The UK said on Saturday that the British Navy had foiled an attempt to attack a cargo ship in the Red Sea and shot down a suspected drone. British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said in a post on X that "overnight, HMS Diamond shot down a suspected attack drone which was targeting merchant...

Kuwait on Saturday announced the appointment of Al-Sabah Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber as the country's new emir, succeeding Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who just passed away at the age of 86. In a statement, the Kuwaiti Cabinet officially proclaimed Sheikh Meshal the country’s new...

Police in Dubai seized 86 million tablets of the amphetamine known as Captagon hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels, authorities said Thursday, estimating its street value at just over $1 billion. The bust comes as sales of the amphetamine have become a Mideast-wide...

Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group. The inmates were hanged at the Central Prison, Kuwait's Public Prosecution said in a statement....