Dominic Dudley

Qatari telco Ooredoo Group and Dubai-based du plan to land the Fibre in the Gulf (FIG) subsea cable in the emirates — one of several signs of improving ties between the two countries

Four men arrested in Kuwait have confessed during interrogation to being affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in a case which is likely to raise concerns about the Gulf's vulnerability to Iranian ground attacks.

Doha has launched a new technology fund and signed up a slate of five partners from Asia, the Gulf, and the US — part of a long-running strategy of

Oman government revenues were up 13% year-on-year in the first quarter — highlighting how the country is one of the rare beneficiaries of the Iran war, in raw economic terms at least.

— the first such deal between the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council and a G7 economy. At a time of conflict, it offers a timely boost for the region, although the war also means any benefits could be slow to materialize.

When US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated,” he cited a phone call with a crowded list of Middle East rulers.

Kuwait has approved the route for a 500-kilometer (310-mile) high-speed rail line to the Saudi capital Riyadh — part of the gathering momentum to develop new regional transport and logistics links that enable trade to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi Aramco is offloading its 50% stake in a large refinery and petrochemicals project in Malaysia, transferring ownership to the country's national oil company Petronas.

The value of Bahrain's trade fell by 14.5% in the first quarter of the year because of the impact of the Iran war.

More than 1,000 Bahraini citizens have sent messages of support to King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa in recent weeks, praising a clampdown on those accused of being sympathetic to Iran.