A potential confrontation

Ayaz Ahmed | Last Sunday, the Trump administration threateningly said that it was deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task...

Sabotage attempt at Saudi oil tankers alarmed authorities

AFP | It came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow to head to Brussels instead for talks with...

Trump refutes plan of sending troops to counter Iran but doesn’t discard the idea

News Analysis | U.S President Donald Trump has snubbed New York Times for reporting that the administration is forming up nearly 120,000 U.S troops to...

Forced hijab: Will Iranians ever accept it?

AFP | Clashes erupted between Iranian students at Tehran University on Monday during a demonstration against the enforcement of wearing hijab or Islamic veil, media...

Afghan cuisine filling Turkish bellies

AFP | When Afghan businessman Haji Yakup Burhan fled the violence of his home country 30 years ago, he brought with him his family -...

Al-Qaeda wants Idlib defended from foreign invasion

AFP | The head of Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate in a video released Sunday urged supporters to "take up weapons" to defend his group's bastion...

Art and dance returns to Syria

AFP | More than a year after the Islamic State group fled, Syrian boys and girls, are finally back on stage - bobbing to the...

US hammers last nail in coffin and buries Palestinian peacemaking efforts

AFP | On May 14, 2018 United States moved its Israel embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the disputed city as the Jewish state's capital, since then...

Mounting tension with Iran sheds a light on dynamics of US geopolitics – Dr. James M Dorsey

Dr. James M Dorsey | Mounting tension between the Trump administration and Iran are likely to shed light on US dynamics shaping today’s geopolitical environment....

Should Europe be helping killing Yemenis: Europeans ask

AFP | The Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen may have increased public pressure on EU governments to freeze arms sales to the kingdom but for...

Qatar comes to aid of resource deficient Palestinian government

News Analysis | Qatar has announced an aid package worth $480 million for the Palestinians in both The West Bank and the Gaza strip where...

US selling arms to Saudi Arab’s enemies

News Desk | The US State Department has given the nod to a potential $3bn sale of 24 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment to...