Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, 77, launched into a tirade against US President Donald Trump on social media last week. Within days, the post disappeared.
Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco's 'Samref' refinery in the Red Sea port of Yanbu has been hit in an aerial strike after similar attacks on energy facilities in Qatar and the UAE in response to US-Israeli attacks on Iranian energy installations.
The silence from two of its strongest groups may possibly hinge on two factors.
Iran and Russia both allege that a projectile struck the grounds of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Islamic Republic, raising the specter of a radiological incident as Tehran's war with Israel and the United States rages.
Heavy rain and strong winds left at least 18 people dead in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, city authorities and rescue services said on Thursday.
Amid Iran's continued attacks on the energy facilities of its Middle Eastern neighbours, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, has warned Tehran that tolerance of his country and other Gulf states is limited.
Joe Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre, resigned from hispost, saying he could no longer support President Donald Trump administration's war on Iran, adding Tehran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."
Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya's foreign minister said Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.
Thousands have died across the Middle East following US and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory Iranian strikes, with casualties reported in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, and other countries.
Amid intermittent missile and drone attacks, sirens, and a palpable sense of uncertainty, citizens and residents across the Gulf region are preparing for an unprecedented Eid on Friday, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramzan.
US Israel Iran War News LIVE Updates: Iran has been striking its Persian Gulf neighbours' energy facilities since the war started on February 28, and has made the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, nearly impassable.
The world's largest known natural gas reserve in Iran came under Israeli attack on Wednesday, prompting Trump to rush to clarify the lack of Washington's involvement in one of his more measured statements since the Middle East war began.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has secured yet another near-total electoral victory, with his ruling Workers' Party of Korea and allied groups winning 99.93 per cent of the vote in the country's latest parliamentary election.
While Israeli fighter jets bomb targets across Iran, the country's Mossad spy agency has stepped up efforts to reach ordinary Iranians, in a push to identify people willing to help bring down the Islamic republic.
Israel has killed one senior Iranian leader after another in airstrikes as it seeks to topple the Islamic Republic. But its past experience of targeting senior militants shows the strategy has limits and can sometimes backfire.
The Pentagon is reportedly seeking over $200 billion from the US Congress to fund President Donald Trump's war of choice in Iran.
US President Donald Trump has said Israel will not attack Iran's valuable South Pars gas field unless Tehran "unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar".
NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the military alliance's members were discussing the "best way" to open the Strait of Hormuz, through which a large chunk of the world's oil supply normally passes.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US on Wednesday said it has launched a hunt for Indian national Kalpeshkumar Rasikbhai Patel for allegedly defrauding multiple victims between 2017 and 2021.
China does not currently plan to invade Taiwan next year but is seeking to take control of the self-ruled island without the use of force, said an annual US intelligence report released Wednesday.
Donald Trump said the US was unaware of Israel’s South Pars strike and warned Iran against targeting Qatar.
The move allows foreign-flagged vessels to transport goods between US ports for the next 60 days.
The deployments could help provide Trump with additional options but would further entrench US in a foreign war.
Saudis have warned of 'military actions, if necessary', but Gulf states in 'diplomatic bind' as they mull response.
Before next year’s presidential race, local elections which conclude Sunday indicate fractured political landscape.
Border closures and rising prices make Eid baking difficult in Gaza, but families persist to keep traditions alive.
Questions raised over US knowledge of Israeli plans to attack key Iranian gasfield as energy sites become targets.
The UN reports over one million displaced in Lebanon as Israeli attacks escalate, with children accounting for one-third.
The Iran war enters day 20 as Israeli and Iranian attacks hit energy infrastructure across region.
Heavy social media use has contributed to 'worrying decline' in wellbeing in Western countries, report says.
US spy agencies says Chinese leadership still prefers to pursue unification with Taiwan 'without use of force'.
Those executed were allegedly involved in the killing of two law enforcement personnel.
Doncic recorded his 11th 40-point game of the season as the Lakers beat the Rockets for the second time in three days.
US Vice President JD Vance deflected concerns about high gas prices by criticising the Biden administration.
Israel’s National Security Minister has filmed himself in front of gallows, threatening the death penalty.
Khaled Batarfi, a Saudi political analyst, says Iran’s attacks on the GCC are irrational and create anger.
Stocks tumble as attacks by Israel, Iran on critical energy infrastructure exacerbate fears for global energy supplies.
Video released by Iran's Red Crescent shows emergency services rescuing survivors of US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
Prices are likely to rise substantially if the Strait of Hormuz remains, in effect, closed, market watchers say.
Lionel Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo in the 900-goal club as Nashville eliminates Miami from CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Democrats staged a walkout of an Epstein files briefing by US Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Women killed, 13 injured when debris from a missile, or possibly a cluster bomblet, hit a beauty salon near Hebron.
Daniel Levy, says that the US-Israel war on Iran is reckless and harms allies for Israel's benefit.
Three women in an occupied West Bank hair salon became the first Palestinian deaths of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Foreign minister warns Iran that regional neighbours have 'significant' capabilities with which to respond to attacks.