Dubai, Abu Dhabi news LIVE: Dubai’s official media office said air defence systems carried out successful interception operations over the city, with no injuries reported. The Kuwaiti Army said it is confronting a fresh wave of “hostile missile and drone attacks”.

Saudi Arabia reserves the right to act militarily against Iran ‌and any trust with Tehran has been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister said early on Thursday, after Riyadh was targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles.

While some want the U.S. to find an off-ramp as soon as possible, others are more concerned about the U.S. leaving the Iranian regime intact and vengeful.

Iran conflict in the Middle East can possibly cause a major shift in WWE WrestleMania 43 and other upcoming Saudi Arabian shows.

(Corrects headline to refer to energy hub, rather that refinery, and removes reference to refinery in paragraph 12) By Parisa Hafezi, Rami Ayyub and Maya Gebeily DUBAI/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran's huge Pars gas field was hit on Wednesday in a major escalation in the U.

Saudi oil officials said prices could easily soar past $180 a barrel if severe supply disruptions from the war in Iran last past April – potentially hammering foreign economies and the US as gasoline costs jump at the pumps.

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘How Saudi Arabia’s bet on Iran backfired’ Marc Filippino Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday, March 18th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

Iran launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Gulf Arab energy sites, hitting refineries in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and a Qatari LNG plant, sparking major fires and sending Brent crude to $118.