US-Iran: Airlines re-route flights after drone incident
Craig TaylorEmirates and BA are among the airlines changing flight routes to avoid parts of Iranian airspace. BBC News – Middle East
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US Senate votes to block Trump’s $8bn Saudi arms sale
The move is a blow to Donald Trump, who wants to push through the sale amid rising Gulf tensions. BBC News – Middle East
Jamal Khashoggi killing: Saudi crown prince ‘should face investigation’
A UN investigator says credible evidence links Mohammed bin Salman to the journalist’s murder. BBC News – Middle East
Iran Set To Breach Enriched Uranium Limit
It will exceed the amount allowed under a nuclear deal, amid heightened tensions over US sanctions. Enriched uranium is produced by feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges to separate out the most fissile isotope, U-235. Under the nuclear deal, Iran is only permitted to produce low-enriched uranium, which has a 3-4% concentration of U-235…
Crime Does pay If You Are Sara Netanyahu
The wife of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Sara Netanyahu has been found guilty of “misuse of public funds” (better known as Fraud) but despite “misusing $99,300 she will only pay back $15,267 which includes a fine of $2,777. The leniency is due to a plea bargain, and although she will have a…
Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: Saudi Arabia urges ‘decisive’ response
The call follows Thursday’s attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, which the US blames on Iran. BBC News – Middle East