Iran Begins Diplomatic Offensive in Persian Gulfs Arab States

TEHRAN, Iran -- To understand the changes likely to occur under Iran's new president, Hasan Rowhani, consider this summation of the outgoing regime by a veteran foreign policy analyst. Iran's approach to the world was ideological and focused ...

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration will start formal peace talks with the Taliban on Thursday in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, the first direct political contact between them since early last year and the initial step in what the administration ...

The surplus of tankers competing to ship 2 million-barrel oil cargoes from ports in the Persian Gulf fell to a two-week low, according to a Bloomberg News survey. There are 15 percent more very large crude carriers seeking charters over the next ...

Tehran, June 19, IRNA Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian departed Tehran for visits to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and

Bahrain, the Persian Gulf kingdom planning to sell bonds as early as this week, faces rising borrowing costs after its yields jumped to a nine-month high. The island kingdom is set to conclude investor meetings today before what may be its first ...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 17 (UPI) -- Omar al-Shehabi, director of the Gulf Center for Development Policies in Kuwait, said that even though the defense expenditure of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states is the highest in the world, ...

The Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company which is a holding company affiliated with the National Iranian Petrochemical Industries, has transferred a 17 per cent block of its shares, the Shana News Agency reported on Monday. The company ...

A donation of LNG from the wealthy Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar to Egypt will not be shipped directly to the cash-strapped North African state, but will be delivered to international companies that have been supplying natural gas to help bridge ...