Author: Gulf News Week
President’s remarks signal ongoing military pressure in the Persian Gulf, come amid stalled diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that another U.S. naval “armada” is sailing toward Iranian waters, publicly framing the movement as a gesture of pressure while renewing his call for Tehran to reach a deal with the United States. “There is another beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran right now,” Trump said during a public address. “I hope they make a deal.” The brief but pointed declaration underscores the persistent tension between the two nations, even as the President casts the…
Ticket scarcity for sold-out K-pop megastars prompts high-level diplomatic request as President Sheinbaum advocates for fans. In a striking example of cultural diplomacy, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has personally requested that South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrange more frequent tours by global K-pop phenomenon BTS, after tickets for their upcoming Mexico concerts sold out within minutes. The unprecedented presidential intervention follows a frenzied ticket sale last weekend for BTS’s three scheduled shows in Mexico City this May. With approximately 150,000 tickets available but nearly one million young Mexicans attempting to purchase them, demand dramatically outstripped supply, leading to widespread…
Real-world exposure and ecosystem support critical for young founders balancing startups and studies, as Sharjah festival aims to bridge gap. Juggling lecture halls and boardrooms, student entrepreneurs are launching ventures earlier than ever. However, the biggest challenges they face are not academic, but personal: a crisis of confidence and the relentless clock. According to Sara Al Nuaimi, CEO of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa), mastering these soft skills is more critical than the perceived choice between education and enterprise. “Student founders are entering entrepreneurship earlier than ever, often while still navigating their academic journeys,” Al Nuaimi told Khaleej Times. “The core…
US president praises al-Sharaa, who is due in Moscow on Wednesday to meet Russian President Putin, following Syrian army’s offensive against Kurdish-led SDF.US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Syrian army, Kurdish-led SDF accuse each other of ceasefire violationslist 2 of 4Al-Sharaa checkmates the SDF…
Al-Maliki has been nominated by the largest Shia bloc in parliament as its candidate for PM.President Donald Trump has threatened that the United States will end support for Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki, a former prime minister with ties to the US’s longstanding foe Iran, is reinstated to the post.Trump, in his latest intervention in another country’s politics, said on Tuesday that Iraq would be making a “very bad choice” with al-Maliki, who just days previously was nominated by the Coordination Framework, the largest Shia bloc in parliament, as its candidate.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iraq Shia alliance…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasised that regional instability ‘benefits no one’ during the call.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after a United States aircraft carrier arrived in the region amid growing fears of a new conflict with Israel or the US.The US has indicated in recent weeks that it is considering an attack against Iran in response to Tehran’s crackdown on protesters, which left thousands of people dead, and US President Donald Trump has sent the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to the region.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1…
Rial hits record 1,500,000 rials to the US dollar, weeks after protests prompted by currency’s falling value spready across the country.Iran’s currency has dropped to a record 1,500,000 rials to the US dollar, according to several Iranian currency tracking websites, weeks after protests sparked by the rial’s dwindling value rocked the country.Exchange shops on Tuesday offered the record-low rial-to-dollar rate in Tehran, deepening the economic hardship for large swaths of the Iranian populace suffering from decades of extensive economic mismanagement and international sanctions.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Envoys from US meet Netanyahu as Israel continues to bomb…
Whoever is nominated from the two Kurdish parties still needs the approval from the Shia and Sunni blocs in the parliament.Iraq’s parliament has postponed the election for the country’s next president to allow for more consultations between the two Kurdish parties to agree on a candidate.The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said the parliamentary vote scheduled for Tuesday was delayed at the request of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iraq Shia alliance nominates former PM Nouri al-Maliki as its candidatelist 2 of 4Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah warns of…
A huge military operation to recover a single Israeli body exposes a grim moral paradox: Precise forensics for the occupier, and mass graves and lost identity for the occupied and bombarded.To retrieve one body, the Israeli military mobilised a fleet of tanks, drones, and what locals described as “explosive robots”.They turned a neighbourhood into a “kill zone”, dug up approximately 200 Palestinian graves, and left four civilians dead in their wake.The focus of this overwhelming force was Ran Gvili, an Israeli policeman killed more than two years ago, the last Israeli captive in Gaza after more than two years of…
Dilling, a key route for supply lines, had under the paramilitary group’s control for nearly two years.Sudan’s military says it has broken a nearly two-year siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a key town in the Kordofan region, gaining control over major supply lines.In a statement late on Monday, the military said it had opened a road leading to South Kordofan province’s Dilling town.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Sudan’s army renewing military effort to retake Kordofan, Darfur from RSFlist 2 of 4Sudan’s people endure ‘horror and hell’ in war, says UN rights chieflist 3…