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Saudi Arabia shuts down key oil pipeline, blaming drones from Iraq
Saudi Arabia has shut down a key oil pipeline after accusing militants based in Iraq of launching drone attacks on it, escalating tensions in a region already destabilised by the recent US-Israeli war against Iran. The 745-mile East-West pipeline, which runs from Abqaiq to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, has become crucial for Riyadh…
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Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
Saudi Arabia has shut down a key oil pipeline after it was struck by drones launched from Iraqi territory, in a sign that the wider Middle East conflict is increasingly threatening global energy supplies. Iraq acknowledged the attack originated in its Maysan province, near the Iranian border, and dismissed the military commander responsible while launching…
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Saudi Arabia shuts down key oil pipeline after Iraq drone attack, sparking fears of energy price rises but Trump says ‘everything will work out fine’
Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut down a major cross-country oil pipeline as a precaution, a day after it was struck by drones that both Riyadh and Baghdad said originated in Iraq. The closure matters because the pipeline had been a vital alternative route for exports while tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted…
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Meddling Miliband is wrong about his West Bank sanctions… that’s the view of Palestinians who fear having to face the fallout
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced UK sanctions banning goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, targeting what he called “illegal settlements and settlement expansion” and citing allegations of “ethnic cleansing” perpetrated by settler extremists. However, Palestinian and Israeli-Arab workers and business owners in the area have told the Daily Mail the measures could…
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The handsome 6ft 4in KGB spy boss who defected – because he thought Western medicine could cure the impotence wrecking his marriage
This account, drawn from a book by Ben Macintyre, recounts how MI6 recruited a senior KGB officer as a double agent in Tehran in 1981, during the chaotic aftermath of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. The officer, Vladimir Kuzichkin, revealed a Soviet plot in which underground Iranian communists would seize power and invite in the Red Army,…
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Houthis Expand Red Sea Control Amid Intensifying Attacks on Saudi Energy Infrastructure
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have completed their takeover of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coastline and both shores of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, culminating a week-long offensive that also saw a Saudi oil pipeline struck by drones launched from Iraq. The rebels’ capture of the strait, a vital chokepoint linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of…
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MPs reject assisted dying bill as 9/11 remembered and Kirk marks Charlie’s death
UK MPs voted down the assisted dying bill 286-270, Israel says it destroyed a huge Hezbollah tunnel complex, and America marked 25 years since 9/11 as Erika Kirk honoured her husband a year on.
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The retirement home of your dreams: Chats with Celia Imrie and Ralph Fiennes, private chefs and a stunning pool – if you have £1million to spare
Riverstone Living Fulham, a gated riverside retirement community in west London, offers residents luxury facilities and celebrity-studded events not typically associated with elder care, at prices reportedly reaching around £1million. The development, home to more than 100 residents over 65, blends hotel-style amenities with discreet health support, reflecting a growing trend towards upmarket, resort-style retirement…
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Houthis seize shipping strait as drone attacks force Saudi pipeline shutdown
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have made major territorial gains around the Red Sea, seizing Perim (Mayyun) Island and the port city of Mokha, giving them control of the entire western coastline and greater command over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a vital global shipping chokepoint. The advance coincided with drone strikes launched from Iraqi territory that forced…
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Lightning Houthi advance in Yemen may bring dangerous new dimension to Iran war
Houthi rebels have made a rapid and unexpected military advance across southern Yemen’s Tihamah coastal plain, seizing as much as 130km of strategically vital Red Sea coastline from the Saudi-backed National Resistance coalition in a matter of days. Analysts say it is the group’s most significant territorial gain in years, demonstrating that despite 12 years…