EU Representative to the Gulf, Luigi Di Maio, speaking to The National in Abu Dhabi. The National
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InterviewEU envoy to Gulf calls on Iran to stop 'unjustified' attacks across region

Luigi Di Maio stresses bloc's 'concrete support' for Gulf states – and warns of humanitarian crisis over Hormuz

Gulf

Projectile causes explosion near vessel off Sharjah coast

UAE

With gold sinking and Bitcoin swaying, Iran war is reshaping safe-haven bets

Markets

Saudi Arabia orders Iranian military attache and embassy staff to leave

Gulf

Iranian strike hits city near Israeli nuclear site, injuring more than 100

MENA

DispatchKurdish family mourn son killed in drone attack

MENA

Iran rebuffs US claims that it has oil stranded at sea

Energy
The USS Boxer receives replenishment-at-sea from support ship USNS Arctic in the Arabian Sea. AFP

Israel and Iran launch more attacks as US sends Marines to Middle East

Iranians mark Eid prayers amid escalating war, with US-Israeli strikes hitting the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran and tensions deepening across the region

MENA

Bitcoin is experiencing a quiet regime change

Money

Dh3,300 for a flight to India: UAE passengers count cost of travel disruption

UAE

Inflatable tanks, cardboard ayatollahs: How AI fakes are flourishing in Iran war

MENA

Iran-linked Handala hacker group responds with defiance after US seizure of websites

Technology

What's in the major $8bn US arms package bolstering UAE defences?

MENA

Arrest in Netherlands raises fears about Iran's 'underground army'

Europe
The US seized several web assets that it says belonged to an Iran-backed hacking group going by the name of Handala.

Iran-linked Handala hacker group responds with defiance after US seizure of websites

Justice Department accused group of 'psychological operations and transnational repression'

Technology

What's in the major $8bn US arms package bolstering UAE defences?

MENA

Arrest in Netherlands raises fears about Iran's 'underground army'

Europe

How US marines could be deployed to take the Strait of Hormuz

MENA

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