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Workers in a petrol plant in Kazakhstan in 1990.

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Kuwait’s then-Crown Prince Sheik Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the closing session of the 25th Arab Summit in Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, 2014.

Sheikh Nawaf, Emir of Kuwait, defence minister at Iraqi invasion

Pressed on why so many officers were on holiday on the day before the invasion, he said it was all “compulsory and urgent leave”.

Netflix has been asked to remove content.

Gulf Arab nations ask Netflix to remove content that ‘contradict values’

The move comes after countries in the Muslim world in June banned the public showing of Disney’s latest animated film Lightyear

  • Jon Gambrell
Supporters of a Pakistani religious group chant anti-Indian slogans during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan.

Muslim nations rip into India over insulting remarks about Islam

At least five Arab nations have lodged official protests against India following comments made by two prominent spokespeople from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. 

  • Sheikh Saaliq
Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah had been in hospital in the US since July following surgery.

Kuwait ruler, long-time diplomat Sheikh Sabah, dies aged 91

Kuwait was plunged into mourning for a leader regarded by many Gulf Arabs as a savvy diplomatic operator and a humanitarian champion.

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Shattered illusions: how the bubble of American exceptionalism is bursting

A country known chiefly for its openness and dynamism is curling in on itself.

  • Amelia Lester
The "stockpile" of 39 million masks turned out to be a fraud.

Australian investigated for mask stockpile scam

A healthcare union, Pittsburgh businessman and several hospitals and government agencies were all caught up in the elaborate fraud.

  • Peter Mitchell
Workers disinfect the ground around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The site is now closed.

Deep clean ordered as pilgrimage sites closed

The total number of coronavirus cases in the six Gulf states has risen to more than 2600, with nine deaths.

  • Aziz al-Yaakoubi and Yousef Saba
Iran has quickly become one of the main virus centres outside of China.

Iran's negligence may lead to an even greater global viral outbreak

Any chance that Iran might have kept the epidemic from spiralling out of control has already been lost.

  • Dr Homayoun Kheyri

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