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Bahrain revokes citizenship of 69 Iran sympathisers
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (203+ words) Bahrain's Interior Ministry has stripped 69 individuals, including family members, of their citizenship. The government cited sympathy with Iran's hostile actions and collaboration with foreign entities as reasons. These revocations, based on the Bahraini Nationality Law, target those deemed to have…...
How the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian races might have unfolded
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1155+ words) With Formula 1 forced to cancel two rounds shortly after the start of the new season, our reporters attempt to assess how those races might have played out " taking into account the opening rounds, the characteristics of the Bahrain and Saudi…...
Turkey steps up as Europe's indispensable and uncomfortable defence partner
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (559+ words) Europe is turning to Turkey to fill the security vacuum left by an increasingly unreliable United States. But as Nato's secretary-general was praising Ankara's growing military role this week, the European Commission president was placing Turkey in the same bracket…...
Emory professors take on their own university after arrests at 2024 Israel-Hamas war
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (446+ words) Three professors at Atlanta's Emory University filed a lawsuit Thursday over their arrests during a 2024 campus protest over the Israel-Hamas war, saying the university broke its own free speech policies when it called in police and state troopers to aggressively…...
Kuwait reopens airspace for the first time since the outbreak of the Iran war
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (416+ words) Flights to and from Kuwait are set to resume on Sunday, two months after the outbreak of war following the US-Israel attack on Iran. While the airspace reopened last night (Thursday 24 April), commercial flights will not begin until 26 April as…...
Kuwait Airport Reopening Delayed Indefinitely as Safety Checks Continue Amid Regional Tensions
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (402+ words) Kuwait International Airport remains closed to all commercial passenger flights as of April 23, with no official reopening date announced despite high-level government inspections and growing frustration among travelers and airlines. For travelers holding tickets to or from Kuwait, airlines recommend…...
Gulf Evacuation Warning: 'Time Is Running Out' as Iran Adviser Urges Immediate Exit From UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait
1+ week, 1+ day ago (568+ words) An urgent warning urging mass evacuation across the Gulf has sparked concern, even as authorities remain silent on any official directive. Despite the alarming tone, no government or international body has issued a comparable directive. The discrepancy has raised questions…...
Kuwait urged to release journalist "detained for sharing Iran war video on social media
2+ week, 1+ day ago (480+ words) Concerns have been raised over the safety of an American-Kuwaiti journalist after he was detained in Kuwait shortly after posting a video related to the ongoing war in Iran. One of his last posts included a CNN-verified geolocated video showing…...
Kuwait International Airport Remains Closed Today Amid Regional Tensions
2+ week, 5+ day ago (643+ words) Kuwait International Airport stayed shuttered Saturday with no commercial passenger flights operating, as authorities continued to cite persistent security concerns and infrastructure repairs following months of regional instability that first forced the closure on Feb. 28. Passengers already holding tickets have…...
'Head wounds, heavy bleeding. .': US troops recall chaos after deadly Iranian drone strike on Kuwait base
2+ week, 5+ day ago (760+ words) The survivors of what is described as the deadliest Iranian attack on US forces since the conflict began have challenged the Pentagon's account of events. The US military officials said that their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when…...