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US President Donald Trump stands with Gulf leaders for a group photo during a meeting he attended with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 9:34 pm
Gulf states could be left in the lurch and exposed by the US-Iran deal
After being caught in the crossfire of a war they didn’t want, wealthy Arab states are now ‘subjected to what amounts to blackmail’ from both Iran and the US, experts say
By Aya Iskandarani, Callum PATON and Sofiane Alsaar
This photo from March 12, 2017, shows a an Iranian oil facility on Kharg Island, on the shore of the Persian Gulf. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
April 23, 2026, 4:45 pm
Iran economy looks set to withstand US naval blockade, analysts say
US closure of Iranian ports might pinch, but is seen as taking weeks if not months to have a significant impact, rather than immediate collapse touted by Trump
By Callum PATON
Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman waves goodbye while leaving the White House after a meeting in the Oval Office with US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
January 2, 2026, 6:54 am
Best of frenemies: In Yemen, rivalry between Saudi Arabia and UAE bursts into view
Analysts say talk has swirled of rifts on several issues between Saudi Arabia’s MBS and the man once thought of as his mentor, the Emirates’ Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
By Callum PATON
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announces a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, at a press conference on January 15, 2025. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 10:16 pm
How Qatar gambled on mediating a Gaza truce, and won
Despite an earlier withdrawal from mediation, Doha secures the deal, as it walks a tightrope between US interests, its relationship with Hamas and contacts with Israel
By Callum PATON
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (3R) performing the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on April 10, 2024. (Photo by SAUDI PRESS AGENCY / AFP) /
April 16, 2024, 2:12 pm
‘Bad for business’: Between Israel and Iran, Gulf states scramble to avert wider war
Gulf nations playing a key mediating role, but also fear that Iran could choose to strike them if it can’t effectively hit Israel
By Talek HARRIS, Robbie COREY-BOULET and Callum PATON
View of the Royal Mile as Edinburgh prepares for thousands of well-wishers to line streets of the city when the Queen's coffin is brought to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
September 11, 2022, 6:21 am
Queen Elizabeth II to begin final journey, with coffin to travel through Scotland
Large crowds expected along Sunday’s 6-hour route from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, where public will pay its respects for 2 days before body is flown to London to lie in state
By Callum PATON and Danny Kemp
This March 21 photo shows Davy Byrne's pub in Dublin city, Ireland. The pub was famously mentioned in James Joyces' 'Ulysses' when the protagonist of the novel, Leopold Bloom, ate lunch there (AP Photo/Helen O'Neill)
June 16, 2022, 10:04 am
Literary fans mark ‘Bloomsday’ as Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ hits 100
Novel plays out entirely on one day — June 16, 1904 — and follows the emphatically unheroic Jewish protagonist Leopold Bloom around British-ruled Dublin
By Callum PATON and Jitendra Joshi
A member of staff from Bonhams auction house stands between two works by British artist Banksy: 'Girl with Balloon 2004', right, and 'Heavy Weapon' 2000, in London, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. (Alastair Grant/AP)
October 15, 2021, 11:49 am
Shredded Banksy canvas sells for record $25.4 million
‘Girl with a Balloon,’ retitled ‘Love is in the Bin,’ sells at Sotheby’s auction for almost 20 times the price of the original, intact artwork
By Joe JACKSON and Callum PATON
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves at the media as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
May 25, 2021, 7:38 pm
Islamophobia a ‘problem’ in UK’s Conservative Party, probe finds
Independent investigation says ‘bulk’ of discrimination complaints against Tories have been made over anti-Muslim bias, doesn’t find they amount to ‘institutional racism’
By Callum PATON
In this file photo taken on July 17, 2002, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh chat while seated during a musical performance in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, during her Golden Jubilee visit to Suffolk, east of England. (Fiona HANSON / POOL / AFP)
April 11, 2021, 5:56 pm
Queen Elizabeth says Prince Philip’s death has left ‘a huge void’ in her life
Televised funeral service for Duke of Edinborough to be watched for signs of strain or reconciliation between Princes Harry and William; Meghan
By Callum PATON
Signage gives COVID-19 safety advice on the fence a school in east London, January 3, 2021. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
January 5, 2021, 3:32 am
England imposes six-week lockdown, closing schools, as COVID cases surge
British hospitals on the brink as new virus variant runs rampant, overshadowing rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine
By Anna MALPAS, Jitendra Joshi and Callum PATON
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