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The Jag Vasant vessel transferring liquefied petroleum gas at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions linked to the U.S-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Mumbai on April 1
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2026
Hormuz closure divides the fortunes of Middle Eastern oil states
While much of the world faces further inflation and economic damage from the energy price rise, for Middle Eastern oil producers, the impact has ​depended on their geography.
A man walks along Dubai's Creek Harbor, with the Burj Khalifa visible in the background, on April 3.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2026
UAE says the use of Hormuz must be guaranteed in any U.S.-Iran deal
About ​a fifth of global oil and liquefied gas supplies normally pass through the Strait of Hormuz per day, but Iran has reduced ​traffic, triggering a ‌global energy crisis.
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2026
How many people have been killed in the Iran war?
Thousands across the Middle East have died in the Iran war, which began when the U.S. and ⁠Israel struck Iran on Feb. 28.
Then-Prime Minster Fumio Kishida meets with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, in Abu Dhabi, in July 2023.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2026
Beyond oil: Why UAE-Japan ties matter more than ever
The UAE supplies roughly a quarter of Japan’s crude oil imports, reinforcing its role as a reliable partner in an increasingly uncertain energy landscape.
An Emirates jet flies past plumes of smoke from an Iranian drone strike near Dubai International Airport on March 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2026
Why Iran’s escalation strategy is likely to backfire
By widening the scope of the fighting and threatening the Persian Gulf states’ economic lifelines, Iran wants to raise the perceived price of continuing the war.
A mother and son walk near a building destroyed in a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran on March 21.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2026
Gulf warnings and fears of miscalculation preceded Trump’s pause in Iran showdown
Gulf Arab states warned U.S. President Donald Trump that strikes on Iran’s power plants would trigger Iranian retaliation on their own vital energy and desalination facilities.
The Iran war has exposed the limits of the “protection for sale” system that has defined Gulf geopolitics for decades.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2026
Iran conflict reveals cracks in U.S.-backed deterrence
No amount of foreign weaponry can substitute for a stable regional order built on cooperation, interdependence and rational economic incentives.
A boy fills a water tank from a truck outside his family home in Diwaniya, Iraq, on Oct. 20, 2022. Desalination plants are essential to the economy and drinking water supplies in the Middle East.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Mar 23, 2026
Water emerges as a dangerous new war target
Iran has threatened to target desalination plants in the Middle East, which are essential to one of the driest regions in the world.
Since the conflict in the Middle East began on Feb. 28, Emirates has cancelled more than 2,000 flights — 54% of scheduled services, according to data from Cirium.
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2026
Phantom flight: Iran war creates 9,100-km round trips to nowhere
Surprise U-turns, dubbed “flights to nowhere” on social media, have become one of the most visible quirks of flying since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began on Feb. 28.
Crowds at a joint funeral for Ali Larijani, Gholam Soleimani and IRIS Dena frigate sailors in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2026
Iran and Israel trade strikes on energy facilities in worsening war
Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City — the complex that houses the world’s largest liquefied natural gas export plant — suffered “extensive damage” after an Iranian attack.
An Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 17, 2026
Emirates flying near-empty jets to Dubai as locals depart
While passenger demand is slim, the company is also loading cargo into its aircraft, providing another stream of revenue.
A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran. Tehran has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — the artery that carries about a fifth of global oil.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2026
Gulf states press U.S. to neutralize Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens
They don’t want Tehran to hold the region’s energy lifeline hostage again whenever tensions rise.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on March 13.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Trump leaves allies and foes guessing on endgame for Iran
The U.S. president has gone from declaring the war with Iran to be over soon to calling on European and Gulf allies to help.
Smoke rises above Dubai on Friday as the conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran rages on.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
‘Dubai is safe’: UAE pushes to contain fallout from Iran onslaught
Iran has fired over 1,800 missiles and drones at the Emirates, more than any other country targeted by Tehran in the conflict.
Fire and smoke rise in the Fujairah oil industry zone, caused by debris after a drone was intercepted by air defenses, according to the Fujairah media office, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on March 4.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. ignited Iran war but Gulf Arab states paying the price, Gulf sources say
Behind the scenes, resentment is mounting in Gulf Arab capitals at being drawn into a war they neither initiated nor endorsed but are now paying for economically and militarily.
An empty terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on March 1
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2026
Japan raises travel alert for six countries in Middle East
The alert is now at Level 3, the second highest in the ministry’s four-tier system.
An Emirati police vehicle deploys near the U.S. Consulate in Dubai on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 4, 2026
Cabs, cash and twisted routes to escape Dubai
Stranded travelers are being forced to improvise byzantine routes out of the widening war zone across the Middle East.
People ride scooters on a street with Burj Khalifa in the background, after an Iranian attack following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, in Dubai on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Mar 3, 2026
Perceptions of Dubai’s safety tested as affluent city takes flak from Iran
Missile strikes on the United Arab Emirates have shattered the belief that whatever happens elsewhere in the region, conflict would stop at its borders.
Smoke billows in Dubai after a projectile strike.
WORLD
Mar 2, 2026
With cherished landmarks hit, Iran attacks rattle Dubai
Residents were aghast as drones and missiles targeted the United Arab Emirates and America’s other Gulf allies, long-time refuges from regional conflict, on Saturday and Sunday.
People mourn the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes, in Tehran on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2026
Trump’s ambitions for Iran: He wants everything.
Yet the most ambitious goal, and the one that must be achieved to make sense of all the others, was regime change.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
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Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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