The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that its 59 years of membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will come to an end, effective May 1.
The Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority said Thursday that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has led to a surge in traffic through the Panama Canal.
A senior Taliban leader in Afghanistan condemned Iran’s repeated bombing of Arab Gulf states in remarks on Monday, describing the violence as a “concern” for Kabul and unfair to the victims of Iranian aggression.
Iran demanded “compensation” from five Middle Eastern countries it has been bombing since early March in a letter to the UN.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed on Wednesday that Ukrainian anti-drone personnel were deployed to the Middle East nations attacked by Iran during Operation Epic Fury, and were able to counter Iran’s Shahed drones with their own interceptor technology.
Iran’s top diplomat at the United Nations accused Ukraine of “active participation” in the ongoing conflict between his country and the United States in a letter to U.N. chief Antonio Guterres this week – a response to Kyiv’s offer to help Gulf states protect themselves from Iranian drone attacks.
Hollywood dealmaking heavyweights are becoming increasingly worried that President Donald Trump’s actions against the terrorism regime in Iran and the unrest it is causing in the Middle East will impact Arab investment in U.S. entertainment projects.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to cooperate on defence amid Iran’s drone strikes across the Gulf, before heading to regional neighbour Qatar.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that strikes on Iran will “escalate and expand” if Iran keeps launching missiles.
Qatar announced on Wednesday that it had given all Iranian diplomats in the country 24 hours to leave, declaring them personas non grata.
The government of Saudi Arabia held a large ministerial-level meeting in Riyadh with representatives of other victims of Iranian bombings in the past month, issuing a joint statement condemning Tehran for widespread drone and missile attacks on civilian sites in over a dozen countries.
President Donald Trump stated that there would be “NO MORE ATTACKS” by Israel after Israel was reported to have launched strikes on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field.
The Taliban junta in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that at least 400 people were killed and 250 injured by a Pakistani airstrike that hit a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are growing increasingly vocal in denouncing Iran for its wanton attacks on their cities and oil infrastructure, although they have yet to commit to aggressive military action against Tehran.
QatarEnergy, the national petroleum company of Qatar, stunned global energy markets on Wednesday by declaring force majeure and canceling its contracts to deliver liquid natural gas (LNG) to customers around the world due to attacks from Iran on its energy infrastructure.
Qatar said on Tuesday it disrupted two sleeper cells working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
President Donald Trump said in his answer to a question from Breitbart News on Tuesday that Iran, in response to Operation Epic Fury, began attacking neighbors that wanted to stay neutral.
President Donald Trump said in response to a question from Breitbart News that countries are unifying against “bad seed” Iran because of the “evil” philosophy held by its regime
Venezuela’s socialist “interim” leader Delcy Rodríguez held a phone call on Monday with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
As missile exchanges intensified across the Middle East and commercial flights were halted amid Operation Epic Fury, Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz found himself stranded in the Gulf region, where he coordinated with U.S. and regional officials to evacuate a group of Americans to safety.
Multiple outlets reported on Monday that the Ras Tanura oil refinery in Saudi Arabia had temporarily shut down after dramatic images surfaced of smoke billowing from the facility following an Iranian attack.
The Iranian terror regime struck seven different neighboring countries with missiles and drones following the launch of America’s “Operation Epic Fury,” reports as of Saturday night Washington, DC, time indicated.
Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning strongly condemned Iranian missile attacks against U.S. bases hosted by their Gulf allies, and threatened to take actions if Iran continues violating their sovereignty.
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Wednesday met with Venezuela’s “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez and other members of the Venezuelan socialist regime in Caracas.
A senior Hamas leader declared that surrendering weapons would “criminalize the resistance,” openly defying President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace framework.
Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews in Washington, D.C., after departing with President Trump for Switzerland due to a reported “minor electrical issue” on Tuesday.
The U.S. has taken some steps across the Middle East over the past few days that could indicate preparations for an operation against Iran, although they could also be acts of simple prudence or feints.
BANGKOK (AP) — Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.
India’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday supported the “sovereignty” of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan against cross-border attacks from Pakistani forces.
DOHA, Qatar — A top adviser to the highest levels of the Qatari government told Breitbart News on Sunday evening here at the Doha Forum it was a Breitbart News interview with the Prime Minister of Qatar at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) back in September that helped President Donald Trump land the deal that produced the ceasefire in Gaza that brought home the remaining living Israeli hostages from Hamas.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) told Breitbart News that European regulations are hampering the continent’s ability to obtain reliable American energy.
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) said that the Muslim Brotherhood has sponsored terrorism and while it’s a good thing that President Donald Trump has a relationship with the leadership of Qatar,
Israeli intelligence on Wednesday unveiled the dismantling of what it dubbed the “Hamas Octopus” — a sprawling Europe-wide terror network that stockpiled weapons to strike Israeli and Jewish targets on “command day.”
Qatari Minister of State Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi told Breitbart News exclusively that a deal inked between Rwanda-backed M23 and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this weekend in Doha will help pave the way for lasting peace and a true end to one of the longest wars anywhere in the world.
The United States Mission to the United Nations thanked a number of Middle East countries and Indonesia, which has a heavy Muslim population, for backing a Security Council resolution supporting President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan in Gaza.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi sounded the alarm on proposed European Union regulations, charging that they could deindustrialize Europe.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, said on Wednesday that Hamas violated the terms of the Gaza ceasefire deal when it attacked a group of Israeli soldiers on Tuesday, killing one of them.
President Donald Trump met with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani aboard Air Force One Saturday at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar during refueling on Trump’s voyage to Asia.
The Qatari regime has blamed Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ceasefire violations in Gaza, rather than the Hamas terrorists who killed Israeli soldiers on Sunday.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed that, under an agreement with the United States, Qatar would be moving forward with building an air force facility on a U.S. Air Force base.
