivots inwards - opinion


Iran says top Israeli diplomat's trip to Bahrain 'stains' its rulers

“We condemn any scheme that bolsters Israel’s destructive presence in the region,” said an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al-Zayani take part in a news conference, Manama, Bahrain, September 30, 2021.

'Bahraini first:' Houda Nonoo on the Middle East's new era of peace

No. 26 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021: Former ambassador to the United States from Bahrain Houda Nonoo.

Houda Nonoo with Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Climate scientists warn: Gulf Stream in state of collapse - study

The AMOC, which contains the Gulf Stream, is currently at its weakest state in over 1,000 years, and new evidence has indicated that it could already be nearing complete shutdown.

A still image showing the Gulf Stream around North America taken from Perpetual Ocean, a visualization of some of the world's surface ocean currents from June 2005 through December 2007, supplied in this handout photo by NASA March 27, 2012.

Why was a British security guard on the ship Iran attacked? - analysis

While piracy has declined, maritime security contractors continued to ensure that pirates do not hijack vessels. Now, commercial vessels and security contractors face a new threat.

 The Mercer Street, a Japanese-owned Liberian-flagged tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime that was attacked off Oman coast as seen in Cape Town, South Africa, January 2, 2016 in this picture obtained from ship tracker website, MarineTraffic.com.

Iran’s threat in Gulf is to be unpredictable - analysis

Iran’s goal is to keep these groups armed and ready to support its activities, such that they can be operationalized or used as leverage and tools for Tehran’s regional project.

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) sails, at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019.

Several Gulf States see post-Eid rise in new coronavirus cases

Bahrain sees highest single-day increase; Saudi Arabia again surpasses 1,000 new cases a day

A protective face mask is seen as curbs to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been reimposed after a rise in new cases, at Zikim beach in southern Israel July 21, 2020. Picture taken July 21, 2020.

Lebanese president seeks to avert crisis with Gulf over FM's comments

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council asked the foreign minister to make a formal apology to Gulf states.

Saudi King Salman bin Abulaziz Al-Saud meets with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun in Riyadh

Will Iran invent 'revenge' stories or actually attack Israel? - analysis

This would be the third alleged attack in the last month and a half on Israeli-owned ships in that area.

IRGC siezes ship near Bu Musa Island, Iran

Arabs talk sex and taboos on Clubhouse app, but for how long?

As Arab fans embrace Clubhouse as a means to broach matters seldom discussed in public, some fear a broad clampdown by authoritarian governments in the region.

The social audio app Clubhouse is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken February 8, 2021.

Jewish communities in Gulf set to mark Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Jewish community of Bahrain, known as the House of the Ten Commandments, and the Jewish Council of the Emirates (JCE) will each hold their own separate Holocaust Remembrance Day events.

AN ISRAELI and a UAE model pose in Dubai in September.