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Gargash: UAE expands ports, pipelines to bypass Hormuz threat

United Arab Emirates

Gargash: UAE expands ports, pipelines to bypass Hormuz threat

The United Arab Emirates is building alternative routes for its energy exports and trade to ensure they are not "held hostage" by the ongoing war with Iran, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said on Monday.

Iran expands Hormuz standoff with new "Prohibited zone" threat

Iran

Iran expands Hormuz standoff with new "Prohibited zone" threat

Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a weekend exchange of strikes on shipping sent oil prices higher on Monday.

Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election

Politics

Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party on the cusp of power at state level for the first time since World War Two.

Netanyahu orders removal of West Bank settler outposts

Israel

Netanyahu orders removal of West Bank settler outposts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank to be dismantled, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, amid pressure from the U.S. to crack down on settler attacks on Palestinians. 

Tehran's Hormuz bluff is running out of road

Iran

Tehran's Hormuz bluff is running out of road

Six months after a conflict that rattled markets and pushed the Gulf to the brink of a wider war, the tide may be turning against Iran as Washington unleashes an unprecedented economic offensive to achieve what military force could not.

US envoys make first Kyiv visit amid Ukraine war peace push

Politics

US envoys make first Kyiv visit amid Ukraine war peace push

U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Sunday as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia's four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine.

Ali Taher's fall opens the door to a smaller Israeli buffer zone

Israel

Ali Taher's fall opens the door to a smaller Israeli buffer zone

Following the announcement that it had achieved "operational control" of the Ali Taher ridge, the Israeli military is reportedly preparing to reduce troop levels in southern Lebanon and shrink the footprint of its occupied "buffer zone," according to several Israeli security officials cited by Israel's Channel Kan 11.

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