Iran has seized a foreign tanker allegedly carrying 6 million liters of "smuggled diesel" in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state media said on Friday.

Now that the fanfare and spin from Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s visit to Washington has faded, it is important to gauge what the trip actually accomplished. Please join the Middle East Institute ...

Thursday, December 11th, 2025 Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. This week, we’ll learn about a new front in the information war between Iran and Israel, catch up on the dispute over three ...

Gulf sovereign funds and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners are supporting Paramount’s $108 billion bid for Warner Bros., ...

A separatist group has seized control of an oil-rich region in southern Yemen, shattering a relative calm in the country’s ...

Asian investors are piling into Gulf bonds and loans this year, reflecting both deepening trade and finance ties with the ...

In a region long defined by conflict and cautious diplomacy, a quiet but potentially transformative project is underway: a ...

The Middle East has been a hotbed of conflict for decades, as such many nations within the region have built up their ...