Israel carried out long-awaited airstrikes on Iran, on Friday night, on precise and targeted military targets. These were aimed at “thwarting immediate threats to the State of Israel,” the IDF said. Despite the much-anticipated attack, Israel reported they finished the attack before the sun rose in Tehran. The strikes were designed to retaliate for … Read more
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday, October 7, issued guidelines on ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for families of migrants from the state working in gulf nations. Implementing its poll promise regarding the welfare of Gulf workers, the Telangana government issued GO 216 providing Rs 5 lakh as ex gratia to the families without … Read more
Iran has a new Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi. He is pushing for closer ties with the Gulf countries, according to Iranian state media. This push comes on the four year anniversary of the Abraham Accords. The Accords were signed in Washington on September 15. They led to peace between … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers from GCC member countries at the sidelines of the First India–Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, on Monday. The EAM began the day by holding talks with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed … Read more
To bypass long wait times, some United Arab Emirates (UAE) residents have found a new way to get quick US visa appointments. The UAE residents are applying in neighbouring Gulf countries instead of the UAE. This is due to the long wait times for US visa interviews in the country, which take almost 10-12 months … Read more
With a little help from the warming Gulf Stream, Nova Scotia beachgoers are encountering a strange creature with a balloon-like body whose sting packs a bigger punch than that of jellyfish. Last week, a Portuguese man-of-war appeared at a surfing hot spot on Lawrencetown Beach near Dartmouth, N.S. The animal, a species of siphonophore — … Read more
Texas officials Saturday were urging coastal residents to brace for a potential hit by Beryl as the storm is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. “We’re expecting the storm to make landfall somewhere on the Texas coast sometime Monday, if the current forecast is correct,” said Jack … Read more
Bahrain and Kuwait have both decided to reexamine their citizenship files after uncovering many cases of fraudulently obtained citizenship. The campaigns are expected to affect thousands of people who became citizens of either country using forged documents or other illegal methods. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Kuwait, which was … Read more
Hot on the heels of the successful crewed launch of Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner on Wednesday, we have another rocket launch: This time it’s SpaceX’s massive Starship. This is the fourth test flight of the rocket — which will be uncrewed — that SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes will one day take astronauts to Mars. The 120-minute … Read more
The latest survey of Atlantic Ocean conditions off Nova Scotia show after a decade of warming, temperatures on the Scotian Shelf are cooling. The slight climate reversal has scientists asking if this is the beginning of a return to previous norms — or a blip. “What remains unknown is whether this is a longer term trend … Read more
