US asks UN to extend Iran sanctions and travel ban

AFP | The US urged the United Nations Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire next year as part...

Turkey hails UNSC consultations on occupied Kashmir

News Desk | Turkey has welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) decision to address the issue of occupied Kashmir in its session held on...

Saudi Arabia hosts Heavyweight Title Match, HR groups lash out

AFP | The high-profile December 7 duel, dubbed 'Clash on the Dunes', will see Britain's Joshua trying to win back the IBF, WBA and WBO...

Qatar-Russia investment partnership bolster to $13bn

News Desk | Rashid bin Majid Awad Al Suwaidi, First Secretary at Qatar’s Embassy to Russia has said that the volume of investments between Qatar...

Fake Emirati princess steals €1.6mn worth of jewelry from Paris

RT | A fraud posing as a princess from the United Arab Emirates has pulled off a daring con at a high-end Paris jewelry store,...

Why is the Middle East Such a Complicated Region to Study?

Sarmad Ishfaq | A culturally, politically, and historically diverse area, the Middle East has been quite an enigmatic region for scholars to study. This is...

US targets Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif – imposes sanctions

RT | The Treasury Department announced the sanctions on Wednesday, after declining to blacklist the outspoken diplomat earlier this month. The move comes at a...

NHRC express deep concern over reports on deteriorating health of Qatari student detained in Saudi Arabia

News Desk | Abdulaziz Saeed Abdullah, a Qatari exchange student illegally detained in Saudi Arabia has reported to have been suffering from deteriorating health in...

Saudi Iranian rivalry polarizes Nigerian Muslims – Dr James M Dorsey

Dr James M Dorsey | Nigeria, Africa’s foremost oil producer, banned the Iranian-backed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) this weekend after demonstrations in the capital Abuja to...

Queen Elizabeth turned into a Pirate in Iran exhibition

AFP | An exhibition of cartoons has opened in Tehran portraying Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as a pirate, seen wielding a cutlass and sporting the...

Ex Mayor of Tehran sentenced to death for wife’s murder: Iran

AFP | A prominent reformist and the former Mayor of Tehran, Najafi was found guilty of shooting dead his second wife Mitra Ostad at their...

I am against anyone who stands with Israel: Erdogan

RT | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel and its enabling allies over “state terror… in Palestine,” declaring, “Whoever is on Israel’s side,...