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Following months of blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates has announced that it intends to bypass the water channel to carry on trading and exports. While the UAE will surely benefit from this, India, too, is likely to gain from the move.

The war and subsequent blockade of the Hormuz has thrown global trade and energy supply into a tizzy. India, too, has been hit. On one hand Iran claims it has full control over the strait, on the other, the US claims that no vessel can pass without authorisation by Washington. Effectively, it’s a vicious deadlock with Iran on one side of the channel and Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain on the other. Read more

Seventy-three people, including women and children, were injured in ⁠Saudi ​Arabia after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis ​attacked ​the cities ⁠of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan ‌and Najran, the spokesperson of the Saudi-led coalition ⁠in ⁠Yemen said.

The coalition ⁠will ‌respond ​firmly to ‌the attacks that targeted ‌civilian ​and ​economic ​entities, the spokesperson ​added in a ⁠statement posted on X.

Iran threatened the United States with "economic warfare" on Tuesday and said it had fired an advanced missile at US warships, Reuters reported, underscoring fears of further escalation in a war now six months old. Tehran has vowed to announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a fresh shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, even as US sanctions squeeze its already struggling economy and there is no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough.

Despite political fatigue, Indian-American voters in the US mid-term elections are leaning toward Democratic candidates, a national survey among Asian and Pacific Islander American communities said.

The survey by Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) showed overwhelming inclination among the communities to participate in the November 3 midterm elections for 435 Congressional and 35 Senate seats, besides several local public offices.

The survey found that more than 90 per cent of registered Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters planned to exercise their franchise in the midterm elections, despite less than desired outreach by the two main political parties.

As many as 42 per cent of the AAPI voters surveyed said there was no contact from the Democratic party, while 58 per cent of the respondents said the Republican party also had not reached out to them.

Sixty-six per cent of the Indian-American voters said they would vote for Democratic candidates in both the Congressional and Senate elections. PTI

US Central Command said Monday its forces had redirected 94 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two as of Sept. 7 to enforce the US blockade against Iran.

In a post on X, CENTCOM said the USS George H.W. Bush was supporting enforcement of the blockade in the Arabian Sea and that the actions were intended to ensure “complete compliance.”

Iran introduced a steep price hike for its heaviest gasoline users early Tuesday, state media reported, marking the second such increase since December and adding to economic strain from months of war and sanctions. Officials said the move, aimed at curbing record consumption, would channel extra revenue to households, though ordinary Iranians say it's compounding an already difficult cost-of-living crisis.