Middle East

US military families alarmed by food shortages, mail suspension for troops deployed in West Asia: Report

April 17, 2026 8:25 pm

Amid scarcity of food, to add to the woes, the United States Postal Service has suspended mail delivery to 27 military ZIP codes across the Middle East since early April.

Dubai unveils world's first Air Taxi station near airport. How it will transform urban mobility

April 17, 2026 4:29 pm

Dubai unveils its first air taxi station near the airport, aiming to cut travel time and reshape urban mobility with futuristic aerial transport.

West Asia conflict fallout: Morbi units to switch to PNG for revival; retail users to pay the price

April 15, 2026 9:54 pm

While some units resume operation, at least 270 more ceramic units will begin buying PNG at higher price starting May 1

How the unseen cost of your food delivery box is linked to the war in the Middle East

April 10, 2026 1:02 pm

A surge in plastic prices, linked to global supply chains, is now squeezing restaurants

Iran war: Air India, Air India Express plan 30 West Asia flights on April 6 - Check routes

April 05, 2026 8:15 pm

Air India West Asia flights April 6 include around 30 services amid Iran war disruptions. Check routes.

West Asia war: Iran targets petrochemical plant in Bahrain; power plants in Kuwait hit as conflict escalates

April 05, 2026 2:40 pm

Tehran has continued to launch attacks across the region in response to US and Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure, including energy facilities and bridges.

Iran rebuffs Trump's claims of 'obliterating' key military sites: 'You know nothing, will never be able to reach'

April 02, 2026 2:11 pm

“Our strategic military production takes place in places that you have no knowledge of at all and will never be able to reach,” he said, adding that they have targeted the centres that were quite insignificant.

Ukraine spent big to shield energy industry from drones. Is West Asia next?

March 24, 2026 9:43 pm

The Ukrainian company, Naftogaz, pays for devices operated by the country’s military, such as electronic jamming systems and interceptor drones.

Trump dials Modi, both discuss keeping Strait of Hormuz open

March 25, 2026 7:29 am

India supports de-escalation, restoration of peace at the earliest: PM

‘Israeli attacks an illusion’: Iran supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s defiant Nowruz message

March 20, 2026 10:47 pm

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also commended Iranians for what he called “building a nationwide defensive front and strongholds across cities, neighbourhoods, and mosques”.

From behind the niqab: This is what the world looks like through the veil

May 19, 2015 11:47 am

An AP photographer decides to shoot images through a full niqab to offer a glimpse of what it must be like to look through them.

How many Malayalees live in the Middle East: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:18 pm