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ADEN/DUBAI, 12 September 2026 (Nosheen): Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West oil pipeline after the vital energy conduit came under an aerial attack amid the widening Middle East war. Reuters reported that the world’s largest crude oil exporter temporarily closed the 1,200-kilometre pipeline after a drone attack that both Baghdad and Riyadh said originated in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias operate. Iraq dismissed a military commander on Saturday in response to the attack. The pipeline, which runs across the Arabian Peninsula, has helped Saudi Arabia bypass disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping has slowed sharply amid the war between the United States and Iran. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said the pipeline was shut as a precautionary measure...

NEW DELHI, 12 September 2026 (Ghufran): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the BRICS summit and hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian television channels reported. Xi’s visit marks his first trip to India in seven years and comes as the two Asian neighbours cautiously work to rebuild relations damaged by a deadly military clash along their disputed Himalayan border in 2020, in which 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed. Xi received a red-carpet welcome after arriving in the Indian capital and was greeted by women performing traditional Indian dances. The meeting between Xi and Modi, scheduled for Saturday evening, will be their third meeting in three years, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson. China has ...

ADEN/DUBAI, 12 September 2026 (Kamran Raja): Iran-aligned Houthi forces have reached the strategic island of Perim in Yemen’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters on Friday, in a move that could further strengthen their position along one of the world’s most important shipping routes. Two sources from Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government said their forces had withdrawn from Perim, while the Houthis had also taken control of the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. The development could have significant implications for global trade and energy supplies, as control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would provide Iran and its Houthi allies with greater leverage over a major maritime corridor connecting the Red Sea with ...