The issue leads with a focus on Yemen where a 60-day truce extension offers some hope for resolution of the conflict, but kidnappings and attacks by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) point to another threat to stability, which could yet drag the United States and others back into the crisis.
Politics coverage includes a look at Bahrain's major cabinet reshuffle and Oman's restoration of citizenship to 115 dissidents and exiles.
The defence and security section looks at reports that the US is drawing up plans for a regional defence co-operation agreement to counter perceived threats from Iran. There is also an examination of recent Red Sea naval exercises that involved forces from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Djibouti, Jordan, Sudan and Yemen.
Finance and business coverage focuses on a filing by the Kuwaiti government in a Los Angeles court that lays out allegations of widespread fraud involving secret bank accounts, unauthorised transfers of funds and the purchase of properties in Beverly Hills.
Energy and industry coverage leads with Qatar, where TotalEnergies has been selected as QatarEnergy's first partner on the expansion of the North Field, and also focuses on UAE and Saudi upstream investment plans.
The GSN View focuses on Iraq, where after months of failed efforts to form a new government, Shia leader Moqtada Al-Sadr’s call for his Council of Representatives (parliament) members to resign has thrown the Iraqi political scene into fresh turmoil.
