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Brookings president resigns amid FBI foreign lobbying probe

The president of the Brookings Institution has resigned amid a federal investigation into whether he illegally lobbied on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia Seeks Tourism Boost By Paying Airlines For Flights: Report

The Saudi Arabian government is seeking to ratchet up its tourism industry by offering to subsidize airlines that fly unprofitable routes linking the Persian Gulf kingdom to major global cities.

Benzinga

Iran’s seizure of oil tankers a response to ‘robbery,’ leader says

Iran’s supreme leader said his country’s seizure of two Greek oil tankers in Persian Gulf waters last month was a direct response to the U.S. and Greece’s “robbery” of Iranian crude.

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Supreme leader acknowledges Iran took oil from Greek tankers

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged that Iran took oil from two Greek tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf

The Independent UK

Iran slams French, German 'interference' in seizure of Greek ships

Iran has slammed "inappropriate interference" by Germany and France following their condemnation of Tehran for its seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers in Persian Gulf waters last week.

Radio France Internationale

Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf

The Independent UK

Ship expands Iran Revolutionary Guard's reach to new waters

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building a massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz

The Independent UK

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UN envoy: US sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation

A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation

The Independent UK

Infantino: Qatar 'not paradise' but World Cup seeing changes

FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledges all is “not paradise” in Qatar ahead of the World Cup but he is touting changes to labor laws in the tiny Persian Gulf nation ahead of the tournament draw

The Independent UK

Al Samy: Emirati-flagged cargo ship sinks in Persian Gulf off Iran

An Emirati-flagged cargo ship has sunk in the Persian Gulf.

Evening Standard

Moment huge cargo ship capsizes in Persian Gulf as 30 crew thrown overboard

The ship sank 30 miles off Iran's Persian Gulf coast near the port city of Assalouyeh - authorities report one person of the 30 crew members is still missing

Daily Mirror

Iran nuclear talks suspended as window closes on key deal

World powers and Iran suspended their efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, reigniting a crisis that’s set to roil already surging oil markets and potentially plunge the energy-exporting Persian Gulf into a new cycle of violence.

Tribune News Service

Yemen’s Houthis claim drone attack on Saudi airport, 12 wounded

Yemen’s Houthi fighters claimed a drone attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia, which wounded at least 12 people, the latest strike to heighten security concerns in the oil-exporting Persian Gulf.

Tribune News Service

Lebanon's FM goes to Kuwait with answers to Gulf suggestions

Lebanon’s foreign minister has headed to Kuwait to deliver answers to a list of policy suggestions made to the country by Persian Gulf nations in an attempt to end an impasse between both sides

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$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Air Force may soon bring 170 members of Qatar’s air force to live on the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. They would be coming to learn to fly the newest model of the F-15 fighter jet specially modified for the Persian Gulf state.

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