Persian Gulf news
Visit RT to read articles on the Persian Gulf, including breaking news and the latest updates. The Persian Gulf is located in Western Asia, extending to the Strait of Hormuz, and is bordered by Iran and seven 'Gulf States’: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The Persian Gulf has been involved in numerous controversies due to its strategic importance, the Middle East crisis, and the oil production inIran and the Arab Gulf States; visit RT to stay updated. For example, Iran was accused of blocking a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf by the UK and the US; the news came just a few days after an Iranian oil tanker was seized by the UK off the coast of Gibraltar. The Iranian oil tanker was claimed to be carrying crude oil to Syria – but Iran later denied the allegations. Stay with RT to find out more on the tensions between the US and Iran, and the events in the Persian Gulf related to them. Read articles on the main controversies between the two countries, including the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, and don’t miss the impact of these tensions on international politics and the economy, including oil prices. Stay with RT to read experts’ and analysts’ opinions on the strategic importance of the Persian Gulf, the relations between Iran and other Gulf States, with the US, UK, and other major economies, and oil production in general.
- Pompeo urges UNSC to extend arms embargo on Iran ‘for Mideast stability’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Tehran. “Iran will hold a sword of Damocles over the economic stability of the Middle East, endangering nations like Russia and China that...Jun 30, 2020 17:11Newsline - Bahrain releases leading activist Nabeel Rajab after court passes ‘alternative sentence’ – lawyerBahrain has released prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, his lawyer said on Tuesday, adding that a court had agreed to pass an alternative sentence to the jail term. The outspoken critic of the Bahraini government, who played a prominent...Jun 9, 2020 13:41Newsline
- Qatar has 4-phase plan to lift lockdown from June 15 – governmentQatar will start lifting coronavirus restrictions under a four-phase plan starting on June 15, government spokeswoman Lulwa Rashed al-Khater has said. She told reporters that the second phase of easing the lockdown would start on July 1, the third...Jun 9, 2020 10:24Newsline
- Kuwait plans to slash migrant share of population ‘from 70 to 30 percent’The Kuwaiti government aims to reduce number of migrants in the country from 70 to 30 percent of the population, to “resolve the demographic imbalance.” Like its Gulf Arab neighbors, oil-rich Kuwait has a large foreign-born population...Jun 4, 2020 07:41Newsline
- 3 years of ‘isolation’: Qatar denies rumors it plans to exit Gulf blocQatar has denied that it plans to quit the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as Doha prepares to mark three years of isolation led by the regional bloc’s heavyweight Saudi Arabia. The gas-rich state cautioned, however, that the effort to isolate...May 29, 2020 14:55Newsline
- US threatens MILITARY FORCE against Iranian tankers bound for Caracas – Venezuelan envoy to UNIranian oil tankers heading to Venezuela are facing an imminent threat of a US armed attack in what Caracas labels a “crime of aggression and extermination,” the country’s envoy to the United Nations has warned.May 23, 2020 13:04World News
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