As things stand, Iran are slated to play at the World Cup. Iran punched their ticket to the 2026 finals after topping Group A ...

An Iranian drone caused a fire when it hit a hotel residence in Dubai Creek Harbour overnight. Dubai Government Media Office ...

Fifa can replace a withdrawn team at its discretion, with no codified rule guaranteeing a specific successor or confederation priority. Financial penalties apply for withdrawal: at least Dh2.39 ...

I moved to the UAE from Melbourne in my late twenties, for a job that was supposed to last two years. My husband – whom I only met two years ago – came from Italy around the same time, with more or ...

Shipping in the Gulf and along the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world's oil, has come to a near-standstill since the ⁠US and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28, ...

At least eight were killed and 21 injured in Israeli strikes on Beirut’s Ramlet Al Baida beachfront where displaced families slept in tents. Night-time double-tap strikes hit at about 3am without ...

A Republican senator has apologised for the bombing of a girls’ primary school in southern Iran, saying he thought the US had unintentionally hit the building. John Kennedy, a conservative legislator ...

With AI significantly untested in major conflict, the increased tempo of warfare and the speed of AI’s decision-making means ...

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was a political prisoner in Iran's Evin jail for six years, signed a letter to Mr Starmer which ...

Al Qaeda in Iraq and ISIS have previously launched attacks on prisons in an attempt to allow inmates to leave. In 2013, there ...

The latest incidents increase the number of ships that have been attacked since the conflict began ​to at least 14 ...

US President had assured Fifa chief Infantino that Middle East nation will be allowed to take part in finals this summer ...