Category: 3. Middle East

The United States Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated a rule allowing an abortion pill to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail, lifting a judicial ban that narrowed access to the medication nationwide.

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The United Arab Emirates purchased 10 military aircraft from a Brazilian firm on Monday, reflecting a desire both to improve capabilities during the regional war and to cultivate relations with the BRICS bloc. 

What happened: The Brazilian…

Nepal complains after India and China agree to resume a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass.

A long-running border dispute between Nepal and India has flared up after New Delhi announced the…

ANKARA — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on Monday during the latter’s visit to Turkey against a background of deepening fractures among Gulf countries. 

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Oil prices jumped on Monday after a drone strike sparked a fire at an Emirati energy installation following US warships crossing the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Seoul and Taipei hit record highs Monday as Asian traders joined the rally in tech…

Raman Kapoor, an Indian oil tanker captain stranded in the Gulf, says no vessel will attempt to exit the Strait of Hormuz without assurance of safety, despite the announcement of a US evacuation plan for ships stranded by the war.

Is the rise of prediction markets unstoppable? Companies like Polymarket and Kalshi have boomed and so have the controversies that…

GameStop made an unsolicited $56bn bid to acquire e-commerce giant eBay—a company with a market value nearly four times higher—as the video game retailer seeks to boost profitability.

eBay confirmed the offer…

May 4 (Reuters) – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah said on Monday that a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone following what they described as a drone attack originating from Iran.

Civil defence teams were deployed…