Rachel Chason

The response to Congo’s raging Ebola epidemic has been hampered by a severe lack of funding and pervasive misinformation, according to people on the front lines.

The Gulf nation’s support for the U.S. war against Iran has also strengthened its alliance with Washington in the emerging tech sector amid fierce competition with China.

After decades of punitive measures on Tehran by the United States and its allies, experts said, it is unlikely the Trump administration's new sanctions will yield concessions.

DUBAI — Lines at gas stations across Iran are growing and complaints about food prices rising. President Masoud Pezeshkian has conceded that U.S. sanctions have increased prices and cut trade.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has conceded that U.S. sanctions have increased prices and reduced trade, and on Monday he said Tehran wants the war to end.

Rachel Chason | Sept 02, 2026, 04:00 IST #DUBAI Lines are growing at gas stations across Iran, and there are mounting complaints about rising food prices.

Iran retaliated against new U.S. strikes overnight, launching missiles and drones toward U.S. positions in the region in defiance of President Donald

The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses confronted “hostile” attacks by Iran while Tehran accused the U.S. of bombing a wedding and called for an investigation.

DUBAI — Iran targeted Kuwait in a missile and drone attack early Thursday, the Kuwaiti military said, the latest in a string of airstrikes in the

DUBAI - Amid economic pressure and a fight to retain diplomatic leverage via control over the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is lashing out with increasingly bellicose rhetoric and, on Thursday, a strike on...