Global watchdog takes Saudi Arabia to task for lax anti-terrorism finance measures – James M Dorsey

James M Dorsey | A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on the...

Does the UN’s Syria peace process still have a purpose?

AFP | When your job has been labelled "mission impossible," failure may be the most likely outcome. There is no doubt that the United Nations...

Battling it out at the UN: Potholes overshadow US-Iran confrontation – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | It’s easy to dismiss Iranian denunciations of the United States and its Middle Eastern allies as part of the Islamic republic's...

European and Iranian officials met for one final attempt to save the nuclear deal

News Analysis | Officials from Iran, Britain, China, Germany, Russia, and France- which constitute all the stakeholders of Iran’s nuclear deal met before the United...

Coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen’s Hodeida

AFP | A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds the Red Sea city...

Tehran warns UAE over ‘offensive remarks’ on Ahvaz attack

AFP | Iran on Sunday warned the United Arab Emirates over "offensive remarks" attributed to a UAE "political advisor" on the weekend's deadly attack on...

Turkey opposition daily Cumhuriyet shaken by internal strife

AFP | The Istanbul headquarters of Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet hums with the daily excitement of a busy newsroom as reporters work the phones chasing...

How can Iranian regime use yesterday’s terror attack in its favor?

News Analysis | On a day when the annual parade to mark the beginning of Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988 was underway, four gunmen opened fire...

Gunmen kill 11 soldiers at Iran army parade, Tehran blames US ally

AFP | Militants shot dead at least 11 people at a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, state media reported, in a rare attack...

Middle Eastern black swans dot China’s Belt and Road – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the...

From the pastor crisis to the S-400 showdown, Turkey-US conflict still ongoing

Imran Jan | Turkey and the United States are at loggerheads with each other over the issue of two "religious preachers" from their countries respectively....

Downward spiral in US-Turkey relations

News Analysis | International relations are shaped by national interest. States are perpetually striving to get stronger, either by making common cause with other states...
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