The Gulf must build security that can outlast this war
Trump’s latest statement should accelerate the region’s move towards a layered and networked security architecture.

Trump’s latest statement should accelerate the region’s move towards a layered and networked security architecture.





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Ankara aims to make electricity account for 35 percent of global energy demand by 2035.
The strike leaves more than 70 percent of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region without power.
About 850,000 people lose power after Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv.
Zero Russian diesel has reached the US as tankers divert and buyers fear legal action.
Call comes as Iraq’s top diplomat urges armed groups not to join any Iranian retaliation to US attacks.

Palestinians in Gaza have made wind turbines to generate electricity, using scraps found in the rubble.
Putin meets Iran’s top security official to discuss regional security and receives a letter from Mojtaba Khamenei.
Defence cooperation deal signed as Syria’s President al-Sharaa visits Riyadh for the second time in less than a month.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote launched a fuel storage facility in Namibia to future-proof Southern Africa’s supply.
Russian strikes also cut power to Ukrainian cities as Moscow claims 700 Ukrainian drones downed across multiple regions.