China subtly pressuring Iran to reduce Mideast tensions

Public debates about China’s Middle East policy are as much internal Chinese discussions as they are indications of where Beijing’s thinking is going and...

Iran says to meet nuclear commitments if Biden lifts sanctions

Iran said Wednesday it would "automatically" return to its nuclear commitments if US President-elect Joe Biden lifts sanctions, as the outgoing administration doubled down...

Will Biden seek de-escalation with America’s rivals?

A considerable advantage that China enjoys over its Western rivals, principally the United States, is the country’s rebuffing of neoliberal globalisation. Under its present...

Biden speaks to Modi: Is Hindu nationalism a threat to Indian democracy?

US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and voiced his optimism about working with the Hindu nationalist...

Withering unity of Muslim Ummah

Conferring upon Narendra Modi, the highest civil award by the UAE government nearly one year back in August 2019, amid a situation where Modi...

What does a President Joe Biden mean for the world?

Recently, Joe Biden wrote a piece for the Foreign Affairs in which he laid out his vision for the United States under his administration....

President Donald Trump planning to hit Iran’s nuclear site?

Two months before he is due to leave office, President Donald Trump asked top aides about the possibility of striking Iran's nuclear facilities, The...

Iran says reports Al-Qaeda official killed in Tehran ‘made up’

Iran said Saturday that a New York Times report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command had been secretly killed in Tehran was based on "made-up information" and...

Nagorno Karabakh truce: Rebalancing of power between Russia & Turkey

A Russian mediated-ceasefire in the Caucasus cements a Turkish-backed Azerbaijani military defeat of Armenia but raises tantalizing questions. Spontaneous mass protests against the terms of...

Rocky start for Pompeo’s Turkey visit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's planned visit to Turkey got off to a rocky start Wednesday when Ankara criticised his decision to raise...

Iran response over undeclared site ‘not credible’: UN nuclear agency

The UN's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that Iran's explanations over the presence of nuclear material at an undeclared site in the country were "not...

With Erdogan’s phone pal Trump out, Turkey worries about Biden

With Joe Biden, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will probably be unable to influence US policy with a simple phone call, as he had...