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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Saudi King in hospital: Is this the beginning of the reign of “King MbS”?

Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler King Salman was admitted to hospital in Riyadh Monday for gall bladder inflammation, the royal court said, prompting the postponement...

Iran kicks India out from $5.5b “Farzad-B” gas project

After being "dropped" from a key rail project in southeastern Iran along the border with Afghanistan, India is also set to lose an ambitious...

The demise of Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

Jordan's top court has dissolved the country's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist movement, an official said Thursday, citing the group's failure...

India’s Chabahar fiasco: There’s more to this disaster than meets the eye

Earlier this week, India suffered a foreign policy setback of unprecedented proportions, as Iran announced that it was ‘dropping’ India from the Chabahar-Zahedan Railway...

Mossad, CIA spy who aided Soleimani killing executed: Iran

Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the CIA and the Mossad, including helping to locate a top Iranian general...

Hagia Sophia: Erdogan presents himself as “reincarnation of Ottoman Empire”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia on Sunday just days before the first Muslim prayers are due to...

War-torn Syria votes new parliament amid pandemic and economic turmoil

Syrians voted Sunday for a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of...

Iran overturns execution verdict for convicts linked to November protests

Iran halts the executions of three young men linked to deadly November protests, sentences which had sparked widespread outrage, one of the accused's lawyers...

The China-Iran deal: Not about business but strategic communication

Hobbled by harsh US sanctions and a global economic downturn, Iran has discovered a new opportunity: hot air that carries messages to its opponents....

Erdogan’s dangerous populist gamble at home

On 10 July, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued an official decree which declared the iconic monument of Hagia Sophia, which is currently a...

Explosion hits Iran power plant days after nuclear plant scare

An explosion hit a power plant in the central province in Iran of Isfahan on Sunday, state news agency IRNA reported, saying it was...

G20 “crisis meeting” in Saudi Arabia as world economy burns

G20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to hold talks Saturday aimed at spurring global economic recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession amid growing...
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