OPEC observes oil market is under abrupt stress, supply will be disrupted

The OPEC oil cartel said Thursday that the world market for crude is undergoing an unprecedented jolt due to coronavirus mitigation measures that have...

Boeing launches most advanced F-15 fighter aircraft

The Defense Department awarded Boeing a $6.2 billion contract in 2017 to manufacture 36 F-15QA fighter jets for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF),...

Corona forces Saudi to declare truce but Yemen sees no sign of relief

War in Yemen shows no signs of abating, one week after the Saudi-led military coalition declared a unilateral truce due to the coronavirus threat...

Iran says United States ‘kills people’ after it suspended WHO funding

Iran said Wednesday the world is learning that the United States "kills people" after President Donald Trump suspended US funding for the World Health...

Doha rejects Amnesty’s charge of mistreating Nepali workers

Qatar detained dozens of Nepali migrant workers, from South Asia, and expelled them last month after telling them they were being taken to be...

IMF estimates Middle East will endure the worst coronavirus-led recession

Debt levels, unemployment, and budget deficits will spike as the Middle East endures a coronavirus-led recession, piling pain on economies already hit by conflicts...

Turkey is taking strategic advantage from pandemic as it bolsters aid activities

Turkey is pushing its credentials as a major humanitarian power in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic by sending medical equipment to Italy and...

Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. Miller met Mullah Baradar in Doha

Top U.S. officials met with leaders of the Afghan Taliban in Qatar’s capital Doha and discussed the implementation of the peace agreement signed between...

Kashmir: Iran’s handling of Israel offers valuable lessons for Pakistan

For months after August 5, 2019, when the state of Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of the special status and carved into two Union...

COVID-19 could prompt one of the worst disasters so far in war-torn Syria

As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, experts warn that disaster looms in war-torn Syria, where hospitals are unable...

With US sanctions intact, China emerges as Iran’s lifeline

The Covid-19 pandemic has become a political testing ground for Iran and the US. Whether or not US should lift sanctions on Iran, is...

Saudi vs US? Oil price war hurt US more than Russia

A decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers like Russia to temporarily end a price war and cut production,...