Israel shuts Al Aqsa mosque after unrest
AFP | Unrest at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site led Israeli police to shut off access to it on Tuesday after several weeks of...
Pakistan-India standoff: The role of Israel, US, and Beyond – Part-I
Sabtain Ahmed Dar | On 14th February, hardly a few hours had passed since the Pulwama attack and no thorough investigation had been done by...
Russia and OPEC: convenience but no marriage
AFP | Two years after they teamed up to take back control of oil markets, the alliance between Russia and OPEC continues to be effective....
‘Never-ending’ numbers in last IS scrap shock US-backed fighters
AFP | US-backed fighters have been hoping for weeks that the final day has come for the Islamic State group's "caliphate", but its last tiny...
After IS, Mosul tackles another terror: super-resistant bacteria
AFP | Explosives left behind by the Islamic State group in Iraq's Mosul took 12-year-old Abdallah's left leg, but another kind of terror may cost...
Algerians eager for change but wary of new Arab Spring
AFP | Massive protests that have gripped Algeria might resemble another Arab Spring but those seeking democratic change are mindful of history and want to...
IS-backed Boko Haram faction may have new chief: sources
AFP | The leader of an Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram may have been replaced, sources say, against a backdrop of speculation as to...
Yemen, Saudis, UAE accuse Huthis of breaking pullback deal
AFP | Yemen's government and its Saudi and Emirati backers are accusing Huthi rebels of refusing to abide by a deal agreed two weeks ago...
French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain killed in Syria: wife
AFP | Prominent French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain was killed last month, his wife told AFP Tuesday after fleeing the last redoubt of the Islamic State...
Qatar says arms purchases ‘none of Saudi’s business’
AFP | Qatar on Monday told rival Saudi Arabia not to meddle in its potential arms purchases from Russia, as the Gulf state weighs the...
Saudi says Hamza bin Laden stripped of his citizenship
AFP | Hamza Bin Laden, a son of late al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden seen as a rising jihadist leader, has been stripped of his...
Saudi Arabia to put detained women activists on trial
AFP | Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday. "The public...